Large firms gain 133,000 jobs during 3rd quarter of 2012

Private sector gross job gains and losses by firm size, March 2002-September 2012, seasonally adjusted

3 months ended	Gross job gains, firm size 1-49 employees	Gross job losses, firm size 1-49 employees	Gross job gains, firm size 50-249 employees	Gross job losses, firm size 50-249 employees	Gross job gains, firm size 250 or more	Gross job losses, firm size 250 or more
Mar 2002	3,402,000	-3,348,000	1,194,000	-1,246,000	2,006,000	-1,938,000
Jun 2002	3,379,000	-3,310,000	1,191,000	-1,198,000	1,846,000	-1,969,000
Sep 2002	3,335,000	-3,315,000	1,144,000	-1,190,000	1,711,000	-1,861,000
Dec 2002	3,299,000	-3,302,000	1,106,000	-1,179,000	1,709,000	-1,880,000
Mar 2003	3,257,000	-3,392,000	1,127,000	-1,183,000	1,728,000	-1,863,000
Jun 2003	3,346,000	-3,234,000	1,133,000	-1,159,000	1,629,000	-1,852,000
Sep 2003	3,327,000	-3,207,000	1,127,000	-1,106,000	1,708,000	-1,656,000
Dec 2003	3,340,000	-3,194,000	1,128,000	-1,096,000	1,750,000	-1,618,000
Mar 2004	3,392,000	-3,239,000	1,194,000	-1,057,000	1,720,000	-1,580,000
Jun 2004	3,387,000	-3,218,000	1,196,000	-1,055,000	1,888,000	-1,577,000
Sep 2004	3,379,000	-3,291,000	1,175,000	-1,087,000	1,689,000	-1,668,000
Dec 2004	3,480,000	-3,206,000	1,172,000	-1,071,000	1,842,000	-1,458,000
Mar 2005	3,416,000	-3,350,000	1,161,000	-1,064,000	1,743,000	-1,538,000
Jun 2005	3,476,000	-3,233,000	1,198,000	-1,052,000	1,761,000	-1,580,000
Sep 2005	3,510,000	-3,292,000	1,195,000	-1,110,000	1,967,000	-1,569,000
Dec 2005	3,462,000	-3,293,000	1,140,000	-1,095,000	1,804,000	-1,512,000
Mar 2006	3,547,000	-3,213,000	1,213,000	-991,000	1,673,000	-1,441,000
Jun 2006	3,434,000	-3,317,000	1,190,000	-1,080,000	1,725,000	-1,577,000
Sep 2006	3,329,000	-3,343,000	1,127,000	-1,100,000	1,647,000	-1,617,000
Dec 2006	3,393,000	-3,276,000	1,147,000	-1,073,000	1,835,000	-1,579,000
Mar 2007	3,451,000	-3,262,000	1,153,000	-1,054,000	1,696,000	-1,518,000
Jun 2007	3,337,000	-3,368,000	1,180,000	-1,072,000	1,739,000	-1,642,000
Sep 2007	3,252,000	-3,384,000	1,073,000	-1,126,000	1,566,000	-1,650,000
Dec 2007	3,315,000	-3,307,000	1,140,000	-1,077,000	1,799,000	-1,572,000
Mar 2008	3,238,000	-3,376,000	1,073,000	-1,084,000	1,496,000	-1,624,000
Jun 2008	3,179,000	-3,466,000	1,098,000	-1,135,000	1,584,000	-1,807,000
Sep 2008	3,039,000	-3,398,000	1,013,000	-1,173,000	1,431,000	-1,947,000
Dec 2008	2,907,000	-3,600,000	946,000	-1,316,000	1,488,000	-2,275,000
Mar 2009	2,724,000	-3,691,000	806,000	-1,417,000	1,052,000	-2,117,000
Jun 2009	2,949,000	-3,424,000	956,000	-1,231,000	1,269,000	-2,285,000
Sep 2009	2,814,000	-3,202,000	927,000	-1,054,000	1,378,000	-1,842,000
Dec 2009	2,937,000	-3,098,000	963,000	-1,005,000	1,508,000	-1,582,000
Mar 2010	2,863,000	-3,048,000	909,000	-910,000	1,322,000	-1,367,000
Jun 2010	3,094,000	-2,861,000	1,079,000	-868,000	1,645,000	-1,400,000
Sep 2010	2,933,000	-2,922,000	992,000	-921,000	1,553,000	-1,478,000
Dec 2010	3,045,000	-2,959,000	1,035,000	-936,000	1,709,000	-1,360,000
Mar 2011	2,979,000	-2,871,000	964,000	-842,000	1,396,000	-1,297,000
Jun 2011	3,078,000	-2,883,000	1,072,000	-894,000	1,615,000	-1,438,000
Sep 2011	3,116,000	-2,869,000	1,058,000	-906,000	1,754,000	-1,360,000
Dec 2011	2,967,000	-2,928,000	985,000	-939,000	1,663,000	-1,416,000
Mar 2012	3,119,000	-2,757,000	1,046,000	-830,000	1,583,000	-1,331,000
Jun 2012	3,004,000	-2,846,000	1,080,000	-919,000	1,713,000	-1,460,000
Sep 2012	2,893,000	-2,896,000	999,000	-961,000	1,624,000	-1,491,000

By firm, there were 5.5 million gross job gains and 5.3 million gross losses from June 2012 to September 2012. The difference between the number of gross job gains and gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 168,000 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2012. Gross job gains decreased and gross job losses increased in all three major firm size classes in the three months ended in September.

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In comparison, during the previous quarter (the three months ending in June 2012), there were 5.8 million job gains and 5.2 million job losses, resulting in a net change in employment of 572,000.

During the third quarter of 2012, only the smallest size class (firms with 1–49 employees) experienced a net job loss; gross job losses in this size class (2,896,000) exceeded gross job gains (2,893,000), resulting in a net loss of 3,000 jobs.

Among firms with 50–249 employees, there were 999,000 job gains during the third quarter of 2012 and 961,000 job losses, resulting in a net gain of 38,000 jobs.

The largest size class (firms with 250 or more employees) experienced a net employment gain of 133,000 jobs (the result of 1,624,000 job gains and 1,491,000 job losses), accounting for 79 percent of the total net change in employment for the third quarter of 2012.

These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program. To learn more, see "Business Employment Dynamics – Third Quarter 2012" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑13‑0782. Net change totals for firm-level data differ from the establishment-level data featured in the first page of the news release due to independent seasonal adjustment of the data.