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Net employment gain of 27,000 private-sector jobs during third quarter 2018
April 30, 2019
The difference between the number of job gains and the number of job losses in the private sector from June 2018 to September 2018 yielded a net employment gain of 27,000 jobs. Job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 7.4 million. Job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were also 7.4 million.
Three-month private sector gross job gains and losses, September 2018, seasonally adjusted
Category
3-month change
Gross job gains
7,448,000
At expanding establishments
6,099,000
At opening establishments
1,349,000
Gross job losses
-7,421,000
At contracting establishments
-6,099,000
At closing establishments
-1,322,000
Net employment change
27,000
Expanding establishments made up 6.1 million of the job gains in the third quarter of 2018. Opening establishments accounted for 1.3 million of the jobs gained during this period.
Contracting establishments lost 6.1 million jobs in the third quarter of 2018. Closing establishments lost 1.3 million jobs.
United States Department of Labor
