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From September 2019 to December 2019, job gains at opening and expanding private-sector establishments numbered 7.8 million; this was an increase of 490,000 jobs from the previous quarter. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 7.0 million, a decrease of 291,000 jobs from the previous quarter. The difference between job gains and job losses yielded a net employment gain of 792,000 jobs during the fourth quarter of 2019.
Quarter | Job gains | Job losses | Net employment change |
---|---|---|---|
Mar 2009 |
5,918,000 | -8,598,000 | -2,680,000 |
Jun 2009 |
6,425,000 | -8,092,000 | -1,667,000 |
Sep 2009 |
6,399,000 | -7,248,000 | -849,000 |
Dec 2009 |
6,665,000 | -6,929,000 | -264,000 |
Mar 2010 |
6,325,000 | -6,572,000 | -247,000 |
Jun 2010 |
6,995,000 | -6,297,000 | 698,000 |
Sep 2010 |
6,741,000 | -6,504,000 | 237,000 |
Dec 2010 |
7,052,000 | -6,486,000 | 566,000 |
Mar 2011 |
6,540,000 | -6,206,000 | 334,000 |
Jun 2011 |
6,966,000 | -6,384,000 | 582,000 |
Sep 2011 |
7,205,000 | -6,364,000 | 841,000 |
Dec 2011 |
6,865,000 | -6,530,000 | 335,000 |
Mar 2012 |
7,080,000 | -6,132,000 | 948,000 |
Jun 2012 |
7,051,000 | -6,435,000 | 616,000 |
Sep 2012 |
6,881,000 | -6,629,000 | 252,000 |
Dec 2012 |
7,110,000 | -6,415,000 | 695,000 |
Mar 2013 |
6,941,000 | -6,383,000 | 558,000 |
Jun 2013 |
7,152,000 | -6,478,000 | 674,000 |
Sep 2013 |
7,058,000 | -6,551,000 | 507,000 |
Dec 2013 |
7,255,000 | -6,555,000 | 700,000 |
Mar 2014 |
6,953,000 | -6,534,000 | 419,000 |
Jun 2014 |
7,454,000 | -6,559,000 | 895,000 |
Sep 2014 |
7,247,000 | -6,670,000 | 577,000 |
Dec 2014 |
7,617,000 | -6,579,000 | 1,038,000 |
Mar 2015 |
7,040,000 | -6,824,000 | 216,000 |
Jun 2015 |
7,580,000 | -6,742,000 | 838,000 |
Sep 2015 |
7,340,000 | -6,874,000 | 466,000 |
Dec 2015 |
7,827,000 | -6,859,000 | 968,000 |
Mar 2016 |
7,144,000 | -6,902,000 | 242,000 |
Jun 2016 |
7,448,000 | -7,143,000 | 305,000 |
Sep 2016 |
7,709,000 | -6,975,000 | 734,000 |
Dec 2016 |
7,436,000 | -7,085,000 | 351,000 |
Mar 2017 |
7,420,000 | -6,771,000 | 649,000 |
Jun 2017 |
7,623,000 | -7,150,000 | 473,000 |
Sep 2017 |
7,317,000 | -7,385,000 | -68,000 |
Dec 2017 |
7,814,000 | -6,859,000 | 955,000 |
Mar 2018 |
7,484,000 | -6,777,000 | 707,000 |
Jun 2018 |
7,655,000 | -7,254,000 | 401,000 |
Sep 2018 |
7,499,000 | -7,432,000 | 67,000 |
Dec 2018 |
7,768,000 | -6,957,000 | 811,000 |
Mar 2019 |
7,375,000 | -6,850,000 | 525,000 |
Jun 2019 |
7,605,000 | -7,423,000 | 182,000 |
Sep 2019 |
7,341,000 | -7,330,000 | 11,000 |
Dec 2019 |
7,831,000 | -7,039,000 | 792,000 |
Over the past ten years, the quarterly change in the number of jobs has ranged from a loss of 2.7 million jobs (in the first quarter of 2009) to a gain of approximately 1.0 million jobs (in the last quarter of 2014, 2015 and 2017).
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Fourth Quarter 2019." Also see charts related to the latest "Business Employment Dynamics" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Net employment gain of 792,000 private-sector jobs during the fourth quarter of 2019 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/net-employment-gain-of-792000-private-sector-jobs-during-the-fourth-quarter-of-2019.htm (visited October 31, 2024).