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Job loss rates exceeded job gains rates in 40 states and DC in the second quarter of 2025

March 24, 2026

Job loss rates exceeded job gains rates in 40 states and the District of Columbia in the second quarter of 2025. Alaska had both the highest job gains rate (9.9 percent) and the highest job loss rate (10.3 percent) over this period.

Private sector rates of job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, by state, second quarter 2025

Private sector rates of job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, by state, second quarter 2025
StateJob losses rateJob gains rate

Total U.S.

6.05.7

Alabama

5.65.5

Alaska

10.39.9

Arizona

6.35.3

Arkansas

5.55.1

California

6.76.6

Colorado

7.16.4

Connecticut

5.85.8

Delaware

6.15.9

District of Columbia

5.95.7

Florida

5.85.7

Georgia

5.65.5

Hawaii

5.24.8

Idaho

7.27.7

Illinois

5.25.2

Indiana

5.65.0

Iowa

5.85.6

Kansas

6.35.4

Kentucky

5.45.0

Louisiana

6.35.5

Maine

7.47.2

Maryland

6.25.7

Massachusetts

5.85.5

Michigan

5.55.8

Minnesota

5.55.8

Mississippi

6.56.3

Missouri

6.15.5

Montana

8.37.7

Nebraska

5.55.4

Nevada

6.36.2

New Hampshire

6.76.3

New Jersey

5.55.8

New Mexico

6.05.9

New York

7.05.9

North Carolina

5.45.6

North Dakota

6.76.4

Ohio

5.45.3

Oklahoma

6.25.5

Oregon

6.56.4

Pennsylvania

5.24.9

Rhode Island

6.76.3

South Carolina

6.65.8

South Dakota

6.16.0

Tennessee

5.95.1

Texas

5.45.2

Utah

6.66.6

Vermont

7.56.9

Virginia

5.85.8

Washington

5.46.0

West Virginia

6.35.5

Wisconsin

5.55.3

Wyoming

8.98.3

Note: Data are seasonally adjusted.

At the national level, gross job losses from contracting and closing private-sector establishments were 7.9 million, representing 6.0 percent of private-sector employment. Opening and expanding establishments gained 7.6 million jobs, or 5.7 percent of private-sector employment.

These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2025." We also have more charts related to the latest Business Employment Dynamics news release.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Job loss rates exceeded job gains rates in 40 states and DC in the second quarter of 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/job-loss-rates-exceeded-job-gains-rates-in-40-states-and-dc-in-the-second-quarter-of-2025.htm (visited March 24, 2026).