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Private-sector job gains 7.8 million, losses 7.2 million, during fourth quarter 2025

August 04, 2026

From September 2025 to December 2025, gross job gains from private-sector establishments were 7.8 million, an increase of 363,000 jobs from the previous quarter. Gross job losses were 7.2 million, 389,000 jobs less than the prior quarter. The difference between gross job gains and gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 593,000.

Over this 3-month period, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 10 out of 13 industry sectors. Service-providing and goods-producing industries had net employment gains of 588,000 and 5,000, respectively.

Private-sector job gains and job losses, September 2025–December 2025
SectorGross job gainsGross job losses

Total

 7,838,000 7,245,000

Service-providing

 6,558,000 5,970,000

Goods-producing

 1,280,000 1,275,000

Note: Data are seasonally adjusted.

These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Business Employment Dynamics — Fourth Quarter 2025." Also see charts related to the latest "Business Employment Dynamics" news release. An establishment is defined as an economic unit that produces goods or services, in one or predominantly one activity, usually at a single physical location.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Private-sector job gains 7.8 million, losses 7.2 million, during fourth quarter 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2026/private-sector-job-gains-7-8-million-losses-7-2-million-during-fourth-quarter-2025.htm (visited August 04, 2026).