Business Employment Dynamics in Ohio — Third Quarter 2024

From June 2024 to September 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Ohio were 259,564, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 242,810, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Julie Wilson noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 16,754 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2024. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 10,577. (See chart 1.)

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Ohio, September 2019–September 2024, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Sep 2019	273,652	253,204
Dec 2019	249,472	268,868
Mar 2020	271,180	239,581
Jun 2020	644,285	202,406
Sep 2020	231,152	339,846
Dec 2020	233,341	291,061
Mar 2021	228,161	275,423
Jun 2021	262,649	267,375
Sep 2021	269,113	280,520
Dec 2021	234,359	321,603
Mar 2022	230,936	295,863
Jun 2022	276,413	275,028
Sep 2022	260,009	275,143
Dec 2022	270,323	279,314
Mar 2023	226,372	281,957
Jun 2023	267,638	267,782
Sep 2023	264,283	248,820
Dec 2023	247,346	254,665
Mar 2024	228,393	263,201
Jun 2024	260,330	249,753
Sep 2024	259,564	242,810

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all private businesses in the economy. Business Employment Dynamics (BED) statistics track these changes in employment at private-sector establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. The difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses is the net change in employment. (See the Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.)

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2024, gross job losses represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Ohio; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.8 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 2.) Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. In Ohio, contracting establishments lost 220,576 jobs in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 356 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 38,988 jobs, a decrease of 1,122 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Ohio, September 2019–September 2024, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Ohio
Sep 2019	5.8	5.8
Dec 2019	5.5	5.3
Mar 2020	6.3	5.8
Jun 2020	16.8	14.3
Sep 2020	5.9	5.3
Dec 2020	5.7	5.2
Mar 2021	5.5	5.0
Jun 2021	5.9	5.8
Sep 2021	6.1	6.0
Dec 2021	5.4	5.1
Mar 2022	5.5	4.9
Jun 2022	6.2	5.9
Sep 2022	5.9	5.5
Dec 2022	5.9	5.7
Mar 2023	5.5	4.8
Jun 2023	5.9	5.6
Sep 2023	6.0	5.6
Dec 2023	5.7	5.2
Mar 2024	5.4	4.8
Jun 2024	5.9	5.4
Sep 2024	5.8	5.4

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2024, gross job gains represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Ohio; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.8 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 3.) Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment due to expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. In Ohio, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 207,731 in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 3,783 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 35,079 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 3,160 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Ohio, September 2019–September 2024, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Ohio
Sep 2019	5.9	5.4
Dec 2019	6.2	5.7
Mar 2020	5.5	5.1
Jun 2020	4.8	4.5
Sep 2020	9.5	7.8
Dec 2020	7.4	6.6
Mar 2021	6.9	6.1
Jun 2021	6.8	5.9
Sep 2021	7.3	6.2
Dec 2021	7.7	7.0
Mar 2022	6.7	6.4
Jun 2022	6.5	5.9
Sep 2022	6.9	5.8
Dec 2022	6.3	5.9
Mar 2023	6.3	6.0
Jun 2023	6.2	5.6
Sep 2023	5.9	5.2
Dec 2023	6.0	5.4
Mar 2024	5.7	5.5
Jun 2024	5.8	5.2
Sep 2024	5.8	5.1

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 of the 11 published industry sectors in Ohio in the third quarter of 2024. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 9,347 jobs. This was the result of 46,355 gross job gains and 55,702 gross job losses. The professional and business services industry had a net loss of 5,316 jobs, and manufacturing had a net loss of 4,625. Education and health services showed a net gain of 5,067 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state.

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The BED data series include gross job gains and gross job losses by industry subsector, for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as gross job gains and gross job losses at the firm level by employer size class. BED data for the states have been included in table 2 of this release. Additional information is available online at the Business Employment Dynamics homepage and the Business Employment Dynamics Summary.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2024 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Technical Note

The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data are a product of a federal-state cooperative program known as Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The BED data are compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from existing QCEW records.

More information on formal definitions of the data used in this release, along with coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.

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Table 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Ohio, seasonally adjusted
Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
Category	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	248,820	254,665	263,201	249,753	242,810	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.1
At expanding establishments	210,383	216,417	224,102	211,514	207,731	4.4	4.6	4.7	4.4	4.4
At opening establishments	38,437	38,248	39,099	38,239	35,079	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	264,283	247,346	228,393	260,330	259,564	5.6	5.2	4.8	5.4	5.4
At contracting establishments	226,273	207,860	195,781	220,220	220,576	4.8	4.4	4.1	4.6	4.6
At closing establishments	38,010	39,486	32,612	40,110	38,988	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-15,463	7,319	34,808	-10,577	-16,754	-0.4	0.2	0.7	-0.2	-0.3
Construction
Gross job gains	18,498	19,982	25,620	19,722	20,288	7.8	8.5	10.3	7.8	8.2
At expanding establishments	15,405	16,756	21,812	16,900	17,522	6.5	7.1	8.8	6.7	7.1
At opening establishments	3,093	3,226	3,808	2,822	2,766	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.1	1.1
Gross job losses	19,069	19,482	14,966	19,620	18,794	8.2	8.2	6.0	7.8	7.7
At contracting establishments	15,644	16,162	12,364	16,094	15,449	6.7	6.8	5.0	6.4	6.3
At closing establishments	3,425	3,320	2,602	3,526	3,345	1.5	1.4	1.0	1.4	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-571	500	10,654	102	1,494	-0.4	0.3	4.3	0.0	0.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	17,171	19,143	18,799	19,534	16,728	2.5	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.4
At expanding establishments	15,775	17,517	17,342	17,427	15,756	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.3
At opening establishments	1,396	1,626	1,457	2,107	972	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1
Gross job losses	20,860	19,975	19,656	21,090	21,353	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.2
At contracting establishments	19,180	18,002	18,251	19,241	19,470	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9
At closing establishments	1,680	1,973	1,405	1,849	1,883	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3
Net employment change (2)	-3,689	-832	-857	-1,556	-4,625	-0.5	-0.1	-0.2	-0.3	-0.8
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	9,193	9,183	9,460	9,067	8,876	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.8	3.7
At expanding establishments	7,781	7,808	8,104	7,885	7,729	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.2
At opening establishments	1,412	1,375	1,356	1,182	1,147	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5
Gross job losses	9,500	8,615	8,407	9,640	9,802	3.9	3.5	3.5	4.0	4.1
At contracting establishments	7,711	6,806	6,876	7,695	8,145	3.2	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.4
At closing establishments	1,789	1,809	1,531	1,945	1,657	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-307	568	1,053	-573	-926	-0.1	0.3	0.5	-0.2	-0.4
Retail trade
Gross job gains	31,326	26,462	30,082	28,783	31,260	5.7	4.9	5.5	5.3	5.7
At expanding establishments	28,431	23,382	26,680	26,152	28,440	5.2	4.3	4.9	4.8	5.2
At opening establishments	2,895	3,080	3,402	2,631	2,820	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5
Gross job losses	32,034	32,172	26,094	32,695	33,744	5.9	5.9	4.8	6.0	6.2
At contracting establishments	28,951	28,718	23,146	28,995	29,543	5.3	5.3	4.3	5.3	5.4
At closing establishments	3,083	3,454	2,948	3,700	4,201	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-708	-5,710	3,988	-3,912	-2,484	-0.2	-1.0	0.7	-0.7	-0.5
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	15,776	20,043	11,004	10,472	10,987	6.4	7.9	4.3	4.2	4.4
At expanding establishments	14,416	18,499	9,807	9,282	9,876	5.8	7.3	3.8	3.7	4.0
At opening establishments	1,360	1,544	1,197	1,190	1,111	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4
Gross job losses	13,519	11,179	17,018	13,288	10,405	5.4	4.4	6.6	5.3	4.2
At contracting establishments	12,192	9,399	15,883	11,663	9,129	4.9	3.7	6.2	4.7	3.7
At closing establishments	1,327	1,780	1,135	1,625	1,276	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	2,257	8,864	-6,014	-2,816	582	1.0	3.5	-2.3	-1.1	0.2
Information
Gross job gains	2,816	3,012	2,723	3,291	2,682	4.2	4.5	4.1	4.9	4.1
At expanding establishments	2,205	2,277	2,212	2,555	2,111	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.8	3.2
At opening establishments	611	735	511	736	571	0.9	1.1	0.8	1.1	0.9
Gross job losses	3,797	3,500	3,311	3,651	3,548	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.5	5.4
At contracting establishments	2,917	2,777	2,536	2,894	2,897	4.3	4.1	3.8	4.4	4.4
At closing establishments	880	723	775	757	651	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-981	-488	-588	-360	-866	-1.4	-0.7	-0.9	-0.6	-1.3
Financial activities
Gross job gains	11,686	10,984	9,789	11,402	11,131	3.8	3.6	3.2	3.7	3.7
At expanding establishments	9,822	8,812	8,048	9,229	9,117	3.2	2.9	2.6	3.0	3.0
At opening establishments	1,864	2,172	1,741	2,173	2,014	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7
Gross job losses	12,592	13,396	11,881	11,289	12,011	4.1	4.4	3.9	3.7	4.0
At contracting establishments	10,101	10,941	9,423	8,908	9,850	3.3	3.6	3.1	2.9	3.3
At closing establishments	2,491	2,455	2,458	2,381	2,161	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-906	-2,412	-2,092	113	-880	-0.3	-0.8	-0.7	0.0	-0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	41,641	41,578	44,281	42,778	41,350	5.6	5.7	6.1	5.8	5.7
At expanding establishments	31,741	33,785	36,268	35,283	33,983	4.3	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.7
At opening establishments	9,900	7,793	8,013	7,495	7,367	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	51,434	49,868	41,677	45,655	46,666	7.0	6.8	5.7	6.2	6.4
At contracting establishments	42,853	40,134	34,155	38,155	37,978	5.8	5.5	4.7	5.2	5.2
At closing establishments	8,581	9,734	7,522	7,500	8,688	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-9,793	-8,290	2,604	-2,877	-5,316	-1.4	-1.1	0.4	-0.4	-0.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	39,783	36,277	40,727	41,653	38,961	4.3	3.9	4.3	4.4	4.1
At expanding establishments	35,133	31,440	36,598	36,797	33,889	3.8	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.6
At opening establishments	4,650	4,837	4,129	4,856	5,072	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5
Gross job losses	32,372	30,333	27,401	34,361	33,894	3.5	3.3	2.9	3.7	3.6
At contracting establishments	27,501	25,855	23,406	28,872	29,231	3.0	2.8	2.5	3.1	3.1
At closing establishments	4,871	4,478	3,995	5,489	4,663	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	7,411	5,944	13,326	7,292	5,067	0.8	0.6	1.4	0.7	0.5
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	48,256	53,008	57,180	49,419	46,355	8.6	9.3	9.9	8.6	8.3
At expanding establishments	39,420	43,848	46,243	38,882	37,583	7.0	7.7	8.0	6.8	6.7
At opening establishments	8,836	9,160	10,937	10,537	8,772	1.6	1.6	1.9	1.8	1.6
Gross job losses	55,555	47,105	45,287	55,536	55,702	9.8	8.3	7.8	9.6	9.8
At contracting establishments	48,043	39,822	39,303	46,752	47,570	8.5	7.0	6.8	8.1	8.4
At closing establishments	7,512	7,283	5,984	8,784	8,132	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.5	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-7,299	5,903	11,893	-6,117	-9,347	-1.2	1.0	2.1	-1.0	-1.5
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	9,676	10,448	10,201	10,996	10,528	6.4	6.8	6.6	7.1	6.9
At expanding establishments	7,862	8,437	8,602	8,995	9,046	5.2	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.9
At opening establishments	1,814	2,011	1,599	2,001	1,482	1.2	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.0
Gross job losses	10,497	8,810	9,614	9,991	10,777	6.9	5.7	6.3	6.5	7.0
At contracting establishments	8,671	6,944	7,771	8,089	8,947	5.7	4.5	5.1	5.3	5.8
At closing establishments	1,826	1,866	1,843	1,902	1,830	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-821	1,638	587	1,005	-249	-0.5	1.1	0.3	0.6	-0.1
Footnotes: (1) Includes unclassified sector not shown separately. (2) The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. See the Technical Note for further information. (3) Except public administration.

Table 2. Private-sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment by state, seasonally adjusted
Category	Gross job gains as a percent of employment (3 months ended)					Gross job losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
Category	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024
United States(1)	5.9	6.0	5.7	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.8
Alabama	6.0	6.2	5.7	5.6	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.9
Alaska	8.5	10.2	10.5	10.2	7.9	10.5	9.9	8.6	9.6	9.7
Arizona	6.8	6.5	8.4	5.6	6.3	5.7	6.6	6.4	6.8	6.5
Arkansas	5.6	6.2	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.0	5.2	5.8	5.2
California	6.4	6.4	5.8	6.1	6.4	6.5	6.4	5.6	6.8	6.1
Colorado	5.4	8.2	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.1	7.6	7.7	6.2	6.7
Connecticut	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	6.2	5.7	5.2	5.6	5.7
Delaware	6.0	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.5	5.8	5.1	6.5	6.4
District of Columbia	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.6	4.9	6.0	5.0
Florida	6.5	6.1	5.8	6.0	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.4	5.9	5.7
Georgia	6.1	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1
Hawaii	5.3	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.6	6.8	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.0
Idaho	7.2	8.5	7.9	7.5	7.2	7.9	5.8	8.3	7.4	7.6
Illinois	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.3	5.1
Indiana	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.7	5.1	5.0	5.5	5.4
Iowa	5.6	6.1	6.1	5.5	5.2	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.7	6.0
Kansas	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.3	6.0	5.3	5.6	5.7	5.6
Kentucky	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.9	5.5
Louisiana	6.2	6.3	6.2	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	6.3	5.8
Maine	7.0	7.4	7.2	7.3	6.2	7.8	7.0	6.1	7.0	7.0
Maryland	6.3	6.2	5.8	7.2	6.1	6.4	5.8	5.7	6.5	6.1
Massachusetts	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.7	4.9	5.9	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.8
Michigan	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.8
Minnesota	3.3	6.9	5.8	5.7	5.1	4.3	6.9	5.7	5.4	5.9
Mississippi	6.2	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.7	6.1	6.3	5.7
Missouri	5.6	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.6	5.3	5.8	5.8
Montana	7.7	8.8	8.1	7.9	7.3	8.4	7.2	7.5	7.6	8.1
Nebraska	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.6	5.9	5.7	5.1	5.6	5.6
Nevada	6.5	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.1	5.6	5.4	6.2	5.7	5.9
New Hampshire	5.8	6.2	6.5	6.1	5.5	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.7
New Jersey	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.9	5.3	6.0	5.8	5.4	5.4	5.8
New Mexico	6.4	6.9	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.8	5.8	6.0	6.3	6.3
New York	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.0	5.5	5.7
North Carolina	5.7	6.3	5.4	5.6	5.6	6.1	4.9	5.5	5.7	6.1
North Dakota	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.6
Ohio	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.2	4.8	5.4	5.4
Oklahoma	6.3	6.1	5.6	5.6	6.0	6.0	5.8	5.2	6.4	5.6
Oregon	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.0	6.3	6.7	6.2	6.1	6.4	6.6
Pennsylvania	5.2	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.6	5.1	5.1
Rhode Island	6.4	6.8	6.9	6.6	6.2	6.7	6.3	5.7	6.7	6.5
South Carolina	6.6	6.2	6.4	5.9	6.2	5.7	5.3	6.3	6.4	5.9
South Dakota	6.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.8	6.3	5.9
Tennessee	5.6	6.2	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.5	4.9	5.7	5.8
Texas	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.3
Utah	6.9	6.6	6.7	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.0	6.6	6.1
Vermont	6.4	7.3	7.2	6.6	6.6	7.9	6.6	6.3	7.5	7.3
Virginia	5.9	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.5
Washington	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4
West Virginia	6.5	6.5	6.9	6.6	5.8	6.6	5.8	5.7	6.8	6.6
Wisconsin	5.2	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.0	5.8	5.2	4.8	5.5	5.4
Wyoming	8.3	8.9	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.2	8.4	8.3	9.0	9.0
Puerto Rico	5.7	4.9	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.3	4.8	4.6	4.9	5.1
Virgin Islands	8.2	6.0	5.6	4.3	4.4	6.8	5.9	4.5	5.1	6.1
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands. The sum of the states will not necessarily add to the U.S. total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of each state.

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