Business Employment Dynamics in Illinois — Second Quarter 2025

From March 2025 to June 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Illinois were 276,218, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 274,601, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 1,617 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 1,026. (See chart 1.)

Line Chart of private-sector gross job gains and losses in Illinois from June 2020–June 2025. Data are seasonally adjusted. An accessible version is available in the View Chart Data link below the chart.

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Illinois, June 2020–June 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job gains	Gross job losses
Jun 2020	221,088	887,260
Sep 2020	457,593	261,217
Dec 2020	311,051	293,950
Mar 2021	351,870	248,288
Jun 2021	300,511	268,495
Sep 2021	325,435	291,721
Dec 2021	378,759	241,913
Mar 2022	320,165	263,955
Jun 2022	300,879	284,235
Sep 2022	303,387	272,405
Dec 2022	279,141	265,411
Mar 2023	305,350	249,468
Jun 2023	284,265	275,438
Sep 2023	250,428	282,416
Dec 2023	257,564	264,244
Mar 2024	271,667	252,763
Jun 2024	271,626	270,607
Sep 2024	258,666	263,109
Dec 2024	266,402	267,989
Mar 2025	262,450	261,424
Jun 2025	276,218	274,601

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 gains

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.7 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 2.) 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 Illinois, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 227,507 in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 7,208 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 48,711 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 6,560 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Illinois, June 2020–June 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Illinois
Jun 2020	4.8	4.5
Sep 2020	9.4	9.7
Dec 2020	7.4	6.5
Mar 2021	7.0	7.2
Jun 2021	6.8	6.2
Sep 2021	7.3	6.6
Dec 2021	7.7	7.5
Mar 2022	6.7	6.3
Jun 2022	6.5	5.9
Sep 2022	6.9	5.9
Dec 2022	6.3	5.4
Mar 2023	6.3	5.8
Jun 2023	6.2	5.4
Sep 2023	5.9	4.8
Dec 2023	6.0	4.9
Mar 2024	5.9	5.2
Jun 2024	5.8	5.1
Sep 2024	5.8	4.9
Dec 2024	5.9	5.1
Mar 2025	5.6	5.0
Jun 2025	5.7	5.2

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.0 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 3.) Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. In Illinois, contracting establishments lost 236,402 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 27,655 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 38,199 jobs, a decrease of 14,478 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Illinois, June 2020–June 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Illinois
Jun 2020	16.8	18.2
Sep 2020	5.9	5.5
Dec 2020	5.7	6.1
Mar 2021	5.5	5.1
Jun 2021	5.9	5.5
Sep 2021	6.0	5.9
Dec 2021	5.4	4.9
Mar 2022	5.5	5.2
Jun 2022	6.2	5.5
Sep 2022	5.9	5.3
Dec 2022	5.9	5.1
Mar 2023	5.5	4.7
Jun 2023	5.9	5.2
Sep 2023	5.9	5.4
Dec 2023	5.7	5.1
Mar 2024	5.5	4.8
Jun 2024	5.9	5.1
Sep 2024	5.8	5.0
Dec 2024	5.7	5.1
Mar 2025	5.4	5.0
Jun 2025	6.0	5.2

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 6 of the 11 published industry sectors in Illinois in the second quarter of 2025. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 5,482 jobs. This was the result of 60,472 gross job gains and 54,990 gross job losses. Retail trade showed a net loss of 5,951 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state.

For more information

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 Third Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

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, Illinois, 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	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	271,626	258,666	266,402	262,450	276,218	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.2
At expanding establishments	227,091	212,097	223,505	220,299	227,507	4.3	4.0	4.3	4.2	4.3
At opening establishments	44,535	46,569	42,897	42,151	48,711	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9
Gross job losses	270,607	263,109	267,989	261,424	274,601	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2
At contracting establishments	226,781	229,161	221,691	208,747	236,402	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.5
At closing establishments	43,826	33,948	46,298	52,677	38,199	0.8	0.6	0.9	1.0	0.7
Net employment change (2)	1,019	-4,443	-1,587	1,026	1,617	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Construction
Gross job gains	23,072	22,077	22,588	26,021	23,317	9.6	9.3	9.6	10.7	9.6
At expanding establishments	18,746	17,732	19,040	21,375	19,178	7.8	7.5	8.1	8.8	7.9
At opening establishments	4,326	4,345	3,548	4,646	4,139	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.9	1.7
Gross job losses	22,951	22,868	24,857	20,178	22,906	9.5	9.7	10.5	8.3	9.4
At contracting establishments	18,823	19,934	19,653	16,099	19,970	7.8	8.5	8.3	6.6	8.2
At closing establishments	4,128	2,934	5,204	4,079	2,936	1.7	1.2	2.2	1.7	1.2
Net employment change (2)	121	-791	-2,269	5,843	411	0.1	-0.4	-0.9	2.4	0.2
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	16,551	15,812	15,598	15,778	15,031	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.6
At expanding establishments	14,593	13,943	13,648	14,218	13,367	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.3
At opening establishments	1,958	1,869	1,950	1,560	1,664	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Gross job losses	18,922	18,570	17,778	16,569	18,792	3.2	3.2	3.0	2.9	3.3
At contracting establishments	16,960	16,898	15,762	14,170	16,208	2.9	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.8
At closing establishments	1,962	1,672	2,016	2,399	2,584	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-2,371	-2,758	-2,180	-791	-3,761	-0.4	-0.5	-0.3	-0.1	-0.7
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	9,808	11,016	9,851	11,043	10,051	3.3	3.6	3.3	3.7	3.4
At expanding establishments	8,741	8,480	8,374	9,344	8,319	2.9	2.8	2.8	3.1	2.8
At opening establishments	1,067	2,536	1,477	1,699	1,732	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	12,204	10,789	10,812	11,146	12,598	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.7	4.2
At contracting establishments	8,908	9,255	9,069	8,908	10,098	2.9	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.4
At closing establishments	3,296	1,534	1,743	2,238	2,500	1.1	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-2,396	227	-961	-103	-2,547	-0.7	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.8
Retail trade
Gross job gains	27,517	28,889	24,703	29,330	27,395	4.8	5.1	4.4	5.2	4.8
At expanding establishments	24,225	25,664	22,100	26,122	24,061	4.2	4.5	3.9	4.6	4.2
At opening establishments	3,292	3,225	2,603	3,208	3,334	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	28,077	27,796	30,935	24,343	33,346	4.9	4.8	5.4	4.3	5.8
At contracting establishments	24,467	25,832	27,606	21,113	28,831	4.3	4.5	4.8	3.7	5.0
At closing establishments	3,610	1,964	3,329	3,230	4,515	0.6	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-560	1,093	-6,232	4,987	-5,951	-0.1	0.3	-1.0	0.9	-1.0
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	13,259	15,101	22,280	10,987	14,116	4.2	4.9	7.1	3.5	4.5
At expanding establishments	10,980	12,913	19,878	9,448	11,708	3.5	4.2	6.3	3.0	3.7
At opening establishments	2,279	2,188	2,402	1,539	2,408	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.8
Gross job losses	14,208	12,912	12,630	19,285	16,549	4.6	4.2	4.0	6.1	5.3
At contracting establishments	12,188	10,568	9,885	16,754	14,958	3.9	3.4	3.1	5.3	4.8
At closing establishments	2,020	2,344	2,745	2,531	1,591	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-949	2,189	9,650	-8,298	-2,433	-0.4	0.7	3.1	-2.6	-0.8
Information
Gross job gains	3,817	3,886	3,615	3,959	4,709	4.2	4.2	4.0	4.4	5.2
At expanding establishments	2,985	2,850	2,860	2,893	3,730	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.2	4.1
At opening establishments	832	1,036	755	1,066	979	0.9	1.1	0.8	1.2	1.1
Gross job losses	5,226	3,705	4,684	4,068	6,352	5.7	4.0	5.2	4.4	7.0
At contracting establishments	4,046	2,948	3,675	2,953	5,467	4.4	3.2	4.1	3.2	6.0
At closing establishments	1,180	757	1,009	1,115	885	1.3	0.8	1.1	1.2	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-1,409	181	-1,069	-109	-1,643	-1.5	0.2	-1.2	0.0	-1.8
Financial activities
Gross job gains	14,160	13,789	12,738	12,512	15,187	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.3	4.1
At expanding establishments	11,392	11,179	9,724	9,957	12,699	3.0	3.0	2.6	2.6	3.4
At opening establishments	2,768	2,610	3,014	2,555	2,488	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
Gross job losses	12,540	13,380	13,114	13,000	13,863	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.7
At contracting establishments	9,486	11,347	10,407	9,239	10,836	2.5	3.0	2.8	2.4	2.9
At closing establishments	3,054	2,033	2,707	3,761	3,027	0.8	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.8
Net employment change (2)	1,620	409	-376	-488	1,324	0.4	0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	56,057	51,203	50,953	49,595	60,472	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	6.7
At expanding establishments	45,137	40,940	40,619	39,969	48,886	4.8	4.4	4.4	4.4	5.4
At opening establishments	10,920	10,263	10,334	9,626	11,586	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.3
Gross job losses	61,106	56,818	61,230	54,214	54,990	6.5	6.1	6.7	6.0	6.0
At contracting establishments	51,783	48,072	48,366	42,378	46,661	5.5	5.2	5.3	4.7	5.1
At closing establishments	9,323	8,746	12,864	11,836	8,329	1.0	0.9	1.4	1.3	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-5,049	-5,615	-10,277	-4,619	5,482	-0.5	-0.6	-1.2	-0.5	0.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	42,485	37,555	39,596	40,334	39,570	4.4	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.9
At expanding establishments	37,996	32,836	34,575	36,017	33,340	3.9	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.3
At opening establishments	4,489	4,719	5,021	4,317	6,230	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.6
Gross job losses	34,562	30,628	32,428	34,660	34,995	3.5	3.1	3.2	3.4	3.5
At contracting establishments	29,415	26,881	27,229	26,162	31,406	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.6	3.1
At closing establishments	5,147	3,747	5,199	8,498	3,589	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	0.4
Net employment change (2)	7,923	6,927	7,168	5,674	4,575	0.9	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.4
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	48,291	44,592	49,652	47,502	50,127	8.0	7.4	8.3	7.8	8.3
At expanding establishments	39,028	34,449	40,860	39,132	39,506	6.5	5.7	6.8	6.4	6.5
At opening establishments	9,263	10,143	8,792	8,370	10,621	1.5	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.8
Gross job losses	45,111	50,145	44,701	49,155	45,805	7.5	8.4	7.5	8.1	7.5
At contracting establishments	38,583	44,358	38,352	39,617	40,170	6.4	7.4	6.4	6.5	6.6
At closing establishments	6,528	5,787	6,349	9,538	5,635	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.6	0.9
Net employment change (2)	3,180	-5,553	4,951	-1,653	4,322	0.5	-1.0	0.8	-0.3	0.8
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	13,477	11,726	10,931	11,723	13,029	6.7	5.9	5.5	5.9	6.5
At expanding establishments	11,006	8,830	8,771	8,912	10,172	5.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	5.1
At opening establishments	2,471	2,896	2,160	2,811	2,857	1.2	1.5	1.1	1.4	1.4
Gross job losses	11,633	12,265	11,738	11,666	10,775	5.9	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.4
At contracting establishments	8,731	10,488	9,274	8,818	8,701	4.4	5.3	4.7	4.5	4.4
At closing establishments	2,902	1,777	2,464	2,848	2,074	1.5	0.9	1.2	1.4	1.0
Net employment change (2)	1,844	-539	-807	57	2,254	0.8	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	1.1
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. (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	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025
United States(1)	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.4	6.0
Alabama	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6
Alaska	10.2	8.0	10.3	10.0	9.9	9.6	9.6	9.5	8.1	10.3
Arizona	5.6	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.3	6.5	5.7	5.9	5.3	6.3
Arkansas	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.7	5.2	4.8	5.1	5.5
California	6.2	6.3	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.9	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.7
Colorado	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.4	5.8	6.4	6.5	6.8	7.1
Connecticut	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.8
Delaware	5.8	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.4	6.3	5.3	6.1
District of Columbia	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.7	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.9
Florida	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.5	5.8
Georgia	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7	5.6
Hawaii	5.2	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.6	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2
Idaho	7.5	7.1	8.2	7.3	7.7	7.2	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.2
Illinois	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2
Indiana	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.6
Iowa	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.8
Kansas	5.9	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	6.3
Kentucky	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.8	5.4
Louisiana	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.5	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.6	6.3
Maine	7.2	6.2	7.0	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	6.3	7.4
Maryland	7.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.9	6.1	5.9	5.7	6.2
Massachusetts	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.8
Michigan	5.7	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.5
Minnesota	5.7	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.1	5.5	5.5
Mississippi	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.2	6.1	6.5
Missouri	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.2	6.1
Montana	7.9	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.6	8.0	7.8	7.5	8.3
Nebraska	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.5
Nevada	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.3
New Hampshire	6.1	5.6	6.3	6.5	6.3	6.0	6.7	5.9	6.1	6.7
New Jersey	5.9	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5
New Mexico	6.1	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.8	6.0
New York	5.8	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.9	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.0	7.0
North Carolina	5.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.4
North Dakota	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7
Ohio	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.4
Oklahoma	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.4	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.2
Oregon	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.8	6.4	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.2	6.5
Pennsylvania	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.7	5.2
Rhode Island	6.6	6.2	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.7
South Carolina	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.5	6.6
South Dakota	6.0	5.9	6.7	6.2	6.0	6.2	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.1
Tennessee	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1	5.9
Texas	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.4
Utah	6.5	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.6
Vermont	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.9	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.5
Virginia	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.1	5.8
Washington	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.4
West Virginia	7.0	5.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	6.7	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.3
Wisconsin	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.0	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.2	4.9	5.5
Wyoming	8.2	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.3	8.8	8.5	8.3	8.7	8.9
Puerto Rico	5.5	5.4	4.3	6.3	7.0	4.9	5.0	5.4	5.4	6.1
Virgin Islands	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.4	15.0	5.7	7.5	10.8	7.6	9.5
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

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