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23-363-CHI
Thursday, February 23, 2023

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Business Employment Dynamics in Illinois — Second Quarter 2022

From March 2022 to June 2022, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Illinois were 303,622, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 300,049, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 3,573 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 55,137. (See chart 1.)


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 Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.4 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 249,620 in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 14,055 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 50,429 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 146 jobs from the previous quarter.


Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.7 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 240,294 jobs in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 34,389 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 63,328 jobs, an increase of 10,120 jobs from the previous quarter.


Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 6 of the 11 industry sectors in Illinois in the second quarter of 2022. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 8,130 jobs. This was the result of 54,034 gross job gains and 45,904 gross job losses. The education and health services industry had a net gain of 5,037 jobs. Construction recorded a net gain of 3,071 jobs. Professional and business services showed a net loss of 8,519 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Illinois’ retail trade industry sector had a net loss of 6,646 jobs.

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 www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Third Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.


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. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports on the employment and wages of workers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) laws, and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The QCEW is based largely on quarterly UI reports which are sent by businesses to the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). These UI reports are supplemented by two additional BLS data collections to render administrative data into economic statistics. Together these data comprise the QCEW and form the basis of the Bureau’s establishment universe sampling frame.

In the BED program, the QCEW records are linked across quarters to provide a longitudinal history for each establishment. The linkage process allows the tracking of net employment changes at the establishment level, which in turn allows the estimation of jobs gained at opening and expanding units and jobs lost at closing and contracting units.

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. BED statistics track these changes in employment at private business establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and previous quarters. The rates are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates can be added and subtracted just as their levels can. For instance, the difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses rate is the net growth rate.

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows:

Openings. These are either units with positive third month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior quarter, or with positive third month employment in the current quarter following zero employment in the previous quarter.

Expansions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in employment over this period.

Closings. These are units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, in the current quarter.

Contractions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease in employment over this period.

The full Technical Note for the Business Employment Dynamics program, which includes information on coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the current quarterly news release online at www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.htm.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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)
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

301,583 324,793 376,431 314,250 300,049 6.2 6.6 7.5 6.2 5.9

At expanding establishments

249,210 274,168 320,865 263,675 249,620 5.1 5.6 6.4 5.2 4.9

At opening establishments

52,373 50,625 55,566 50,575 50,429 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0

Gross job losses

270,527 292,761 241,926 259,113 303,622 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.9

At contracting establishments

231,686 244,243 188,915 205,905 240,294 4.7 5.0 3.8 4.0 4.7

At closing establishments

38,841 48,518 53,011 53,208 63,328 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2

Net employment change (2)

31,056 32,032 134,505 55,137 -3,573 0.7 0.6 2.6 1.2 0.0

Construction

Gross job gains

25,519 23,706 23,903 26,782 25,176 11.3 10.7 10.6 11.7 10.8

At expanding establishments

20,936 19,105 19,122 21,766 20,657 9.3 8.6 8.5 9.5 8.9

At opening establishments

4,583 4,601 4,781 5,016 4,519 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.9

Gross job losses

24,539 23,856 23,770 22,256 22,105 11.0 10.7 10.6 9.6 9.5

At contracting establishments

20,593 19,539 18,734 17,362 17,861 9.2 8.8 8.4 7.5 7.7

At closing establishments

3,946 4,317 5,036 4,894 4,244 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.1 1.8

Net employment change (2)

980 -150 133 4,526 3,071 0.3 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.3

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

17,590 18,224 24,304 20,457 18,876 3.1 3.3 4.3 3.6 3.4

At expanding establishments

15,277 16,161 21,426 18,519 16,839 2.7 2.9 3.8 3.3 3.0

At opening establishments

2,313 2,063 2,878 1,938 2,037 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4

Gross job losses

19,368 19,416 15,396 15,376 18,623 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.7 3.3

At contracting establishments

17,247 16,631 12,536 12,931 15,240 3.1 3.0 2.3 2.3 2.7

At closing establishments

2,121 2,785 2,860 2,445 3,383 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6

Net employment change (2)

-1,778 -1,192 8,908 5,081 253 -0.4 -0.2 1.5 0.9 0.1

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

11,273 12,000 14,699 12,678 12,981 4.1 4.3 5.1 4.3 4.4

At expanding establishments

9,707 10,068 12,640 10,810 11,175 3.5 3.6 4.4 3.7 3.8

At opening establishments

1,566 1,932 2,059 1,868 1,806 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

10,678 11,258 9,281 10,335 13,873 3.8 4.0 3.3 3.6 4.7

At contracting establishments

9,060 9,201 7,017 8,048 9,790 3.2 3.3 2.5 2.8 3.3

At closing establishments

1,618 2,057 2,264 2,287 4,083 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.4

Net employment change (2)

595 742 5,418 2,343 -892 0.3 0.3 1.8 0.7 -0.3

Retail trade

Gross job gains

35,074 32,018 33,915 35,910 31,105 6.0 5.6 5.9 6.2 5.4

At expanding establishments

31,399 27,903 30,248 32,337 27,744 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.6 4.8

At opening establishments

3,675 4,115 3,667 3,573 3,361 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

32,600 40,871 27,051 26,796 37,751 5.6 7.1 4.7 4.6 6.5

At contracting establishments

29,730 37,044 23,524 22,584 32,991 5.1 6.4 4.1 3.9 5.7

At closing establishments

2,870 3,827 3,527 4,212 4,760 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8

Net employment change (2)

2,474 -8,853 6,864 9,114 -6,646 0.4 -1.5 1.2 1.6 -1.1

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

13,238 29,649 30,907 19,002 14,771 4.9 10.8 10.5 6.1 4.8

At expanding establishments

10,262 26,997 27,754 17,039 12,266 3.8 9.8 9.4 5.5 4.0

At opening establishments

2,976 2,652 3,153 1,963 2,505 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.8

Gross job losses

15,403 13,053 10,742 17,230 16,226 5.8 4.7 3.7 5.6 5.4

At contracting establishments

13,917 11,078 8,219 14,860 13,614 5.2 4.0 2.8 4.8 4.5

At closing establishments

1,486 1,975 2,523 2,370 2,612 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-2,165 16,596 20,165 1,772 -1,455 -0.9 6.1 6.8 0.5 -0.6

Information

Gross job gains

5,839 6,529 7,039 6,025 6,407 6.6 7.3 7.6 6.4 6.8

At expanding establishments

4,174 5,204 5,646 4,800 4,887 4.7 5.8 6.1 5.1 5.2

At opening establishments

1,665 1,325 1,393 1,225 1,520 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.6

Gross job losses

4,654 4,527 4,732 5,070 6,283 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 6.7

At contracting establishments

3,815 3,300 3,289 3,748 4,617 4.3 3.7 3.6 4.0 4.9

At closing establishments

839 1,227 1,443 1,322 1,666 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.8

Net employment change (2)

1,185 2,002 2,307 955 124 1.3 2.2 2.4 1.0 0.1

Financial activities

Gross job gains

15,353 17,056 17,501 15,496 16,423 4.1 4.6 4.7 4.1 4.4

At expanding establishments

12,505 13,456 13,391 12,455 13,142 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.5

At opening establishments

2,848 3,600 4,110 3,041 3,281 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.9

Gross job losses

16,899 17,063 14,251 14,405 19,107 4.5 4.6 3.8 3.8 5.0

At contracting establishments

13,011 13,390 10,993 10,187 14,078 3.5 3.6 2.9 2.7 3.7

At closing establishments

3,888 3,673 3,258 4,218 5,029 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-1,546 -7 3,250 1,091 -2,684 -0.4 0.0 0.9 0.3 -0.6

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

61,916 65,222 95,373 72,214 63,419 6.7 7.1 10.2 7.4 6.5

At expanding establishments

48,635 52,300 81,628 57,760 50,492 5.3 5.7 8.7 5.9 5.2

At opening establishments

13,281 12,922 13,745 14,454 12,927 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3

Gross job losses

66,809 57,410 52,556 55,759 71,938 7.3 6.2 5.6 5.8 7.4

At contracting establishments

56,886 44,504 37,799 42,311 56,064 6.2 4.8 4.0 4.4 5.8

At closing establishments

9,923 12,906 14,757 13,448 15,874 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6

Net employment change (2)

-4,893 7,812 42,817 16,455 -8,519 -0.6 0.9 4.6 1.6 -0.9

Education and health services

Gross job gains

35,429 37,535 47,909 38,874 39,563 3.9 4.2 5.4 4.3 4.3

At expanding establishments

30,585 32,767 42,500 33,916 34,947 3.4 3.7 4.8 3.8 3.8

At opening establishments

4,844 4,768 5,409 4,958 4,616 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5

Gross job losses

36,112 46,963 32,075 33,613 34,526 4.1 5.3 3.6 3.7 3.8

At contracting establishments

31,054 41,545 25,661 28,761 27,796 3.5 4.7 2.9 3.2 3.1

At closing establishments

5,058 5,418 6,414 4,852 6,730 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-683 -9,428 15,834 5,261 5,037 -0.2 -1.1 1.8 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

63,316 66,443 62,217 49,112 54,034 12.9 12.8 11.6 8.9 9.6

At expanding establishments

52,350 57,421 52,028 40,652 44,362 10.7 11.1 9.7 7.4 7.9

At opening establishments

10,966 9,022 10,189 8,460 9,672 2.2 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.7

Gross job losses

29,203 42,857 38,453 43,303 45,904 6.0 8.3 7.2 7.8 8.2

At contracting establishments

25,174 36,200 31,042 33,809 35,843 5.2 7.0 5.8 6.1 6.4

At closing establishments

4,029 6,657 7,411 9,494 10,061 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8

Net employment change (2)

34,113 23,586 23,764 5,809 8,130 6.9 4.5 4.4 1.1 1.4

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

13,813 13,677 14,934 13,541 13,566 7.7 7.5 8.0 7.2 7.2

At expanding establishments

10,752 10,591 11,347 10,501 10,585 6.0 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.6

At opening establishments

3,061 3,086 3,587 3,040 2,981 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.6

Gross job losses

10,879 11,974 11,008 11,823 13,441 6.1 6.6 5.9 6.4 7.2

At contracting establishments

8,363 9,016 7,971 8,713 9,317 4.7 5.0 4.3 4.7 5.0

At closing establishments

2,516 2,958 3,037 3,110 4,124 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.2

Net employment change (2)

2,934 1,703 3,926 1,718 125 1.6 0.9 2.1 0.8 0.0

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)
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022

United States(1)

6.8 7.3 7.7 6.6 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.7

Alabama

6.3 6.7 7.6 6.2 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.2 6.0 7.0

Alaska

9.5 10.5 11.8 10.1 10.1 9.3 9.7 8.7 9.3 9.6

Arizona

6.8 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.7 7.3

Arkansas

5.8 6.8 7.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.4 6.0

California

7.8 7.8 8.5 7.4 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.6 7.2

Colorado

7.8 8.0 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.4 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.7

Connecticut

6.7 6.9 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.5

Delaware

6.8 7.6 8.2 7.3 6.5 6.5 7.2 6.0 5.6 8.2

District of Columbia

7.1 7.9 7.3 6.0 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.9 6.8

Florida

7.8 9.0 7.7 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.9

Georgia

7.0 7.5 7.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.7 6.7

Hawaii

10.7 7.3 7.1 6.1 5.9 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.1 5.9

Idaho

7.2 7.7 8.5 8.5 7.1 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.2 9.1

Illinois

6.2 6.6 7.5 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.9

Indiana

5.7 6.3 7.3 6.0 5.6 6.0 5.7 4.7 4.8 6.8

Iowa

6.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.3 6.7

Kansas

6.2 6.6 7.6 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.5 5.3 5.4 7.5

Kentucky

6.5 6.7 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.4 4.9 5.0 8.7

Louisiana

6.9 6.9 9.6 6.5 6.6 6.1 8.5 5.8 7.1 7.3

Maine

7.5 7.8 8.2 8.0 17.7 7.7 7.8 6.9 6.1 8.1

Maryland

6.6 7.5 7.3 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.3 5.9 8.1

Massachusetts

6.9 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.4

Michigan

6.3 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.1 6.5

Minnesota

6.1 6.4 7.3 6.0 6.6 5.6 6.7 5.2 5.4 7.1

Mississippi

6.5 7.6 7.9 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.7 6.0 7.0

Missouri

6.1 6.7 7.4 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.9

Montana

8.5 8.5 9.9 9.3 8.2 8.1 8.3 7.2 8.5 9.4

Nebraska

6.2 6.3 7.0 6.8 6.0 6.0 6.5 5.8 5.9 6.6

Nevada

9.4 8.9 8.3 6.8 6.9 5.7 5.7 4.8 5.2 6.7

New Hampshire

7.0 7.0 7.6 7.7 6.6 6.3 6.8 6.4 5.4 7.9

New Jersey

7.1 7.5 8.7 7.1 6.5 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.3

New Mexico

7.4 8.2 8.2 7.4 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 7.1

New York

7.1 7.5 7.7 6.7 7.1 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.6

North Carolina

6.4 6.8 8.1 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.2

North Dakota

6.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.7

Ohio

5.9 6.1 7.0 6.1 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.8 6.3

Oklahoma

6.6 7.1 7.6 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.7 6.2

Oregon

6.6 7.1 7.8 7.5 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.7 7.1

Pennsylvania

5.7 6.3 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.6

Rhode Island

7.0 7.6 8.5 7.9 7.0 6.4 7.1 6.6 5.7 7.3

South Carolina

6.3 7.3 7.9 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.2 6.9

South Dakota

6.8 6.6 7.2 7.7 6.6 5.8 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.8

Tennessee

6.1 6.9 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.6 4.7 6.4

Texas

6.8 7.1 7.7 6.3 6.5 5.6 5.5 4.8 5.4 6.1

Utah

7.0 7.4 7.5 7.8 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.0 5.9 6.8

Vermont

8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.0 7.7 6.9 6.3 8.4

Virginia

6.4 6.9 7.2 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.8 7.0

Washington

6.7 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.0 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.0 7.1

West Virginia

6.6 7.1 7.9 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.9 7.9

Wisconsin

5.8 5.5 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.2 4.8 6.8

Wyoming

8.8 9.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 8.4 8.4 7.8 8.3 9.1

Puerto Rico

7.8 8.5 6.4 7.0 6.5 5.0 5.1 5.5 4.9 6.1

Virgin Islands

11.0 7.5 8.0 6.9 8.8 5.8 8.5 9.5 10.3 12.6

Footnotes
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023