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.

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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)
	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.