From March 2025 to June 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Nebraska were 46,638, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 45,767, 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 loss of 871 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 809. (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 the Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.)

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Nebraska; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.0 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 Nebraska, contracting establishments lost 39,252 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 851 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 7,386 jobs, an increase of 125 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Nebraska; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.7 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 Nebraska, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 37,583 in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,389 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 8,184 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of 475 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 7 of the 10 published industry sectors in Nebraska in the second quarter of 2025. Manufacturing had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 639 jobs. This was the result of 2,290 gross job gains and 2,929 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had a net loss of 503 jobs, followed by transportation and warehousing with a net loss of 448 jobs. Leisure and hospitality showed a net gain of 865 jobs, the largest gain 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, Nebraska, 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 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	46,468	47,831	48,182	44,853	45,767	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4
At expanding establishments	38,243	39,867	39,586	36,194	37,583	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.4
At opening establishments	8,225	7,964	8,596	8,659	8,184	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	47,808	48,202	46,354	45,662	46,638	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.5
At contracting establishments	40,978	40,264	38,147	38,401	39,252	4.8	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.6
At closing establishments	6,830	7,938	8,207	7,261	7,386	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-1,340	-371	1,828	-809	-871	-0.1	0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.1
Construction
Gross job gains	4,505	5,512	6,085	5,484	5,267	7.2	9.0	9.7	8.5	8.1
At expanding establishments	3,566	4,535	4,559	4,286	4,337	5.7	7.4	7.3	6.6	6.7
At opening establishments	939	977	1,526	1,198	930	1.5	1.6	2.4	1.9	1.4
Gross job losses	5,729	4,773	4,743	4,861	5,565	9.1	7.8	7.6	7.5	8.7
At contracting establishments	4,845	3,906	3,677	3,975	4,676	7.7	6.4	5.9	6.1	7.3
At closing establishments	884	867	1,066	886	889	1.4	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-1,224	739	1,342	623	-298	-1.9	1.2	2.1	1.0	-0.6
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	2,363	2,395	2,573	1,858	2,290	2.3	2.3	2.5	1.8	2.2
At expanding establishments	2,260	2,179	2,483	1,741	2,218	2.2	2.1	2.4	1.7	2.1
At opening establishments	103	216	90	117	72	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Gross job losses	2,461	2,793	2,484	2,636	2,929	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.9
At contracting establishments	2,357	2,451	2,288	2,501	2,653	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.6
At closing establishments	104	342	196	135	276	0.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3
Net employment change (2)	-98	-398	89	-778	-639	0.0	-0.3	0.1	-0.7	-0.7
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,769	1,963	1,836	1,956	1,756	4.2	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.2
At expanding establishments	1,515	1,681	1,565	1,605	1,453	3.6	4.0	3.7	3.9	3.5
At opening establishments	254	282	271	351	303	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	1,977	2,095	1,868	1,949	1,831	4.7	5.1	4.4	4.7	4.4
At contracting establishments	1,642	1,774	1,556	1,622	1,539	3.9	4.3	3.7	3.9	3.7
At closing establishments	335	321	312	327	292	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-208	-132	-32	7	-75	-0.5	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
Retail trade
Gross job gains	5,651	5,222	4,824	5,780	5,227	5.3	5.0	4.7	5.6	5.0
At expanding establishments	5,008	4,676	4,254	5,176	4,588	4.7	4.5	4.1	5.0	4.4
At opening establishments	643	546	570	604	639	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	5,711	6,364	5,814	4,584	5,730	5.4	6.0	5.6	4.5	5.5
At contracting establishments	5,237	5,813	5,282	3,991	5,218	5.0	5.5	5.1	3.9	5.0
At closing establishments	474	551	532	593	512	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-60	-1,142	-990	1,196	-503	-0.1	-1.0	-0.9	1.1	-0.5
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	1,682	2,034	2,842	1,321	1,583	3.9	4.9	6.7	3.2	3.8
At expanding establishments	1,416	1,664	2,586	1,086	1,324	3.3	4.0	6.1	2.6	3.2
At opening establishments	266	370	256	235	259	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	2,704	2,015	1,823	2,744	2,031	6.4	4.9	4.3	6.5	4.9
At contracting establishments	2,414	1,826	1,349	2,445	1,832	5.7	4.4	3.2	5.8	4.4
At closing establishments	290	189	474	299	199	0.7	0.5	1.1	0.7	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-1,022	19	1,019	-1,423	-448	-2.5	0.0	2.4	-3.3	-1.1
Financial activities
Gross job gains	2,524	2,397	2,609	2,149	2,301	4.0	3.8	4.1	3.3	3.6
At expanding establishments	2,042	1,892	1,913	1,613	1,834	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.5	2.9
At opening establishments	482	505	696	536	467	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	2,619	2,597	2,531	2,513	2,431	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.8
At contracting establishments	1,836	2,090	1,954	1,888	1,895	2.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.0
At closing establishments	783	507	577	625	536	1.2	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-95	-200	78	-364	-130	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	-0.7	-0.2
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	7,754	7,487	6,760	7,124	7,662	6.3	6.1	5.6	6.0	6.4
At expanding establishments	6,120	5,779	5,205	5,592	5,748	5.0	4.7	4.3	4.7	4.8
At opening establishments	1,634	1,708	1,555	1,532	1,914	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.6
Gross job losses	8,392	8,485	8,713	8,140	7,728	6.8	6.9	7.2	6.8	6.5
At contracting establishments	6,914	6,516	6,780	6,485	6,146	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.4	5.2
At closing establishments	1,478	1,969	1,933	1,655	1,582	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-638	-998	-1,953	-1,016	-66	-0.5	-0.8	-1.6	-0.8	-0.1
Education and health services
Gross job gains	7,440	6,817	6,886	6,565	6,418	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.1
At expanding establishments	6,079	5,606	5,902	5,651	5,287	4.1	3.7	3.9	3.7	3.4
At opening establishments	1,361	1,211	984	914	1,131	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	5,565	6,140	5,300	5,120	5,875	3.8	4.1	3.5	3.3	3.8
At contracting establishments	4,580	4,875	4,218	4,336	4,826	3.1	3.3	2.8	2.8	3.1
At closing establishments	985	1,265	1,082	784	1,049	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.7
Net employment change (2)	1,875	677	1,586	1,445	543	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.0	0.3
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	8,861	10,157	9,474	8,566	9,399	8.8	10.1	9.4	8.5	9.3
At expanding establishments	7,019	8,753	7,641	6,320	7,543	7.0	8.7	7.6	6.3	7.5
At opening establishments	1,842	1,404	1,833	2,246	1,856	1.8	1.4	1.8	2.2	1.8
Gross job losses	8,586	8,933	8,947	9,056	8,534	8.6	8.9	8.8	9.0	8.5
At contracting establishments	7,776	7,756	7,695	7,775	7,411	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.7	7.4
At closing establishments	810	1,177	1,252	1,281	1,123	0.8	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.1
Net employment change (2)	275	1,224	527	-490	865	0.2	1.2	0.6	-0.5	0.8
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,879	1,851	1,803	1,818	1,898	7.0	6.9	6.7	6.7	7.0
At expanding establishments	1,545	1,585	1,483	1,340	1,571	5.8	5.9	5.5	4.9	5.8
At opening establishments	334	266	320	478	327	1.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	1.2
Gross job losses	1,637	1,912	1,806	1,662	1,660	6.1	7.1	6.7	6.2	6.1
At contracting establishments	1,358	1,470	1,437	1,346	1,305	5.1	5.5	5.3	5.0	4.8
At closing establishments	279	442	369	316	355	1.0	1.6	1.4	1.2	1.3
Net employment change (2)	242	-61	-3	156	238	0.9	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.9
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)
	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.