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24-2259-CHI
Thursday, November 07, 2024

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Business Employment Dynamics in North Dakota — First Quarter 2024

From December 2023 to March 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in North Dakota were 24,451, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 21,536, 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 gain of 2,915 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2024. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 1,501. (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 gains

In the first quarter of 2024, gross job gains represented 6.9 percent of private-sector employment in North Dakota; 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 North Dakota, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 20,295 in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 859 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 4,156 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 43 jobs from the previous quarter.


Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2024, gross job losses represented 6.1 percent of private-sector employment in North Dakota; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 North Dakota, contracting establishments lost 18,108 jobs in the first quarter of 2024, a decrease of 458 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 3,428 jobs, a decrease of 54 jobs from the previous quarter.


Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 4 of the 5 published industry sectors in North Dakota in the first quarter of 2024. Construction had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,560 jobs. This was the result of 4,938 gross job gains and 3,378 gross job losses. Professional and business services showed a net loss of 389 jobs, the only sector in the state with net job losses.

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 Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Second Quarter 2024 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics (BED) Data

Data in this release contain annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. These revisions include the previous four quarters of not seasonally adjusted data and five years of seasonally adjusted data.


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.

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, North Dakota, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Mar.
2023
June
2023
Sept.
2023
Dec.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
June
2023
Sept.
2023
Dec.
2023
Mar.
2024

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

26,288 24,058 23,159 23,549 24,451 7.6 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.9

At expanding establishments

22,442 19,925 18,913 19,436 20,295 6.5 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.7

At opening establishments

3,846 4,133 4,246 4,113 4,156 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Gross job losses

19,715 23,535 22,901 22,048 21,536 5.7 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.1

At contracting establishments

16,067 20,250 18,813 18,566 18,108 4.6 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.1

At closing establishments

3,648 3,285 4,088 3,482 3,428 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0

Net employment change (2)

6,573 523 258 1,501 2,915 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.8

Construction

Gross job gains

4,823 3,802 3,374 3,962 4,938 17.5 13.8 12.7 14.5 16.9

At expanding establishments

4,044 3,035 2,506 3,027 3,856 14.7 11.0 9.4 11.1 13.2

At opening establishments

779 767 868 935 1,082 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.4 3.7

Gross job losses

2,929 4,532 3,410 3,419 3,378 10.6 16.4 12.8 12.5 11.5

At contracting establishments

2,315 3,700 2,822 2,889 2,789 8.4 13.4 10.6 10.6 9.5

At closing establishments

614 832 588 530 589 2.2 3.0 2.2 1.9 2.0

Net employment change (2)

1,894 -730 -36 543 1,560 6.9 -2.6 -0.1 2.0 5.4

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

1,298 1,256 1,387 1,275 1,233 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.1

At expanding establishments

1,162 1,103 1,185 1,115 1,114 4.9 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.6

At opening establishments

136 153 202 160 119 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.5

Gross job losses

1,024 1,085 1,085 1,019 1,033 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.2

At contracting establishments

894 958 918 924 863 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.5

At closing establishments

130 127 167 95 170 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7

Net employment change (2)

274 171 302 256 200 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.9

Retail trade

Gross job gains

3,062 2,367 2,446 2,258 2,886 6.8 5.2 5.4 5.0 6.3

At expanding establishments

2,909 2,205 2,145 1,971 2,652 6.5 4.8 4.7 4.4 5.8

At opening establishments

153 162 301 287 234 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5

Gross job losses

1,856 2,552 2,701 2,620 1,882 4.2 5.6 6.0 5.8 4.1

At contracting establishments

1,695 2,404 2,359 2,254 1,646 3.8 5.3 5.2 5.0 3.6

At closing establishments

161 148 342 366 236 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.5

Net employment change (2)

1,206 -185 -255 -362 1,004 2.6 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 2.2

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

2,919 3,368 2,796 2,741 2,693 8.5 9.7 8.0 7.9 7.8

At expanding establishments

2,157 2,579 2,001 2,179 2,019 6.3 7.4 5.7 6.3 5.8

At opening establishments

762 789 795 562 674 2.2 2.3 2.3 1.6 2.0

Gross job losses

2,695 2,803 3,248 2,902 3,082 7.8 8.1 9.3 8.3 8.9

At contracting establishments

2,070 2,332 2,414 2,199 2,492 6.0 6.7 6.9 6.3 7.2

At closing establishments

625 471 834 703 590 1.8 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.7

Net employment change (2)

224 565 -452 -161 -389 0.7 1.6 -1.3 -0.4 -1.1

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

4,740 3,954 3,843 4,004 4,326 12.0 9.9 9.6 9.9 10.5

At expanding establishments

4,126 3,019 2,992 3,303 3,310 10.4 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.0

At opening establishments

614 935 851 701 1,016 1.6 2.3 2.1 1.7 2.5

Gross job losses

3,427 3,932 3,835 3,459 3,337 8.7 9.9 9.6 8.5 8.1

At contracting establishments

2,596 3,262 3,288 2,924 2,794 6.6 8.2 8.2 7.2 6.8

At closing establishments

831 670 547 535 543 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.3

Net employment change (2)

1,313 22 8 545 989 3.3 0.0 0.0 1.4 2.4

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.

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)
Mar.
2023
June
2023
Sept.
2023
Dec.
2023
Mar.
2024
Mar.
2023
June
2023
Sept.
2023
Dec.
2023
Mar.
2024

United States(1)

6.3 6.2 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.4

Alabama

6.5 6.0 6.0 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.7 5.5

Alaska

10.5 11.0 8.5 10.2 10.5 8.6 8.9 10.5 9.9 8.6

Arizona

6.0 7.0 6.8 6.5 8.4 5.6 6.3 5.7 6.6 6.4

Arkansas

5.8 5.9 5.6 6.2 5.6 5.1 6.0 5.8 5.0 5.2

California

6.3 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.8 6.6 6.4 6.5 6.4 5.6

Colorado

7.2 7.3 5.4 8.2 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.1 7.6 7.7

Connecticut

6.2 6.4 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.7 6.2 5.7 5.2

Delaware

6.7 6.4 6.0 6.1 6.0 5.2 5.8 6.5 5.8 5.1

District of Columbia

6.0 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.6 4.9

Florida

6.3 6.8 6.5 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4

Georgia

6.5 6.3 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.7

Hawaii

5.6 5.7 5.3 6.1 5.4 5.1 5.3 6.8 5.0 5.1

Idaho

7.9 7.8 7.2 8.5 7.9 7.3 7.4 7.9 5.8 8.3

Illinois

5.8 5.4 4.8 5.0 5.1 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.8

Indiana

5.6 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.0

Iowa

6.1 6.0 5.6 6.1 6.1 5.4 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.6

Kansas

6.1 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.0 6.0 5.3 5.6

Kentucky

6.1 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.7 4.9 5.9 5.6 5.2 5.0

Louisiana

6.5 6.0 6.2 6.3 6.2 5.5 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.7

Maine

7.8 7.6 7.0 7.4 7.2 6.3 7.6 7.8 7.0 6.1

Maryland

7.2 6.7 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.6 6.4 5.8 5.7

Massachusetts

5.8 5.9 5.4 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.1

Michigan

5.8 5.9 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.9 5.5 5.2

Minnesota

5.8 6.0 3.3 6.9 5.8 4.8 5.5 4.3 6.9 5.7

Mississippi

6.5 6.4 6.2 6.1 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.2 5.7 6.1

Missouri

6.5 5.8 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.1 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.3

Montana

8.7 7.8 7.7 8.8 8.1 7.2 8.4 8.4 7.2 7.5

Nebraska

6.5 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.8 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.1

Nevada

6.2 6.5 6.5 6.7 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.4 6.2

New Hampshire

7.0 6.7 5.8 6.2 6.5 5.9 6.3 6.7 5.9 5.8

New Jersey

6.3 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.5 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.8 5.4

New Mexico

7.0 6.6 6.4 6.9 6.0 5.8 6.3 6.8 5.8 6.0

New York

6.5 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.0

North Carolina

6.6 6.1 5.7 6.3 5.4 5.3 5.7 6.1 4.9 5.5

North Dakota

7.6 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.9 5.7 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.1

Ohio

6.0 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.6 5.6 5.2 4.8

Oklahoma

6.3 6.3 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.2

Oregon

7.6 6.4 6.1 6.2 6.4 5.9 6.6 6.7 6.2 6.1

Pennsylvania

5.5 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.6

Rhode Island

7.4 6.7 6.4 6.8 6.9 5.9 6.8 6.7 6.3 5.7

South Carolina

6.8 6.4 6.6 6.2 6.4 5.9 6.6 5.7 5.3 6.3

South Dakota

7.3 6.7 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.3 5.8 5.8

Tennessee

5.9 5.8 5.6 6.2 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.7 5.5 4.9

Texas

6.0 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.2 5.1

Utah

7.0 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.3 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.0

Vermont

8.4 7.4 6.4 7.3 7.2 6.0 7.5 7.9 6.6 6.3

Virginia

6.2 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.2 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.2

Washington

6.6 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.7 6.3 5.7 6.0 5.4 5.3

West Virginia

7.3 6.1 6.5 6.5 6.9 5.5 6.4 6.6 5.8 5.7

Wisconsin

6.1 5.6 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.8 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8

Wyoming

9.0 8.4 8.3 8.9 8.4 7.8 8.7 8.2 8.4 8.3

Puerto Rico

5.1 5.9 5.7 4.9 5.4 5.8 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.6

Virgin Islands

7.9 7.5 8.2 6.0 5.6 7.4 6.5 6.8 5.9 4.5

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, November 07, 2024