Business Employment Dynamics in Utah — Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 97,980, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 93,100, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 4,880 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2025 (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 1,615. (See chart 1.)

Line chart of private sector gross job gains and gross job losses in Utah, September 2020-2025. An accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Utah, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job gains	Gross job losses
Sep 2020	114,294	78,133
Dec 2020	104,742	71,323
Mar 2021	95,199	75,258
Jun 2021	93,281	81,267
Sep 2021	98,485	92,987
Dec 2021	102,294	80,501
Mar 2022	109,057	82,386
Jun 2022	97,813	91,711
Sep 2022	105,902	95,570
Dec 2022	97,577	93,037
Mar 2023	100,303	90,267
Jun 2023	99,335	90,472
Sep 2023	98,749	95,697
Dec 2023	95,117	93,487
Mar 2024	99,812	91,018
Jun 2024	93,852	99,969
Sep 2024	98,207	90,040
Dec 2024	99,094	92,157
Mar 2025	96,433	88,877
Jun 2025	96,089	97,704
Sep 2025	97,980	93,100

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 third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 6.7 percent of private-sector employment in Utah; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.6 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 Utah, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 75,148 in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 2,356 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 22,832 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 465 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Utah, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Utah	United States
Sep 2020	9.1	9.4
Dec 2020	8.2	7.4
Mar 2021	7.3	7.0
Jun 2021	6.9	6.8
Sep 2021	7.3	7.3
Dec 2021	7.5	7.7
Mar 2022	7.9	6.7
Jun 2022	7.0	6.5
Sep 2022	7.5	6.9
Dec 2022	6.9	6.3
Mar 2023	7.0	6.3
Jun 2023	6.9	6.2
Sep 2023	6.8	5.9
Dec 2023	6.6	6.0
Mar 2024	6.9	5.9
Jun 2024	6.5	5.8
Sep 2024	6.8	5.8
Dec 2024	6.8	5.9
Mar 2025	6.6	5.6
Jun 2025	6.6	5.7
Sep 2025	6.7	5.6

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 6.4 percent of private-sector employment in Utah; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Utah, contracting establishments lost 74,649 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,224 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 18,451 jobs, a decrease of 2,380 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Utah, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Utah	United States
Sep 2020	6.2	5.9
Dec 2020	5.5	5.7
Mar 2021	5.7	5.5
Jun 2021	6.1	5.9
Sep 2021	6.9	6.0
Dec 2021	6.0	5.4
Mar 2022	5.9	5.5
Jun 2022	6.6	6.2
Sep 2022	6.8	5.9
Dec 2022	6.5	5.9
Mar 2023	6.3	5.5
Jun 2023	6.3	5.9
Sep 2023	6.6	5.9
Dec 2023	6.5	5.7
Mar 2024	6.3	5.5
Jun 2024	6.9	5.9
Sep 2024	6.2	5.8
Dec 2024	6.3	5.7
Mar 2025	6.0	5.4
Jun 2025	6.6	6.0
Sep 2025	6.4	5.7

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Utah in the third quarter of 2025. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 4,422 jobs. This was the result of 22,443 gross job gains and 18,021 gross job losses. Construction showed a net loss of 1,765 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 Fourth Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. (MT).

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, Utah, 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	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	98,207	99,094	96,433	96,089	97,980	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7
At expanding establishments	76,836	75,120	75,062	72,792	75,148	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.1
At opening establishments	21,371	23,974	21,371	23,297	22,832	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6
Gross job losses	90,040	92,157	88,877	97,704	93,100	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.4
At contracting establishments	70,965	71,294	69,543	76,873	74,649	4.9	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.1
At closing establishments	19,075	20,863	19,334	20,831	18,451	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3
Net employment change (2)	8,167	6,937	7,556	-1,615	4,880	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.3
Construction
Gross job gains	11,166	13,378	12,795	11,800	10,431	8.2	9.6	8.8	8.2	7.5
At expanding establishments	8,728	10,301	9,830	9,032	7,980	6.4	7.4	6.8	6.3	5.7
At opening establishments	2,438	3,077	2,965	2,768	2,451	1.8	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.8
Gross job losses	10,837	10,667	11,607	11,812	12,196	7.9	7.7	8.0	8.2	8.7
At contracting establishments	8,337	7,887	9,369	9,306	9,977	6.1	5.7	6.5	6.5	7.1
At closing establishments	2,500	2,780	2,238	2,506	2,219	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.7	1.6
Net employment change (2)	329	2,711	1,188	-12	-1,765	0.3	1.9	0.8	0.0	-1.2
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	5,289	4,879	5,266	5,369	5,508	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.5	3.6
At expanding establishments	4,562	4,167	4,405	4,588	4,548	3.0	2.7	2.9	3.0	3.0
At opening establishments	727	712	861	781	960	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6
Gross job losses	5,341	5,264	5,204	5,281	5,744	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.7
At contracting establishments	4,658	4,429	4,366	4,583	5,061	3.1	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.3
At closing establishments	683	835	838	698	683	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Net employment change (2)	-52	-385	62	88	-236	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	3,076	2,879	2,937	2,495	2,546	5.0	4.7	4.8	4.1	4.2
At expanding establishments	2,327	2,286	2,342	1,923	1,934	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.2
At opening establishments	749	593	595	572	612	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
Gross job losses	2,784	3,059	2,852	2,765	3,006	4.5	5.0	4.7	4.5	4.9
At contracting establishments	2,063	2,346	2,299	2,030	2,439	3.3	3.8	3.8	3.3	4.0
At closing establishments	721	713	553	735	567	1.2	1.2	0.9	1.2	0.9
Net employment change (2)	292	-180	85	-270	-460	0.5	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	-0.7
Retail trade
Gross job gains	9,166	8,897	8,995	8,624	10,558	5.1	5.1	5.2	4.9	6.0
At expanding establishments	7,963	7,337	7,848	7,036	8,684	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.0	4.9
At opening establishments	1,203	1,560	1,147	1,588	1,874	0.7	0.9	0.7	0.9	1.1
Gross job losses	10,661	11,314	8,581	10,578	9,249	5.9	6.4	4.9	6.1	5.3
At contracting establishments	9,027	9,299	7,058	9,071	7,742	5.0	5.3	4.0	5.2	4.4
At closing establishments	1,634	2,015	1,523	1,507	1,507	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-1,495	-2,417	414	-1,954	1,309	-0.8	-1.3	0.3	-1.2	0.7
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	3,674	5,377	2,959	5,802	3,624	5.4	7.6	4.2	8.3	5.2
At expanding establishments	3,059	4,596	2,373	5,186	3,235	4.5	6.5	3.4	7.4	4.6
At opening establishments	615	781	586	616	389	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.6
Gross job losses	2,611	3,160	4,880	4,992	2,967	3.8	4.5	7.0	7.1	4.2
At contracting establishments	2,240	2,712	4,058	4,486	2,453	3.3	3.9	5.8	6.4	3.5
At closing establishments	371	448	822	506	514	0.5	0.6	1.2	0.7	0.7
Net employment change (2)	1,063	2,217	-1,921	810	657	1.6	3.1	-2.8	1.2	1.0
Information
Gross job gains	2,542	2,421	2,941	2,678	2,821	6.3	6.0	7.2	6.5	6.9
At expanding establishments	1,952	1,770	2,361	2,118	2,123	4.8	4.4	5.8	5.1	5.2
At opening establishments	590	651	580	560	698	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.7
Gross job losses	2,918	2,427	2,948	2,747	2,788	7.3	6.1	7.2	6.7	6.8
At contracting establishments	2,168	1,829	2,249	1,889	2,306	5.4	4.6	5.5	4.6	5.6
At closing establishments	750	598	699	858	482	1.9	1.5	1.7	2.1	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-376	-6	-7	-69	33	-1.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.1
Financial activities
Gross job gains	5,636	5,439	5,489	5,613	5,518	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.5
At expanding establishments	3,839	3,743	4,115	3,968	3,780	3.9	3.8	4.1	4.0	3.8
At opening establishments	1,797	1,696	1,374	1,645	1,738	1.8	1.7	1.4	1.6	1.7
Gross job losses	5,075	5,184	4,970	5,035	5,005	5.2	5.2	5.0	5.1	5.0
At contracting establishments	3,540	3,754	3,544	3,182	3,576	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.2	3.6
At closing establishments	1,535	1,430	1,426	1,853	1,429	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.9	1.4
Net employment change (2)	561	255	519	578	513	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.5
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	19,664	20,251	19,993	20,381	22,443	8.0	8.2	8.1	8.2	8.9
At expanding establishments	13,813	13,504	14,368	14,611	16,140	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.9	6.4
At opening establishments	5,851	6,747	5,625	5,770	6,303	2.4	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.5
Gross job losses	17,659	19,586	17,371	20,751	18,021	7.2	7.9	7.0	8.4	7.1
At contracting establishments	12,963	13,949	11,830	14,843	13,386	5.3	5.6	4.8	6.0	5.3
At closing establishments	4,696	5,637	5,541	5,908	4,635	1.9	2.3	2.2	2.4	1.8
Net employment change (2)	2,005	665	2,622	-370	4,422	0.8	0.3	1.1	-0.2	1.8
Education and health services
Gross job gains	12,868	11,540	12,351	11,780	11,797	5.7	5.1	5.4	5.1	5.0
At expanding establishments	10,097	9,065	9,607	8,213	9,410	4.5	4.0	4.2	3.6	4.0
At opening establishments	2,771	2,475	2,744	3,567	2,387	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.0
Gross job losses	9,633	9,624	9,016	11,381	12,589	4.2	4.2	3.9	4.9	5.4
At contracting establishments	7,276	6,917	6,707	8,875	9,986	3.2	3.0	2.9	3.8	4.3
At closing establishments	2,357	2,707	2,309	2,506	2,603	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.1
Net employment change (2)	3,235	1,916	3,335	399	-792	1.5	0.9	1.5	0.2	-0.4
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	20,089	18,681	17,898	16,065	17,456	11.4	10.6	10.0	9.1	9.8
At expanding establishments	16,688	14,320	14,300	12,400	13,602	9.5	8.1	8.0	7.0	7.6
At opening establishments	3,401	4,361	3,598	3,665	3,854	1.9	2.5	2.0	2.1	2.2
Gross job losses	17,918	17,336	16,617	16,821	16,916	10.1	9.8	9.3	9.5	9.6
At contracting establishments	15,192	14,564	14,328	14,337	13,972	8.6	8.2	8.0	8.1	7.9
At closing establishments	2,726	2,772	2,289	2,484	2,944	1.5	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.7
Net employment change (2)	2,171	1,345	1,281	-756	540	1.3	0.8	0.7	-0.4	0.2
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	3,535	3,580	2,953	3,428	3,311	8.6	8.5	7.0	8.2	7.9
At expanding establishments	2,554	2,601	2,140	2,160	2,157	6.2	6.2	5.1	5.2	5.1
At opening establishments	981	979	813	1,268	1,154	2.4	2.3	1.9	3.0	2.8
Gross job losses	3,089	3,008	3,051	3,372	2,735	7.4	7.2	7.3	8.0	6.5
At contracting establishments	2,251	2,304	2,181	2,441	2,137	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.8	5.1
At closing establishments	838	704	870	931	598	2.0	1.7	2.1	2.2	1.4
Net employment change (2)	446	572	-98	56	576	1.2	1.3	-0.3	0.2	1.4
(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	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025
United States(1)	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.4	6.0	5.7
Alabama	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.5
Alaska	8.0	10.3	10.0	9.9	7.5	9.6	9.5	8.1	10.3	10.0
Arizona	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.3	6.3	5.5
Arkansas	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.2	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.3
California	6.3	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.7	6.0
Colorado	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.8	7.1	6.5
Connecticut	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.8	5.9
Delaware	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.3	6.4	6.3	5.3	6.1	6.1
District of Columbia	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.7	4.6	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9
Florida	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.7	6.2	5.5	5.8	6.0
Georgia	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.8
Hawaii	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.8
Idaho	7.1	8.2	7.3	7.7	6.7	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.2	7.6
Illinois	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.2	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.0
Indiana	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.1
Iowa	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.6	4.8	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.9
Kansas	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.4	6.3	5.8
Kentucky	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.4	5.5	4.8	5.4	5.6
Louisiana	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.6	6.3	6.0
Maine	6.2	7.0	7.4	7.2	6.2	7.1	7.1	6.3	7.4	7.0
Maryland	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.9	5.7	6.2	6.5
Massachusetts	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.9
Michigan	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.8	4.9	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.5	5.9
Minnesota	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.1	5.5	5.5	5.6
Mississippi	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.4	5.7	6.2	6.1	6.5	6.1
Missouri	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.2	6.1	5.9
Montana	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	8.3	7.9
Nebraska	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.8
Nevada	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.2	6.9	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.3	5.2
New Hampshire	5.6	6.3	6.5	6.3	5.6	6.7	5.9	6.1	6.7	6.8
New Jersey	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8
New Mexico	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.2
New York	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.0	7.0	5.8
North Carolina	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.7
North Dakota	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.2	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7	6.6
Ohio	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.3
Oklahoma	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.2	6.4
Oregon	6.3	6.2	5.8	6.4	5.7	6.6	6.6	6.2	6.5	6.7
Pennsylvania	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.7	5.2	5.2
Rhode Island	6.2	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.7	6.7
South Carolina	6.2	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.3	5.9	5.9	5.5	6.6	6.5
South Dakota	5.9	6.7	6.2	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.1	6.0
Tennessee	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.7	5.7	6.2	5.1	5.9	5.2
Texas	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.4	5.3
Utah	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.4
Vermont	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.6	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.5	7.8
Virginia	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.1	5.8	6.1
Washington	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.0	5.2	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.6
West Virginia	5.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	5.8	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.3	6.0
Wisconsin	5.1	5.3	5.0	5.3	4.9	5.5	5.2	4.9	5.5	5.6
Wyoming	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.3	7.7	8.5	8.3	8.7	8.9	8.4
Puerto Rico	5.4	4.3	6.3	7.0	5.4	5.0	5.4	5.4	6.1	5.7
Virgin Islands	4.7	5.2	5.4	15.0	7.1	7.5	10.8	7.6	9.5	8.4
(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.

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