From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Wyoming were 18,894, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 18,048, 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 gain of 846 jobs in the private sector during the fourth quarter of 2024. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 629. (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 fourth quarter of 2024, gross job gains represented 8.8 percent of private-sector employment in Wyoming; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.8 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 Wyoming, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 15,206 in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 252 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 3,688 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 182 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2024, gross job losses represented 8.4 percent of private-sector employment in Wyoming; 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 Wyoming, contracting establishments lost 15,002 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 521 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 3,046 jobs, a decrease of 1,562 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 4 of the 5 published industry sectors in Wyoming in the fourth quarter of 2024. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 583 jobs. This was the result of 5,873 gross job gains and 5,290 gross job losses. The professional and business services industry had the only loss of any sector in the state, with a net loss of 463 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 the Business Employment Dynamics Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for First Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 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, Wyoming, seasonally adjusted

Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	19,120	17,964	17,535	18,460	18,894	8.9	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.8
At expanding establishments	15,816	14,605	14,334	14,954	15,206	7.4	6.8	6.7	7.0	7.1
At opening establishments	3,304	3,359	3,201	3,506	3,688	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.7
Gross job losses	17,843	18,063	19,341	19,089	18,048	8.4	8.3	9.0	9.0	8.4
At contracting establishments	14,686	14,548	15,302	14,481	15,002	6.9	6.7	7.1	6.8	7.0
At closing establishments	3,157	3,515	4,039	4,608	3,046	1.5	1.6	1.9	2.2	1.4
Net employment change (2)	1,277	-99	-1,806	-629	846	0.5	0.1	-0.8	-0.4	0.4
Construction
Gross job gains	3,124	3,276	2,980	3,027	2,953	13.8	13.8	12.7	13.2	12.4
At expanding establishments	2,482	2,732	2,361	2,417	2,235	11.0	11.5	10.1	10.5	9.4
At opening establishments	642	544	619	610	718	2.8	2.3	2.6	2.7	3.0
Gross job losses	2,552	2,889	3,424	2,659	2,851	11.3	12.2	14.6	11.6	12.0
At contracting establishments	2,105	2,350	2,749	2,080	2,371	9.3	9.9	11.7	9.1	10.0
At closing establishments	447	539	675	579	480	2.0	2.3	2.9	2.5	2.0
Net employment change (2)	572	387	-444	368	102	2.5	1.6	-1.9	1.6	0.4
Retail trade
Gross job gains	1,735	1,892	1,639	1,837	1,872	5.7	6.2	5.4	6.1	6.3
At expanding establishments	1,527	1,686	1,482	1,563	1,463	5.0	5.5	4.9	5.2	4.9
At opening establishments	208	206	157	274	409	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.4
Gross job losses	1,765	1,605	1,968	2,082	1,656	5.8	5.2	6.5	6.9	5.5
At contracting establishments	1,605	1,409	1,780	1,658	1,471	5.3	4.6	5.9	5.5	4.9
At closing establishments	160	196	188	424	185	0.5	0.6	0.6	1.4	0.6
Net employment change (2)	-30	287	-329	-245	216	-0.1	1.0	-1.1	-0.8	0.8
Financial activities
Gross job gains	696	590	624	638	713	6.1	5.1	5.5	5.6	6.3
At expanding establishments	481	416	466	457	498	4.2	3.6	4.1	4.0	4.4
At opening establishments	215	174	158	181	215	1.9	1.5	1.4	1.6	1.9
Gross job losses	708	690	721	694	668	6.2	6.0	6.3	6.1	5.9
At contracting establishments	550	497	488	485	472	4.8	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2
At closing establishments	158	193	233	209	196	1.4	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.7
Net employment change (2)	-12	-100	-97	-56	45	-0.1	-0.9	-0.8	-0.5	0.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	2,265	2,518	2,125	2,530	2,064	10.4	11.5	9.7	11.7	9.4
At expanding establishments	1,540	1,768	1,540	1,754	1,281	7.1	8.1	7.0	8.1	5.8
At opening establishments	725	750	585	776	783	3.3	3.4	2.7	3.6	3.6
Gross job losses	2,494	1,999	2,269	2,369	2,527	11.5	9.1	10.4	10.9	11.5
At contracting establishments	1,750	1,382	1,392	1,524	1,840	8.1	6.3	6.4	7.0	8.4
At closing establishments	744	617	877	845	687	3.4	2.8	4.0	3.9	3.1
Net employment change (2)	-229	519	-144	161	-463	-1.1	2.4	-0.7	0.8	-2.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	5,618	4,357	5,052	5,395	5,873	14.5	11.0	13.1	14.1	15.0
At expanding establishments	5,083	3,679	4,363	4,639	5,317	13.1	9.3	11.3	12.1	13.6
At opening establishments	535	678	689	756	556	1.4	1.7	1.8	2.0	1.4
Gross job losses	4,893	5,172	5,467	5,500	5,290	12.6	13.2	14.2	14.3	13.5
At contracting establishments	4,422	4,511	4,595	4,416	4,731	11.4	11.5	11.9	11.5	12.1
At closing establishments	471	661	872	1,084	559	1.2	1.7	2.3	2.8	1.4
Net employment change (2)	725	-815	-415	-105	583	1.9	-2.2	-1.1	-0.2	1.5
(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)
	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024
United States(1)	6.0	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.8	5.7
Alabama	6.2	5.7	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.9	5.3
Alaska	10.2	10.5	10.2	7.9	10.3	9.9	8.6	9.6	9.7	9.6
Arizona	6.5	8.4	5.6	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.4	6.8	6.5	6.0
Arkansas	6.2	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.0	5.2	5.8	5.2	4.8
California	6.4	5.8	6.1	6.4	6.6	6.4	5.6	6.8	6.1	6.4
Colorado	8.2	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.1	7.6	7.7	6.2	6.7	6.7
Connecticut	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.6
Delaware	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.1	5.8	5.1	6.5	6.4	6.4
District of Columbia	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.0	5.6	4.9	6.0	5.0	5.5
Florida	6.1	5.8	6.0	6.6	6.0	5.9	5.4	5.9	5.7	6.2
Georgia	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.4
Hawaii	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.6	5.3	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.0	4.9
Idaho	8.5	7.9	7.5	7.2	8.2	5.8	8.3	7.4	7.6	6.8
Illinois	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.0	5.1	5.1	4.8	5.3	5.1	5.2
Indiana	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.4	5.1	5.0	5.5	5.4	5.2
Iowa	6.1	6.1	5.5	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.7	6.0	5.6
Kansas	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.3	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.2
Kentucky	5.7	5.7	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.9	5.5	5.5
Louisiana	6.3	6.2	5.7	6.1	6.2	5.8	5.7	6.3	5.8	5.4
Maine	7.4	7.2	7.3	6.2	6.7	7.0	6.1	7.0	7.0	7.0
Maryland	6.2	5.8	7.2	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	6.5	6.1	5.9
Massachusetts	5.5	5.2	5.7	4.9	5.3	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.6
Michigan	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.8	6.0
Minnesota	6.9	5.8	5.7	5.1	5.5	6.9	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.1
Mississippi	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.1	6.3	5.7	6.1	6.3	5.7	6.4
Missouri	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.7	5.6	5.3	5.8	5.8	5.3
Montana	8.8	8.1	7.9	7.3	8.4	7.2	7.5	7.6	8.1	7.8
Nebraska	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.5
Nevada	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.4	6.2	5.7	5.9	5.8
New Hampshire	6.2	6.5	6.1	5.5	6.3	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.7	5.9
New Jersey	5.9	5.5	5.9	5.3	6.0	5.8	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.3
New Mexico	6.9	6.0	6.0	6.2	5.8	5.8	6.0	6.3	6.3	5.9
New York	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.0	5.5	5.7	5.5
North Carolina	6.3	5.4	5.6	5.6	6.1	4.9	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.5
North Dakota	6.7	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.6	6.7
Ohio	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.4	5.2	4.8	5.4	5.4	5.1
Oklahoma	6.1	5.6	5.6	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.2	6.4	5.6	5.4
Oregon	6.2	6.4	6.0	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.4	6.6	6.8
Pennsylvania	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.2	4.8	4.6	5.1	5.1	4.8
Rhode Island	6.8	6.9	6.6	6.2	7.2	6.3	5.7	6.7	6.5	6.3
South Carolina	6.2	6.4	5.9	6.2	6.5	5.3	6.3	6.4	5.9	6.0
South Dakota	6.6	6.3	6.0	5.9	6.7	5.8	5.8	6.3	5.9	5.9
Tennessee	6.2	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.5	4.9	5.7	5.8	5.0
Texas	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.6	5.8	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.1
Utah	6.6	6.7	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.0	6.6	6.1	6.2
Vermont	7.3	7.2	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.3	7.5	7.3	6.8
Virginia	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.5	5.5
Washington	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.3
West Virginia	6.5	6.9	6.6	5.8	6.4	5.8	5.7	6.8	6.6	6.1
Wisconsin	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.0	5.3	5.2	4.8	5.5	5.4	5.0
Wyoming	8.9	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.8	8.4	8.3	9.0	9.0	8.4
Puerto Rico	4.9	5.4	5.6	5.4	4.4	4.8	4.6	4.9	5.1	5.5
Virgin Islands	6.0	5.6	4.3	4.4	4.0	5.9	4.5	5.1	6.1	12.6
(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.