From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Connecticut were 81,141, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 79,617, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 1,524 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 2,891. (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 fourth quarter of 2024, gross job losses represented 5.6 percent of private-sector employment in Connecticut; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Connecticut, contracting establishments lost 62,139 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 5,292 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 19,002 jobs, an increase of 3,565 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job gains

In the fourth quarter of 2024, gross job gains represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Connecticut; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.8 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 Connecticut, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 65,069 in the fourth quarter of 2024, an increase of 2,052 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 14,548 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2024, a decrease of 2,412 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 6 of the 10 published industry sectors in Connecticut in the fourth quarter of 2024. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job loss, with a loss of 3,684 jobs. This was the result of 16,564 gross job losses and 12,880 gross job gains. Leisure and hospitality showed a net gain of 2,032 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 First Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 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, Connecticut, 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	81,927	82,391	84,522	79,977	79,617	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.5
At expanding establishments	64,405	65,871	66,074	63,017	65,069	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.5
At opening establishments	17,522	16,520	18,448	16,960	14,548	1.2	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.0
Gross job losses	83,179	75,630	81,499	82,868	81,141	5.7	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.6
At contracting establishments	63,976	60,509	64,415	67,431	62,139	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.3
At closing establishments	19,203	15,121	17,084	15,437	19,002	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-1,252	6,761	3,023	-2,891	-1,524	-0.1	0.4	0.2	-0.2	-0.1
Construction
Gross job gains	5,977	6,285	5,802	5,417	5,845	9.8	9.9	9.0	8.6	9.3
At expanding establishments	4,646	5,061	4,499	4,221	4,649	7.6	8.0	7.0	6.7	7.4
At opening establishments	1,331	1,224	1,303	1,196	1,196	2.2	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.9
Gross job losses	5,891	5,073	5,383	5,859	5,856	9.6	8.0	8.4	9.4	9.3
At contracting establishments	3,947	3,892	4,396	4,379	4,359	6.4	6.1	6.9	7.0	6.9
At closing establishments	1,944	1,181	987	1,480	1,497	3.2	1.9	1.5	2.4	2.4
Net employment change (2)	86	1,212	419	-442	-11	0.2	1.9	0.6	-0.8	0.0
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	4,213	4,216	4,040	4,677	3,633	2.7	2.7	2.5	3.0	2.4
At expanding establishments	3,559	3,442	3,507	4,250	3,184	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.7	2.1
At opening establishments	654	774	533	427	449	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3
Gross job losses	5,329	4,136	5,029	4,445	4,503	3.4	2.7	3.2	2.9	2.9
At contracting establishments	4,031	3,524	4,590	3,728	4,038	2.6	2.3	2.9	2.4	2.6
At closing establishments	1,298	612	439	717	465	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3
Net employment change (2)	-1,116	80	-989	232	-870	-0.7	0.0	-0.7	0.1	-0.5
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	2,501	2,588	2,761	2,965	2,446	4.1	4.3	4.6	4.9	4.0
At expanding establishments	1,881	2,064	2,245	2,304	1,894	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.1
At opening establishments	620	524	516	661	552	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9
Gross job losses	3,201	2,680	3,176	3,069	2,930	5.3	4.4	5.2	5.0	4.9
At contracting establishments	2,228	2,002	2,362	2,341	2,093	3.7	3.3	3.9	3.8	3.5
At closing establishments	973	678	814	728	837	1.6	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-700	-92	-415	-104	-484	-1.2	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	-0.9
Retail trade
Gross job gains	8,745	9,494	8,392	8,865	8,205	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.0
At expanding establishments	7,047	8,482	7,148	7,911	6,890	4.3	5.1	4.3	4.7	4.2
At opening establishments	1,698	1,012	1,244	954	1,315	1.0	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.8
Gross job losses	9,813	7,923	9,655	9,511	9,749	5.9	4.8	5.8	5.7	5.9
At contracting establishments	8,455	6,654	8,704	8,428	8,279	5.1	4.0	5.2	5.1	5.0
At closing establishments	1,358	1,269	951	1,083	1,470	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-1,068	1,571	-1,263	-646	-1,544	-0.6	0.9	-0.8	-0.4	-0.9
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	6,030	2,938	3,154	3,139	4,592	8.8	4.3	4.7	4.7	6.8
At expanding establishments	5,616	2,755	2,861	2,810	4,259	8.2	4.0	4.3	4.2	6.3
At opening establishments	414	183	293	329	333	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.5
Gross job losses	3,920	5,185	3,437	2,860	3,214	5.7	7.6	5.2	4.3	4.8
At contracting establishments	3,483	4,803	3,129	2,607	2,693	5.1	7.0	4.7	3.9	4.0
At closing establishments	437	382	308	253	521	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.8
Net employment change (2)	2,110	-2,247	-283	279	1,378	3.1	-3.3	-0.5	0.4	2.0
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,539	3,985	4,938	4,315	4,338	3.9	3.4	4.3	3.7	3.8
At expanding establishments	3,354	2,937	3,813	3,568	3,454	2.9	2.5	3.3	3.1	3.0
At opening establishments	1,185	1,048	1,125	747	884	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.6	0.8
Gross job losses	4,680	4,512	4,472	5,275	4,738	4.0	3.9	3.9	4.6	4.1
At contracting establishments	3,260	3,671	3,213	4,235	3,378	2.8	3.2	2.8	3.7	2.9
At closing establishments	1,420	841	1,259	1,040	1,360	1.2	0.7	1.1	0.9	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-141	-527	466	-960	-400	-0.1	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	-0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	12,121	13,555	14,998	13,928	12,880	5.5	6.2	6.8	6.3	5.8
At expanding establishments	8,658	10,052	11,252	10,118	9,795	3.9	4.6	5.1	4.6	4.4
At opening establishments	3,463	3,503	3,746	3,810	3,085	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.4
Gross job losses	15,735	13,553	13,453	14,794	16,564	7.1	6.2	6.1	6.6	7.6
At contracting establishments	11,668	10,147	10,371	10,927	11,589	5.3	4.6	4.7	4.9	5.3
At closing establishments	4,067	3,406	3,082	3,867	4,975	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.7	2.3
Net employment change (2)	-3,614	2	1,545	-866	-3,684	-1.6	0.0	0.7	-0.3	-1.8
Education and health services
Gross job gains	14,605	15,109	17,183	16,997	14,211	4.1	4.3	4.9	4.8	3.9
At expanding establishments	12,395	12,980	13,433	12,834	12,284	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.4
At opening establishments	2,210	2,129	3,750	4,163	1,927	0.6	0.6	1.1	1.2	0.5
Gross job losses	12,759	11,315	15,876	12,540	13,284	3.7	3.2	4.5	3.5	3.7
At contracting establishments	10,465	9,065	10,710	10,762	10,563	3.0	2.6	3.0	3.0	2.9
At closing establishments	2,294	2,250	5,166	1,778	2,721	0.7	0.6	1.5	0.5	0.8
Net employment change (2)	1,846	3,794	1,307	4,457	927	0.4	1.1	0.4	1.3	0.2
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	16,246	16,261	16,059	13,162	16,121	10.6	10.6	10.3	8.4	10.4
At expanding establishments	12,143	12,580	12,260	10,324	13,363	7.9	8.2	7.9	6.6	8.6
At opening establishments	4,103	3,681	3,799	2,838	2,758	2.7	2.4	2.4	1.8	1.8
Gross job losses	14,986	14,555	14,102	17,753	14,089	9.8	9.4	9.0	11.4	9.1
At contracting establishments	11,672	11,717	11,920	14,927	10,800	7.6	7.6	7.6	9.6	7.0
At closing establishments	3,314	2,838	2,182	2,826	3,289	2.2	1.8	1.4	1.8	2.1
Net employment change (2)	1,260	1,706	1,957	-4,591	2,032	0.8	1.2	1.3	-3.0	1.3
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	3,680	4,024	4,080	3,671	4,101	7.3	7.9	7.9	7.1	7.9
At expanding establishments	2,724	3,091	3,235	2,773	3,000	5.4	6.1	6.3	5.4	5.8
At opening establishments	956	933	845	898	1,101	1.9	1.8	1.6	1.7	2.1
Gross job losses	3,646	3,534	3,668	4,413	3,635	7.3	6.9	7.2	8.5	7.0
At contracting establishments	2,708	2,675	2,660	3,423	2,503	5.4	5.2	5.2	6.6	4.8
At closing establishments	938	859	1,008	990	1,132	1.9	1.7	2.0	1.9	2.2
Net employment change (2)	34	490	412	-742	466	0.0	1.0	0.7	-1.4	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. 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)
	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
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.