Business Employment Dynamics in Florida — Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Florida were 528,715, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 520,491, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 8,224 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 11,520. (See chart 1.)

Chart 1. Line chart of gross job gains and losses in Florida, September 2020 to September 2025, seasonally adjusted. 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 Florida, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Sep 2020	493,842	672,481
Dec 2020	439,963	588,962
Mar 2021	432,918	533,552
Jun 2021	473,060	596,561
Sep 2021	472,210	703,318
Dec 2021	470,712	620,141
Mar 2022	465,245	533,949
Jun 2022	510,136	615,938
Sep 2022	462,732	651,613
Dec 2022	504,291	527,522
Mar 2023	476,736	537,624
Jun 2023	500,754	579,755
Sep 2023	504,819	561,806
Dec 2023	509,924	522,462
Mar 2024	477,490	504,877
Jun 2024	502,719	527,079
Sep 2024	496,080	568,346
Dec 2024	544,968	525,857
Mar 2025	480,933	510,563
Jun 2025	509,088	497,568
Sep 2025	528,715	520,491

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 third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 6.0 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; 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 Florida, contracting establishments lost 389,931 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 13,052 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 138,784 jobs, an increase of 6,575 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Florida, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Florida	United States
Sep 2020	6.8	5.9
Dec 2020	6.0	5.7
Mar 2021	5.8	5.5
Jun 2021	6.1	5.9
Sep 2021	6.0	6.0
Dec 2021	5.9	5.4
Mar 2022	5.7	5.5
Jun 2022	6.2	6.2
Sep 2022	5.6	5.9
Dec 2022	5.9	5.9
Mar 2023	5.7	5.5
Jun 2023	5.9	5.9
Sep 2023	5.9	5.9
Dec 2023	5.9	5.7
Mar 2024	5.5	5.5
Jun 2024	5.8	5.9
Sep 2024	5.7	5.8
Dec 2024	6.2	5.7
Mar 2025	5.5	5.4
Jun 2025	5.8	6.0
Sep 2025	6.0	5.7

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.6 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 Florida, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 373,057 in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 4,832 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 147,434 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 18,091 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Florida, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Florida	United States
Sep 2020	9.3	9.4
Dec 2020	8.0	7.4
Mar 2021	7.0	7.0
Jun 2021	7.8	6.8
Sep 2021	9.0	7.3
Dec 2021	7.7	7.7
Mar 2022	6.6	6.7
Jun 2022	7.5	6.5
Sep 2022	7.8	6.9
Dec 2022	6.2	6.3
Mar 2023	6.3	6.3
Jun 2023	6.8	6.2
Sep 2023	6.5	5.9
Dec 2023	6.1	6.0
Mar 2024	5.8	5.9
Jun 2024	6.1	5.8
Sep 2024	6.5	5.8
Dec 2024	6.0	5.9
Mar 2025	5.8	5.6
Jun 2025	5.7	5.7
Sep 2025	5.9	5.6

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 10 of the 11 published industry sectors in Florida in the third quarter of 2025. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 10,291 jobs. This was the result of 117,372 gross job losses and 107,081 gross job gains. The construction industry had a net loss of 7,482 jobs, followed by the retail trade industry with a net loss of 5,655 jobs. Education and health services showed a net gain of 14,021 jobs.

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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 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, Florida, 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	568,346	525,857	510,563	497,568	520,491	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9
At expanding establishments	417,685	368,430	379,055	368,225	373,057	4.8	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2
At opening establishments	150,661	157,427	131,508	129,343	147,434	1.7	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.7
Gross job losses	496,080	544,968	480,933	509,088	528,715	5.7	6.2	5.5	5.8	6.0
At contracting establishments	356,711	388,503	358,089	376,879	389,931	4.1	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.4
At closing establishments	139,369	156,465	122,844	132,209	138,784	1.6	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.6
Net employment change (2)	72,266	-19,111	29,630	-11,520	-8,224	0.8	-0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Construction
Gross job gains	48,561	46,323	52,159	46,620	46,740	7.5	7.1	8.0	7.1	7.2
At expanding establishments	33,760	32,678	36,610	33,080	31,897	5.2	5.0	5.6	5.0	4.9
At opening establishments	14,801	13,645	15,549	13,540	14,843	2.3	2.1	2.4	2.1	2.3
Gross job losses	45,354	48,031	49,354	51,122	54,222	7.0	7.4	7.5	7.7	8.3
At contracting establishments	30,584	32,580	34,254	35,241	37,274	4.7	5.0	5.2	5.3	5.7
At closing establishments	14,770	15,451	15,100	15,881	16,948	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6
Net employment change (2)	3,207	-1,708	2,805	-4,502	-7,482	0.5	-0.3	0.5	-0.6	-1.1
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	18,924	15,883	17,138	15,747	15,955	4.4	3.7	4.0	3.7	3.8
At expanding establishments	14,488	11,924	13,444	12,455	11,885	3.4	2.8	3.1	2.9	2.8
At opening establishments	4,436	3,959	3,694	3,292	4,070	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0
Gross job losses	17,671	18,399	16,714	17,372	18,229	4.2	4.3	3.9	4.1	4.2
At contracting establishments	13,130	13,136	12,548	13,148	13,812	3.1	3.1	2.9	3.1	3.2
At closing establishments	4,541	5,263	4,166	4,224	4,417	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0
Net employment change (2)	1,253	-2,516	424	-1,625	-2,274	0.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.4
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	18,962	16,723	17,849	16,898	17,184	4.8	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.3
At expanding establishments	14,723	12,273	13,545	13,186	12,695	3.7	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2
At opening establishments	4,239	4,450	4,304	3,712	4,489	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1
Gross job losses	17,069	19,640	16,804	17,779	18,160	4.3	4.9	4.2	4.4	4.6
At contracting establishments	12,296	13,994	12,400	12,483	13,298	3.1	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.4
At closing establishments	4,773	5,646	4,404	5,296	4,862	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.2
Net employment change (2)	1,893	-2,917	1,045	-881	-976	0.5	-0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains	61,509	54,503	62,241	59,856	56,912	5.3	4.7	5.4	5.1	4.9
At expanding establishments	50,174	44,186	51,636	47,885	45,117	4.3	3.8	4.5	4.1	3.9
At opening establishments	11,335	10,317	10,605	11,971	11,795	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	60,479	69,599	53,732	64,160	62,567	5.2	6.1	4.7	5.5	5.5
At contracting establishments	50,069	55,066	43,687	51,163	51,482	4.3	4.8	3.8	4.4	4.5
At closing establishments	10,410	14,533	10,045	12,997	11,085	0.9	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.0
Net employment change (2)	1,030	-15,096	8,509	-4,304	-5,655	0.1	-1.4	0.7	-0.4	-0.6
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	21,823	26,533	16,826	16,739	19,853	5.4	6.4	4.1	4.1	4.9
At expanding establishments	16,939	23,585	13,611	13,494	16,242	4.2	5.7	3.3	3.3	4.0
At opening establishments	4,884	2,948	3,215	3,245	3,611	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9
Gross job losses	18,387	17,695	24,411	18,074	21,734	4.5	4.3	6.0	4.4	5.3
At contracting establishments	14,570	13,576	20,836	14,880	18,173	3.6	3.3	5.1	3.6	4.4
At closing establishments	3,817	4,119	3,575	3,194	3,561	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	3,436	8,838	-7,585	-1,335	-1,881	0.9	2.1	-1.9	-0.3	-0.4
Information
Gross job gains	8,209	8,693	7,962	7,405	7,218	5.3	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.8
At expanding establishments	6,564	5,843	5,904	5,674	4,812	4.2	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.2
At opening establishments	1,645	2,850	2,058	1,731	2,406	1.1	1.8	1.3	1.1	1.6
Gross job losses	8,147	9,387	9,405	8,652	9,770	5.2	5.9	6.1	5.6	6.4
At contracting establishments	5,646	6,338	6,934	6,489	7,316	3.6	4.0	4.5	4.2	4.8
At closing establishments	2,501	3,049	2,471	2,163	2,454	1.6	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.6
Net employment change (2)	62	-694	-1,443	-1,247	-2,552	0.1	-0.4	-1.0	-0.8	-1.6
Financial activities
Gross job gains	34,544	32,379	34,389	33,573	33,606	5.1	4.7	5.1	5.0	4.9
At expanding establishments	24,181	20,523	25,635	23,019	22,729	3.6	3.0	3.8	3.4	3.3
At opening establishments	10,363	11,856	8,754	10,554	10,877	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.6	1.6
Gross job losses	31,016	34,734	32,716	34,392	33,775	4.5	5.1	4.8	5.1	4.9
At contracting establishments	21,185	21,741	21,951	23,820	23,307	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.4
At closing establishments	9,831	12,993	10,765	10,572	10,468	1.4	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.5
Net employment change (2)	3,528	-2,355	1,673	-819	-169	0.6	-0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.0
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	117,852	111,672	104,696	106,365	107,081	7.3	6.9	6.5	6.6	6.7
At expanding establishments	87,274	77,999	76,221	79,393	75,419	5.4	4.8	4.7	4.9	4.7
At opening establishments	30,578	33,673	28,475	26,972	31,662	1.9	2.1	1.8	1.7	2.0
Gross job losses	107,670	124,882	97,731	105,539	117,372	6.6	7.7	6.0	6.5	7.2
At contracting establishments	74,971	86,621	69,767	75,836	84,642	4.6	5.3	4.3	4.7	5.2
At closing establishments	32,699	38,261	27,964	29,703	32,730	2.0	2.4	1.7	1.8	2.0
Net employment change (2)	10,182	-13,210	6,965	826	-10,291	0.7	-0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.5
Education and health services
Gross job gains	82,918	86,092	71,384	72,327	80,413	5.4	5.6	4.6	4.6	5.1
At expanding establishments	66,144	49,080	54,076	53,988	61,369	4.3	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.9
At opening establishments	16,774	37,012	17,308	18,339	19,044	1.1	2.4	1.1	1.2	1.2
Gross job losses	64,104	70,879	57,845	71,686	66,392	4.3	4.6	3.7	4.5	4.2
At contracting establishments	43,493	49,724	43,931	53,898	47,566	2.9	3.2	2.8	3.4	3.0
At closing establishments	20,611	21,155	13,914	17,788	18,826	1.4	1.4	0.9	1.1	1.2
Net employment change (2)	18,814	15,213	13,539	641	14,021	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.9
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	107,281	97,860	89,238	92,230	96,083	8.1	7.4	6.7	6.9	7.3
At expanding establishments	77,669	71,746	66,900	66,700	69,733	5.9	5.4	5.0	5.0	5.3
At opening establishments	29,612	26,114	22,338	25,530	26,350	2.2	2.0	1.7	1.9	2.0
Gross job losses	96,583	92,523	93,577	92,876	97,780	7.3	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.4
At contracting establishments	71,415	68,828	73,216	71,323	72,977	5.4	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.5
At closing establishments	25,168	23,695	20,361	21,553	24,803	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.9
Net employment change (2)	10,698	5,337	-4,339	-646	-1,697	0.8	0.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	21,665	20,879	20,782	19,680	20,490	7.6	7.3	7.2	6.9	7.2
At expanding establishments	15,188	14,005	14,496	13,151	13,409	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.7
At opening establishments	6,477	6,874	6,286	6,529	7,081	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.5
Gross job losses	19,814	21,149	19,634	19,874	21,046	7.0	7.3	6.8	6.9	7.3
At contracting establishments	13,073	13,929	13,025	13,280	14,122	4.6	4.8	4.5	4.6	4.9
At closing establishments	6,741	7,220	6,609	6,594	6,924	2.4	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.4
Net employment change (2)	1,851	-270	1,148	-194	-556	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1
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)
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
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.

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