From September 2025 to December 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Florida were 519,408, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 498,999, 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 gain of 20,409 jobs in the private sector during the fourth quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 8,224. (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 2025, gross job gains represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Florida and nationally. (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 Florida, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 375,320 in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 2,263 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 144,088 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2025, a decrease of 3,346 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.5 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 Florida, contracting establishments lost 366,789 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2025, a decrease of 23,142 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 132,210 jobs, a decrease of 6,574 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Florida in the fourth quarter of 2025. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 15,084 jobs. This was the result of 101,388 gross job gains and 86,304 gross job losses. The education and health services industry had a net gain of 12,469 jobs, followed by transportation and warehousing with a net gain of 12,313 jobs. Retail trade showed a net loss of 8,618 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Florida’s construction industry sector had a net loss of 8,002 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 homepage and the Business Employment Dynamics Summary.

The Business Employment Dynamics for First Quarter 2026 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 28, 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)
	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Dec. 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	525,857	510,563	497,568	520,491	519,408	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.9
At expanding establishments	368,430	379,055	368,225	373,057	375,320	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.3
At opening establishments	157,427	131,508	129,343	147,434	144,088	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.6
Gross job losses	544,968	480,933	509,088	528,715	498,999	6.2	5.5	5.8	6.0	5.7
At contracting establishments	388,503	358,089	376,879	389,931	366,789	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.4	4.2
At closing establishments	156,465	122,844	132,209	138,784	132,210	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.5
Net employment change (2)	-19,111	29,630	-11,520	-8,224	20,409	-0.2	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.2
Construction
Gross job gains	46,323	52,159	46,620	46,740	44,770	7.1	8.0	7.1	7.2	6.9
At expanding establishments	32,678	36,610	33,080	31,897	29,921	5.0	5.6	5.0	4.9	4.6
At opening establishments	13,645	15,549	13,540	14,843	14,849	2.1	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.3
Gross job losses	48,031	49,354	51,122	54,222	52,772	7.4	7.5	7.7	8.3	8.1
At contracting establishments	32,580	34,254	35,241	37,274	35,588	5.0	5.2	5.3	5.7	5.5
At closing establishments	15,451	15,100	15,881	16,948	17,184	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.6	2.6
Net employment change (2)	-1,708	2,805	-4,502	-7,482	-8,002	-0.3	0.5	-0.6	-1.1	-1.2
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	15,883	17,138	15,747	15,955	17,086	3.7	4.0	3.7	3.8	4.0
At expanding establishments	11,924	13,444	12,455	11,885	12,399	2.8	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.9
At opening establishments	3,959	3,694	3,292	4,070	4,687	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0	1.1
Gross job losses	18,399	16,714	17,372	18,229	17,007	4.3	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.0
At contracting establishments	13,136	12,548	13,148	13,812	12,404	3.1	2.9	3.1	3.2	2.9
At closing establishments	5,263	4,166	4,224	4,417	4,603	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-2,516	424	-1,625	-2,274	79	-0.6	0.1	-0.4	-0.4	0.0
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	16,723	17,849	16,898	17,184	16,805	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.3
At expanding establishments	12,273	13,545	13,186	12,695	12,566	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2
At opening establishments	4,450	4,304	3,712	4,489	4,239	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1
Gross job losses	19,640	16,804	17,779	18,160	17,549	4.9	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.5
At contracting establishments	13,994	12,400	12,483	13,298	12,555	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.2
At closing establishments	5,646	4,404	5,296	4,862	4,994	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-2,917	1,045	-881	-976	-744	-0.7	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.2
Retail trade
Gross job gains	54,503	62,241	59,856	56,912	54,543	4.7	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.8
At expanding establishments	44,186	51,636	47,885	45,117	43,460	3.8	4.5	4.1	3.9	3.8
At opening establishments	10,317	10,605	11,971	11,795	11,083	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	69,599	53,732	64,160	62,567	63,161	6.1	4.7	5.5	5.5	5.5
At contracting establishments	55,066	43,687	51,163	51,482	52,824	4.8	3.8	4.4	4.5	4.6
At closing establishments	14,533	10,045	12,997	11,085	10,337	1.3	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-15,096	8,509	-4,304	-5,655	-8,618	-1.4	0.7	-0.4	-0.6	-0.7
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	26,533	16,826	16,739	19,853	29,762	6.4	4.1	4.1	4.9	7.1
At expanding establishments	23,585	13,611	13,494	16,242	26,813	5.7	3.3	3.3	4.0	6.4
At opening establishments	2,948	3,215	3,245	3,611	2,949	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.7
Gross job losses	17,695	24,411	18,074	21,734	17,449	4.3	6.0	4.4	5.3	4.2
At contracting establishments	13,576	20,836	14,880	18,173	14,003	3.3	5.1	3.6	4.4	3.4
At closing establishments	4,119	3,575	3,194	3,561	3,446	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.8
Net employment change (2)	8,838	-7,585	-1,335	-1,881	12,313	2.1	-1.9	-0.3	-0.4	2.9
Information
Gross job gains	8,693	7,962	7,405	7,218	8,683	5.5	5.1	4.8	4.8	5.7
At expanding establishments	5,843	5,904	5,674	4,812	6,654	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.2	4.4
At opening establishments	2,850	2,058	1,731	2,406	2,029	1.8	1.3	1.1	1.6	1.3
Gross job losses	9,387	9,405	8,652	9,770	8,298	5.9	6.1	5.6	6.4	5.4
At contracting establishments	6,338	6,934	6,489	7,316	6,110	4.0	4.5	4.2	4.8	4.0
At closing establishments	3,049	2,471	2,163	2,454	2,188	1.9	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-694	-1,443	-1,247	-2,552	385	-0.4	-1.0	-0.8	-1.6	0.3
Financial activities
Gross job gains	32,379	34,389	33,573	33,606	34,981	4.7	5.1	5.0	4.9	5.1
At expanding establishments	20,523	25,635	23,019	22,729	23,176	3.0	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.4
At opening establishments	11,856	8,754	10,554	10,877	11,805	1.7	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.7
Gross job losses	34,734	32,716	34,392	33,775	34,376	5.1	4.8	5.1	4.9	5.1
At contracting establishments	21,741	21,951	23,820	23,307	22,852	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.4
At closing establishments	12,993	10,765	10,572	10,468	11,524	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.7
Net employment change (2)	-2,355	1,673	-819	-169	605	-0.4	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	111,672	104,696	106,365	107,081	109,104	6.9	6.5	6.6	6.7	6.7
At expanding establishments	77,999	76,221	79,393	75,419	76,453	4.8	4.7	4.9	4.7	4.7
At opening establishments	33,673	28,475	26,972	31,662	32,651	2.1	1.8	1.7	2.0	2.0
Gross job losses	124,882	97,731	105,539	117,372	109,465	7.7	6.0	6.5	7.2	6.8
At contracting establishments	86,621	69,767	75,836	84,642	77,901	5.3	4.3	4.7	5.2	4.8
At closing establishments	38,261	27,964	29,703	32,730	31,564	2.4	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.0
Net employment change (2)	-13,210	6,965	826	-10,291	-361	-0.8	0.5	0.1	-0.5	-0.1
Education and health services
Gross job gains	86,092	71,384	72,327	80,413	73,216	5.6	4.6	4.6	5.1	4.6
At expanding establishments	49,080	54,076	53,988	61,369	52,884	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.9	3.3
At opening establishments	37,012	17,308	18,339	19,044	20,332	2.4	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3
Gross job losses	70,879	57,845	71,686	66,392	60,747	4.6	3.7	4.5	4.2	3.8
At contracting establishments	49,724	43,931	53,898	47,566	42,527	3.2	2.8	3.4	3.0	2.7
At closing establishments	21,155	13,914	17,788	18,826	18,220	1.4	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1
Net employment change (2)	15,213	13,539	641	14,021	12,469	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.9	0.8
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	97,860	89,238	92,230	96,083	101,388	7.4	6.7	6.9	7.3	7.6
At expanding establishments	71,746	66,900	66,700	69,733	72,040	5.4	5.0	5.0	5.3	5.4
At opening establishments	26,114	22,338	25,530	26,350	29,348	2.0	1.7	1.9	2.0	2.2
Gross job losses	92,523	93,577	92,876	97,780	86,304	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.4	6.4
At contracting establishments	68,828	73,216	71,323	72,977	67,773	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.0
At closing establishments	23,695	20,361	21,553	24,803	18,531	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.4
Net employment change (2)	5,337	-4,339	-646	-1,697	15,084	0.4	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	1.2
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	20,879	20,782	19,680	20,490	21,547	7.3	7.2	6.9	7.2	7.5
At expanding establishments	14,005	14,496	13,151	13,409	14,389	4.9	5.0	4.6	4.7	5.0
At opening establishments	6,874	6,286	6,529	7,081	7,158	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5
Gross job losses	21,149	19,634	19,874	21,046	19,244	7.3	6.8	6.9	7.3	6.7
At contracting establishments	13,929	13,025	13,280	14,122	12,644	4.8	4.5	4.6	4.9	4.4
At closing establishments	7,220	6,609	6,594	6,924	6,600	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.3
Net employment change (2)	-270	1,148	-194	-556	2,303	0.0	0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.8
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)
	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Dec. 2025	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Dec. 2025
United States(1)	5.9	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.9	5.7	5.4	6.0	5.7	5.5
Alabama	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.4	6.1	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4
Alaska	10.3	10.0	9.9	7.5	11.8	9.5	8.1	10.3	10.0	9.3
Arizona	6.1	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.3	6.3	5.5	5.4
Arkansas	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.3	6.0	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.3	5.0
California	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.2	6.8	6.4	6.2	6.7	6.0	6.1
Colorado	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.2	6.5	6.8	7.1	6.5	6.4
Connecticut	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.8	5.9	5.5
Delaware	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.5	6.3	5.3	6.1	6.1	5.5
District of Columbia	5.0	4.8	5.7	4.6	5.2	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.0
Florida	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.9	6.2	5.5	5.8	6.0	5.7
Georgia	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.5
Hawaii	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.8	4.7
Idaho	8.2	7.3	7.7	6.7	8.1	6.8	7.3	7.2	7.6	6.3
Illinois	5.1	5.0	5.2	4.7	5.3	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.0	5.3
Indiana	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.1	5.1
Iowa	5.6	5.8	5.6	4.8	6.3	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.4
Kansas	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.8	5.7	5.2	5.4	6.3	5.8	5.3
Kentucky	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.2	5.5	4.8	5.4	5.6	5.0
Louisiana	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.9	6.0	5.5	5.6	6.3	6.0	5.9
Maine	7.0	7.4	7.2	6.2	6.8	7.1	6.3	7.4	7.0	7.0
Maryland	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.9	5.7	6.2	6.5	5.6
Massachusetts	5.3	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.9	5.6
Michigan	5.4	5.2	5.8	4.9	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.5	5.9	5.3
Minnesota	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.1	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.5
Mississippi	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.2	6.1	6.5	6.1	5.8
Missouri	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.6	6.1	5.3	5.2	6.1	5.9	5.5
Montana	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.0	8.4	7.8	7.5	8.3	7.9	7.4
Nebraska	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.2
Nevada	6.1	5.4	6.2	6.9	6.2	5.6	5.9	6.3	5.2	5.4
New Hampshire	6.3	6.5	6.3	5.6	6.2	5.9	6.1	6.7	6.8	5.7
New Jersey	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.3
New Mexico	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.2	6.0
New York	5.7	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.0	7.0	5.8	5.6
North Carolina	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.4	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.1
North Dakota	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.2	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.7	6.6	6.4
Ohio	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.3	5.0
Oklahoma	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.0	6.2	5.5	5.3	6.2	6.4	5.1
Oregon	6.2	5.8	6.4	5.7	6.0	6.6	6.2	6.5	6.7	6.0
Pennsylvania	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.8	4.7	5.2	5.2	4.7
Rhode Island	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.3	5.9	6.7	6.7	6.2
South Carolina	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.3	6.7	5.9	5.5	6.6	6.5	5.5
South Dakota	6.7	6.2	6.0	5.9	6.0	5.9	6.5	6.1	6.0	5.6
Tennessee	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.7	6.2	6.2	5.1	5.9	5.2	5.2
Texas	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.4	5.3	4.9
Utah	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.4	6.1
Vermont	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.6	6.9	6.7	6.8	7.5	7.8	7.0
Virginia	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.8	6.1	5.1
Washington	5.8	5.7	6.0	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.3
West Virginia	6.5	6.4	5.5	5.8	5.9	6.1	5.7	6.3	6.0	6.0
Wisconsin	5.3	5.0	5.3	4.9	5.6	5.2	4.9	5.5	5.6	5.1
Wyoming	8.9	8.1	8.3	7.7	9.0	8.3	8.7	8.9	8.4	8.0
Puerto Rico	4.3	6.3	7.0	5.4	4.4	5.4	5.4	6.1	5.7	5.2
Virgin Islands	5.2	5.4	15.0	7.1	9.1	10.8	7.6	9.5	8.4	7.2
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.