From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 510,563, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Florida were 480,933, 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 29,630 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 19,111. (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 first quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.8 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; 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 Florida, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 379,055 in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 10,625 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 131,508 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 25,919 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 358,089 jobs in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 30,414 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 122,844 jobs, a decrease of 33,621 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 8 of the 11 published industry sectors in Florida in the first quarter of 2025. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 13,539 jobs. This was the result of 71,384 gross job gains and 57,845 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had a net gain of 8,509 jobs, followed by professional and business services with a net gain of 6,965 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net loss of 7,585 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Florida’s leisure and hospitality industry sector had a net loss of 4,339 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 Second Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 26, 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)
	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	504,877	527,079	568,346	525,857	510,563	5.8	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8
At expanding establishments	375,589	378,951	417,685	368,430	379,055	4.3	4.4	4.8	4.2	4.3
At opening establishments	129,288	148,128	150,661	157,427	131,508	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.5
Gross job losses	477,490	502,719	496,080	544,968	480,933	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.5
At contracting establishments	354,645	373,782	356,711	388,503	358,089	4.1	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.1
At closing establishments	122,845	128,937	139,369	156,465	122,844	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.8	1.4
Net employment change (2)	27,387	24,360	72,266	-19,111	29,630	0.3	0.3	0.8	-0.2	0.3
Construction
Gross job gains	51,249	49,616	48,561	46,323	52,159	8.0	7.6	7.5	7.1	8.0
At expanding establishments	35,799	35,739	33,760	32,678	36,610	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.0	5.6
At opening establishments	15,450	13,877	14,801	13,645	15,549	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.1	2.4
Gross job losses	45,351	48,084	45,354	48,031	49,354	7.0	7.5	7.0	7.4	7.5
At contracting establishments	31,602	32,832	30,584	32,580	34,254	4.9	5.1	4.7	5.0	5.2
At closing establishments	13,749	15,252	14,770	15,451	15,100	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.3
Net employment change (2)	5,898	1,532	3,207	-1,708	2,805	1.0	0.1	0.5	-0.3	0.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	17,006	19,226	18,924	15,883	17,138	4.0	4.5	4.4	3.7	4.0
At expanding establishments	13,092	14,661	14,488	11,924	13,444	3.1	3.4	3.4	2.8	3.1
At opening establishments	3,914	4,565	4,436	3,959	3,694	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.9	0.9
Gross job losses	17,971	18,422	17,671	18,399	16,714	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	3.9
At contracting establishments	14,144	14,503	13,130	13,136	12,548	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.1	2.9
At closing establishments	3,827	3,919	4,541	5,263	4,166	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-965	804	1,253	-2,516	424	-0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.6	0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	17,492	18,289	18,962	16,723	17,849	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.2	4.5
At expanding establishments	13,234	13,326	14,723	12,273	13,545	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.1	3.4
At opening establishments	4,258	4,963	4,239	4,450	4,304	1.1	1.3	1.1	1.1	1.1
Gross job losses	17,221	16,891	17,069	19,640	16,804	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.9	4.2
At contracting establishments	12,159	12,486	12,296	13,994	12,400	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.5	3.1
At closing establishments	5,062	4,405	4,773	5,646	4,404	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.4	1.1
Net employment change (2)	271	1,398	1,893	-2,917	1,045	0.1	0.4	0.5	-0.7	0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains	59,548	62,945	61,509	54,503	62,241	5.2	5.4	5.3	4.7	5.4
At expanding establishments	48,610	49,209	50,174	44,186	51,636	4.2	4.2	4.3	3.8	4.5
At opening establishments	10,938	13,736	11,335	10,317	10,605	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.9
Gross job losses	53,997	59,941	60,479	69,599	53,732	4.7	5.2	5.2	6.1	4.7
At contracting establishments	42,477	49,476	50,069	55,066	43,687	3.7	4.3	4.3	4.8	3.8
At closing establishments	11,520	10,465	10,410	14,533	10,045	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.3	0.9
Net employment change (2)	5,551	3,004	1,030	-15,096	8,509	0.5	0.2	0.1	-1.4	0.7
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	17,801	16,913	21,823	26,533	16,826	4.4	4.2	5.4	6.4	4.1
At expanding establishments	14,481	13,106	16,939	23,585	13,611	3.6	3.3	4.2	5.7	3.3
At opening establishments	3,320	3,807	4,884	2,948	3,215	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.8
Gross job losses	27,240	16,923	18,387	17,695	24,411	6.7	4.2	4.5	4.3	6.0
At contracting establishments	23,955	13,763	14,570	13,576	20,836	5.9	3.4	3.6	3.3	5.1
At closing establishments	3,285	3,160	3,817	4,119	3,575	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-9,439	-10	3,436	8,838	-7,585	-2.3	0.0	0.9	2.1	-1.9
Information
Gross job gains	9,189	8,581	8,209	8,693	7,962	5.9	5.4	5.3	5.5	5.1
At expanding establishments	6,865	5,557	6,564	5,843	5,904	4.4	3.5	4.2	3.7	3.8
At opening establishments	2,324	3,024	1,645	2,850	2,058	1.5	1.9	1.1	1.8	1.3
Gross job losses	8,407	10,702	8,147	9,387	9,405	5.3	6.8	5.2	5.9	6.1
At contracting establishments	5,897	8,512	5,646	6,338	6,934	3.7	5.4	3.6	4.0	4.5
At closing establishments	2,510	2,190	2,501	3,049	2,471	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.9	1.6
Net employment change (2)	782	-2,121	62	-694	-1,443	0.6	-1.4	0.1	-0.4	-1.0
Financial activities
Gross job gains	31,718	34,375	34,544	32,379	34,389	4.7	5.1	5.1	4.7	5.1
At expanding establishments	22,509	23,510	24,181	20,523	25,635	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.0	3.8
At opening establishments	9,209	10,865	10,363	11,856	8,754	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.3
Gross job losses	34,217	32,371	31,016	34,734	32,716	5.1	4.8	4.5	5.1	4.8
At contracting establishments	22,695	21,466	21,185	21,741	21,951	3.4	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.2
At closing establishments	11,522	10,905	9,831	12,993	10,765	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.9	1.6
Net employment change (2)	-2,499	2,004	3,528	-2,355	1,673	-0.4	0.3	0.6	-0.4	0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	104,582	115,381	117,852	111,672	104,696	6.5	7.2	7.3	6.9	6.5
At expanding establishments	75,439	82,348	87,274	77,999	76,221	4.7	5.1	5.4	4.8	4.7
At opening establishments	29,143	33,033	30,578	33,673	28,475	1.8	2.1	1.9	2.1	1.8
Gross job losses	96,602	108,326	107,670	124,882	97,731	6.1	6.8	6.6	7.7	6.0
At contracting establishments	68,097	78,420	74,971	86,621	69,767	4.3	4.9	4.6	5.3	4.3
At closing establishments	28,505	29,906	32,699	38,261	27,964	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.4	1.7
Net employment change (2)	7,980	7,055	10,182	-13,210	6,965	0.4	0.4	0.7	-0.8	0.5
Education and health services
Gross job gains	70,989	74,573	82,918	86,092	71,384	4.7	4.9	5.4	5.6	4.6
At expanding establishments	55,970	56,563	66,144	49,080	54,076	3.7	3.7	4.3	3.2	3.5
At opening establishments	15,019	18,010	16,774	37,012	17,308	1.0	1.2	1.1	2.4	1.1
Gross job losses	60,285	67,075	64,104	70,879	57,845	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.6	3.7
At contracting establishments	44,462	51,288	43,493	49,724	43,931	3.0	3.4	2.9	3.2	2.8
At closing establishments	15,823	15,787	20,611	21,155	13,914	1.1	1.0	1.4	1.4	0.9
Net employment change (2)	10,704	7,498	18,814	15,213	13,539	0.6	0.5	1.1	1.0	0.9
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	89,069	89,278	107,281	97,860	89,238	6.8	6.8	8.1	7.4	6.7
At expanding establishments	66,600	63,403	77,669	71,746	66,900	5.1	4.8	5.9	5.4	5.0
At opening establishments	22,469	25,875	29,612	26,114	22,338	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.0	1.7
Gross job losses	84,441	94,979	96,583	92,523	93,577	6.5	7.2	7.3	7.0	7.0
At contracting establishments	67,837	71,254	71,415	68,828	73,216	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.5
At closing establishments	16,604	23,725	25,168	23,695	20,361	1.3	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.5
Net employment change (2)	4,628	-5,701	10,698	5,337	-4,339	0.3	-0.4	0.8	0.4	-0.3
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	21,572	21,121	21,665	20,879	20,782	7.6	7.4	7.6	7.3	7.2
At expanding establishments	15,323	14,579	15,188	14,005	14,496	5.4	5.1	5.3	4.9	5.0
At opening establishments	6,249	6,542	6,477	6,874	6,286	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.2
Gross job losses	20,588	19,773	19,814	21,149	19,634	7.2	6.9	7.0	7.3	6.8
At contracting establishments	14,626	13,763	13,073	13,929	13,025	5.1	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.5
At closing establishments	5,962	6,010	6,741	7,220	6,609	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.3
Net employment change (2)	984	1,348	1,851	-270	1,148	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.0	0.4
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)
	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
United States(1)	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.4
Alabama	5.9	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.6
Alaska	10.7	10.2	8.0	10.3	10.0	8.5	9.6	9.6	9.5	8.1
Arizona	8.2	5.6	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.5	6.5	5.7	5.9	5.3
Arkansas	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.7	5.2	4.8	5.1
California	6.0	6.2	6.3	6.7	6.0	5.7	6.9	6.2	6.4	6.2
Colorado	6.4	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	7.4	5.8	6.4	6.5	6.8
Connecticut	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3
Delaware	6.2	5.8	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.0	6.5	6.4	6.3	5.3
District of Columbia	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.8
Florida	5.8	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.5
Georgia	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7
Hawaii	5.6	5.2	5.7	5.3	4.9	5.1	5.6	5.0	5.0	5.0
Idaho	7.9	7.5	7.1	8.2	7.3	8.1	7.2	7.5	6.8	7.3
Illinois	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.0	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0
Indiana	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2
Iowa	6.2	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.5
Kansas	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4
Kentucky	5.9	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.8
Louisiana	6.3	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.6	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.6
Maine	7.4	7.2	6.2	7.0	7.4	6.3	7.1	7.1	7.1	6.3
Maryland	6.1	7.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.9	6.1	5.9	5.7
Massachusetts	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.1
Michigan	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.8	5.9	5.3
Minnesota	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.1	5.5
Mississippi	6.0	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	5.8	6.3	5.7	6.2	6.1
Missouri	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.2
Montana	8.1	7.9	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.6	7.6	8.0	7.8	7.5
Nebraska	5.9	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3
Nevada	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9
New Hampshire	6.4	6.1	5.6	6.3	6.5	5.8	6.0	6.7	5.9	6.1
New Jersey	5.5	5.9	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.4
New Mexico	6.4	6.1	6.3	6.1	5.9	6.1	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.8
New York	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.0
North Carolina	5.5	5.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.5
North Dakota	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.5
Ohio	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.2	4.8	5.3	5.4	5.1	4.9
Oklahoma	5.8	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.3	6.4	5.5	5.5	5.3
Oregon	6.6	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.2
Pennsylvania	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.6	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.7
Rhode Island	6.8	6.6	6.2	7.3	6.6	5.7	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.9
South Carolina	6.5	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.1	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.5
South Dakota	6.4	6.0	5.9	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.9	6.5
Tennessee	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1
Texas	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1
Utah	6.9	6.5	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.3	6.9	6.2	6.3	6.0
Vermont	7.5	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.3	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.8
Virginia	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.1
Washington	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.5
West Virginia	7.1	7.0	5.9	6.5	6.4	6.1	6.7	6.6	6.1	5.7
Wisconsin	5.7	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.0	4.9	5.6	5.5	5.2	4.9
Wyoming	8.4	8.2	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.4	8.8	8.5	8.3	8.7
Puerto Rico	5.3	5.5	5.4	4.3	6.3	4.7	4.9	5.0	5.4	5.4
Virgin Islands	6.4	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.7	7.5	10.8	7.6
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.