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23-930-ATL
Friday, May 05, 2023

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Business Employment Dynamics in Florida — Third Quarter 2022

From June 2022 to September 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Florida were 650,116, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 458,810, 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 191,306 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 53,252. (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 Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 7.8 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.8 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 Florida, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 502,826 in the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 56,820 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 147,290 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of 17,187 jobs from the previous quarter.


Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Florida; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.8 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 338,607 jobs in the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of 34,158 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 120,203 jobs, a decrease of 64,263 jobs from the previous quarter.


Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in all 11 industry sectors in Florida in the third quarter of 2022. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 41,683 jobs. This was the result of 121,484 gross job gains and 79,801 gross job losses. Education and health services had a net gain of 40,520 jobs, followed by professional and business services with a net gain of 35,212 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 www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 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. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports on the employment and wages of workers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) laws, and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The QCEW is based largely on quarterly UI reports which are sent by businesses to the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). These UI reports are supplemented by two additional BLS data collections to render administrative data into economic statistics. Together these data comprise the QCEW and form the basis of the Bureau’s establishment universe sampling frame.

In the BED program, the QCEW records are linked across quarters to provide a longitudinal history for each establishment. The linkage process allows the tracking of net employment changes at the establishment level, which in turn allows the estimation of jobs gained at opening and expanding units and jobs lost at closing and contracting units.

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. BED statistics track these changes in employment at private business establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and previous quarters. The rates are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates can be added and subtracted just as their levels can. For instance, the difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses rate is the net growth rate.

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows:

Openings. These are either units with positive third month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior quarter, or with positive third month employment in the current quarter following zero employment in the previous quarter.

Expansions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in employment over this period.

Closings. These are units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, in the current quarter.

Contractions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease in employment over this period.

The full Technical Note for the Business Employment Dynamics program, which includes information on coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the current quarterly news release online at www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.htm.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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)
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
Sept.
2022
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
Sept.
2022

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

709,162 617,316 528,678 610,483 650,116 9.0 7.7 6.5 7.5 7.8

At expanding establishments

510,333 453,872 406,058 446,006 502,826 6.5 5.7 5.0 5.5 6.0

At opening establishments

198,829 163,444 122,620 164,477 147,290 2.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.8

Gross job losses

471,323 473,940 460,834 557,231 458,810 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.9 5.5

At contracting establishments

337,305 340,492 345,967 372,765 338,607 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.1

At closing establishments

134,018 133,448 114,867 184,466 120,203 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.3 1.4

Net employment change (2)

237,839 143,376 67,844 53,252 191,306 3.0 1.7 0.8 0.6 2.3

Construction

Gross job gains

53,522 50,694 46,595 48,720 50,641 9.3 8.8 7.9 8.2 8.4

At expanding establishments

32,294 36,319 33,994 35,635 36,703 5.6 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.1

At opening establishments

21,228 14,375 12,601 13,085 13,938 3.7 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.3

Gross job losses

44,547 43,901 40,720 46,723 43,753 7.8 7.5 6.9 7.9 7.3

At contracting establishments

31,015 28,716 29,530 30,339 31,286 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2

At closing establishments

13,532 15,185 11,190 16,384 12,467 2.4 2.6 1.9 2.8 2.1

Net employment change (2)

8,975 6,793 5,875 1,997 6,888 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.3 1.1

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

21,854 20,393 17,503 19,583 21,557 5.7 5.2 4.4 4.9 5.2

At expanding establishments

15,348 16,210 14,310 15,278 17,428 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.8 4.2

At opening establishments

6,506 4,183 3,193 4,305 4,129 1.7 1.1 0.8 1.1 1.0

Gross job losses

14,505 13,996 13,646 19,276 14,637 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.8 3.6

At contracting establishments

10,487 9,954 10,720 12,747 11,123 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.2 2.7

At closing establishments

4,018 4,042 2,926 6,529 3,514 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.6 0.9

Net employment change (2)

7,349 6,397 3,857 307 6,920 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.1 1.6

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

25,670 22,217 18,611 22,190 21,735 7.2 6.1 5.0 6.0 5.7

At expanding establishments

17,338 16,605 15,232 16,895 17,579 4.9 4.6 4.1 4.6 4.6

At opening establishments

8,332 5,612 3,379 5,295 4,156 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.4 1.1

Gross job losses

17,471 16,008 15,854 20,769 15,633 4.9 4.4 4.3 5.6 4.2

At contracting establishments

11,405 10,789 10,707 11,513 10,783 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.1 2.9

At closing establishments

6,066 5,219 5,147 9,256 4,850 1.7 1.4 1.4 2.5 1.3

Net employment change (2)

8,199 6,209 2,757 1,421 6,102 2.3 1.7 0.7 0.4 1.5

Retail trade

Gross job gains

80,617 67,944 65,650 69,285 71,612 7.3 6.1 5.9 6.2 6.3

At expanding establishments

62,146 54,870 57,050 55,201 60,534 5.6 4.9 5.1 4.9 5.3

At opening establishments

18,471 13,074 8,600 14,084 11,078 1.7 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.0

Gross job losses

61,225 59,813 53,583 69,271 58,986 5.6 5.4 4.8 6.2 5.2

At contracting establishments

50,412 48,089 44,213 55,783 50,590 4.6 4.3 4.0 5.0 4.5

At closing establishments

10,813 11,724 9,370 13,488 8,396 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.2 0.7

Net employment change (2)

19,392 8,131 12,067 14 12,626 1.7 0.7 1.1 0.0 1.1

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

33,298 40,472 19,791 28,223 26,231 9.3 10.6 5.0 7.3 6.7

At expanding establishments

26,752 29,427 16,908 23,304 21,666 7.5 7.7 4.3 6.0 5.5

At opening establishments

6,546 11,045 2,883 4,919 4,565 1.8 2.9 0.7 1.3 1.2

Gross job losses

17,619 15,855 27,001 28,443 17,281 4.9 4.2 6.9 7.3 4.4

At contracting establishments

13,573 12,449 23,433 22,525 13,872 3.8 3.3 6.0 5.8 3.5

At closing establishments

4,046 3,406 3,568 5,918 3,409 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.5 0.9

Net employment change (2)

15,679 24,617 -7,210 -220 8,950 4.4 6.4 -1.9 0.0 2.3

Information

Gross job gains

12,794 12,366 10,936 10,421 10,905 9.1 8.5 7.3 6.8 7.0

At expanding establishments

9,108 8,586 9,157 7,931 8,777 6.5 5.9 6.1 5.2 5.6

At opening establishments

3,686 3,780 1,779 2,490 2,128 2.6 2.6 1.2 1.6 1.4

Gross job losses

7,020 8,545 7,513 10,012 8,200 5.1 5.9 5.0 6.6 5.2

At contracting establishments

4,690 5,676 5,080 7,092 5,972 3.4 3.9 3.4 4.7 3.8

At closing establishments

2,330 2,869 2,433 2,920 2,228 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.4

Net employment change (2)

5,774 3,821 3,423 409 2,705 4.0 2.6 2.3 0.2 1.8

Financial activities

Gross job gains

46,012 46,360 39,740 45,129 40,366 7.5 7.4 6.2 7.0 6.2

At expanding establishments

30,275 32,417 31,314 32,278 31,223 4.9 5.2 4.9 5.0 4.8

At opening establishments

15,737 13,943 8,426 12,851 9,143 2.6 2.2 1.3 2.0 1.4

Gross job losses

31,754 34,374 34,182 41,879 32,077 5.1 5.5 5.4 6.5 4.9

At contracting establishments

21,174 22,575 23,361 25,067 22,916 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.5

At closing establishments

10,580 11,799 10,821 16,812 9,161 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.6 1.4

Net employment change (2)

14,258 11,986 5,558 3,250 8,289 2.4 1.9 0.8 0.5 1.3

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

163,017 135,111 115,336 136,731 140,851 11.1 9.0 7.5 8.8 8.8

At expanding establishments

114,396 99,914 87,434 97,624 105,740 7.8 6.7 5.7 6.3 6.6

At opening establishments

48,621 35,197 27,902 39,107 35,111 3.3 2.3 1.8 2.5 2.2

Gross job losses

105,552 108,575 92,996 126,805 105,639 7.2 7.3 6.1 8.2 6.6

At contracting establishments

71,617 74,305 65,909 80,540 73,280 4.9 5.0 4.3 5.2 4.6

At closing establishments

33,935 34,270 27,087 46,265 32,359 2.3 2.3 1.8 3.0 2.0

Net employment change (2)

57,465 26,536 22,340 9,926 35,212 3.9 1.7 1.4 0.6 2.2

Education and health services

Gross job gains

80,274 77,101 65,332 78,144 95,068 6.0 5.8 4.8 5.7 6.9

At expanding establishments

58,846 54,380 52,857 58,715 78,882 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.3 5.7

At opening establishments

21,428 22,721 12,475 19,429 16,186 1.6 1.7 0.9 1.4 1.2

Gross job losses

67,629 63,416 58,393 77,585 54,548 5.2 4.7 4.4 5.7 4.0

At contracting establishments

45,703 45,990 42,731 48,909 38,465 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.6 2.8

At closing establishments

21,926 17,426 15,662 28,676 16,083 1.7 1.3 1.2 2.1 1.2

Net employment change (2)

12,645 13,685 6,939 559 40,520 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.0 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

146,053 102,641 85,617 109,262 121,484 12.7 8.7 7.2 9.1 9.7

At expanding establishments

115,798 80,406 66,810 78,225 96,503 10.1 6.8 5.6 6.5 7.7

At opening establishments

30,255 22,235 18,807 31,037 24,981 2.6 1.9 1.6 2.6 2.0

Gross job losses

75,715 75,278 85,346 82,905 79,801 6.6 6.3 7.1 6.8 6.4

At contracting establishments

58,429 57,765 67,930 57,277 61,469 5.1 4.8 5.7 4.7 4.9

At closing establishments

17,286 17,513 17,416 25,628 18,332 1.5 1.5 1.4 2.1 1.5

Net employment change (2)

70,338 27,363 271 26,357 41,683 6.1 2.4 0.1 2.3 3.3

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

27,020 25,337 18,573 22,586 22,934 10.6 9.7 7.1 8.7 8.7

At expanding establishments

16,304 17,731 13,298 15,644 17,178 6.4 6.8 5.1 6.0 6.5

At opening establishments

10,716 7,606 5,275 6,942 5,756 4.2 2.9 2.0 2.7 2.2

Gross job losses

19,213 18,936 21,070 22,670 17,916 7.6 7.3 8.0 8.7 6.7

At contracting establishments

11,677 12,021 15,222 13,058 11,734 4.6 4.6 5.8 5.0 4.4

At closing establishments

7,536 6,915 5,848 9,612 6,182 3.0 2.7 2.2 3.7 2.3

Net employment change (2)

7,807 6,401 -2,497 -84 5,018 3.0 2.4 -0.9 0.0 2.0

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)
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
Sept.
2022
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
Sept.
2022

United States(1)

7.3 7.7 6.6 6.4 6.8 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.7 5.8

Alabama

6.7 7.6 6.2 6.6 7.1 6.3 5.2 6.0 7.0 6.2

Alaska

10.5 11.8 10.1 10.1 8.6 9.7 8.7 9.3 9.6 10.3

Arizona

7.1 6.8 6.8 6.7 7.9 5.1 5.0 5.7 7.3 5.5

Arkansas

6.8 7.8 5.9 5.6 6.4 6.7 4.8 5.4 6.0 5.5

California

7.8 8.5 7.4 6.6 6.7 6.1 5.5 5.6 7.2 6.1

Colorado

8.0 7.6 7.5 7.3 5.0 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.8

Connecticut

6.9 6.9 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.5 6.2

Delaware

7.6 8.2 7.3 6.5 8.6 7.2 6.0 5.6 8.2 6.1

District of Columbia

7.9 7.3 6.0 6.0 7.2 4.9 4.9 4.9 6.8 4.8

Florida

9.0 7.7 6.5 7.5 7.8 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.9 5.5

Georgia

7.5 7.9 6.8 6.6 7.0 6.2 5.5 5.7 6.7 6.0

Hawaii

7.3 7.1 6.1 5.9 6.2 6.3 5.1 5.1 5.9 4.8

Idaho

7.7 8.5 8.5 7.1 8.5 7.3 6.3 6.2 9.1 7.5

Illinois

6.6 7.5 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.9 5.3

Indiana

6.3 7.3 6.0 5.6 6.4 5.7 4.7 4.8 6.8 5.5

Iowa

6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 5.8 6.1 5.4 5.3 6.7 6.0

Kansas

6.6 7.6 6.2 6.5 7.6 6.5 5.3 5.4 7.5 5.6

Kentucky

6.7 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.7 6.4 4.9 5.0 8.7 5.4

Louisiana

6.9 9.6 6.5 6.6 7.3 8.5 5.8 7.1 7.3 5.7

Maine

7.8 8.2 8.0 17.7 7.4 7.8 6.9 6.1 8.1 7.4

Maryland

7.5 7.3 6.6 6.7 7.5 6.4 5.3 5.9 8.1 6.0

Massachusetts

7.2 7.0 6.6 6.1 6.2 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.4 6.1

Michigan

6.5 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.1 6.5 5.9

Minnesota

6.4 7.3 6.0 6.6 6.8 6.7 5.2 5.4 7.1 6.0

Mississippi

7.6 7.9 6.1 6.5 7.2 6.1 5.7 6.0 7.0 6.3

Missouri

6.7 7.4 6.5 6.3 6.8 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.9 6.3

Montana

8.5 9.9 9.3 8.2 8.5 8.3 7.2 8.5 9.4 7.7

Nebraska

6.3 7.0 6.8 6.0 6.9 6.5 5.8 5.9 6.6 6.2

Nevada

8.9 8.3 6.8 6.9 7.6 5.7 4.8 5.2 6.7 5.7

New Hampshire

7.0 7.6 7.7 6.6 6.9 6.8 6.4 5.4 7.9 6.7

New Jersey

7.5 8.7 7.1 6.5 6.8 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.3 6.3

New Mexico

8.2 8.2 7.4 6.5 7.7 6.5 6.3 6.2 7.1 5.9

New York

7.5 7.7 6.7 7.1 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.6 6.0

North Carolina

6.8 8.1 6.5 6.3 6.6 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.2 5.9

North Dakota

7.5 7.6 7.5 6.8 7.6 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.4

Ohio

6.1 7.0 6.1 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.8 6.3 5.6

Oklahoma

7.1 7.6 6.3 6.4 7.1 6.6 5.9 5.7 6.2 5.5

Oregon

7.1 7.8 7.5 6.1 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.7 7.1 8.6

Pennsylvania

6.3 6.8 6.3 5.5 6.1 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.6 5.2

Rhode Island

7.6 8.5 7.9 7.0 6.7 7.1 6.6 5.7 7.3 7.4

South Carolina

7.3 7.9 6.9 6.4 7.3 6.0 5.3 6.2 6.9 5.6

South Dakota

6.6 7.2 7.7 6.6 7.3 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.8 6.4

Tennessee

6.9 7.3 6.6 6.3 7.0 5.4 5.6 4.7 6.4 5.4

Texas

7.1 7.7 6.3 6.5 7.4 5.5 4.8 5.4 6.1 5.2

Utah

7.4 7.5 7.8 7.0 7.9 7.0 6.0 5.9 6.8 6.7

Vermont

8.0 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.2 7.7 6.9 6.3 8.4 8.0

Virginia

6.9 7.2 6.4 6.5 7.5 6.0 5.3 5.8 7.0 6.1

Washington

7.3 7.8 7.3 7.0 7.1 5.9 5.3 5.0 7.1 6.1

West Virginia

7.1 7.9 7.3 6.3 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.9 7.9 6.5

Wisconsin

5.5 6.6 6.5 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.2 4.8 6.8 5.9

Wyoming

9.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 9.2 8.4 7.8 8.3 9.1 8.5

Puerto Rico

8.5 6.4 7.0 6.5 6.2 5.1 5.5 4.9 6.1 5.2

Virgin Islands

7.5 8.0 6.9 8.8 7.9 8.5 9.5 10.3 12.6 4.9

Footnotes
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

 

Last Modified Date: Friday, May 05, 2023