From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Georgia were 238,711, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 231,169, 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 7,542 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 27,912. (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 first quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Georgia; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 Georgia, contracting establishments lost 183,837 jobs in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 9,000 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 54,874 jobs, an increase of 4,916 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job gains

In the first quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Georgia; 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 Georgia, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 182,135 in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 10,604 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 49,034 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 10,934 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Georgia in the first quarter of 2025. Transportation and warehousing had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 7,307 jobs. This was the result of 19,128 gross job losses and 11,821 gross job gains. The leisure and hospitality industry had a net loss of 6,195 jobs, followed by professional and business services with a net loss of 5,444 jobs. Education and health services showed a net gain of 5,139 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state. Georgia’s retail trade industry sector had a net gain of 3,338 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, Georgia, 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	254,350	244,654	240,635	252,707	231,169	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.5
At expanding establishments	197,121	195,390	188,269	192,739	182,135	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.3
At opening establishments	57,229	49,264	52,366	59,968	49,034	1.4	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.2
Gross job losses	239,028	239,107	255,502	224,795	238,711	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7
At contracting establishments	187,544	192,770	193,724	174,837	183,837	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.4
At closing establishments	51,484	46,337	61,778	49,958	54,874	1.2	1.1	1.5	1.2	1.3
Net employment change (2)	15,322	5,547	-14,867	27,912	-7,542	0.4	0.2	-0.3	0.6	-0.2
Construction
Gross job gains	18,178	16,179	16,473	16,823	17,244	8.0	7.0	7.3	7.3	7.3
At expanding establishments	13,590	12,910	12,460	12,580	13,874	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.9
At opening establishments	4,588	3,269	4,013	4,243	3,370	2.0	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.4
Gross job losses	14,828	15,739	15,955	14,618	16,089	6.5	6.9	6.9	6.4	6.9
At contracting establishments	11,123	11,788	11,973	10,752	11,754	4.9	5.2	5.2	4.7	5.0
At closing establishments	3,705	3,951	3,982	3,866	4,335	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.9
Net employment change (2)	3,350	440	518	2,205	1,155	1.5	0.1	0.4	0.9	0.4
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	15,425	14,425	14,089	13,460	13,261	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.1
At expanding establishments	13,397	12,866	12,268	11,533	11,851	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.8
At opening establishments	2,028	1,559	1,821	1,927	1,410	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.3
Gross job losses	13,659	14,477	15,594	14,556	13,038	3.2	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.0
At contracting establishments	11,357	12,434	13,050	12,559	11,313	2.7	2.9	3.1	2.9	2.6
At closing establishments	2,302	2,043	2,544	1,997	1,725	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4
Net employment change (2)	1,766	-52	-1,505	-1,096	223	0.4	0.0	-0.4	-0.2	0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	9,554	9,758	9,717	9,817	9,423	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2
At expanding establishments	7,746	7,845	8,355	8,017	7,840	3.4	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.5
At opening establishments	1,808	1,913	1,362	1,800	1,583	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	10,240	9,930	9,832	9,409	10,009	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.4
At contracting establishments	7,942	8,167	7,353	7,301	7,657	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.2	3.4
At closing establishments	2,298	1,763	2,479	2,108	2,352	1.0	0.8	1.1	0.9	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-686	-172	-115	408	-586	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.2	-0.2
Retail trade
Gross job gains	27,805	26,673	24,764	24,713	26,944	5.4	5.2	4.8	4.9	5.3
At expanding establishments	23,284	22,558	21,542	20,158	23,511	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.0	4.6
At opening establishments	4,521	4,115	3,222	4,555	3,433	0.9	0.8	0.6	0.9	0.7
Gross job losses	23,987	28,459	30,270	26,490	23,606	4.7	5.5	5.9	5.2	4.6
At contracting establishments	20,287	24,663	26,021	22,548	19,552	4.0	4.8	5.1	4.4	3.8
At closing establishments	3,700	3,796	4,249	3,942	4,054	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8
Net employment change (2)	3,818	-1,786	-5,506	-1,777	3,338	0.7	-0.3	-1.1	-0.3	0.7
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	11,230	13,731	13,726	17,410	11,821	4.1	5.2	5.1	6.4	4.4
At expanding establishments	9,355	12,240	12,024	15,243	10,007	3.4	4.6	4.5	5.6	3.7
At opening establishments	1,875	1,491	1,702	2,167	1,814	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	21,260	10,976	12,404	12,394	19,128	7.8	4.1	4.6	4.5	7.1
At contracting establishments	19,099	9,066	10,275	10,426	16,772	7.0	3.4	3.8	3.8	6.2
At closing establishments	2,161	1,910	2,129	1,968	2,356	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-10,030	2,755	1,322	5,016	-7,307	-3.7	1.1	0.5	1.9	-2.7
Information
Gross job gains	13,662	7,299	7,800	6,989	8,401	11.7	6.1	6.7	6.0	7.3
At expanding establishments	12,411	6,135	6,062	5,325	7,466	10.6	5.1	5.2	4.6	6.5
At opening establishments	1,251	1,164	1,738	1,664	935	1.1	1.0	1.5	1.4	0.8
Gross job losses	6,568	11,557	10,072	7,083	8,474	5.7	9.7	8.6	6.2	7.4
At contracting establishments	5,457	9,904	8,279	5,757	7,195	4.7	8.3	7.1	5.0	6.3
At closing establishments	1,111	1,653	1,793	1,326	1,279	1.0	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.1
Net employment change (2)	7,094	-4,258	-2,272	-94	-73	6.0	-3.6	-1.9	-0.2	-0.1
Financial activities
Gross job gains	13,228	14,196	13,533	14,777	13,381	4.9	5.2	4.9	5.4	4.8
At expanding establishments	10,059	10,933	9,850	10,374	10,286	3.7	4.0	3.6	3.8	3.7
At opening establishments	3,169	3,263	3,683	4,403	3,095	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.6	1.1
Gross job losses	14,716	12,237	13,949	12,449	13,728	5.4	4.5	5.1	4.6	5.0
At contracting establishments	10,178	8,973	9,682	8,926	9,376	3.7	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.4
At closing establishments	4,538	3,264	4,267	3,523	4,352	1.7	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.6
Net employment change (2)	-1,488	1,959	-416	2,328	-347	-0.5	0.7	-0.2	0.8	-0.2
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	48,002	48,789	51,194	54,069	44,701	6.3	6.5	6.8	7.2	6.0
At expanding establishments	36,323	38,759	39,675	40,338	35,125	4.8	5.2	5.3	5.4	4.7
At opening establishments	11,679	10,030	11,519	13,731	9,576	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.8	1.3
Gross job losses	51,364	53,634	55,271	50,241	50,145	6.8	7.2	7.4	6.7	6.7
At contracting establishments	39,948	43,353	40,083	38,868	37,413	5.3	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.0
At closing establishments	11,416	10,281	15,188	11,373	12,732	1.5	1.4	2.0	1.5	1.7
Net employment change (2)	-3,362	-4,845	-4,077	3,828	-5,444	-0.5	-0.7	-0.6	0.5	-0.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	37,771	34,722	32,503	32,013	31,160	5.7	5.1	4.8	4.6	4.5
At expanding establishments	30,640	28,567	26,968	25,528	24,664	4.6	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.6
At opening establishments	7,131	6,155	5,535	6,485	6,496	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.9
Gross job losses	26,831	26,847	30,347	26,356	26,021	4.0	3.9	4.5	3.9	3.7
At contracting establishments	19,898	21,240	22,204	19,715	18,902	3.0	3.1	3.3	2.9	2.7
At closing establishments	6,933	5,607	8,143	6,641	7,119	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.0
Net employment change (2)	10,940	7,875	2,156	5,657	5,139	1.7	1.2	0.3	0.7	0.8
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	42,181	41,532	38,415	45,207	37,247	8.2	8.0	7.5	8.8	7.2
At expanding establishments	29,879	32,125	28,545	33,502	27,002	5.8	6.2	5.6	6.5	5.2
At opening establishments	12,302	9,407	9,870	11,705	10,245	2.4	1.8	1.9	2.3	2.0
Gross job losses	40,110	38,604	45,802	36,410	43,442	7.8	7.5	8.9	7.0	8.3
At contracting establishments	32,485	31,995	34,623	28,524	33,934	6.3	6.2	6.7	5.5	6.5
At closing establishments	7,625	6,609	11,179	7,886	9,508	1.5	1.3	2.2	1.5	1.8
Net employment change (2)	2,071	2,928	-7,387	8,797	-6,195	0.4	0.5	-1.4	1.8	-1.1
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	9,744	10,247	9,679	9,213	8,263	8.3	8.7	8.2	7.8	7.0
At expanding establishments	6,593	7,525	7,119	6,488	5,994	5.6	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.1
At opening establishments	3,151	2,722	2,560	2,725	2,269	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.3	1.9
Gross job losses	8,873	9,226	10,092	9,027	9,254	7.5	7.8	8.5	7.7	7.8
At contracting establishments	6,481	6,718	7,435	6,590	7,110	5.5	5.7	6.3	5.6	6.0
At closing establishments	2,392	2,508	2,657	2,437	2,144	2.0	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.8
Net employment change (2)	871	1,021	-413	186	-991	0.8	0.9	-0.3	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. 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.