From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Tennessee were 152,502, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 146,100, 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 6,402 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 19,203. (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 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; 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 Tennessee, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 119,746 in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 13,076 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 32,756 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 9,475 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; 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 Tennessee, contracting establishments lost 120,085 jobs in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 426 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 26,015 jobs, a decrease of 29,632 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Tennessee in the first quarter of 2025. Retail trade had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 5,025 jobs. This was the result of 20,905 gross job gains and 15,880 gross job losses. The education and health services industry had a net gain of 5,005 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net loss of 4,982 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Tennessee’s leisure and hospitality industry sector had a net loss of 3,504 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, Tennessee, 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	164,645	156,457	159,677	156,103	152,502	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4
At expanding establishments	131,986	123,573	124,453	132,822	119,746	4.6	4.3	4.4	4.7	4.2
At opening establishments	32,659	32,884	35,224	23,281	32,756	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.2
Gross job losses	143,603	161,441	162,778	175,306	146,100	5.0	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1
At contracting establishments	120,288	134,602	131,533	119,659	120,085	4.2	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.2
At closing establishments	23,315	26,839	31,245	55,647	26,015	0.8	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	21,042	-4,984	-3,101	-19,203	6,402	0.7	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.3
Construction
Gross job gains	15,379	12,956	11,046	13,759	12,468	9.4	7.9	6.7	8.4	7.5
At expanding establishments	12,869	10,550	9,226	11,678	9,858	7.9	6.4	5.6	7.1	5.9
At opening establishments	2,510	2,406	1,820	2,081	2,610	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.6
Gross job losses	11,184	12,643	13,477	13,218	11,871	6.8	7.6	8.3	8.1	7.2
At contracting establishments	9,016	10,788	11,052	8,839	9,764	5.5	6.5	6.8	5.4	5.9
At closing establishments	2,168	1,855	2,425	4,379	2,107	1.3	1.1	1.5	2.7	1.3
Net employment change (2)	4,195	313	-2,431	541	597	2.6	0.3	-1.6	0.3	0.3
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	11,857	10,213	9,616	9,465	9,231	3.2	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.6
At expanding establishments	10,355	8,821	8,564	8,594	7,841	2.8	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2
At opening establishments	1,502	1,392	1,052	871	1,390	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4
Gross job losses	11,118	12,197	12,038	11,831	10,727	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.0
At contracting establishments	9,622	11,065	9,914	9,611	9,575	2.6	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.7
At closing establishments	1,496	1,132	2,124	2,220	1,152	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3
Net employment change (2)	739	-1,984	-2,422	-2,366	-1,496	0.2	-0.5	-0.6	-0.7	-0.4
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	6,956	6,229	5,415	5,242	5,430	5.2	4.5	3.9	3.9	4.1
At expanding establishments	5,246	4,724	4,145	4,568	4,150	3.9	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.1
At opening establishments	1,710	1,505	1,270	674	1,280	1.3	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0
Gross job losses	4,940	5,498	5,759	6,501	5,128	3.7	4.0	4.2	4.8	3.9
At contracting establishments	3,626	4,165	4,288	4,067	3,797	2.7	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.9
At closing establishments	1,314	1,333	1,471	2,434	1,331	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.8	1.0
Net employment change (2)	2,016	731	-344	-1,259	302	1.5	0.5	-0.3	-0.9	0.2
Retail trade
Gross job gains	19,016	18,391	18,433	15,995	20,905	5.5	5.3	5.3	4.7	6.0
At expanding establishments	16,169	15,678	15,977	14,070	18,397	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.1	5.3
At opening establishments	2,847	2,713	2,456	1,925	2,508	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	16,164	18,830	19,234	20,209	15,880	4.6	5.4	5.5	5.9	4.6
At contracting establishments	13,953	16,624	16,812	16,091	13,041	4.0	4.8	4.8	4.7	3.8
At closing establishments	2,211	2,206	2,422	4,118	2,839	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.8
Net employment change (2)	2,852	-439	-801	-4,214	5,025	0.9	-0.1	-0.2	-1.2	1.4
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	8,361	9,195	12,815	13,945	7,012	4.2	4.5	6.3	6.7	3.4
At expanding establishments	7,240	8,119	5,957	13,004	5,996	3.6	4.0	2.9	6.2	2.9
At opening establishments	1,121	1,076	6,858	941	1,016	0.6	0.5	3.4	0.5	0.5
Gross job losses	11,348	9,715	10,458	7,177	11,994	5.7	4.8	5.1	3.4	5.8
At contracting establishments	10,596	8,386	8,767	5,425	11,261	5.3	4.1	4.3	2.6	5.4
At closing establishments	752	1,329	1,691	1,752	733	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.4
Net employment change (2)	-2,987	-520	2,357	6,768	-4,982	-1.5	-0.3	1.2	3.3	-2.4
Information
Gross job gains	3,264	3,848	3,919	3,289	3,442	6.0	7.1	7.1	6.0	6.4
At expanding establishments	2,044	2,779	3,030	2,664	2,479	3.8	5.1	5.5	4.9	4.6
At opening establishments	1,220	1,069	889	625	963	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.1	1.8
Gross job losses	3,437	3,321	3,841	5,058	3,359	6.4	6.1	7.0	9.2	6.3
At contracting establishments	2,643	2,521	2,800	2,968	2,624	4.9	4.6	5.1	5.4	4.9
At closing establishments	794	800	1,041	2,090	735	1.5	1.5	1.9	3.8	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-173	527	78	-1,769	83	-0.4	1.0	0.1	-3.2	0.1
Financial activities
Gross job gains	7,389	8,424	7,683	7,759	7,118	4.3	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.1
At expanding establishments	5,691	6,279	5,965	6,133	5,528	3.3	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.2
At opening establishments	1,698	2,145	1,718	1,626	1,590	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.9
Gross job losses	7,254	7,588	8,119	9,517	7,120	4.3	4.4	4.7	5.6	4.1
At contracting establishments	5,951	5,841	5,847	6,072	5,540	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.2
At closing establishments	1,303	1,747	2,272	3,445	1,580	0.8	1.0	1.3	2.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	135	836	-436	-1,758	-2	0.0	0.6	-0.2	-1.0	0.0
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	32,381	29,944	29,169	26,308	28,685	7.0	6.6	6.4	5.9	6.5
At expanding establishments	25,895	23,667	23,716	21,531	23,497	5.6	5.2	5.2	4.8	5.3
At opening establishments	6,486	6,277	5,453	4,777	5,188	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.2
Gross job losses	26,757	32,515	34,017	38,726	26,423	5.8	7.1	7.5	8.7	6.0
At contracting establishments	22,468	26,949	27,342	25,428	21,105	4.9	5.9	6.0	5.7	4.8
At closing establishments	4,289	5,566	6,675	13,298	5,318	0.9	1.2	1.5	3.0	1.2
Net employment change (2)	5,624	-2,571	-4,848	-12,418	2,262	1.2	-0.5	-1.1	-2.8	0.5
Education and health services
Gross job gains	21,720	21,638	22,966	21,428	22,426	4.6	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.7
At expanding establishments	18,109	17,243	18,882	18,755	16,869	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.5
At opening establishments	3,611	4,395	4,084	2,673	5,557	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.2
Gross job losses	16,534	18,673	20,387	25,566	17,421	3.5	3.9	4.3	5.3	3.6
At contracting establishments	13,622	15,228	16,638	14,042	14,195	2.9	3.2	3.5	2.9	2.9
At closing establishments	2,912	3,445	3,749	11,524	3,226	0.6	0.7	0.8	2.4	0.7
Net employment change (2)	5,186	2,965	2,579	-4,138	5,005	1.1	0.6	0.5	-0.8	1.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	29,318	26,522	28,527	31,471	26,290	7.9	7.2	7.8	8.6	7.1
At expanding establishments	21,929	19,901	22,166	26,012	19,565	5.9	5.4	6.1	7.1	5.3
At opening establishments	7,389	6,621	6,361	5,459	6,725	2.0	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.8
Gross job losses	27,278	31,715	27,780	28,618	29,794	7.3	8.7	7.7	7.7	8.1
At contracting establishments	22,805	26,345	22,788	21,475	24,274	6.1	7.2	6.3	5.8	6.6
At closing establishments	4,473	5,370	4,992	7,143	5,520	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.5
Net employment change (2)	2,040	-5,193	747	2,853	-3,504	0.6	-1.5	0.1	0.9	-1.0
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	6,524	5,864	6,136	5,227	5,601	8.2	7.3	7.6	6.4	7.0
At expanding establishments	4,854	4,241	4,984	4,231	4,328	6.1	5.3	6.2	5.2	5.4
At opening establishments	1,670	1,623	1,152	996	1,273	2.1	2.0	1.4	1.2	1.6
Gross job losses	5,403	5,958	5,578	6,288	4,845	6.8	7.5	6.9	7.8	6.0
At contracting establishments	4,381	4,692	4,012	4,134	3,780	5.5	5.9	5.0	5.1	4.7
At closing establishments	1,022	1,266	1,566	2,154	1,065	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.7	1.3
Net employment change (2)	1,121	-94	558	-1,061	756	1.4	-0.2	0.7	-1.4	1.0
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)
	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.