From March 2025 to June 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Tennessee were 167,565, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 144,915, 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 22,650 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 6,402. (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 second quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.0 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 Tennessee, contracting establishments lost 138,830 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 18,745 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 28,735 jobs, an increase of 2,720 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.7 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 Tennessee, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 118,100 in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of 1,646 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 26,815 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of 5,941 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in all 11 published industry sectors in Tennessee in the second quarter of 2025. Transportation and warehousing had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 4,988 jobs. This was the result of 13,107 gross job losses and 8,119 gross job gains. Leisure and hospitality had a net loss of 4,205 jobs followed by professional and business services (-3,602) and retail trade (-3,323).

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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 Third Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 29, 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)
	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	156,457	159,677	156,103	152,502	144,915	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.1
At expanding establishments	123,573	124,453	132,822	119,746	118,100	4.3	4.4	4.7	4.2	4.2
At opening establishments	32,884	35,224	23,281	32,756	26,815	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.2	0.9
Gross job losses	161,441	162,778	175,306	146,100	167,565	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1	5.9
At contracting establishments	134,602	131,533	119,659	120,085	138,830	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.2	4.9
At closing establishments	26,839	31,245	55,647	26,015	28,735	0.9	1.1	2.0	0.9	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-4,984	-3,101	-19,203	6,402	-22,650	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	0.3	-0.8
Construction
Gross job gains	12,956	11,046	13,759	12,468	12,089	7.9	6.7	8.4	7.5	7.3
At expanding establishments	10,550	9,226	11,678	9,858	10,277	6.4	5.6	7.1	5.9	6.2
At opening establishments	2,406	1,820	2,081	2,610	1,812	1.5	1.1	1.3	1.6	1.1
Gross job losses	12,643	13,477	13,218	11,871	13,144	7.6	8.3	8.1	7.2	8.0
At contracting establishments	10,788	11,052	8,839	9,764	11,059	6.5	6.8	5.4	5.9	6.7
At closing establishments	1,855	2,425	4,379	2,107	2,085	1.1	1.5	2.7	1.3	1.3
Net employment change (2)	313	-2,431	541	597	-1,055	0.3	-1.6	0.3	0.3	-0.7
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	10,213	9,616	9,465	9,231	8,457	2.8	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.4
At expanding establishments	8,821	8,564	8,594	7,841	7,780	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.2
At opening establishments	1,392	1,052	871	1,390	677	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2
Gross job losses	12,197	12,038	11,831	10,727	11,447	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.2
At contracting establishments	11,065	9,914	9,611	9,575	10,614	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	3.0
At closing establishments	1,132	2,124	2,220	1,152	833	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
Net employment change (2)	-1,984	-2,422	-2,366	-1,496	-2,990	-0.5	-0.6	-0.7	-0.4	-0.8
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	6,229	5,415	5,242	5,430	4,869	4.5	3.9	3.9	4.1	3.7
At expanding establishments	4,724	4,145	4,568	4,150	3,968	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.1	3.0
At opening establishments	1,505	1,270	674	1,280	901	1.1	0.9	0.5	1.0	0.7
Gross job losses	5,498	5,759	6,501	5,128	5,578	4.0	4.2	4.8	3.9	4.3
At contracting establishments	4,165	4,288	4,067	3,797	4,446	3.0	3.1	3.0	2.9	3.4
At closing establishments	1,333	1,471	2,434	1,331	1,132	1.0	1.1	1.8	1.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	731	-344	-1,259	302	-709	0.5	-0.3	-0.9	0.2	-0.6
Retail trade
Gross job gains	18,391	18,433	15,995	20,905	17,280	5.3	5.3	4.7	6.0	5.0
At expanding establishments	15,678	15,977	14,070	18,397	15,206	4.5	4.6	4.1	5.3	4.4
At opening establishments	2,713	2,456	1,925	2,508	2,074	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6
Gross job losses	18,830	19,234	20,209	15,880	20,603	5.4	5.5	5.9	4.6	5.9
At contracting establishments	16,624	16,812	16,091	13,041	18,510	4.8	4.8	4.7	3.8	5.3
At closing establishments	2,206	2,422	4,118	2,839	2,093	0.6	0.7	1.2	0.8	0.6
Net employment change (2)	-439	-801	-4,214	5,025	-3,323	-0.1	-0.2	-1.2	1.4	-0.9
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	9,195	12,815	13,945	7,012	8,119	4.5	6.3	6.7	3.4	4.0
At expanding establishments	8,119	5,957	13,004	5,996	6,564	4.0	2.9	6.2	2.9	3.2
At opening establishments	1,076	6,858	941	1,016	1,555	0.5	3.4	0.5	0.5	0.8
Gross job losses	9,715	10,458	7,177	11,994	13,107	4.8	5.1	3.4	5.8	6.4
At contracting establishments	8,386	8,767	5,425	11,261	12,034	4.1	4.3	2.6	5.4	5.9
At closing establishments	1,329	1,691	1,752	733	1,073	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.4	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-520	2,357	6,768	-4,982	-4,988	-0.3	1.2	3.3	-2.4	-2.4
Information
Gross job gains	3,848	3,919	3,289	3,442	3,775	7.1	7.1	6.0	6.4	7.1
At expanding establishments	2,779	3,030	2,664	2,479	3,206	5.1	5.5	4.9	4.6	6.0
At opening establishments	1,069	889	625	963	569	2.0	1.6	1.1	1.8	1.1
Gross job losses	3,321	3,841	5,058	3,359	4,713	6.1	7.0	9.2	6.3	8.9
At contracting establishments	2,521	2,800	2,968	2,624	2,705	4.6	5.1	5.4	4.9	5.1
At closing establishments	800	1,041	2,090	735	2,008	1.5	1.9	3.8	1.4	3.8
Net employment change (2)	527	78	-1,769	83	-938	1.0	0.1	-3.2	0.1	-1.8
Financial activities
Gross job gains	8,424	7,683	7,759	7,118	7,541	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.1	4.3
At expanding establishments	6,279	5,965	6,133	5,528	5,789	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.3
At opening establishments	2,145	1,718	1,626	1,590	1,752	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
Gross job losses	7,588	8,119	9,517	7,120	7,617	4.4	4.7	5.6	4.1	4.4
At contracting establishments	5,841	5,847	6,072	5,540	6,020	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.2	3.5
At closing establishments	1,747	2,272	3,445	1,580	1,597	1.0	1.3	2.0	0.9	0.9
Net employment change (2)	836	-436	-1,758	-2	-76	0.6	-0.2	-1.0	0.0	-0.1
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	29,944	29,169	26,308	28,685	28,213	6.6	6.4	5.9	6.5	6.3
At expanding establishments	23,667	23,716	21,531	23,497	23,678	5.2	5.2	4.8	5.3	5.3
At opening establishments	6,277	5,453	4,777	5,188	4,535	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.0
Gross job losses	32,515	34,017	38,726	26,423	31,815	7.1	7.5	8.7	6.0	7.2
At contracting establishments	26,949	27,342	25,428	21,105	26,576	5.9	6.0	5.7	4.8	6.0
At closing establishments	5,566	6,675	13,298	5,318	5,239	1.2	1.5	3.0	1.2	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-2,571	-4,848	-12,418	2,262	-3,602	-0.5	-1.1	-2.8	0.5	-0.9
Education and health services
Gross job gains	21,638	22,966	21,428	22,426	20,283	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.7	4.2
At expanding establishments	17,243	18,882	18,755	16,869	16,554	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.4
At opening establishments	4,395	4,084	2,673	5,557	3,729	0.9	0.9	0.6	1.2	0.8
Gross job losses	18,673	20,387	25,566	17,421	21,810	3.9	4.3	5.3	3.6	4.5
At contracting establishments	15,228	16,638	14,042	14,195	15,816	3.2	3.5	2.9	2.9	3.3
At closing establishments	3,445	3,749	11,524	3,226	5,994	0.7	0.8	2.4	0.7	1.2
Net employment change (2)	2,965	2,579	-4,138	5,005	-1,527	0.6	0.5	-0.8	1.1	-0.3
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	26,522	28,527	31,471	26,290	25,661	7.2	7.8	8.6	7.1	7.0
At expanding establishments	19,901	22,166	26,012	19,565	20,466	5.4	6.1	7.1	5.3	5.6
At opening establishments	6,621	6,361	5,459	6,725	5,195	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.8	1.4
Gross job losses	31,715	27,780	28,618	29,794	29,866	8.7	7.7	7.7	8.1	8.1
At contracting establishments	26,345	22,788	21,475	24,274	24,656	7.2	6.3	5.8	6.6	6.7
At closing establishments	5,370	4,992	7,143	5,520	5,210	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.5	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-5,193	747	2,853	-3,504	-4,205	-1.5	0.1	0.9	-1.0	-1.1
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	5,864	6,136	5,227	5,601	4,602	7.3	7.6	6.4	7.0	5.7
At expanding establishments	4,241	4,984	4,231	4,328	3,620	5.3	6.2	5.2	5.4	4.5
At opening establishments	1,623	1,152	996	1,273	982	2.0	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.2
Gross job losses	5,958	5,578	6,288	4,845	5,470	7.5	6.9	7.8	6.0	6.8
At contracting establishments	4,692	4,012	4,134	3,780	4,517	5.9	5.0	5.1	4.7	5.6
At closing establishments	1,266	1,566	2,154	1,065	953	1.6	1.9	2.7	1.3	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-94	558	-1,061	756	-868	-0.2	0.7	-1.4	1.0	-1.1
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)
	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025
United States(1)	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.4	6.0
Alabama	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6
Alaska	10.2	8.0	10.3	10.0	9.9	9.6	9.6	9.5	8.1	10.3
Arizona	5.6	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.3	6.5	5.7	5.9	5.3	6.3
Arkansas	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.7	5.2	4.8	5.1	5.5
California	6.2	6.3	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.9	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.7
Colorado	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.4	5.8	6.4	6.5	6.8	7.1
Connecticut	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.8
Delaware	5.8	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.4	6.3	5.3	6.1
District of Columbia	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.7	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.9
Florida	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.5	5.8
Georgia	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7	5.6
Hawaii	5.2	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.6	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2
Idaho	7.5	7.1	8.2	7.3	7.7	7.2	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.2
Illinois	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2
Indiana	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.6
Iowa	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.8
Kansas	5.9	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	6.3
Kentucky	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.8	5.4
Louisiana	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.5	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.6	6.3
Maine	7.2	6.2	7.0	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	6.3	7.4
Maryland	7.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.9	6.1	5.9	5.7	6.2
Massachusetts	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.8
Michigan	5.7	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.5
Minnesota	5.7	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.1	5.5	5.5
Mississippi	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.2	6.1	6.5
Missouri	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.2	6.1
Montana	7.9	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.6	8.0	7.8	7.5	8.3
Nebraska	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.5
Nevada	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.3
New Hampshire	6.1	5.6	6.3	6.5	6.3	6.0	6.7	5.9	6.1	6.7
New Jersey	5.9	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5
New Mexico	6.1	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.8	6.0
New York	5.8	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.9	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.0	7.0
North Carolina	5.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.4
North Dakota	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7
Ohio	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.4
Oklahoma	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.4	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.2
Oregon	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.8	6.4	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.2	6.5
Pennsylvania	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.7	5.2
Rhode Island	6.6	6.2	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.7
South Carolina	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.5	6.6
South Dakota	6.0	5.9	6.7	6.2	6.0	6.2	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.1
Tennessee	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1	5.9
Texas	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.4
Utah	6.5	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.9	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.6
Vermont	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.9	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.5
Virginia	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.1	5.8
Washington	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.4
West Virginia	7.0	5.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	6.7	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.3
Wisconsin	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.0	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.2	4.9	5.5
Wyoming	8.2	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.3	8.8	8.5	8.3	8.7	8.9
Puerto Rico	5.5	5.4	4.3	6.3	7.0	4.9	5.0	5.4	5.4	6.1
Virgin Islands	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.4	15.0	5.7	7.5	10.8	7.6	9.5
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.