From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Louisiana were 96,227, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 95,240, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 987 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 12,161. (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 third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 6.0 percent of private-sector employment in Louisiana; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Louisiana, contracting establishments lost 79,231 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 4,645 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 16,996 jobs, a decrease of 1,332 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Louisiana; 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 Louisiana, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 79,132 in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 5,809 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 16,108 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 612 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 4 of the 11 published industry sectors in Louisiana in the third quarter of 2025. Construction had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 2,048 jobs. This was the result of 13,644 gross job losses and 11,596 gross job gains. The manufacturing industry had a net loss of 1,128 jobs. Education and health services showed a net gain of 1,372 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state.

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 Fourth Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (CT).

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, Louisiana, 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. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	98,149	101,158	91,400	90,043	95,240	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.9
At expanding establishments	78,479	82,605	73,558	73,323	79,132	4.9	5.1	4.5	4.5	4.9
At opening establishments	19,670	18,553	17,842	16,720	16,108	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	93,290	88,252	91,443	102,204	96,227	5.8	5.5	5.6	6.3	6.0
At contracting establishments	79,324	72,870	75,081	83,876	79,231	4.9	4.5	4.6	5.2	4.9
At closing establishments	13,966	15,382	16,362	18,328	16,996	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.1
Net employment change (2)	4,859	12,906	-43	-12,161	-987	0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.8	-0.1
Construction
Gross job gains	13,753	13,029	12,748	10,786	11,596	9.9	9.3	9.1	7.7	8.5
At expanding establishments	11,567	11,619	11,102	9,377	10,509	8.3	8.3	7.9	6.7	7.7
At opening establishments	2,186	1,410	1,646	1,409	1,087	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.8
Gross job losses	12,769	13,855	11,079	14,845	13,644	9.1	9.9	7.9	10.7	10.0
At contracting establishments	11,776	12,496	9,776	13,589	12,270	8.4	8.9	7.0	9.8	9.0
At closing establishments	993	1,359	1,303	1,256	1,374	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.0
Net employment change (2)	984	-826	1,669	-4,059	-2,048	0.8	-0.6	1.2	-3.0	-1.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	3,743	5,046	4,879	4,610	4,206	2.7	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.0
At expanding establishments	3,239	4,641	4,228	4,236	3,820	2.3	3.3	3.0	3.0	2.7
At opening establishments	504	405	651	374	386	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	0.3
Gross job losses	5,066	4,375	4,186	4,904	5,334	3.6	3.2	3.0	3.5	3.9
At contracting establishments	4,526	3,715	3,796	4,176	4,695	3.2	2.7	2.7	3.0	3.4
At closing establishments	540	660	390	728	639	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.5	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-1,323	671	693	-294	-1,128	-0.9	0.4	0.5	-0.2	-0.9
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	2,912	2,733	2,960	2,515	2,730	4.3	4.0	4.3	3.7	4.0
At expanding establishments	2,187	2,156	2,324	2,084	2,314	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.1	3.4
At opening establishments	725	577	636	431	416	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	2,780	2,715	2,771	3,005	2,889	4.1	3.9	4.0	4.4	4.3
At contracting establishments	2,362	2,074	2,204	2,499	2,278	3.5	3.0	3.2	3.7	3.4
At closing establishments	418	641	567	506	611	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.9
Net employment change (2)	132	18	189	-490	-159	0.2	0.1	0.3	-0.7	-0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains	10,298	10,281	12,059	10,698	11,536	4.8	4.8	5.6	5.0	5.4
At expanding establishments	8,559	8,779	10,525	9,555	10,089	4.0	4.1	4.9	4.5	4.7
At opening establishments	1,739	1,502	1,534	1,143	1,447	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.7
Gross job losses	12,062	11,549	10,270	12,480	10,977	5.6	5.4	4.9	5.8	5.1
At contracting establishments	10,612	9,584	8,642	10,682	9,492	4.9	4.5	4.1	5.0	4.4
At closing establishments	1,450	1,965	1,628	1,798	1,485	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-1,764	-1,268	1,789	-1,782	559	-0.8	-0.6	0.7	-0.8	0.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	7,379	7,207	3,386	4,538	5,728	9.6	8.9	4.1	5.4	6.8
At expanding establishments	6,791	5,976	2,659	3,769	5,027	8.8	7.4	3.2	4.5	6.0
At opening establishments	588	1,231	727	769	701	0.8	1.5	0.9	0.9	0.8
Gross job losses	3,562	3,083	4,836	4,854	5,227	4.7	3.8	5.9	5.8	6.3
At contracting establishments	2,899	2,553	3,958	4,104	4,629	3.8	3.1	4.8	4.9	5.6
At closing establishments	663	530	878	750	598	0.9	0.7	1.1	0.9	0.7
Net employment change (2)	3,817	4,124	-1,450	-316	501	4.9	5.1	-1.8	-0.4	0.5
Information
Gross job gains	2,058	1,612	932	866	1,319	10.9	8.4	5.1	5.0	7.7
At expanding establishments	1,562	1,395	728	688	962	8.3	7.3	4.0	4.0	5.6
At opening establishments	496	217	204	178	357	2.6	1.1	1.1	1.0	2.1
Gross job losses	1,223	1,904	2,200	1,521	1,052	6.5	10.0	12.0	8.7	6.1
At contracting establishments	983	1,423	1,899	1,011	851	5.2	7.5	10.4	5.8	4.9
At closing establishments	240	481	301	510	201	1.3	2.5	1.6	2.9	1.2
Net employment change (2)	835	-292	-1,268	-655	267	4.4	-1.6	-6.9	-3.7	1.6
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,361	4,211	3,824	4,037	4,372	5.0	4.9	4.4	4.7	5.1
At expanding establishments	3,235	3,265	2,929	3,173	3,346	3.7	3.8	3.4	3.7	3.9
At opening establishments	1,126	946	895	864	1,026	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.2
Gross job losses	4,932	3,826	4,067	4,144	4,144	5.7	4.4	4.7	4.8	4.8
At contracting establishments	3,979	2,932	2,920	3,057	3,096	4.6	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.6
At closing establishments	953	894	1,147	1,087	1,048	1.1	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-571	385	-243	-107	228	-0.7	0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	16,652	16,846	15,657	14,253	16,512	7.6	7.6	7.1	6.5	7.6
At expanding establishments	12,460	12,644	11,914	11,021	12,870	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.0	5.9
At opening establishments	4,192	4,202	3,743	3,232	3,642	1.9	1.9	1.7	1.5	1.7
Gross job losses	14,477	15,748	15,898	17,293	16,349	6.5	7.1	7.1	7.8	7.5
At contracting establishments	11,767	12,143	12,236	13,912	12,196	5.3	5.5	5.5	6.3	5.6
At closing establishments	2,710	3,605	3,662	3,381	4,153	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.9
Net employment change (2)	2,175	1,098	-241	-3,040	163	1.1	0.5	0.0	-1.3	0.1
Education and health services
Gross job gains	14,545	14,817	12,359	15,257	14,539	4.4	4.5	3.7	4.5	4.3
At expanding establishments	11,841	12,161	10,230	12,456	12,412	3.6	3.7	3.1	3.7	3.7
At opening establishments	2,704	2,656	2,129	2,801	2,127	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.8	0.6
Gross job losses	13,326	11,335	12,471	13,348	13,167	4.1	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.0
At contracting establishments	11,350	9,457	10,372	10,505	10,311	3.5	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.1
At closing establishments	1,976	1,878	2,099	2,843	2,856	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.9
Net employment change (2)	1,219	3,482	-112	1,909	1,372	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.4	0.3
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	16,992	19,644	17,083	16,931	17,719	7.7	8.8	7.6	7.6	8.0
At expanding establishments	12,814	15,431	12,385	12,495	13,735	5.8	6.9	5.5	5.6	6.2
At opening establishments	4,178	4,213	4,698	4,436	3,984	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.0	1.8
Gross job losses	17,393	14,460	18,394	19,873	17,599	7.8	6.4	8.2	8.8	7.9
At contracting establishments	14,225	11,925	15,066	15,303	14,700	6.4	5.3	6.7	6.8	6.6
At closing establishments	3,168	2,535	3,328	4,570	2,899	1.4	1.1	1.5	2.0	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-401	5,184	-1,311	-2,942	120	-0.1	2.4	-0.6	-1.2	0.1
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	3,386	3,141	3,151	3,145	2,905	7.3	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.3
At expanding establishments	2,582	2,433	2,431	2,383	2,320	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0
At opening establishments	804	708	720	762	585	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.3
Gross job losses	2,904	3,235	2,945	3,116	3,059	6.3	7.0	6.3	6.7	6.6
At contracting establishments	2,474	2,693	2,189	2,486	2,421	5.4	5.8	4.7	5.3	5.2
At closing establishments	430	542	756	630	638	0.9	1.2	1.6	1.4	1.4
Net employment change (2)	482	-94	206	29	-154	1.0	-0.3	0.4	0.0	-0.3
(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)
	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	June 2025	Sept. 2025
United States(1)	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.4	6.0	5.7
Alabama	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.5
Alaska	8.0	10.3	10.0	9.9	7.5	9.6	9.5	8.1	10.3	10.0
Arizona	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.3	6.3	5.5
Arkansas	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.2	4.8	5.1	5.5	5.3
California	6.3	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.2	6.7	6.0
Colorado	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.8	7.1	6.5
Connecticut	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.8	5.9
Delaware	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.3	6.4	6.3	5.3	6.1	6.1
District of Columbia	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.7	4.6	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.9
Florida	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.7	6.2	5.5	5.8	6.0
Georgia	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.8
Hawaii	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.8
Idaho	7.1	8.2	7.3	7.7	6.7	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.2	7.6
Illinois	4.9	5.1	5.0	5.2	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2	5.0
Indiana	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.1
Iowa	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.6	4.8	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.9
Kansas	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.4	6.3	5.8
Kentucky	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.4	5.5	4.8	5.4	5.6
Louisiana	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.6	6.3	6.0
Maine	6.2	7.0	7.4	7.2	6.2	7.1	7.1	6.3	7.4	7.0
Maryland	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.9	5.7	6.2	6.5
Massachusetts	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.5	5.3	5.8	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.9
Michigan	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.8	4.9	5.8	5.9	5.3	5.5	5.9
Minnesota	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.1	5.5	5.5	5.6
Mississippi	6.3	6.3	5.7	6.3	6.4	5.7	6.2	6.1	6.5	6.1
Missouri	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.2	6.1	5.9
Montana	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.0	8.0	7.8	7.5	8.3	7.9
Nebraska	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3	5.5	5.8
Nevada	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.2	6.9	5.9	5.6	5.9	6.3	5.2
New Hampshire	5.6	6.3	6.5	6.3	5.6	6.7	5.9	6.1	6.7	6.8
New Jersey	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.3	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.5	5.8
New Mexico	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.2
New York	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.5	5.0	7.0	5.8
North Carolina	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.7
North Dakota	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.2	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.7	6.6
Ohio	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.1	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.3
Oklahoma	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.3	6.2	6.4
Oregon	6.3	6.2	5.8	6.4	5.7	6.6	6.6	6.2	6.5	6.7
Pennsylvania	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.7	5.2	5.2
Rhode Island	6.2	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.7	6.7
South Carolina	6.2	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.3	5.9	5.9	5.5	6.6	6.5
South Dakota	5.9	6.7	6.2	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.5	6.1	6.0
Tennessee	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.7	5.7	6.2	5.1	5.9	5.2
Texas	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.4	5.3
Utah	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.2	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.4
Vermont	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.6	7.1	6.7	6.8	7.5	7.8
Virginia	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.9	5.7	5.5	5.1	5.8	6.1
Washington	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.0	5.2	5.8	5.7	5.5	5.4	5.6
West Virginia	5.9	6.5	6.4	5.5	5.8	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.3	6.0
Wisconsin	5.1	5.3	5.0	5.3	4.9	5.5	5.2	4.9	5.5	5.6
Wyoming	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.3	7.7	8.5	8.3	8.7	8.9	8.4
Puerto Rico	5.4	4.3	6.3	7.0	5.4	5.0	5.4	5.4	6.1	5.7
Virgin Islands	4.7	5.2	5.4	15.0	7.1	7.5	10.8	7.6	9.5	8.4
(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.