Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho — Third Quarter 2023

From June 2023 to September 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Idaho were 57,935, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 51,518, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the difference between the number of gross job losses and the number of gross job gains yielded a net employment loss of 6,417 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 2,991. (See chart 1.)

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Idaho, September 2018–September 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Sep. 2018	41,603	41,358
Dec. 2018	39,119	45,103
Mar. 2019	38,590	46,599
Jun. 2019	41,300	45,631
Sep. 2019	42,413	43,489
Dec. 2019	40,289	48,687
Mar. 2020	40,081	48,490
Jun. 2020	70,176	39,978
Sep. 2020	40,003	52,861
Dec. 2020	39,239	55,518
Mar. 2021	37,629	54,300
Jun. 2021	47,359	48,768
Sep. 2021	48,797	51,018
Dec. 2021	42,456	57,800
Mar. 2022	43,167	59,257
Jun. 2022	58,646	50,221
Sep. 2022	52,224	54,532
Dec. 2022	48,159	58,731
Mar. 2023	53,049	56,541
Jun. 2023	53,223	56,214
Sep. 2023	57,935	51,518

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 Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2023, gross job gains represented 7.3 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.8 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 Idaho, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 37,527 in the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of 2,381 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 13,991 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of 2,315 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2018–September 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Idaho	United States
Sep. 2018	6.8	6.0
Dec. 2018	7.4	6.2
Mar. 2019	7.5	6.0
Jun. 2019	7.3	6.1
Sep. 2019	6.9	5.9
Dec. 2019	7.7	6.2
Mar. 2020	7.5	5.5
Jun. 2020	6.3	4.8
Sep. 2020	8.4	9.4
Dec. 2020	8.6	7.4
Mar. 2021	8.2	7.0
Jun. 2021	7.3	6.8
Sep. 2021	7.7	7.3
Dec. 2021	8.5	7.7
Mar. 2022	8.6	6.7
Jun. 2022	7.1	6.6
Sep. 2022	7.8	6.9
Dec. 2022	8.4	6.3
Mar. 2023	7.9	6.2
Jun. 2023	7.9	6.2
Sep. 2023	7.3	5.8

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 8.2 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.9 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 Idaho, contracting establishments lost 39,730 jobs in the third quarter of 2023, a decrease of 1,593 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 18,205 jobs, an increase of 6,305 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2018–September 2023, seasonally adjusted
Period	Idaho	United States
Sep. 2018	6.9	6.0
Dec. 2018	6.3	5.6
Mar. 2019	6.1	5.5
Jun. 2019	6.6	5.9
Sep. 2019	6.8	5.8
Dec. 2019	6.3	5.6
Mar. 2020	6.2	6.2
Jun. 2020	11.0	16.9
Sep. 2020	6.4	6.0
Dec. 2020	6.1	5.7
Mar. 2021	5.7	5.5
Jun. 2021	7.1	5.9
Sep. 2021	7.3	6.1
Dec. 2021	6.3	5.4
Mar. 2022	6.2	5.5
Jun. 2022	8.4	6.2
Sep. 2022	7.5	5.9
Dec. 2022	6.9	5.9
Mar. 2023	7.5	5.4
Jun. 2023	7.5	5.9
Sep. 2023	8.2	5.9

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 9 of the 10 industry sectors in Idaho in the third quarter of 2023. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 2,507 jobs. This was the result of 10,883 gross job losses and 8,376 gross job gains. The education and health services industry had a net loss of 2,195 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net gain of 172 jobs.

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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 Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.

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, Idaho, seasonally adjusted
Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
Category	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	Sept. 2023
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	54,532	58,731	56,541	56,214	51,518	7.8	8.4	7.9	7.9	7.3
At expanding establishments	40,405	43,408	43,002	39,908	37,527	5.8	6.2	6.0	5.6	5.3
At opening establishments	14,127	15,323	13,539	16,306	13,991	2.0	2.2	1.9	2.3	2.0
Gross job losses	52,224	48,159	53,049	53,223	57,935	7.5	6.9	7.5	7.5	8.2
At contracting establishments	39,122	37,214	36,739	41,323	39,730	5.6	5.3	5.2	5.8	5.6
At closing establishments	13,102	10,945	16,310	11,900	18,205	1.9	1.6	2.3	1.7	2.6
Net employment change (2)	2,308	10,572	3,492	2,991	-6,417	0.3	1.5	0.4	0.4	-0.9
Construction
Gross job gains	7,307	8,176	8,484	7,098	7,208	11.8	12.9	12.9	10.8	11.2
At expanding establishments	5,123	5,823	6,174	4,882	4,746	8.3	9.2	9.4	7.4	7.4
At opening establishments	2,184	2,353	2,310	2,216	2,462	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.8
Gross job losses	6,699	6,787	6,728	8,619	7,613	10.8	10.7	10.2	13.1	11.9
At contracting establishments	4,906	4,757	4,455	5,991	5,183	7.9	7.5	6.8	9.1	8.1
At closing establishments	1,793	2,030	2,273	2,628	2,430	2.9	3.2	3.4	4.0	3.8
Net employment change (2)	608	1,389	1,756	-1,521	-405	1.0	2.2	2.7	-2.3	-0.7
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	3,281	3,763	3,467	3,117	2,680	4.5	5.1	4.6	4.1	3.6
At expanding establishments	2,636	2,866	2,933	2,641	2,127	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.5	2.9
At opening establishments	645	897	534	476	553	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	2,681	2,872	3,717	3,615	3,129	3.7	3.9	5.0	4.9	4.2
At contracting establishments	2,189	2,406	3,125	3,188	2,582	3.0	3.3	4.2	4.3	3.5
At closing establishments	492	466	592	427	547	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.6	0.7
Net employment change (2)	600	891	-250	-498	-449	0.8	1.2	-0.4	-0.8	-0.6
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,932	1,663	1,762	2,063	1,724	5.6	4.8	5.1	6.0	5.0
At expanding establishments	1,376	1,321	1,383	1,550	1,181	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.5	3.4
At opening establishments	556	342	379	513	543	1.6	1.0	1.1	1.5	1.6
Gross job losses	1,620	1,505	1,848	1,542	1,774	4.7	4.4	5.4	4.5	5.1
At contracting establishments	1,278	1,173	1,304	1,159	1,257	3.7	3.4	3.8	3.4	3.6
At closing establishments	342	332	544	383	517	1.0	1.0	1.6	1.1	1.5
Net employment change (2)	312	158	-86	521	-50	0.9	0.4	-0.3	1.5	-0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains	5,498	5,369	5,769	4,874	5,462	5.8	5.7	6.1	5.2	5.9
At expanding establishments	4,073	4,589	4,716	3,938	4,451	4.3	4.9	5.0	4.2	4.8
At opening establishments	1,425	780	1,053	936	1,011	1.5	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.1
Gross job losses	5,755	4,965	4,836	6,007	5,571	6.1	5.3	5.2	6.4	6.0
At contracting establishments	4,783	4,096	3,816	5,325	4,750	5.1	4.4	4.1	5.7	5.1
At closing establishments	972	869	1,020	682	821	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.7	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-257	404	933	-1,133	-109	-0.3	0.4	0.9	-1.2	-0.1
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	2,013	2,740	2,012	1,896	1,992	7.4	10.0	7.2	6.9	7.1
At expanding establishments	1,601	2,243	1,585	1,435	1,615	5.9	8.2	5.7	5.2	5.8
At opening establishments	412	497	427	461	377	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.7	1.3
Gross job losses	2,787	1,568	2,434	1,750	1,820	10.3	5.7	8.8	6.3	6.5
At contracting establishments	2,060	1,234	1,995	1,381	1,320	7.6	4.5	7.2	5.0	4.7
At closing establishments	727	334	439	369	500	2.7	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.8
Net employment change (2)	-774	1,172	-422	146	172	-2.9	4.3	-1.6	0.6	0.6
Financial activities
Gross job gains	2,713	2,851	2,337	3,066	2,400	7.1	7.4	6.1	7.9	6.2
At expanding establishments	1,800	1,889	1,609	1,970	1,518	4.7	4.9	4.2	5.1	3.9
At opening establishments	913	962	728	1,096	882	2.4	2.5	1.9	2.8	2.3
Gross job losses	2,643	2,696	2,686	2,622	2,558	6.9	7.0	7.0	6.8	6.6
At contracting establishments	1,905	1,728	1,770	1,751	1,729	5.0	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.5
At closing establishments	738	968	916	871	829	1.9	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.1
Net employment change (2)	70	155	-349	444	-158	0.2	0.4	-0.9	1.1	-0.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	8,687	8,923	9,348	8,781	7,996	8.3	8.5	8.8	8.1	7.4
At expanding establishments	6,037	6,064	6,831	6,394	5,366	5.8	5.8	6.4	5.9	5.0
At opening establishments	2,650	2,859	2,517	2,387	2,630	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.4
Gross job losses	8,763	8,143	7,406	7,975	9,354	8.4	7.7	6.9	7.4	8.7
At contracting establishments	6,591	6,145	4,717	6,013	6,487	6.3	5.8	4.4	5.6	6.0
At closing establishments	2,172	1,998	2,689	1,962	2,867	2.1	1.9	2.5	1.8	2.7
Net employment change (2)	-76	780	1,942	806	-1,358	-0.1	0.8	1.9	0.7	-1.3
Education and health services
Gross job gains	7,258	7,395	6,859	9,023	7,126	6.3	6.3	5.9	7.7	6.0
At expanding establishments	5,448	5,411	5,206	4,903	5,202	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.2	4.4
At opening establishments	1,810	1,984	1,653	4,120	1,924	1.6	1.7	1.4	3.5	1.6
Gross job losses	5,975	5,711	7,921	5,565	9,321	5.2	4.9	6.8	4.7	7.8
At contracting establishments	3,934	4,352	3,800	4,291	4,074	3.4	3.7	3.3	3.6	3.4
At closing establishments	2,041	1,359	4,121	1,274	5,247	1.8	1.2	3.5	1.1	4.4
Net employment change (2)	1,283	1,684	-1,062	3,458	-2,195	1.1	1.4	-0.9	3.0	-1.8
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	8,993	11,201	9,807	10,557	8,376	10.3	12.6	10.7	11.4	9.0
At expanding establishments	7,022	8,562	7,482	7,885	6,311	8.0	9.6	8.2	8.5	6.8
At opening establishments	1,971	2,639	2,325	2,672	2,065	2.3	3.0	2.5	2.9	2.2
Gross job losses	10,055	8,053	9,567	9,046	10,883	11.5	9.1	10.5	9.8	11.7
At contracting establishments	7,519	6,636	7,322	7,361	8,290	8.6	7.5	8.0	8.0	8.9
At closing establishments	2,536	1,417	2,245	1,685	2,593	2.9	1.6	2.5	1.8	2.8
Net employment change (2)	-1,062	3,148	240	1,511	-2,507	-1.2	3.5	0.2	1.6	-2.7
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,828	1,875	1,987	1,860	1,597	9.2	9.3	9.8	9.1	7.8
At expanding establishments	1,217	1,288	1,383	1,325	1,069	6.1	6.4	6.8	6.5	5.2
At opening establishments	611	587	604	535	528	3.1	2.9	3.0	2.6	2.6
Gross job losses	1,622	1,605	1,797	1,670	2,019	8.1	7.9	8.8	8.2	9.8
At contracting establishments	1,174	1,116	1,187	1,159	1,235	5.9	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.0
At closing establishments	448	489	610	511	784	2.2	2.4	3.0	2.5	3.8
Net employment change (2)	206	270	190	190	-422	1.1	1.4	1.0	0.9	-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)
Category	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	Sept. 2023	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	June 2023	Sept. 2023
United States(1)	6.9	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.4	5.9	5.9
Alabama	6.9	6.6	6.4	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.1	5.5	5.7	6.0
Alaska	8.5	10.9	10.4	11.0	8.5	10.4	9.2	8.0	8.9	10.5
Arizona	7.1	6.6	5.9	7.0	6.7	5.5	6.0	5.4	6.5	5.9
Arkansas	6.5	6.2	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.0	6.0	5.7
California	6.8	6.6	6.1	6.7	6.2	6.2	6.6	6.4	6.4	6.5
Colorado	7.0	7.6	7.2	7.3	5.5	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.6	6.2
Connecticut	6.3	5.9	6.1	6.4	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.3	5.7	6.2
Delaware	8.6	7.0	6.7	6.0	6.0	6.2	7.5	5.2	5.7	6.5
District of Columbia	7.2	5.6	5.9	5.4	5.5	5.0	5.5	4.8	5.3	5.4
Florida	7.8	6.2	6.3	6.8	6.5	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.8
Georgia	7.1	6.7	6.2	6.4	6.1	5.9	5.9	5.8	6.5	6.1
Hawaii	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.2	6.9
Idaho	7.8	8.4	7.9	7.9	7.3	7.5	6.9	7.5	7.5	8.2
Illinois	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.4	4.8	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.3	5.5
Indiana	6.4	5.7	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.2	5.0	6.1	5.8
Iowa	5.9	6.4	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.9	6.2	5.4	5.9	5.8
Kansas	7.4	6.3	6.1	6.1	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.4	6.0	6.0
Kentucky	6.6	6.0	6.1	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.3	4.9	5.9	5.5
Louisiana	6.9	6.1	6.3	6.1	6.2	5.7	6.2	5.6	6.4	6.0
Maine	7.6	7.4	7.7	7.6	6.8	7.3	6.8	6.2	7.6	7.8
Maryland	7.4	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.4	6.0	6.9	5.6	6.3	6.5
Massachusetts	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.9	5.4	6.1	5.8	4.7	5.7	6.1
Michigan	5.7	5.9	5.7	5.9	5.2	5.8	5.2	4.9	5.3	5.9
Minnesota	6.5	5.9	5.7	6.0	3.1	5.9	5.8	4.9	5.6	4.2
Mississippi	7.2	6.8	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.2	5.7	6.6	6.2
Missouri	6.8	6.1	6.5	5.9	5.6	6.3	5.8	5.1	5.9	5.8
Montana	8.7	9.2	8.7	7.8	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.1	8.4	8.5
Nebraska	7.1	6.0	6.3	6.0	6.0	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.6	5.9
Nevada	7.4	6.4	6.2	6.6	6.5	5.8	6.1	5.7	6.0	5.5
New Hampshire	6.9	6.7	7.0	6.7	5.9	6.7	6.0	5.9	6.3	6.7
New Jersey	6.8	6.8	6.1	6.8	5.9	6.4	5.9	5.7	5.9	5.9
New Mexico	8.0	6.7	6.8	6.4	6.1	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.2	6.7
New York	6.6	5.9	6.5	6.3	5.8	5.9	6.0	5.1	5.7	6.1
North Carolina	6.7	6.6	6.4	6.1	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.3	5.7	6.2
North Dakota	7.6	6.4	7.6	6.9	6.6	6.3	6.7	5.6	6.7	6.6
Ohio	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.5	5.7	4.9	5.7	5.7
Oklahoma	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.6	5.9	5.3	6.0	6.0
Oregon	6.7	6.5	7.3	6.4	6.1	6.0	6.2	6.1	6.9	6.9
Pennsylvania	6.1	5.5	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.2	4.6	5.5	5.2
Rhode Island	6.7	6.9	7.5	6.7	6.5	7.3	6.4	5.9	7.0	6.8
South Carolina	7.3	6.9	6.8	6.4	6.8	5.6	6.2	5.8	6.8	5.7
South Dakota	7.3	6.5	7.2	6.8	6.3	6.4	6.5	5.9	6.2	6.3
Tennessee	7.0	5.8	5.9	5.9	2.7	5.5	5.6	5.0	5.5	4.2
Texas	7.2	6.2	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.4	5.5
Utah	7.5	6.9	7.0	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.2	6.2	6.5
Vermont	7.2	7.8	8.2	7.4	6.3	7.8	7.0	6.0	7.5	8.0
Virginia	7.5	6.2	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.1	5.8	5.2	5.8	6.0
Washington	7.2	5.9	6.4	6.0	5.4	6.3	5.3	5.5	5.6	6.0
West Virginia	8.1	6.6	7.1	6.1	6.5	6.9	6.4	5.3	6.1	6.5
Wisconsin	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.2	5.8	5.5	4.9	5.9	5.9
Wyoming	9.2	9.2	8.9	8.4	8.2	8.4	7.9	7.8	8.7	8.2
Puerto Rico	6.2	6.6	5.1	5.8	5.7	5.3	6.1	5.7	4.9	5.4
Virgin Islands	8.5	5.9	7.5	7.4	8.2	5.5	4.7	6.5	6.8	7.1
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.

Last Modified Date: Thursday, May 09, 2024

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Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho — Third Quarter 2023