Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii — Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Hawaii were 26,510, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 24,980, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 1,530 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 1,881. (See chart 1.)

Line chart of private-sector gross job gains and losses in Hawaii, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted.

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Hawaii, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job gains	Gross job losses
Sep 2020	29,877	48,614
Dec 2020	60,826	18,990
Mar 2021	38,814	25,221
Jun 2021	49,775	25,363
Sep 2021	34,944	29,887
Dec 2021	34,016	24,478
Mar 2022	30,859	24,934
Jun 2022	29,685	27,294
Sep 2022	31,982	24,663
Dec 2022	30,459	24,838
Mar 2023	28,813	26,219
Jun 2023	29,317	27,179
Sep 2023	26,961	35,305
Dec 2023	31,447	25,560
Mar 2024	28,950	26,394
Jun 2024	26,591	28,777
Sep 2024	29,526	25,910
Dec 2024	27,275	25,923
Mar 2025	25,339	26,079
Jun 2025	25,197	27,078
Sep 2025	26,510	24,980

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 third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; 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 Hawaii, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 21,957 in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 2,536 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 4,553 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 1,223 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Hawaii, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Hawaii
Sep 2020	9.4	7.5
Dec 2020	7.4	14.7
Mar 2021	7.0	8.8
Jun 2021	6.8	10.7
Sep 2021	7.3	7.3
Dec 2021	7.7	7.1
Mar 2022	6.7	6.3
Jun 2022	6.5	6.0
Sep 2022	6.9	6.4
Dec 2022	6.3	6.0
Mar 2023	6.3	5.6
Jun 2023	6.2	5.7
Sep 2023	5.9	5.2
Dec 2023	6.0	6.2
Mar 2024	5.9	5.6
Jun 2024	5.8	5.2
Sep 2024	5.8	5.7
Dec 2024	5.9	5.3
Mar 2025	5.6	4.9
Jun 2025	5.7	4.8
Sep 2025	5.6	5.1

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 4.8 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Hawaii, contracting establishments lost 19,675 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,063 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 5,305 jobs, a decrease of 35 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Hawaii, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Hawaii
Sep 2020	5.9	12.1
Dec 2020	5.7	4.6
Mar 2021	5.5	5.7
Jun 2021	5.9	5.5
Sep 2021	6.0	6.3
Dec 2021	5.4	5.1
Mar 2022	5.5	5.1
Jun 2022	6.2	5.5
Sep 2022	5.9	4.9
Dec 2022	5.9	4.9
Mar 2023	5.5	5.1
Jun 2023	5.9	5.3
Sep 2023	5.9	6.8
Dec 2023	5.7	5.0
Mar 2024	5.5	5.1
Jun 2024	5.9	5.6
Sep 2024	5.8	5.0
Dec 2024	5.7	5.0
Mar 2025	5.4	5.0
Jun 2025	6.0	5.2
Sep 2025	5.7	4.8

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 4 of the 7 published industry sectors in Hawaii in the third quarter of 2025. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,619 jobs. This was the result of 4,700 gross job gains and 3,081 gross job losses. Leisure and hospitality showed a net loss of 729 jobs, the largest loss 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 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, Hawaii, 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. 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	29,526	27,275	25,339	25,197	26,510	5.7	5.3	4.9	4.8	5.1
At expanding establishments	24,149	22,042	20,879	19,421	21,957	4.7	4.3	4.0	3.7	4.2
At opening establishments	5,377	5,233	4,460	5,776	4,553	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.9
Gross job losses	25,910	25,923	26,079	27,078	24,980	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.2	4.8
At contracting establishments	21,025	20,556	20,881	21,738	19,675	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.2	3.8
At closing establishments	4,885	5,367	5,198	5,340	5,305	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Net employment change (2)	3,616	1,352	-740	-1,881	1,530	0.7	0.3	-0.1	-0.4	0.3
Construction
Gross job gains	2,926	2,928	3,183	2,422	2,950	7.6	7.6	8.1	6.1	7.5
At expanding establishments	2,542	2,466	2,871	2,013	2,557	6.6	6.4	7.3	5.1	6.5
At opening establishments	384	462	312	409	393	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.0	1.0
Gross job losses	2,899	2,898	2,478	2,705	2,550	7.5	7.5	6.3	6.8	6.5
At contracting establishments	2,451	2,403	2,090	2,331	2,085	6.3	6.2	5.3	5.9	5.3
At closing establishments	448	495	388	374	465	1.2	1.3	1.0	0.9	1.2
Net employment change (2)	27	30	705	-283	400	0.1	0.1	1.8	-0.7	1.0
Retail trade
Gross job gains	3,192	2,745	2,813	2,721	3,124	4.9	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.9
At expanding establishments	2,726	2,355	2,625	2,434	2,807	4.2	3.7	4.1	3.8	4.4
At opening establishments	466	390	188	287	317	0.7	0.6	0.3	0.4	0.5
Gross job losses	3,048	3,319	2,582	3,393	2,577	4.7	5.2	4.1	5.3	4.0
At contracting establishments	2,652	2,964	2,212	2,794	2,317	4.1	4.6	3.5	4.4	3.6
At closing establishments	396	355	370	599	260	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.4
Net employment change (2)	144	-574	231	-672	547	0.2	-0.9	0.3	-1.1	0.9
Financial activities
Gross job gains	1,071	1,111	1,012	1,176	1,047	3.9	4.1	3.8	4.4	4.0
At expanding establishments	924	915	788	1,005	892	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.8	3.4
At opening establishments	147	196	224	171	155	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.6
Gross job losses	1,103	1,195	1,456	972	1,149	4.1	4.4	5.5	3.7	4.4
At contracting establishments	897	839	1,167	762	919	3.3	3.1	4.4	2.9	3.5
At closing establishments	206	356	289	210	230	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-32	-84	-444	204	-102	-0.2	-0.3	-1.7	0.7	-0.4
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	4,341	3,881	3,988	3,789	3,754	6.0	5.4	5.6	5.3	5.3
At expanding establishments	3,446	2,950	3,427	2,913	3,128	4.8	4.1	4.8	4.1	4.4
At opening establishments	895	931	561	876	626	1.2	1.3	0.8	1.2	0.9
Gross job losses	3,933	4,193	3,717	4,161	4,072	5.5	5.8	5.2	5.8	5.7
At contracting establishments	3,127	3,089	2,814	3,055	2,867	4.4	4.3	3.9	4.3	4.0
At closing establishments	806	1,104	903	1,106	1,205	1.1	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.7
Net employment change (2)	408	-312	271	-372	-318	0.5	-0.4	0.4	-0.5	-0.4
Education and health services
Gross job gains	4,783	3,760	3,635	3,499	4,700	5.4	4.2	4.0	3.9	5.3
At expanding establishments	4,077	3,153	3,084	2,710	4,023	4.6	3.5	3.4	3.0	4.5
At opening establishments	706	607	551	789	677	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.8
Gross job losses	3,205	3,445	3,542	4,748	3,081	3.6	3.8	3.9	5.3	3.4
At contracting establishments	2,417	2,816	2,614	3,951	2,452	2.7	3.1	2.9	4.4	2.7
At closing establishments	788	629	928	797	629	0.9	0.7	1.0	0.9	0.7
Net employment change (2)	1,578	315	93	-1,249	1,619	1.8	0.4	0.1	-1.4	1.9
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	5,810	6,007	4,997	5,917	5,243	4.9	5.1	4.1	5.0	4.4
At expanding establishments	4,839	4,835	4,234	4,485	4,259	4.1	4.1	3.5	3.8	3.6
At opening establishments	971	1,172	763	1,432	984	0.8	1.0	0.6	1.2	0.8
Gross job losses	5,512	5,014	5,497	5,429	5,972	4.6	4.2	4.6	4.5	5.0
At contracting establishments	4,659	4,145	4,384	4,461	4,889	3.9	3.5	3.7	3.7	4.1
At closing establishments	853	869	1,113	968	1,083	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	298	993	-500	488	-729	0.3	0.9	-0.5	0.5	-0.6
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,427	1,620	1,271	1,411	1,507	5.7	6.4	5.0	5.6	5.9
At expanding establishments	1,211	1,350	1,021	1,131	1,291	4.8	5.3	4.0	4.5	5.1
At opening establishments	216	270	250	280	216	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.8
Gross job losses	1,242	1,457	1,398	1,450	1,371	5.0	5.8	5.5	5.7	5.3
At contracting establishments	1,048	1,083	1,078	1,264	1,104	4.2	4.3	4.2	5.0	4.3
At closing establishments	194	374	320	186	267	0.8	1.5	1.3	0.7	1.0
Net employment change (2)	185	163	-127	-39	136	0.7	0.6	-0.5	-0.1	0.6
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)
Category	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
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 21, 2026

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Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii — Third Quarter 2025