Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho — Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Idaho were 56,370, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 49,570, 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 loss of 6,800 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 4,574. (See chart 1.)

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

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Idaho, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Sep 2020	39,805	53,019
Dec 2020	39,430	55,196
Mar 2021	37,569	54,204
Jun 2021	47,285	48,833
Sep 2021	48,543	51,165
Dec 2021	42,655	57,494
Mar 2022	43,028	59,127
Jun 2022	58,669	50,281
Sep 2022	51,925	54,685
Dec 2022	48,393	58,400
Mar 2023	51,669	56,927
Jun 2023	52,500	55,564
Sep 2023	56,436	51,312
Dec 2023	41,794	60,928
Mar 2024	59,710	58,054
Jun 2024	52,888	54,724
Sep 2024	54,916	52,244
Dec 2024	49,934	60,204
Mar 2025	54,943	54,147
Jun 2025	53,376	57,950
Sep 2025	56,370	49,570

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 7.6 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; 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 Idaho, contracting establishments lost 40,385 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 475 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 15,985 jobs, an increase of 3,469 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Idaho	United States
Sep 2020	6.4	5.9
Dec 2020	6.1	5.7
Mar 2021	5.7	5.5
Jun 2021	7.1	5.9
Sep 2021	7.3	6.0
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	7.2	5.5
Jun 2023	7.4	5.9
Sep 2023	7.9	5.9
Dec 2023	5.8	5.7
Mar 2024	8.1	5.5
Jun 2024	7.2	5.9
Sep 2024	7.5	5.8
Dec 2024	6.8	5.7
Mar 2025	7.3	5.4
Jun 2025	7.2	6.0
Sep 2025	7.6	5.7

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 6.7 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; 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 Idaho, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 35,670 in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 5,558 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 13,900 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,822 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2020–September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Idaho	United States
Sep 2020	8.5	9.4
Dec 2020	8.6	7.4
Mar 2021	8.2	7.0
Jun 2021	7.4	6.8
Sep 2021	7.7	7.3
Dec 2021	8.5	7.7
Mar 2022	8.5	6.7
Jun 2022	7.2	6.5
Sep 2022	7.8	6.9
Dec 2022	8.4	6.3
Mar 2023	8.0	6.3
Jun 2023	7.8	6.2
Sep 2023	7.2	5.9
Dec 2023	8.5	6.0
Mar 2024	7.9	5.9
Jun 2024	7.5	5.8
Sep 2024	7.1	5.8
Dec 2024	8.2	5.9
Mar 2025	7.3	5.6
Jun 2025	7.7	5.7
Sep 2025	6.7	5.6

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 9 of the 10 published industry sectors in Idaho in the third quarter of 2025. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 2,877 jobs. This was the result of 9,202 gross job losses and 6,325 gross job gains. Leisure and hospitality saw a net loss of 2,680 jobs. Idaho’s wholesale trade industry sector had a net gain of 103 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 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, 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. 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	52,244	60,204	54,147	57,950	49,570	7.1	8.2	7.3	7.7	6.7
At expanding establishments	39,496	42,616	39,804	41,228	35,670	5.4	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.8
At opening establishments	12,748	17,588	14,343	16,722	13,900	1.7	2.4	1.9	2.2	1.9
Gross job losses	54,916	49,934	54,943	53,376	56,370	7.5	6.8	7.3	7.2	7.6
At contracting establishments	39,617	37,730	38,223	40,860	40,385	5.4	5.1	5.1	5.5	5.4
At closing establishments	15,299	12,204	16,720	12,516	15,985	2.1	1.7	2.2	1.7	2.2
Net employment change (2)	-2,672	10,270	-796	4,574	-6,800	-0.4	1.4	0.0	0.5	-0.9
Construction
Gross job gains	7,394	8,753	8,696	7,264	7,060	11.0	12.7	12.0	10.0	10.1
At expanding establishments	5,131	6,300	6,115	5,298	4,951	7.6	9.1	8.4	7.3	7.1
At opening establishments	2,263	2,453	2,581	1,966	2,109	3.4	3.6	3.6	2.7	3.0
Gross job losses	7,615	6,456	6,748	8,452	7,717	11.3	9.4	9.3	11.7	11.0
At contracting establishments	5,611	4,469	4,672	6,064	5,291	8.3	6.5	6.4	8.4	7.5
At closing establishments	2,004	1,987	2,076	2,388	2,426	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.3	3.5
Net employment change (2)	-221	2,297	1,948	-1,188	-657	-0.3	3.3	2.7	-1.7	-0.9
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	2,790	3,620	2,692	3,025	2,713	3.7	4.9	3.6	4.0	3.7
At expanding establishments	2,388	3,193	2,141	2,488	1,990	3.2	4.3	2.9	3.3	2.7
At opening establishments	402	427	551	537	723	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0
Gross job losses	2,544	2,578	3,514	3,575	2,858	3.4	3.5	4.7	4.8	3.8
At contracting establishments	2,182	2,084	2,946	2,917	2,323	2.9	2.8	3.9	3.9	3.1
At closing establishments	362	494	568	658	535	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.7
Net employment change (2)	246	1,042	-822	-550	-145	0.3	1.4	-1.1	-0.8	-0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,852	1,754	1,825	1,828	1,676	5.2	4.9	5.0	5.0	4.6
At expanding establishments	1,429	1,265	1,348	1,308	1,309	4.0	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.6
At opening establishments	423	489	477	520	367	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.0
Gross job losses	1,693	1,843	1,825	1,915	1,573	4.7	5.1	5.1	5.3	4.3
At contracting establishments	1,108	1,510	1,265	1,517	1,304	3.1	4.2	3.5	4.2	3.6
At closing establishments	585	333	560	398	269	1.6	0.9	1.6	1.1	0.7
Net employment change (2)	159	-89	0	-87	103	0.5	-0.2	-0.1	-0.3	0.3
Retail trade
Gross job gains	5,194	4,749	5,311	5,286	5,053	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.4
At expanding establishments	4,232	3,935	4,434	4,217	3,964	4.5	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.2
At opening establishments	962	814	877	1,069	1,089	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.2
Gross job losses	5,862	5,677	4,355	5,557	5,368	6.2	6.1	4.7	5.9	5.7
At contracting establishments	4,895	4,861	3,263	4,926	4,564	5.2	5.2	3.5	5.2	4.8
At closing establishments	967	816	1,092	631	804	1.0	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-668	-928	956	-271	-315	-0.7	-1.0	0.9	-0.3	-0.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	1,983	3,014	1,964	2,172	1,836	7.0	10.3	6.7	7.5	6.4
At expanding establishments	1,609	2,525	1,353	1,654	1,550	5.7	8.6	4.6	5.7	5.4
At opening establishments	374	489	611	518	286	1.3	1.7	2.1	1.8	1.0
Gross job losses	1,603	1,632	3,122	2,088	2,244	5.6	5.6	10.7	7.3	7.8
At contracting establishments	1,248	1,259	2,627	1,696	1,810	4.4	4.3	9.0	5.9	6.3
At closing establishments	355	373	495	392	434	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.5
Net employment change (2)	380	1,382	-1,158	84	-408	1.4	4.7	-4.0	0.2	-1.4
Financial activities
Gross job gains	2,546	2,616	2,499	2,725	2,434	6.6	6.8	6.4	7.0	6.2
At expanding establishments	1,746	1,719	1,648	1,743	1,597	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.5	4.1
At opening establishments	800	897	851	982	837	2.1	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.1
Gross job losses	2,190	2,749	2,448	2,589	2,551	5.7	7.1	6.3	6.6	6.5
At contracting establishments	1,554	1,711	1,416	1,643	1,804	4.0	4.4	3.6	4.2	4.6
At closing establishments	636	1,038	1,032	946	747	1.7	2.7	2.7	2.4	1.9
Net employment change (2)	356	-133	51	136	-117	0.9	-0.3	0.1	0.4	-0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	7,760	8,202	8,249	9,111	7,754	7.2	7.6	7.7	8.4	7.1
At expanding establishments	5,404	5,304	5,823	6,314	4,974	5.0	4.9	5.4	5.8	4.6
At opening establishments	2,356	2,898	2,426	2,797	2,780	2.2	2.7	2.3	2.6	2.5
Gross job losses	8,984	8,437	7,890	7,230	8,457	8.3	7.8	7.4	6.7	7.7
At contracting establishments	6,731	6,019	5,032	4,954	5,952	6.2	5.6	4.7	4.6	5.4
At closing establishments	2,253	2,418	2,858	2,276	2,505	2.1	2.2	2.7	2.1	2.3
Net employment change (2)	-1,224	-235	359	1,881	-703	-1.1	-0.2	0.3	1.7	-0.6
Education and health services
Gross job gains	7,070	10,542	7,212	10,853	6,325	5.5	8.1	5.4	8.2	4.7
At expanding establishments	5,557	5,692	5,182	6,224	4,698	4.3	4.4	3.9	4.7	3.5
At opening establishments	1,513	4,850	2,030	4,629	1,627	1.2	3.7	1.5	3.5	1.2
Gross job losses	8,710	5,394	8,127	6,150	9,202	6.7	4.1	6.1	4.6	6.8
At contracting establishments	4,043	3,696	3,989	4,770	4,384	3.1	2.8	3.0	3.6	3.2
At closing establishments	4,667	1,698	4,138	1,380	4,818	3.6	1.3	3.1	1.0	3.6
Net employment change (2)	-1,640	5,148	-915	4,703	-2,877	-1.2	4.0	-0.7	3.6	-2.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	8,420	10,779	9,661	9,983	8,198	9.0	11.5	10.2	10.6	8.8
At expanding establishments	6,523	8,164	7,218	7,800	5,951	7.0	8.7	7.6	8.3	6.4
At opening establishments	1,897	2,615	2,443	2,183	2,247	2.0	2.8	2.6	2.3	2.4
Gross job losses	10,499	9,142	10,967	9,183	10,878	11.3	9.7	11.6	9.7	11.6
At contracting establishments	8,395	7,322	8,538	7,385	8,819	9.0	7.8	9.0	7.8	9.4
At closing establishments	2,104	1,820	2,429	1,798	2,059	2.3	1.9	2.6	1.9	2.2
Net employment change (2)	-2,079	1,637	-1,306	800	-2,680	-2.3	1.8	-1.4	0.9	-2.8
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	2,082	1,876	1,694	1,819	1,760	9.7	8.7	7.9	8.5	8.2
At expanding establishments	1,267	1,250	1,143	1,333	1,028	5.9	5.8	5.3	6.2	4.8
At opening establishments	815	626	551	486	732	3.8	2.9	2.6	2.3	3.4
Gross job losses	1,771	1,752	1,785	1,856	1,856	8.2	8.1	8.3	8.6	8.5
At contracting establishments	1,102	1,175	1,294	1,095	1,220	5.1	5.4	6.0	5.1	5.6
At closing establishments	669	577	491	761	636	3.1	2.7	2.3	3.5	2.9
Net employment change (2)	311	124	-91	-37	-96	1.5	0.6	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3
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.

Last Modified Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026

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Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho — Third Quarter 2025