Business Employment Dynamics in Nevada — First Quarter 2025

From December 2024 to March 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Nevada were 81,055, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 74,494, 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 6,561 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2025. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 6,451. (See chart 1.)

Line chart of private-sector gross job gains and losses in Nevada, March 2020–March2025, seasonally adjusted.

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Nevada, March 2020–March 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Gross job losses	Gross job gains
Mar 2020	80,900	68,339
Jun 2020	338,484	59,769
Sep 2020	67,984	135,344
Dec 2020	64,149	97,526
Mar 2021	64,445	84,716
Jun 2021	66,295	111,017
Sep 2021	69,885	106,915
Dec 2021	60,019	102,877
Mar 2022	69,854	87,992
Jun 2022	74,277	90,337
Sep 2022	77,008	97,721
Dec 2022	80,800	85,830
Mar 2023	77,085	83,025
Jun 2023	79,162	87,921
Sep 2023	75,926	87,623
Dec 2023	74,577	91,190
Mar 2024	85,117	81,922
Jun 2024	79,094	79,377
Sep 2024	80,748	84,912
Dec 2024	78,017	84,468
Mar 2025	81,055	74,494

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 first quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 Nevada, contracting establishments lost 67,050 jobs in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,905 jobs from the prior quarter. (See table 1.) Closing establishments lost 14,005 jobs, an increase of 1,133 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Nevada, March 2020–March 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	Nevada	United States
Mar 2020	6.4	6.3
Jun 2020	29.6	16.8
Sep 2020	6.4	5.9
Dec 2020	5.7	5.7
Mar 2021	5.7	5.5
Jun 2021	5.7	5.9
Sep 2021	5.7	6.0
Dec 2021	4.8	5.4
Mar 2022	5.4	5.5
Jun 2022	5.7	6.2
Sep 2022	5.8	5.9
Dec 2022	6.1	5.9
Mar 2023	5.8	5.5
Jun 2023	5.9	5.9
Sep 2023	5.6	5.9
Dec 2023	5.4	5.7
Mar 2024	6.1	5.5
Jun 2024	5.8	5.9
Sep 2024	5.9	5.8
Dec 2024	5.6	5.7
Mar 2025	5.9	5.4

Gross job gains

In the first quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; 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 Nevada, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 60,755 in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 6,585 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 13,739 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2025, a decrease of 3,389 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Nevada, March 2020–March 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period	United States	Nevada
Mar 2020	5.5	5.4
Jun 2020	4.8	5.2
Sep 2020	9.4	12.8
Dec 2020	7.4	8.8
Mar 2021	7.0	7.5
Jun 2021	6.8	9.4
Sep 2021	7.3	8.8
Dec 2021	7.7	8.3
Mar 2022	6.7	6.9
Jun 2022	6.5	6.9
Sep 2022	6.9	7.4
Dec 2022	6.3	6.4
Mar 2023	6.3	6.2
Jun 2023	6.2	6.5
Sep 2023	5.9	6.5
Dec 2023	6.0	6.7
Mar 2024	5.9	6.0
Jun 2024	5.8	5.8
Sep 2024	5.8	6.2
Dec 2024	5.9	6.1
Mar 2025	5.6	5.4

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 7 of the 10 published industry sectors in Nevada in the first quarter of 2025. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 6,089 jobs. This was the result of 19,621 gross job losses and 13,532 gross job gains. The leisure and hospitality industry had a net job loss of 2,352 jobs, followed by the transportation and warehousing industry sector with a net loss of 2,339. Education and health services showed a net gain of 1,838 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state, followed by the retail trade industry with a net gain of 1,752.

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics (BED) Data

Data in this release contain annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. These revisions include the previous four quarters of not seasonally adjusted data and five years of seasonally adjusted data.

Federal Government Shutdown

Publication of first quarter 2025 data was delayed by more than 6 weeks because of a lapse in federal appropriations. Collection of first quarter Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data – which Business Employment Dynamics data is based upon – had been completed in accordance with our normal schedule prior to the federal government shutdown.

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 Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Second Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 26, 2026.

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, Nevada, 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	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	81,922	79,377	84,912	84,468	74,494	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.4
At expanding establishments	68,321	63,591	69,445	67,340	60,755	5.0	4.6	5.1	4.9	4.4
At opening establishments	13,601	15,786	15,467	17,128	13,739	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.0
Gross job losses	85,117	79,094	80,748	78,017	81,055	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9
At contracting establishments	67,970	63,969	65,574	65,145	67,050	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.9
At closing establishments	17,147	15,125	15,174	12,872	14,005	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0
Net employment change (2)	-3,195	283	4,164	6,451	-6,561	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.5	-0.5
Construction
Gross job gains	9,876	9,346	9,252	8,843	9,511	8.9	8.6	8.5	8.1	8.5
At expanding establishments	8,396	8,285	8,204	7,717	8,576	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.1	7.7
At opening establishments	1,480	1,061	1,048	1,126	935	1.3	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.8
Gross job losses	11,026	8,461	9,535	8,770	8,880	10.0	7.8	8.7	8.0	8.1
At contracting establishments	9,893	7,308	8,342	7,682	7,917	9.0	6.7	7.6	7.0	7.2
At closing establishments	1,133	1,153	1,193	1,088	963	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-1,150	885	-283	73	631	-1.1	0.8	-0.2	0.1	0.4
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,886	1,898	1,790	1,702	1,844	4.5	4.5	4.3	4.0	4.4
At expanding establishments	1,604	1,523	1,421	1,389	1,556	3.8	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.7
At opening establishments	282	375	369	313	288	0.7	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.7
Gross job losses	1,908	1,844	1,703	1,727	1,881	4.5	4.4	4.0	4.1	4.5
At contracting establishments	1,256	1,424	1,356	1,380	1,498	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.6
At closing establishments	652	420	347	347	383	1.5	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-22	54	87	-25	-37	0.0	0.1	0.3	-0.1	-0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains	6,903	7,164	8,049	7,160	8,208	4.6	4.8	5.4	4.8	5.6
At expanding establishments	6,103	5,888	6,830	6,390	7,361	4.1	3.9	4.6	4.3	5.0
At opening establishments	800	1,276	1,219	770	847	0.5	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.6
Gross job losses	7,484	7,885	8,315	8,083	6,456	5.1	5.2	5.6	5.5	4.3
At contracting establishments	6,338	6,476	7,288	7,219	5,691	4.3	4.3	4.9	4.9	3.8
At closing establishments	1,146	1,409	1,027	864	765	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.6	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-581	-721	-266	-923	1,752	-0.5	-0.4	-0.2	-0.7	1.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	3,248	3,295	3,306	5,187	3,591	3.3	3.4	3.4	5.4	3.8
At expanding establishments	2,978	2,864	3,010	4,849	3,194	3.0	3.0	3.1	5.0	3.4
At opening establishments	270	431	296	338	397	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4
Gross job losses	6,586	4,091	3,970	3,644	5,930	6.7	4.3	4.2	3.7	6.3
At contracting establishments	5,913	3,723	3,493	3,409	5,501	6.0	3.9	3.7	3.5	5.8
At closing establishments	673	368	477	235	429	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.5
Net employment change (2)	-3,338	-796	-664	1,543	-2,339	-3.4	-0.9	-0.8	1.7	-2.5
Information
Gross job gains	2,315	1,420	2,085	1,785	1,236	11.2	6.9	10.1	8.6	6.1
At expanding establishments	1,731	1,177	1,843	1,504	1,060	8.4	5.7	8.9	7.2	5.2
At opening establishments	584	243	242	281	176	2.8	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.9
Gross job losses	1,398	2,176	1,592	2,038	1,672	6.8	10.4	7.7	9.8	8.1
At contracting establishments	942	1,461	1,303	1,725	1,293	4.6	7.0	6.3	8.3	6.3
At closing establishments	456	715	289	313	379	2.2	3.4	1.4	1.5	1.8
Net employment change (2)	917	-756	493	-253	-436	4.4	-3.5	2.4	-1.2	-2.0
Financial activities
Gross job gains	3,871	3,735	4,562	3,918	3,778	5.3	5.1	6.3	5.4	5.1
At expanding establishments	3,279	2,926	3,482	2,768	3,108	4.5	4.0	4.8	3.8	4.2
At opening establishments	592	809	1,080	1,150	670	0.8	1.1	1.5	1.6	0.9
Gross job losses	4,149	3,626	4,044	3,957	3,967	5.7	5.0	5.5	5.4	5.4
At contracting establishments	2,912	2,713	2,916	3,027	3,091	4.0	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.2
At closing establishments	1,237	913	1,128	930	876	1.7	1.3	1.5	1.3	1.2
Net employment change (2)	-278	109	518	-39	-189	-0.4	0.1	0.8	0.0	-0.3
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	15,591	18,007	19,995	20,554	13,532	7.2	8.4	9.2	9.3	6.3
At expanding establishments	13,089	15,066	16,503	16,087	11,465	6.0	7.0	7.6	7.3	5.3
At opening establishments	2,502	2,941	3,492	4,467	2,067	1.2	1.4	1.6	2.0	1.0
Gross job losses	19,711	15,904	18,540	17,762	19,621	9.1	7.3	8.5	8.0	9.0
At contracting establishments	15,539	12,657	14,978	14,404	15,909	7.2	5.8	6.9	6.5	7.3
At closing establishments	4,172	3,247	3,562	3,358	3,712	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.5	1.7
Net employment change (2)	-4,120	2,103	1,455	2,792	-6,089	-1.9	1.1	0.7	1.3	-2.7
Education and health services
Gross job gains	8,706	8,657	10,035	8,925	8,665	5.2	5.2	6.0	5.3	5.1
At expanding establishments	7,672	7,112	8,672	7,113	7,188	4.6	4.3	5.2	4.2	4.2
At opening establishments	1,034	1,545	1,363	1,812	1,477	0.6	0.9	0.8	1.1	0.9
Gross job losses	7,676	7,631	7,033	7,945	6,827	4.6	4.6	4.2	4.7	3.9
At contracting establishments	5,998	6,282	5,551	6,663	5,583	3.6	3.8	3.3	3.9	3.2
At closing establishments	1,678	1,349	1,482	1,282	1,244	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	1,030	1,026	3,002	980	1,838	0.6	0.6	1.8	0.6	1.2
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	20,337	16,854	15,827	17,442	14,831	5.7	4.7	4.5	4.9	4.1
At expanding establishments	17,562	13,898	12,745	13,836	11,987	4.9	3.9	3.6	3.9	3.3
At opening establishments	2,775	2,956	3,082	3,606	2,844	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.8
Gross job losses	16,160	18,121	17,230	15,882	17,183	4.6	5.0	4.8	4.4	4.8
At contracting establishments	13,811	16,188	14,836	14,080	14,765	3.9	4.5	4.1	3.9	4.1
At closing establishments	2,349	1,933	2,394	1,802	2,418	0.7	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.7
Net employment change (2)	4,177	-1,267	-1,403	1,560	-2,352	1.1	-0.3	-0.3	0.5	-0.7
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	2,672	2,713	3,776	2,984	2,282	7.2	7.3	10.1	7.9	6.2
At expanding establishments	2,197	1,932	3,138	2,371	1,831	5.9	5.2	8.4	6.3	5.0
At opening establishments	475	781	638	613	451	1.3	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.2
Gross job losses	2,750	3,292	2,621	3,079	3,620	7.4	8.9	7.1	8.2	9.8
At contracting establishments	2,037	2,106	2,109	2,526	2,783	5.5	5.7	5.7	6.7	7.5
At closing establishments	713	1,186	512	553	837	1.9	3.2	1.4	1.5	2.3
Net employment change (2)	-78	-579	1,155	-95	-1,338	-0.2	-1.6	3.0	-0.3	-3.6
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. 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	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Dec. 2024	Mar. 2025
United States(1)	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.9	5.8	5.7	5.4
Alabama	5.9	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.9	5.3	5.6
Alaska	10.7	10.2	8.0	10.3	10.0	8.5	9.6	9.6	9.5	8.1
Arizona	8.2	5.6	6.4	6.1	5.8	6.5	6.5	5.7	5.9	5.3
Arkansas	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.2	5.7	5.2	4.8	5.1
California	6.0	6.2	6.3	6.7	6.0	5.7	6.9	6.2	6.4	6.2
Colorado	6.4	6.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	7.4	5.8	6.4	6.5	6.8
Connecticut	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.2	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.3
Delaware	6.2	5.8	6.8	6.1	5.9	5.0	6.5	6.4	6.3	5.3
District of Columbia	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.8	5.0	5.4	5.0	5.5	5.8
Florida	5.8	6.1	6.5	6.0	5.8	5.5	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.5
Georgia	6.1	5.9	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.7
Hawaii	5.6	5.2	5.7	5.3	4.9	5.1	5.6	5.0	5.0	5.0
Idaho	7.9	7.5	7.1	8.2	7.3	8.1	7.2	7.5	6.8	7.3
Illinois	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.0	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.0
Indiana	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.5	5.4	5.1	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2
Iowa	6.2	5.6	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.6	5.5
Kansas	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.9	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.4
Kentucky	5.9	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.8	5.4	5.5	4.8
Louisiana	6.3	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.6	5.6	6.2	5.8	5.5	5.6
Maine	7.4	7.2	6.2	7.0	7.4	6.3	7.1	7.1	7.1	6.3
Maryland	6.1	7.1	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.9	6.1	5.9	5.7
Massachusetts	5.3	5.7	5.0	5.3	5.0	5.1	5.6	5.8	5.5	5.1
Michigan	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.8	5.9	5.3
Minnesota	6.1	5.7	5.1	5.5	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.1	5.5
Mississippi	6.0	5.7	6.3	6.3	5.7	5.8	6.3	5.7	6.2	6.1
Missouri	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.2
Montana	8.1	7.9	7.2	8.4	8.0	7.6	7.6	8.0	7.8	7.5
Nebraska	5.9	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.3
Nevada	6.0	5.8	6.2	6.1	5.4	6.1	5.8	5.9	5.6	5.9
New Hampshire	6.4	6.1	5.6	6.3	6.5	5.8	6.0	6.7	5.9	6.1
New Jersey	5.5	5.9	5.4	6.0	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.4
New Mexico	6.4	6.1	6.3	6.1	5.9	6.1	6.5	6.2	5.9	5.8
New York	6.0	5.8	5.7	5.7	6.6	5.0	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.0
North Carolina	5.5	5.6	5.5	6.1	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.8	5.5	5.5
North Dakota	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.0	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.5
Ohio	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.2	4.8	5.3	5.4	5.1	4.9
Oklahoma	5.8	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.5	5.3	6.4	5.5	5.5	5.3
Oregon	6.6	6.0	6.3	6.2	5.8	5.9	6.3	6.6	6.6	6.2
Pennsylvania	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.2	5.0	4.6	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.7
Rhode Island	6.8	6.6	6.2	7.3	6.6	5.7	6.7	6.4	6.3	5.9
South Carolina	6.5	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.1	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.5
South Dakota	6.4	6.0	5.9	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.9	6.5
Tennessee	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.0	5.6	5.7	6.2	5.1
Texas	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.8	5.1	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.1
Utah	6.9	6.5	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.3	6.9	6.2	6.3	6.0
Vermont	7.5	6.7	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.3	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.8
Virginia	5.8	5.6	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.5	5.1
Washington	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7	6.2	5.6	5.8	5.7	5.5
West Virginia	7.1	7.0	5.9	6.5	6.4	6.1	6.7	6.6	6.1	5.7
Wisconsin	5.7	5.3	5.1	5.3	5.0	4.9	5.6	5.5	5.2	4.9
Wyoming	8.4	8.2	8.9	8.9	8.1	8.4	8.8	8.5	8.3	8.7
Puerto Rico	5.3	5.5	5.4	4.3	6.3	4.7	4.9	5.0	5.4	5.4
Virgin Islands	6.4	4.9	4.7	5.2	5.4	5.3	5.7	7.5	10.8	7.6
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.

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