From June 2024 to September 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Hawaii were 29,296, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 25,577, 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 3,719 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2024. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 1,292. (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 gains

In the third quarter of 2024, gross job gains represented 5.6 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; 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 Hawaii, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 23,983 in the third quarter of 2024, an increase of 3,276 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 5,313 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 568 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2024, gross job losses represented 5.0 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.8 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 20,984 jobs in the third quarter of 2024, a decrease of 2,003 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 4,593 jobs, a decrease of 300 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 6 of the 7 published industry sectors in Hawaii in the third quarter of 2024. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,540 jobs. This was the result of 4,697 gross job gains and 3,157 gross job losses.

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 Fourth Quarter 2024 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

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)
	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	27,047	31,427	28,206	26,588	29,296	5.3	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.6
At expanding establishments	22,314	25,263	22,912	20,707	23,983	4.4	4.9	4.4	4.0	4.6
At opening establishments	4,733	6,164	5,294	5,881	5,313	0.9	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0
Gross job losses	35,242	25,549	26,471	27,880	25,577	6.8	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.0
At contracting establishments	27,357	19,855	21,619	22,987	20,984	5.3	3.9	4.2	4.5	4.1
At closing establishments	7,885	5,694	4,852	4,893	4,593	1.5	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-8,195	5,878	1,735	-1,292	3,719	-1.5	1.1	0.3	-0.3	0.6
Construction
Gross job gains	2,780	2,778	3,479	2,880	2,857	7.4	7.5	9.1	7.5	7.4
At expanding establishments	2,353	2,338	2,859	2,463	2,517	6.3	6.3	7.5	6.4	6.5
At opening establishments	427	440	620	417	340	1.1	1.2	1.6	1.1	0.9
Gross job losses	3,131	2,708	2,664	2,717	2,869	8.4	7.2	7.0	7.1	7.4
At contracting establishments	2,505	2,245	2,292	2,345	2,451	6.7	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.3
At closing establishments	626	463	372	372	418	1.7	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-351	70	815	163	-12	-1.0	0.3	2.1	0.4	0.0
Retail trade
Gross job gains	3,270	2,875	2,830	2,931	3,159	5.1	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.9
At expanding establishments	2,830	2,309	2,587	2,560	2,712	4.4	3.6	4.0	4.0	4.2
At opening establishments	440	566	243	371	447	0.7	0.9	0.4	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	4,093	3,313	2,768	3,131	3,007	6.3	5.1	4.3	4.9	4.7
At contracting establishments	3,083	2,909	2,377	2,803	2,634	4.7	4.5	3.7	4.4	4.1
At closing establishments	1,010	404	391	328	373	1.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6
Net employment change (2)	-823	-438	62	-200	152	-1.2	-0.6	0.1	-0.3	0.2
Financial activities
Gross job gains	1,221	1,269	1,031	1,182	1,056	4.4	4.6	3.8	4.4	3.9
At expanding establishments	967	1,012	814	945	891	3.5	3.7	3.0	3.5	3.3
At opening establishments	254	257	217	237	165	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.6
Gross job losses	1,655	1,328	1,498	1,059	1,047	6.1	4.9	5.6	4.0	3.9
At contracting establishments	1,285	992	1,208	852	862	4.7	3.7	4.5	3.2	3.2
At closing establishments	370	336	290	207	185	1.4	1.2	1.1	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-434	-59	-467	123	9	-1.7	-0.3	-1.8	0.4	0.0
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	4,336	4,217	4,410	3,946	4,121	6.0	5.9	6.2	5.5	5.8
At expanding establishments	3,455	3,340	3,637	2,912	3,325	4.8	4.7	5.1	4.1	4.7
At opening establishments	881	877	773	1,034	796	1.2	1.2	1.1	1.4	1.1
Gross job losses	5,096	4,201	3,727	4,598	3,952	7.2	5.9	5.2	6.4	5.6
At contracting establishments	3,984	2,874	3,005	3,661	3,180	5.6	4.0	4.2	5.1	4.5
At closing establishments	1,112	1,327	722	937	772	1.6	1.9	1.0	1.3	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-760	16	683	-652	169	-1.2	0.0	1.0	-0.9	0.2
Education and health services
Gross job gains	4,615	3,844	4,363	3,437	4,697	5.2	4.3	4.9	3.8	5.3
At expanding establishments	3,965	2,930	3,878	2,886	4,056	4.5	3.3	4.4	3.2	4.6
At opening establishments	650	914	485	551	641	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.7
Gross job losses	3,253	3,643	3,138	4,594	3,157	3.7	4.1	3.5	5.1	3.5
At contracting establishments	2,624	2,988	2,627	3,840	2,409	3.0	3.4	2.9	4.3	2.7
At closing establishments	629	655	511	754	748	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8
Net employment change (2)	1,362	201	1,225	-1,157	1,540	1.5	0.2	1.4	-1.3	1.8
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	5,744	8,318	6,094	6,152	5,789	5.0	7.2	5.2	5.2	4.9
At expanding establishments	4,752	6,856	4,694	4,690	4,854	4.1	5.9	4.0	4.0	4.1
At opening establishments	992	1,462	1,400	1,462	935	0.9	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.8
Gross job losses	10,066	5,133	6,182	5,981	5,407	8.7	4.4	5.3	5.0	4.6
At contracting establishments	7,790	4,113	4,899	4,986	4,596	6.7	3.5	4.2	4.2	3.9
At closing establishments	2,276	1,020	1,283	995	811	2.0	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-4,322	3,185	-88	171	382	-3.7	2.8	-0.1	0.2	0.3
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,366	1,819	1,318	1,387	1,382	5.5	7.4	5.3	5.5	5.5
At expanding establishments	1,185	1,448	1,106	1,179	1,195	4.8	5.9	4.4	4.7	4.8
At opening establishments	181	371	212	208	187	0.7	1.5	0.9	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	1,735	1,305	1,303	1,477	1,234	7.0	5.3	5.2	5.9	4.9
At contracting establishments	1,403	934	1,047	1,250	1,049	5.7	3.8	4.2	5.0	4.2
At closing establishments	332	371	256	227	185	1.3	1.5	1.0	0.9	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-369	514	15	-90	148	-1.5	2.1	0.1	-0.4	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. 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)
	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024	Sept. 2023	Dec. 2023	Mar. 2024	June 2024	Sept. 2024
United States(1)	5.9	6.0	5.7	5.8	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.8
Alabama	6.0	6.2	5.7	5.6	5.7	6.0	5.7	5.5	5.6	5.9
Alaska	8.5	10.2	10.5	10.2	7.9	10.5	9.9	8.6	9.6	9.7
Arizona	6.8	6.5	8.4	5.6	6.3	5.7	6.6	6.4	6.8	6.5
Arkansas	5.6	6.2	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.8	5.0	5.2	5.8	5.2
California	6.4	6.4	5.8	6.1	6.4	6.5	6.4	5.6	6.8	6.1
Colorado	5.4	8.2	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.1	7.6	7.7	6.2	6.7
Connecticut	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.8	5.5	6.2	5.7	5.2	5.6	5.7
Delaware	6.0	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.5	5.8	5.1	6.5	6.4
District of Columbia	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.9	5.4	5.6	4.9	6.0	5.0
Florida	6.5	6.1	5.8	6.0	6.6	5.9	5.9	5.4	5.9	5.7
Georgia	6.1	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.1
Hawaii	5.3	6.1	5.4	5.1	5.6	6.8	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.0
Idaho	7.2	8.5	7.9	7.5	7.2	7.9	5.8	8.3	7.4	7.6
Illinois	4.8	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.0	5.3	5.1	4.8	5.3	5.1
Indiana	5.7	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.3	5.7	5.1	5.0	5.5	5.4
Iowa	5.6	6.1	6.1	5.5	5.2	5.8	5.7	5.6	5.7	6.0
Kansas	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.3	6.0	5.3	5.6	5.7	5.6
Kentucky	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.9	5.5
Louisiana	6.2	6.3	6.2	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7	6.3	5.8
Maine	7.0	7.4	7.2	7.3	6.2	7.8	7.0	6.1	7.0	7.0
Maryland	6.3	6.2	5.8	7.2	6.1	6.4	5.8	5.7	6.5	6.1
Massachusetts	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.7	4.9	5.9	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.8
Michigan	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.4	5.9	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.8
Minnesota	3.3	6.9	5.8	5.7	5.1	4.3	6.9	5.7	5.4	5.9
Mississippi	6.2	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.1	6.2	5.7	6.1	6.3	5.7
Missouri	5.6	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.8	5.6	5.3	5.8	5.8
Montana	7.7	8.8	8.1	7.9	7.3	8.4	7.2	7.5	7.6	8.1
Nebraska	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.6	5.9	5.7	5.1	5.6	5.6
Nevada	6.5	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.1	5.6	5.4	6.2	5.7	5.9
New Hampshire	5.8	6.2	6.5	6.1	5.5	6.7	5.9	5.8	6.0	6.7
New Jersey	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.9	5.3	6.0	5.8	5.4	5.4	5.8
New Mexico	6.4	6.9	6.0	6.0	6.2	6.8	5.8	6.0	6.3	6.3
New York	5.8	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.0	5.5	5.7
North Carolina	5.7	6.3	5.4	5.6	5.6	6.1	4.9	5.5	5.7	6.1
North Dakota	6.6	6.7	6.9	6.6	6.5	6.6	6.3	6.1	6.6	6.6
Ohio	5.2	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.6	5.2	4.8	5.4	5.4
Oklahoma	6.3	6.1	5.6	5.6	6.0	6.0	5.8	5.2	6.4	5.6
Oregon	6.1	6.2	6.4	6.0	6.3	6.7	6.2	6.1	6.4	6.6
Pennsylvania	5.2	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.6	5.1	5.1
Rhode Island	6.4	6.8	6.9	6.6	6.2	6.7	6.3	5.7	6.7	6.5
South Carolina	6.6	6.2	6.4	5.9	6.2	5.7	5.3	6.3	6.4	5.9
South Dakota	6.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.8	6.3	5.9
Tennessee	5.6	6.2	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.5	4.9	5.7	5.8
Texas	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.1	5.3	5.3
Utah	6.9	6.6	6.7	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.0	6.6	6.1
Vermont	6.4	7.3	7.2	6.6	6.6	7.9	6.6	6.3	7.5	7.3
Virginia	5.9	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.5	5.2	5.6	5.5
Washington	5.8	6.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.4
West Virginia	6.5	6.5	6.9	6.6	5.8	6.6	5.8	5.7	6.8	6.6
Wisconsin	5.2	5.5	5.5	5.3	5.0	5.8	5.2	4.8	5.5	5.4
Wyoming	8.3	8.9	8.4	8.2	8.6	8.2	8.4	8.3	9.0	9.0
Puerto Rico	5.7	4.9	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.3	4.8	4.6	4.9	5.1
Virgin Islands	8.2	6.0	5.6	4.3	4.4	6.8	5.9	4.5	5.1	6.1
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.