From June 2022 to September 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Idaho were 58,556, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 52,078, 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 6,478 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 14,280. (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 Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 8.5 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.8 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 40,071 in the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 1,108 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 18,485 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2022, an increase of 7,924 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 7.5 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; 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 Idaho, contracting establishments lost 38,726 jobs in the third quarter of 2022, a decrease of 4,082 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 13,352 jobs, a decrease of 7,644 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 8 of the 10 industry sectors in Idaho in the third quarter of 2022. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,984 jobs. This was the result of 7,831 gross job gains and 5,847 gross job losses. Construction had the second largest net job gain (991), followed by professional and business services (948), manufacturing (862), and wholesale trade (629). The leisure and hospitality industry sector had a net loss of 704 jobs.

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 www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

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. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports on the employment and wages of workers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) laws, and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The QCEW is based largely on quarterly UI reports which are sent by businesses to the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). These UI reports are supplemented by two additional BLS data collections to render administrative data into economic statistics. Together these data comprise the QCEW and form the basis of the Bureau’s establishment universe sampling frame.

In the BED program, the QCEW records are linked across quarters to provide a longitudinal history for each establishment. The linkage process allows the tracking of net employment changes at the establishment level, which in turn allows the estimation of jobs gained at opening and expanding units and jobs lost at closing and contracting units.

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. BED statistics track these changes in employment at private business establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and previous quarters. The rates are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates can be added and subtracted just as their levels can. For instance, the difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses rate is the net growth rate.

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows:

Openings. These are either units with positive third month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior quarter, or with positive third month employment in the current quarter following zero employment in the previous quarter.

Expansions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in employment over this period.

Closings. These are units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, in the current quarter.

Contractions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease in employment over this period.

The full Technical Note for the Business Employment Dynamics program, which includes information on coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the current quarterly news release online at www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.htm.

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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)
	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	51,017	57,952	59,454	49,524	58,556	7.7	8.5	8.5	7.1	8.5
At expanding establishments	39,254	44,763	47,348	38,963	40,071	5.9	6.6	6.8	5.6	5.8
At opening establishments	11,763	13,189	12,106	10,561	18,485	1.8	1.9	1.7	1.5	2.7
Gross job losses	48,848	42,358	43,197	63,804	52,078	7.3	6.3	6.2	9.1	7.5
At contracting establishments	38,597	32,977	33,975	42,808	38,726	5.8	4.9	4.9	6.1	5.6
At closing establishments	10,251	9,381	9,222	20,996	13,352	1.5	1.4	1.3	3.0	1.9
Net employment change (2)	2,169	15,594	16,257	-14,280	6,478	0.4	2.2	2.3	-2.0	1.0
Construction
Gross job gains	5,549	7,721	9,313	6,172	7,712	9.9	13.3	14.8	9.7	12.5
At expanding establishments	4,049	5,466	7,247	4,665	5,068	7.2	9.4	11.5	7.3	8.2
At opening establishments	1,500	2,255	2,066	1,507	2,644	2.7	3.9	3.3	2.4	4.3
Gross job losses	6,535	4,803	4,648	8,979	6,721	11.6	8.2	7.4	14.2	10.9
At contracting establishments	4,841	3,569	3,460	5,371	4,873	8.6	6.1	5.5	8.5	7.9
At closing establishments	1,694	1,234	1,188	3,608	1,848	3.0	2.1	1.9	5.7	3.0
Net employment change (2)	-986	2,918	4,665	-2,807	991	-1.7	5.1	7.4	-4.5	1.6
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	2,294	4,128	2,774	2,914	3,530	3.3	5.8	3.8	4.1	4.9
At expanding establishments	2,026	3,782	2,455	2,514	2,605	2.9	5.3	3.4	3.5	3.6
At opening establishments	268	346	319	400	925	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.3
Gross job losses	2,737	1,567	3,065	3,574	2,668	3.9	2.2	4.2	4.9	3.7
At contracting establishments	2,445	1,249	2,781	2,557	2,176	3.5	1.8	3.8	3.5	3.0
At closing establishments	292	318	284	1,017	492	0.4	0.4	0.4	1.4	0.7
Net employment change (2)	-443	2,561	-291	-660	862	-0.6	3.6	-0.4	-0.8	1.2
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	1,901	2,117	2,138	2,040	2,237	5.8	6.3	6.4	6.1	6.6
At expanding establishments	1,447	1,509	1,782	1,683	1,361	4.4	4.5	5.3	5.0	4.0
At opening establishments	454	608	356	357	876	1.4	1.8	1.1	1.1	2.6
Gross job losses	1,552	1,538	1,831	2,341	1,608	4.8	4.6	5.4	7.0	4.7
At contracting establishments	1,069	1,144	1,381	1,270	1,252	3.3	3.4	4.1	3.8	3.7
At closing establishments	483	394	450	1,071	356	1.5	1.2	1.3	3.2	1.0
Net employment change (2)	349	579	307	-301	629	1.0	1.7	1.0	-0.9	1.9
Retail trade
Gross job gains	5,507	5,773	7,016	4,896	5,865	6.0	6.2	7.5	5.2	6.2
At expanding establishments	4,750	4,926	6,304	4,233	4,055	5.2	5.3	6.7	4.5	4.3
At opening establishments	757	847	712	663	1,810	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.7	1.9
Gross job losses	5,880	4,668	3,968	6,889	5,778	6.4	5.1	4.2	7.3	6.2
At contracting establishments	5,154	3,938	3,406	5,550	4,783	5.6	4.3	3.6	5.9	5.1
At closing establishments	726	730	562	1,339	995	0.8	0.8	0.6	1.4	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-373	1,105	3,048	-1,993	87	-0.4	1.1	3.3	-2.1	0.0
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	2,208	2,894	1,756	1,622	2,111	8.0	10.1	6.1	5.8	7.8
At expanding establishments	1,888	2,494	1,390	1,320	1,554	6.8	8.7	4.8	4.7	5.7
At opening establishments	320	400	366	302	557	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	2.1
Gross job losses	1,814	1,490	2,343	3,346	2,783	6.5	5.2	8.1	11.9	10.3
At contracting establishments	1,524	1,136	2,092	2,475	2,049	5.5	4.0	7.2	8.8	7.6
At closing establishments	290	354	251	871	734	1.0	1.2	0.9	3.1	2.7
Net employment change (2)	394	1,404	-587	-1,724	-672	1.5	4.9	-2.0	-6.1	-2.5
Financial activities
Gross job gains	2,865	3,033	3,083	2,454	2,938	7.8	8.2	7.9	6.4	7.7
At expanding establishments	1,762	2,003	2,216	1,722	1,784	4.8	5.4	5.7	4.5	4.7
At opening establishments	1,103	1,030	867	732	1,154	3.0	2.8	2.2	1.9	3.0
Gross job losses	2,148	2,093	2,396	3,462	2,585	5.9	5.6	6.2	9.0	6.8
At contracting establishments	1,579	1,435	1,744	2,085	1,865	4.3	3.8	4.5	5.4	4.9
At closing establishments	569	658	652	1,377	720	1.6	1.8	1.7	3.6	1.9
Net employment change (2)	717	940	687	-1,008	353	1.9	2.6	1.7	-2.6	0.9
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	9,013	8,738	9,493	8,895	9,789	8.9	8.5	9.1	8.5	9.4
At expanding establishments	6,494	6,047	6,970	6,511	5,960	6.4	5.9	6.7	6.2	5.7
At opening establishments	2,519	2,691	2,523	2,384	3,829	2.5	2.6	2.4	2.3	3.7
Gross job losses	8,276	7,477	6,847	10,172	8,841	8.2	7.3	6.6	9.7	8.5
At contracting establishments	6,400	5,411	4,801	6,365	6,528	6.3	5.3	4.6	6.1	6.3
At closing establishments	1,876	2,066	2,046	3,807	2,313	1.9	2.0	2.0	3.6	2.2
Net employment change (2)	737	1,261	2,646	-1,277	948	0.7	1.2	2.5	-1.2	0.9
Education and health services
Gross job gains	6,171	6,741	7,494	6,217	7,831	5.6	6.1	6.6	5.4	6.8
At expanding establishments	4,503	5,113	5,566	5,020	5,430	4.1	4.6	4.9	4.4	4.7
At opening establishments	1,668	1,628	1,928	1,197	2,401	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.0	2.1
Gross job losses	6,177	5,606	5,299	7,280	5,847	5.6	5.1	4.7	6.4	5.1
At contracting establishments	4,613	4,189	4,164	4,434	3,814	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.9	3.3
At closing establishments	1,564	1,417	1,135	2,846	2,033	1.4	1.3	1.0	2.5	1.8
Net employment change (2)	-6	1,135	2,195	-1,063	1,984	0.0	1.0	1.9	-1.0	1.7
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	8,995	10,293	9,864	9,038	9,334	10.7	12.0	11.1	10.3	10.7
At expanding establishments	7,214	8,313	8,324	7,190	6,971	8.6	9.7	9.4	8.2	8.0
At opening establishments	1,781	1,980	1,540	1,848	2,363	2.1	2.3	1.7	2.1	2.7
Gross job losses	8,522	7,792	7,556	10,428	10,038	10.1	9.1	8.6	11.8	11.5
At contracting establishments	7,138	6,583	5,912	7,678	7,494	8.5	7.7	6.7	8.7	8.6
At closing establishments	1,384	1,209	1,644	2,750	2,544	1.6	1.4	1.9	3.1	2.9
Net employment change (2)	473	2,501	2,308	-1,390	-704	0.6	2.9	2.5	-1.5	-0.8
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	1,570	1,741	1,814	1,842	1,961	8.4	9.2	9.4	9.5	9.9
At expanding establishments	1,234	1,287	1,370	1,356	1,211	6.6	6.8	7.1	7.0	6.1
At opening establishments	336	454	444	486	750	1.8	2.4	2.3	2.5	3.8
Gross job losses	1,531	1,417	1,469	1,956	1,636	8.2	7.5	7.6	10.1	8.3
At contracting establishments	1,106	1,003	1,095	1,104	1,169	5.9	5.3	5.7	5.7	5.9
At closing establishments	425	414	374	852	467	2.3	2.2	1.9	4.4	2.4
Net employment change (2)	39	324	345	-114	325	0.2	1.7	1.8	-0.6	1.6
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. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022
United States(1)	7.3	7.7	6.6	6.4	6.8	6.1	5.4	5.4	6.7	5.8
Alabama	6.7	7.6	6.2	6.6	7.1	6.3	5.2	6.0	7.0	6.2
Alaska	10.5	11.8	10.1	10.1	8.6	9.7	8.7	9.3	9.6	10.3
Arizona	7.1	6.8	6.8	6.7	7.9	5.1	5.0	5.7	7.3	5.5
Arkansas	6.8	7.8	5.9	5.6	6.4	6.7	4.8	5.4	6.0	5.5
California	7.8	8.5	7.4	6.6	6.7	6.1	5.5	5.6	7.2	6.1
Colorado	8.0	7.6	7.5	7.3	5.0	7.0	6.1	6.3	6.7	5.8
Connecticut	6.9	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.0	5.3	5.3	6.5	6.2
Delaware	7.6	8.2	7.3	6.5	8.6	7.2	6.0	5.6	8.2	6.1
District of Columbia	7.9	7.3	6.0	6.0	7.2	4.9	4.9	4.9	6.8	4.8
Florida	9.0	7.7	6.5	7.5	7.8	6.0	6.0	5.7	6.9	5.5
Georgia	7.5	7.9	6.8	6.6	7.0	6.2	5.5	5.7	6.7	6.0
Hawaii	7.3	7.1	6.1	5.9	6.2	6.3	5.1	5.1	5.9	4.8
Idaho	7.7	8.5	8.5	7.1	8.5	7.3	6.3	6.2	9.1	7.5
Illinois	6.6	7.5	6.2	5.9	6.0	6.0	4.9	5.0	5.9	5.3
Indiana	6.3	7.3	6.0	5.6	6.4	5.7	4.7	4.8	6.8	5.5
Iowa	6.2	6.6	6.5	5.8	5.8	6.1	5.4	5.3	6.7	6.0
Kansas	6.6	7.6	6.2	6.5	7.6	6.5	5.3	5.4	7.5	5.6
Kentucky	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.7	6.4	4.9	5.0	8.7	5.4
Louisiana	6.9	9.6	6.5	6.6	7.3	8.5	5.8	7.1	7.3	5.7
Maine	7.8	8.2	8.0	17.7	7.4	7.8	6.9	6.1	8.1	7.4
Maryland	7.5	7.3	6.6	6.7	7.5	6.4	5.3	5.9	8.1	6.0
Massachusetts	7.2	7.0	6.6	6.1	6.2	5.8	5.7	5.1	5.4	6.1
Michigan	6.5	7.5	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.9	5.2	5.1	6.5	5.9
Minnesota	6.4	7.3	6.0	6.6	6.8	6.7	5.2	5.4	7.1	6.0
Mississippi	7.6	7.9	6.1	6.5	7.2	6.1	5.7	6.0	7.0	6.3
Missouri	6.7	7.4	6.5	6.3	6.8	6.1	5.5	5.4	5.9	6.3
Montana	8.5	9.9	9.3	8.2	8.5	8.3	7.2	8.5	9.4	7.7
Nebraska	6.3	7.0	6.8	6.0	6.9	6.5	5.8	5.9	6.6	6.2
Nevada	8.9	8.3	6.8	6.9	7.6	5.7	4.8	5.2	6.7	5.7
New Hampshire	7.0	7.6	7.7	6.6	6.9	6.8	6.4	5.4	7.9	6.7
New Jersey	7.5	8.7	7.1	6.5	6.8	6.1	5.4	5.5	6.3	6.3
New Mexico	8.2	8.2	7.4	6.5	7.7	6.5	6.3	6.2	7.1	5.9
New York	7.5	7.7	6.7	7.1	6.7	5.9	5.4	5.2	6.6	6.0
North Carolina	6.8	8.1	6.5	6.3	6.6	6.4	5.0	5.3	6.2	5.9
North Dakota	7.5	7.6	7.5	6.8	7.6	6.7	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4
Ohio	6.1	7.0	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.2	4.8	6.3	5.6
Oklahoma	7.1	7.6	6.3	6.4	7.1	6.6	5.9	5.7	6.2	5.5
Oregon	7.1	7.8	7.5	6.1	6.7	6.5	6.1	5.7	7.1	8.6
Pennsylvania	6.3	6.8	6.3	5.5	6.1	5.0	4.8	4.9	5.6	5.2
Rhode Island	7.6	8.5	7.9	7.0	6.7	7.1	6.6	5.7	7.3	7.4
South Carolina	7.3	7.9	6.9	6.4	7.3	6.0	5.3	6.2	6.9	5.6
South Dakota	6.6	7.2	7.7	6.6	7.3	6.4	5.9	6.1	6.8	6.4
Tennessee	6.9	7.3	6.6	6.3	7.0	5.4	5.6	4.7	6.4	5.4
Texas	7.1	7.7	6.3	6.5	7.4	5.5	4.8	5.4	6.1	5.2
Utah	7.4	7.5	7.8	7.0	7.9	7.0	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.7
Vermont	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.3	7.2	7.7	6.9	6.3	8.4	8.0
Virginia	6.9	7.2	6.4	6.5	7.5	6.0	5.3	5.8	7.0	6.1
Washington	7.3	7.8	7.3	7.0	7.1	5.9	5.3	5.0	7.1	6.1
West Virginia	7.1	7.9	7.3	6.3	6.8	6.5	6.0	5.9	7.9	6.5
Wisconsin	5.5	6.6	6.5	5.9	6.1	5.8	5.2	4.8	6.8	5.9
Wyoming	9.1	10.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	8.4	7.8	8.3	9.1	8.5
Puerto Rico	8.5	6.4	7.0	6.5	6.2	5.1	5.5	4.9	6.1	5.2
Virgin Islands	7.5	8.0	6.9	8.8	7.9	8.5	9.5	10.3	12.6	4.9
Footnotes: (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.