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26-5-SAN
Tuesday, January 06, 2026

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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.)

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.

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.

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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

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)
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)
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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, January 06, 2026