From December 2022 to March 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Nevada were 81,960, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 76,372, 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 5,588 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 5,486. (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 first quarter of 2023, gross job gains represented 6.2 percent of private-sector employment in both Nevada and nationally. (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 Nevada, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 66,393 in the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 4,622 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 15,567 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2023, a gain of 536 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 Nevada, contracting establishments lost 59,651 jobs in the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 2,575 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 16,721 jobs, a decrease of 1,613 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 5 of the 10 industry sectors in Nevada in the first quarter of 2023. Construction had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,185 jobs. This was the result of 9,493 gross job gains and 8,308 gross job losses. Professional and business services showed a net loss of 1,718 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Nevada’s transportation and warehousing industry sector had a net loss of 1,043 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 Second Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 30, 2024.

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, 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. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	87,840	90,241	97,965	86,046	81,960	6.8	6.9	7.4	6.4	6.2
At expanding establishments	71,812	71,624	80,363	71,015	66,393	5.6	5.5	6.1	5.3	5.0
At opening establishments	16,028	18,617	17,602	15,031	15,567	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.2
Gross job losses	70,099	74,337	76,982	80,560	76,372	5.5	5.7	5.8	6.1	5.7
At contracting establishments	57,783	64,155	61,311	62,226	59,651	4.5	4.9	4.6	4.7	4.5
At closing establishments	12,316	10,182	15,671	18,334	16,721	1.0	0.8	1.2	1.4	1.2
Net employment change (2)	17,741	15,904	20,983	5,486	5,588	1.3	1.2	1.6	0.3	0.5
Construction
Gross job gains	11,752	9,626	10,776	9,814	9,493	11.6	9.2	10.3	9.2	8.7
At expanding establishments	10,836	8,757	9,864	8,676	8,822	10.7	8.4	9.4	8.1	8.1
At opening establishments	916	869	912	1,138	671	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.6
Gross job losses	6,729	8,697	8,536	9,600	8,308	6.6	8.3	8.1	9.0	7.6
At contracting establishments	6,039	7,958	7,635	8,080	7,491	5.9	7.6	7.2	7.6	6.9
At closing establishments	690	739	901	1,520	817	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.4	0.7
Net employment change (2)	5,023	929	2,240	214	1,185	5.0	0.9	2.2	0.2	1.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	2,074	2,241	2,242	2,098	1,832	5.2	5.5	5.4	5.1	4.4
At expanding establishments	1,827	1,864	1,870	1,783	1,696	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.3	4.1
At opening establishments	247	377	372	315	136	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.3
Gross job losses	1,424	1,598	1,734	1,660	1,532	3.5	3.9	4.2	4.0	3.7
At contracting establishments	1,093	1,303	1,228	1,191	1,121	2.7	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.7
At closing establishments	331	295	506	469	411	0.8	0.7	1.2	1.1	1.0
Net employment change (2)	650	643	508	438	300	1.7	1.6	1.2	1.1	0.7
Retail trade
Gross job gains	10,102	7,679	8,532	6,997	7,453	6.7	5.1	5.7	4.7	5.0
At expanding establishments	9,181	6,777	7,610	6,153	6,750	6.1	4.5	5.1	4.1	4.5
At opening establishments	921	902	922	844	703	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.5
Gross job losses	6,683	9,995	8,762	8,748	6,605	4.4	6.6	5.8	5.9	4.4
At contracting establishments	5,737	9,277	7,672	7,633	5,815	3.8	6.1	5.1	5.1	3.9
At closing establishments	946	718	1,090	1,115	790	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.5
Net employment change (2)	3,419	-2,316	-230	-1,751	848	2.3	-1.5	-0.1	-1.2	0.6
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	4,591	3,613	5,145	7,131	4,813	5.0	4.0	5.7	7.7	5.1
At expanding establishments	4,135	3,346	4,842	6,696	4,635	4.5	3.7	5.4	7.2	4.9
At opening establishments	456	267	303	435	178	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.2
Gross job losses	5,260	5,590	4,052	3,359	5,856	5.8	6.2	4.5	3.6	6.3
At contracting establishments	5,007	5,213	3,424	2,921	5,511	5.5	5.8	3.8	3.1	5.9
At closing establishments	253	377	628	438	345	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.4
Net employment change (2)	-669	-1,977	1,093	3,772	-1,043	-0.8	-2.2	1.2	4.1	-1.2
Information
Gross job gains	2,061	1,626	2,064	1,538	1,396	12.1	9.2	11.1	8.3	7.7
At expanding establishments	1,621	1,365	1,578	1,283	1,300	9.5	7.7	8.5	6.9	7.2
At opening establishments	440	261	486	255	96	2.6	1.5	2.6	1.4	0.5
Gross job losses	1,155	1,373	1,089	2,281	1,670	6.7	7.7	5.9	12.3	9.2
At contracting establishments	895	1,194	776	1,834	1,254	5.2	6.7	4.2	9.9	6.9
At closing establishments	260	179	313	447	416	1.5	1.0	1.7	2.4	2.3
Net employment change (2)	906	253	975	-743	-274	5.4	1.5	5.2	-4.0	-1.5
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,666	4,822	4,882	4,341	3,543	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.1	5.0
At expanding establishments	3,842	3,953	3,921	3,596	3,019	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.1	4.3
At opening establishments	824	869	961	745	524	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.0	0.7
Gross job losses	3,823	3,578	5,009	5,210	3,940	5.5	5.1	7.0	7.4	5.6
At contracting establishments	2,988	2,945	3,434	3,732	3,065	4.3	4.2	4.8	5.3	4.4
At closing establishments	835	633	1,575	1,478	875	1.2	0.9	2.2	2.1	1.2
Net employment change (2)	843	1,244	-127	-869	-397	1.2	1.7	-0.2	-1.3	-0.6
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	15,350	20,316	21,336	16,378	13,950	7.6	9.8	10.2	7.7	6.6
At expanding establishments	12,184	16,308	17,006	13,731	11,979	6.0	7.9	8.1	6.5	5.7
At opening establishments	3,166	4,008	4,330	2,647	1,971	1.6	1.9	2.1	1.2	0.9
Gross job losses	16,144	15,194	17,078	19,269	15,668	7.9	7.4	8.1	9.1	7.5
At contracting establishments	13,505	12,718	13,155	14,329	12,970	6.6	6.2	6.2	6.8	6.2
At closing establishments	2,639	2,476	3,923	4,940	2,698	1.3	1.2	1.9	2.3	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-794	5,122	4,258	-2,891	-1,718	-0.3	2.4	2.1	-1.4	-0.9
Education and health services
Gross job gains	7,283	8,749	10,958	8,467	7,855	4.9	5.9	7.2	5.4	5.0
At expanding establishments	6,152	7,260	8,876	7,043	6,866	4.1	4.9	5.8	4.5	4.4
At opening establishments	1,131	1,489	2,082	1,424	989	0.8	1.0	1.4	0.9	0.6
Gross job losses	7,266	7,055	6,925	7,132	7,029	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.5
At contracting establishments	5,410	6,063	5,437	5,442	5,448	3.6	4.1	3.6	3.5	3.5
At closing establishments	1,856	992	1,488	1,690	1,581	1.2	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.0
Net employment change (2)	17	1,694	4,033	1,335	826	0.1	1.1	2.6	0.8	0.5
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	17,994	19,175	19,274	17,384	16,448	5.5	5.8	5.7	5.2	4.8
At expanding establishments	14,996	15,213	16,781	14,738	13,984	4.6	4.6	5.0	4.4	4.1
At opening establishments	2,998	3,962	2,493	2,646	2,464	0.9	1.2	0.7	0.8	0.7
Gross job losses	14,259	12,887	14,647	13,002	16,427	4.4	3.9	4.4	3.8	4.8
At contracting establishments	11,940	11,484	12,731	10,868	10,905	3.7	3.5	3.8	3.2	3.2
At closing establishments	2,319	1,403	1,916	2,134	5,522	0.7	0.4	0.6	0.6	1.6
Net employment change (2)	3,735	6,288	4,627	4,382	21	1.1	1.9	1.3	1.4	0.0
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	2,854	2,955	3,444	2,882	2,363	8.2	8.3	9.6	7.9	6.5
At expanding establishments	2,271	2,237	2,799	2,442	2,133	6.5	6.3	7.8	6.7	5.9
At opening establishments	583	718	645	440	230	1.7	2.0	1.8	1.2	0.6
Gross job losses	2,282	2,440	2,634	2,620	2,748	6.6	6.9	7.4	7.3	7.6
At contracting establishments	1,696	1,965	1,902	1,944	1,998	4.9	5.6	5.3	5.4	5.5
At closing establishments	586	475	732	676	750	1.7	1.3	2.1	1.9	2.1
Net employment change (2)	572	515	810	262	-385	1.6	1.4	2.2	0.6	-1.1
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. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Mar. 2023
United States(1)	6.7	6.6	6.9	6.3	6.2	5.5	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.4
Alabama	6.4	6.6	6.9	6.6	6.4	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.1	5.5
Alaska	10.2	10.2	8.5	10.9	10.4	9.5	9.0	10.4	9.2	8.0
Arizona	6.7	6.5	7.1	6.6	5.9	5.7	6.3	5.5	6.0	5.4
Arkansas	6.3	6.1	6.5	6.2	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.2	5.2	5.0
California	7.3	6.8	6.8	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.7	6.2	6.6	6.4
Colorado	7.5	7.3	7.0	7.6	7.2	6.3	6.6	7.1	6.9	6.5
Connecticut	6.3	6.4	6.3	5.9	6.1	5.3	6.3	6.2	5.9	5.3
Delaware	7.3	6.5	8.6	7.0	6.7	5.5	6.9	6.2	7.5	5.2
District of Columbia	6.1	6.1	7.2	5.6	5.9	5.1	6.3	5.0	5.5	4.8
Florida	6.5	7.5	7.8	6.2	6.3	5.7	6.3	5.6	6.0	5.6
Georgia	7.7	6.8	7.1	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.2	5.9	5.9	5.8
Hawaii	6.3	6.0	6.4	6.0	5.5	5.1	5.5	4.9	4.9	5.0
Idaho	8.6	7.1	7.8	8.4	7.9	6.2	8.4	7.5	6.9	7.5
Illinois	6.3	5.9	5.8	5.4	5.8	5.2	5.5	5.3	5.1	4.8
Indiana	5.9	5.7	6.4	5.7	5.5	4.9	5.9	5.5	5.2	5.0
Iowa	6.5	5.9	5.9	6.4	6.0	5.4	6.2	5.9	6.2	5.4
Kansas	6.4	6.5	7.4	6.3	6.1	5.5	7.1	5.5	5.6	5.4
Kentucky	6.7	6.3	6.6	6.0	6.1	5.7	6.5	5.4	5.3	4.9
Louisiana	6.7	6.7	6.9	6.1	6.3	6.3	6.4	5.7	6.2	5.6
Maine	8.5	7.2	7.6	7.4	7.7	6.3	8.0	7.3	6.8	6.2
Maryland	6.7	6.5	7.4	6.6	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.0	6.9	5.6
Massachusetts	6.8	6.1	6.2	5.5	5.8	5.1	5.5	6.1	5.8	4.7
Michigan	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.9	5.7	4.9	5.9	5.8	5.2	4.9
Minnesota	6.2	6.4	6.5	5.9	5.7	5.4	6.4	5.9	5.8	4.9
Mississippi	6.3	6.6	7.2	6.8	6.1	6.2	6.7	6.3	6.2	5.7
Missouri	6.5	6.2	6.8	6.1	6.5	5.4	5.9	6.3	5.8	5.1
Montana	9.3	8.2	8.7	9.2	8.7	7.6	9.1	7.8	7.8	7.1
Nebraska	6.8	6.4	7.1	6.0	6.3	5.9	6.5	6.1	5.7	5.1
Nevada	6.8	6.9	7.4	6.4	6.2	5.5	5.7	5.8	6.1	5.7
New Hampshire	7.7	6.7	6.9	6.7	7.0	5.6	6.7	6.7	6.0	5.9
New Jersey	7.1	6.6	6.8	6.8	6.1	5.7	6.2	6.4	5.9	5.7
New Mexico	7.6	6.7	8.0	6.7	6.8	6.2	7.1	5.9	6.2	5.9
New York	6.8	7.1	6.6	5.9	6.5	5.4	6.1	5.9	6.0	5.1
North Carolina	6.6	6.4	6.7	6.6	6.4	5.4	6.1	5.8	5.7	5.3
North Dakota	7.5	6.9	7.6	6.4	7.6	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.7	5.6
Ohio	6.4	5.9	5.8	5.9	5.8	4.9	5.9	5.5	5.7	4.9
Oklahoma	6.4	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.0	6.1	5.6	5.9	5.3
Oregon	7.6	6.0	6.7	6.5	7.3	5.6	7.0	6.0	6.2	6.1
Pennsylvania	6.3	5.5	6.1	5.5	5.5	4.8	5.6	5.1	5.2	4.6
Rhode Island	7.9	7.1	6.7	6.9	7.5	6.0	6.7	7.3	6.4	5.9
South Carolina	7.1	6.6	7.3	6.9	6.8	6.1	6.2	5.6	6.2	5.8
South Dakota	7.7	6.6	7.3	6.5	7.2	6.1	6.5	6.4	6.5	5.9
Tennessee	6.6	6.2	7.0	5.8	5.9	4.8	6.2	5.5	5.6	5.0
Texas	6.3	6.6	7.2	6.2	5.9	5.3	5.8	5.3	5.3	5.0
Utah	7.9	7.0	7.5	6.9	7.0	5.9	6.6	6.8	6.6	6.2
Vermont	8.8	7.5	7.2	7.8	8.2	6.4	7.6	7.8	7.0	6.0
Virginia	6.6	6.5	7.5	6.2	6.2	5.8	6.7	6.1	5.8	5.2
Washington	7.3	7.0	7.2	5.9	6.4	5.4	7.2	6.3	5.3	5.5
West Virginia	7.4	6.7	8.1	6.6	7.1	6.1	8.0	6.9	6.4	5.3
Wisconsin	6.6	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	4.8	6.0	5.8	5.5	4.9
Wyoming	9.2	8.4	9.2	9.2	8.9	8.3	9.2	8.4	7.9	7.8
Puerto Rico	7.4	6.7	6.2	6.6	5.1	5.0	6.1	5.3	6.1	5.7
Virgin Islands	7.4	8.0	8.5	5.9	7.5	8.8	9.2	5.5	4.7	6.5
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.