From March 2022 to June 2022, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Oregon were 118,845, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 101,997, 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 16,848 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 30,040. (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 Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 6.1 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.4 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 Oregon, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 81,719 in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 18,192 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 20,278 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 4,808 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 7.1 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.7 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 Oregon, contracting establishments lost 95,153 jobs in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 19,659 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 23,692 jobs, an increase of 4,229 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 of 11 industry sectors in Oregon in the second quarter of 2022. Retail trade had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 4,770 jobs. This was the result of 10,279 gross job gains and 15,049 gross job losses. Professional and business services had a net loss of 4,238 jobs, followed by education and health services with a net loss of 3,428 jobs. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 623 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 Third Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 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, Oregon, seasonally adjusted

Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	106,656	114,033	125,828	124,997	101,997	6.6	7.1	7.8	7.5	6.1
At expanding establishments	85,210	93,657	107,076	99,911	81,719	5.3	5.8	6.6	6.0	4.9
At opening establishments	21,446	20,376	18,752	25,086	20,278	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.2
Gross job losses	106,342	104,595	99,966	94,957	118,845	6.6	6.5	6.1	5.7	7.1
At contracting establishments	90,194	84,756	77,099	75,494	95,153	5.6	5.3	4.7	4.5	5.7
At closing establishments	16,148	19,839	22,867	19,463	23,692	1.0	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.4
Net employment change (2)	314	9,438	25,862	30,040	-16,848	0.0	0.6	1.7	1.8	-1.0
Construction
Gross job gains	8,855	8,809	11,858	11,248	8,548	7.9	8.1	10.8	9.8	7.4
At expanding establishments	6,817	6,533	9,780	8,681	6,902	6.1	6.0	8.9	7.6	6.0
At opening establishments	2,038	2,276	2,078	2,567	1,646	1.8	2.1	1.9	2.2	1.4
Gross job losses	10,407	9,974	8,493	8,446	9,873	9.3	9.2	7.8	7.4	8.6
At contracting establishments	8,354	7,768	6,100	6,374	7,718	7.5	7.2	5.6	5.6	6.7
At closing establishments	2,053	2,206	2,393	2,072	2,155	1.8	2.0	2.2	1.8	1.9
Net employment change (2)	-1,552	-1,165	3,365	2,802	-1,325	-1.4	-1.1	3.0	2.4	-1.2
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	6,937	6,467	9,832	8,279	7,131	3.8	3.5	5.2	4.4	3.7
At expanding establishments	6,275	5,850	9,187	7,707	6,533	3.4	3.2	4.9	4.1	3.4
At opening establishments	662	617	645	572	598	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Gross job losses	6,605	7,046	5,474	5,715	6,744	3.6	3.8	3.0	3.0	3.5
At contracting establishments	6,081	6,248	4,226	5,097	5,699	3.3	3.4	2.3	2.7	3.0
At closing establishments	524	798	1,248	618	1,045	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.5
Net employment change (2)	332	-579	4,358	2,564	387	0.2	-0.3	2.2	1.4	0.2
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	3,227	3,260	4,341	3,843	3,431	4.3	4.4	5.8	5.0	4.5
At expanding establishments	2,615	2,750	3,665	3,218	2,977	3.5	3.7	4.9	4.2	3.9
At opening establishments	612	510	676	625	454	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.6
Gross job losses	3,462	3,699	2,854	3,254	3,683	4.6	5.0	3.8	4.3	4.9
At contracting establishments	2,794	2,880	2,041	2,502	2,649	3.7	3.9	2.7	3.3	3.5
At closing establishments	668	819	813	752	1,034	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.4
Net employment change (2)	-235	-439	1,487	589	-252	-0.3	-0.6	2.0	0.7	-0.4
Retail trade
Gross job gains	11,551	10,916	10,605	14,386	10,279	5.5	5.3	5.2	6.8	4.8
At expanding establishments	10,051	9,549	9,642	12,627	8,485	4.8	4.6	4.7	6.0	4.0
At opening establishments	1,500	1,367	963	1,759	1,794	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.8	0.8
Gross job losses	13,474	14,387	12,202	8,933	15,049	6.4	6.9	6.0	4.3	7.1
At contracting establishments	12,177	13,196	10,426	7,479	13,404	5.8	6.3	5.1	3.6	6.3
At closing establishments	1,297	1,191	1,776	1,454	1,645	0.6	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-1,923	-3,471	-1,597	5,453	-4,770	-0.9	-1.6	-0.8	2.5	-2.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	2,828	3,959	7,261	3,611	2,974	4.0	5.7	10.1	4.9	4.0
At expanding establishments	2,421	3,391	6,622	3,349	2,654	3.4	4.9	9.2	4.5	3.6
At opening establishments	407	568	639	262	320	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.4
Gross job losses	6,045	4,274	3,121	4,579	4,861	8.5	6.1	4.3	6.2	6.7
At contracting establishments	5,641	3,481	2,514	4,115	4,067	7.9	5.0	3.5	5.6	5.6
At closing establishments	404	793	607	464	794	0.6	1.1	0.8	0.6	1.1
Net employment change (2)	-3,217	-315	4,140	-968	-1,887	-4.5	-0.4	5.8	-1.3	-2.7
Information
Gross job gains	3,282	2,294	2,433	2,622	2,420	9.5	6.5	6.8	7.2	6.6
At expanding establishments	2,132	1,788	2,010	2,081	1,912	6.2	5.1	5.6	5.7	5.2
At opening establishments	1,150	506	423	541	508	3.3	1.4	1.2	1.5	1.4
Gross job losses	1,936	2,369	2,083	2,062	2,839	5.6	6.7	5.9	5.7	7.8
At contracting establishments	1,432	1,526	1,485	1,531	2,000	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2	5.5
At closing establishments	504	843	598	531	839	1.5	2.4	1.7	1.5	2.3
Net employment change (2)	1,346	-75	350	560	-419	3.9	-0.2	0.9	1.5	-1.2
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,413	4,963	5,205	4,960	4,727	5.3	6.0	6.3	5.9	5.7
At expanding establishments	3,162	3,889	4,327	3,951	3,663	3.8	4.7	5.2	4.7	4.4
At opening establishments	1,251	1,074	878	1,009	1,064	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.3
Gross job losses	5,221	5,075	5,163	4,851	6,422	6.2	6.1	6.1	5.7	7.7
At contracting establishments	4,212	3,838	3,875	3,806	4,779	5.0	4.6	4.6	4.5	5.7
At closing establishments	1,009	1,237	1,288	1,045	1,643	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.2	2.0
Net employment change (2)	-808	-112	42	109	-1,695	-0.9	-0.1	0.2	0.2	-2.0
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	15,967	18,003	22,281	19,404	16,081	6.4	7.2	8.8	7.5	6.2
At expanding establishments	12,447	13,972	19,434	15,766	13,312	5.0	5.6	7.7	6.1	5.1
At opening establishments	3,520	4,031	2,847	3,638	2,769	1.4	1.6	1.1	1.4	1.1
Gross job losses	17,449	17,374	14,613	14,792	20,319	7.0	7.0	5.8	5.7	7.7
At contracting establishments	14,507	13,514	10,495	11,565	16,308	5.8	5.4	4.2	4.5	6.2
At closing establishments	2,942	3,860	4,118	3,227	4,011	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.5
Net employment change (2)	-1,482	629	7,668	4,612	-4,238	-0.6	0.2	3.0	1.8	-1.5
Education and health services
Gross job gains	12,458	12,624	14,262	16,138	12,663	4.2	4.3	4.9	5.5	4.3
At expanding establishments	9,786	10,503	11,405	13,233	10,402	3.3	3.6	3.9	4.5	3.5
At opening establishments	2,672	2,121	2,857	2,905	2,261	0.9	0.7	1.0	1.0	0.8
Gross job losses	13,900	13,304	15,704	12,349	16,091	4.7	4.6	5.4	4.2	5.4
At contracting establishments	11,285	10,797	12,004	9,135	12,107	3.8	3.7	4.1	3.1	4.1
At closing establishments	2,615	2,507	3,700	3,214	3,984	0.9	0.9	1.3	1.1	1.3
Net employment change (2)	-1,442	-680	-1,442	3,789	-3,428	-0.5	-0.3	-0.5	1.3	-1.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	21,854	24,690	19,678	17,819	16,609	13.0	13.7	10.5	9.2	8.5
At expanding establishments	17,492	21,145	16,696	15,052	13,783	10.4	11.7	8.9	7.8	7.1
At opening establishments	4,362	3,545	2,982	2,767	2,826	2.6	2.0	1.6	1.4	1.4
Gross job losses	11,396	13,471	13,814	14,360	15,986	6.7	7.5	7.3	7.4	8.1
At contracting establishments	9,669	10,801	10,576	11,193	13,160	5.7	6.0	5.6	5.8	6.7
At closing establishments	1,727	2,670	3,238	3,167	2,826	1.0	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.4
Net employment change (2)	10,458	11,219	5,864	3,459	623	6.3	6.2	3.2	1.8	0.4
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	4,526	4,360	4,936	4,477	4,221	7.7	7.4	8.3	7.5	7.0
At expanding establishments	3,694	3,596	4,220	3,540	3,523	6.3	6.1	7.1	5.9	5.8
At opening establishments	832	764	716	937	698	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.2
Gross job losses	3,490	3,997	4,262	4,126	4,069	5.9	6.7	7.2	6.8	6.7
At contracting establishments	2,763	2,921	3,038	3,143	2,981	4.7	4.9	5.1	5.2	4.9
At closing establishments	727	1,076	1,224	983	1,088	1.2	1.8	2.1	1.6	1.8
Net employment change (2)	1,036	363	674	351	152	1.8	0.7	1.1	0.7	0.3
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)
	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022
United States(1)	6.8	7.3	7.7	6.6	6.4	5.9	6.1	5.4	5.4	6.7
Alabama	6.3	6.7	7.6	6.2	6.6	6.0	6.3	5.2	6.0	7.0
Alaska	9.5	10.5	11.8	10.1	10.1	9.3	9.7	8.7	9.3	9.6
Arizona	6.8	7.1	6.8	6.8	6.7	5.9	5.1	5.0	5.7	7.3
Arkansas	5.8	6.8	7.8	5.9	5.6	5.7	6.7	4.8	5.4	6.0
California	7.8	7.8	8.5	7.4	6.6	6.5	6.1	5.5	5.6	7.2
Colorado	7.8	8.0	7.6	7.5	7.3	6.4	7.0	6.1	6.3	6.7
Connecticut	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.3	6.3	5.8	6.0	5.3	5.3	6.5
Delaware	6.8	7.6	8.2	7.3	6.5	6.5	7.2	6.0	5.6	8.2
District of Columbia	7.1	7.9	7.3	6.0	6.0	5.4	4.9	4.9	4.9	6.8
Florida	7.8	9.0	7.7	6.5	7.5	6.3	6.0	6.0	5.7	6.9
Georgia	7.0	7.5	7.9	6.8	6.6	6.2	6.2	5.5	5.7	6.7
Hawaii	10.7	7.3	7.1	6.1	5.9	5.5	6.3	5.1	5.1	5.9
Idaho	7.2	7.7	8.5	8.5	7.1	7.2	7.3	6.3	6.2	9.1
Illinois	6.2	6.6	7.5	6.2	5.9	5.5	6.0	4.9	5.0	5.9
Indiana	5.7	6.3	7.3	6.0	5.6	6.0	5.7	4.7	4.8	6.8
Iowa	6.0	6.2	6.6	6.5	5.8	6.0	6.1	5.4	5.3	6.7
Kansas	6.2	6.6	7.6	6.2	6.5	6.2	6.5	5.3	5.4	7.5
Kentucky	6.5	6.7	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.4	6.4	4.9	5.0	8.7
Louisiana	6.9	6.9	9.6	6.5	6.6	6.1	8.5	5.8	7.1	7.3
Maine	7.5	7.8	8.2	8.0	17.7	7.7	7.8	6.9	6.1	8.1
Maryland	6.6	7.5	7.3	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.4	5.3	5.9	8.1
Massachusetts	6.9	7.2	7.0	6.6	6.1	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.1	5.4
Michigan	6.3	6.5	7.5	6.3	6.0	5.6	5.9	5.2	5.1	6.5
Minnesota	6.1	6.4	7.3	6.0	6.6	5.6	6.7	5.2	5.4	7.1
Mississippi	6.5	7.6	7.9	6.1	6.5	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.0	7.0
Missouri	6.1	6.7	7.4	6.5	6.3	6.1	6.1	5.5	5.4	5.9
Montana	8.5	8.5	9.9	9.3	8.2	8.1	8.3	7.2	8.5	9.4
Nebraska	6.2	6.3	7.0	6.8	6.0	6.0	6.5	5.8	5.9	6.6
Nevada	9.4	8.9	8.3	6.8	6.9	5.7	5.7	4.8	5.2	6.7
New Hampshire	7.0	7.0	7.6	7.7	6.6	6.3	6.8	6.4	5.4	7.9
New Jersey	7.1	7.5	8.7	7.1	6.5	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.5	6.3
New Mexico	7.4	8.2	8.2	7.4	6.5	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.2	7.1
New York	7.1	7.5	7.7	6.7	7.1	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.2	6.6
North Carolina	6.4	6.8	8.1	6.5	6.3	5.8	6.4	5.0	5.3	6.2
North Dakota	6.9	7.5	7.6	7.5	6.8	6.5	6.7	6.5	6.5	6.7
Ohio	5.9	6.1	7.0	6.1	5.7	5.8	6.0	5.2	4.8	6.3
Oklahoma	6.6	7.1	7.6	6.3	6.4	6.1	6.6	5.9	5.7	6.2
Oregon	6.6	7.1	7.8	7.5	6.1	6.6	6.5	6.1	5.7	7.1
Pennsylvania	5.7	6.3	6.8	6.3	5.5	5.3	5.0	4.8	4.9	5.6
Rhode Island	7.0	7.6	8.5	7.9	7.0	6.4	7.1	6.6	5.7	7.3
South Carolina	6.3	7.3	7.9	6.9	6.4	6.4	6.0	5.3	6.2	6.9
South Dakota	6.8	6.6	7.2	7.7	6.6	5.8	6.4	5.9	6.1	6.8
Tennessee	6.1	6.9	7.3	6.6	6.3	6.0	5.4	5.6	4.7	6.4
Texas	6.8	7.1	7.7	6.3	6.5	5.6	5.5	4.8	5.4	6.1
Utah	7.0	7.4	7.5	7.8	7.0	6.1	7.0	6.0	5.9	6.8
Vermont	8.4	8.0	8.1	8.0	7.3	7.0	7.7	6.9	6.3	8.4
Virginia	6.4	6.9	7.2	6.4	6.5	6.1	6.0	5.3	5.8	7.0
Washington	6.7	7.3	7.8	7.3	7.0	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.0	7.1
West Virginia	6.6	7.1	7.9	7.3	6.3	6.6	6.5	6.0	5.9	7.9
Wisconsin	5.8	5.5	6.6	6.5	5.9	5.3	5.8	5.2	4.8	6.8
Wyoming	8.8	9.1	10.1	8.9	8.4	8.4	8.4	7.8	8.3	9.1
Puerto Rico	7.8	8.5	6.4	7.0	6.5	5.0	5.1	5.5	4.9	6.1
Virgin Islands	11.0	7.5	8.0	6.9	8.8	5.8	8.5	9.5	10.3	12.6
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.