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23-427-SAN
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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Business Employment Dynamics in Oregon – Second Quarter 2023

From March 2023 to June 2023, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Oregon were 117,513, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 109,046, 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 8,467 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 18,711. (See chart 1.)

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 2023, gross job gains represented 6.4 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.2 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 84,109 in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 15,038 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 24,937 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 1,260 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 2
Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 6.9 percent of private-sector employment in Oregon; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.9 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 92,015 jobs in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 11,912 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 25,498 jobs, an increase of 1,488 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 3
Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 of the 11 industry sectors in Oregon in the second quarter of 2023. Retail trade had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 4,400 jobs. This was the result of 14,784 gross job losses and 10,384 gross job gains. The manufacturing industry had a net loss of 3,457 jobs, followed by the professional and business services industry (net loss of 3,300 jobs). Oregon’s education and health services industry sector had a net gain of 2,079 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 the Business Employment Dynamics Home.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Third Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 24, 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.

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, 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
2022
Sept.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
June
2023
June
2022
Sept.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
June
2023

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

100,087 110,795 109,234 122,824 109,046 6.0 6.7 6.5 7.3 6.4

At expanding establishments

82,750 92,318 85,132 99,147 84,109 5.0 5.6 5.1 5.9 4.9

At opening establishments

17,337 18,477 24,102 23,677 24,937 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5

Gross job losses

116,249 98,428 104,861 104,113 117,513 7.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.9

At contracting establishments

96,091 82,393 85,995 80,103 92,015 5.8 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.4

At closing establishments

20,158 16,035 18,866 24,010 25,498 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5

Net employment change (2)

-16,162 12,367 4,373 18,711 -8,467 -1.0 0.7 0.3 1.2 -0.5

Construction

Gross job gains

8,677 9,227 10,104 10,981 9,783 7.6 8.2 8.8 9.3 8.3

At expanding establishments

7,000 7,336 7,767 8,954 7,463 6.1 6.5 6.8 7.6 6.3

At opening establishments

1,677 1,891 2,337 2,027 2,320 1.5 1.7 2.0 1.7 2.0

Gross job losses

9,607 9,001 9,122 10,200 11,350 8.3 8.0 7.9 8.7 9.7

At contracting establishments

7,840 7,188 7,019 7,617 8,651 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.5 7.4

At closing establishments

1,767 1,813 2,103 2,583 2,699 1.5 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.3

Net employment change (2)

-930 226 982 781 -1,567 -0.7 0.2 0.9 0.6 -1.4

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

7,110 6,534 7,041 6,563 5,979 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.1

At expanding establishments

6,580 5,690 6,133 5,967 5,431 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.1 2.8

At opening establishments

530 844 908 596 548 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3

Gross job losses

6,751 6,645 6,148 7,627 9,436 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.9 4.9

At contracting establishments

5,789 5,847 5,280 6,990 8,470 3.0 3.1 2.7 3.6 4.4

At closing establishments

962 798 868 637 966 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5

Net employment change (2)

359 -111 893 -1,064 -3,457 0.2 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 -1.8

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

3,443 3,251 3,731 3,857 3,296 4.5 4.2 4.9 5.0 4.3

At expanding establishments

3,010 2,787 3,047 3,343 2,686 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.3 3.5

At opening establishments

433 464 684 514 610 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8

Gross job losses

3,405 3,502 3,177 3,288 3,581 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.6

At contracting establishments

2,657 2,820 2,450 2,480 2,694 3.5 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.5

At closing establishments

748 682 727 808 887 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1

Net employment change (2)

38 -251 554 569 -285 0.0 -0.4 0.7 0.8 -0.3

Retail trade

Gross job gains

10,307 12,129 9,452 12,234 10,384 4.8 5.8 4.6 5.9 5.0

At expanding establishments

8,562 10,222 7,896 10,973 8,980 4.0 4.9 3.8 5.3 4.3

At opening establishments

1,745 1,907 1,556 1,261 1,404 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7

Gross job losses

15,028 13,023 12,518 8,995 14,784 7.1 6.2 6.1 4.3 7.0

At contracting establishments

13,342 11,667 11,100 7,302 12,847 6.3 5.6 5.4 3.5 6.1

At closing establishments

1,686 1,356 1,418 1,693 1,937 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-4,721 -894 -3,066 3,239 -4,400 -2.3 -0.4 -1.5 1.6 -2.0

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

3,129 3,487 4,721 3,418 3,476 4.3 4.8 6.5 4.8 4.9

At expanding establishments

2,765 3,097 4,185 3,020 2,921 3.8 4.3 5.8 4.2 4.1

At opening establishments

364 390 536 398 555 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8

Gross job losses

4,866 3,990 3,902 4,934 4,325 6.7 5.5 5.4 6.9 6.0

At contracting establishments

4,372 3,670 3,348 4,292 3,724 6.0 5.1 4.6 6.0 5.2

At closing establishments

494 320 554 642 601 0.7 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.8

Net employment change (2)

-1,737 -503 819 -1,516 -849 -2.4 -0.7 1.1 -2.1 -1.1

Information

Gross job gains

2,485 2,189 1,735 2,446 1,886 6.8 6.0 4.8 6.7 5.2

At expanding establishments

1,943 1,718 1,236 1,889 1,419 5.3 4.7 3.4 5.2 3.9

At opening establishments

542 471 499 557 467 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3

Gross job losses

2,598 2,423 2,667 1,965 2,720 7.1 6.6 7.4 5.4 7.4

At contracting establishments

1,984 1,882 2,129 1,380 2,093 5.4 5.1 5.9 3.8 5.7

At closing establishments

614 541 538 585 627 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7

Net employment change (2)

-113 -234 -932 481 -834 -0.3 -0.6 -2.6 1.3 -2.2

Financial activities

Gross job gains

4,890 5,200 4,486 5,293 5,422 5.8 6.2 5.4 6.4 6.5

At expanding establishments

3,715 4,250 3,308 4,402 4,193 4.4 5.1 4.0 5.3 5.0

At opening establishments

1,175 950 1,178 891 1,229 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.5

Gross job losses

6,176 5,114 5,721 4,866 5,794 7.3 6.1 6.9 5.9 7.0

At contracting establishments

4,801 3,995 4,502 3,356 3,804 5.7 4.8 5.4 4.1 4.6

At closing establishments

1,375 1,119 1,219 1,510 1,990 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.4

Net employment change (2)

-1,286 86 -1,235 427 -372 -1.5 0.1 -1.5 0.5 -0.5

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

16,474 17,340 18,171 17,711 15,067 6.2 6.6 6.9 6.7 5.6

At expanding establishments

13,525 14,534 14,337 15,297 11,542 5.1 5.5 5.4 5.8 4.3

At opening establishments

2,949 2,806 3,834 2,414 3,525 1.1 1.1 1.5 0.9 1.3

Gross job losses

19,355 16,525 17,581 16,691 18,367 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.3 6.9

At contracting establishments

16,383 13,621 13,512 12,939 14,847 6.2 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.6

At closing establishments

2,972 2,904 4,069 3,752 3,520 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-2,881 815 590 1,020 -3,300 -1.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 -1.3

Education and health services

Gross job gains

12,537 15,441 14,291 17,695 15,447 4.2 5.2 4.7 5.8 4.9

At expanding establishments

10,531 13,137 11,501 15,632 12,796 3.5 4.4 3.8 5.1 4.1

At opening establishments

2,006 2,304 2,790 2,063 2,651 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8

Gross job losses

15,463 11,491 12,232 12,032 13,368 5.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.2

At contracting establishments

12,019 9,217 9,685 8,034 9,794 4.0 3.1 3.2 2.6 3.1

At closing establishments

3,444 2,274 2,547 3,998 3,574 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.1

Net employment change (2)

-2,926 3,950 2,059 5,663 2,079 -1.0 1.3 0.7 1.9 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

16,745 17,095 17,597 17,738 18,311 8.6 8.6 8.8 8.7 8.9

At expanding establishments

13,994 14,445 13,997 14,921 14,385 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.3 7.0

At opening establishments

2,751 2,650 3,600 2,817 3,926 1.4 1.3 1.8 1.4 1.9

Gross job losses

16,232 15,540 14,177 16,704 18,122 8.3 7.9 7.1 8.2 8.8

At contracting establishments

13,333 13,497 11,739 12,984 14,008 6.8 6.9 5.9 6.4 6.8

At closing establishments

2,899 2,043 2,438 3,720 4,114 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.8 2.0

Net employment change (2)

513 1,555 3,420 1,034 189 0.3 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.1

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

4,346 4,563 4,476 5,154 4,982 7.0 7.4 7.2 8.2 7.7

At expanding establishments

3,582 3,628 3,471 4,315 3,877 5.8 5.9 5.6 6.9 6.0

At opening establishments

764 935 1,005 839 1,105 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.7

Gross job losses

4,104 4,112 4,175 4,975 4,489 6.7 6.7 6.7 8.0 7.0

At contracting establishments

3,056 3,131 3,287 3,113 2,810 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.0 4.4

At closing establishments

1,048 981 888 1,862 1,679 1.7 1.6 1.4 3.0 2.6

Net employment change (2)

242 451 301 179 493 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.7

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
2022
Sept.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
June
2023
June
2022
Sept.
2022
Dec.
2022
Mar.
2023
June
2023

United States(1)

6.6 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.9

Alabama

6.6 6.9 6.6 6.4 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.7

Alaska

10.2 8.5 10.9 10.4 11.0 9.0 10.4 9.2 8.0 8.9

Arizona

6.5 7.1 6.6 5.9 7.0 6.3 5.5 6.0 5.4 6.5

Arkansas

6.1 6.5 6.2 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.0 6.0

California

6.8 6.8 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.7 6.2 6.6 6.4 6.4

Colorado

7.3 7.0 7.6 7.2 7.3 6.6 7.1 6.9 6.5 6.6

Connecticut

6.4 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.7

Delaware

6.5 8.6 7.0 6.7 6.0 6.9 6.2 7.5 5.2 5.7

District of Columbia

6.1 7.2 5.6 5.9 5.4 6.3 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.3

Florida

7.5 7.8 6.2 6.3 6.8 6.3 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.8

Georgia

6.8 7.1 6.7 6.2 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.5

Hawaii

6.0 6.4 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.0 5.2

Idaho

7.1 7.8 8.4 7.9 7.9 8.4 7.5 6.9 7.5 7.5

Illinois

5.9 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.8 5.3

Indiana

5.7 6.4 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.2 5.0 6.1

Iowa

5.9 5.9 6.4 6.0 6.0 6.2 5.9 6.2 5.4 5.9

Kansas

6.5 7.4 6.3 6.1 6.1 7.1 5.5 5.6 5.4 6.0

Kentucky

6.3 6.6 6.0 6.1 5.6 6.5 5.4 5.3 4.9 5.9

Louisiana

6.7 6.9 6.1 6.3 6.1 6.4 5.7 6.2 5.6 6.4

Maine

7.2 7.6 7.4 7.7 7.6 8.0 7.3 6.8 6.2 7.6

Maryland

6.5 7.4 6.6 6.8 6.7 6.9 6.0 6.9 5.6 6.3

Massachusetts

6.1 6.2 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.5 6.1 5.8 4.7 5.7

Michigan

6.0 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.2 4.9 5.3

Minnesota

6.4 6.5 5.9 5.7 6.0 6.4 5.9 5.8 4.9 5.6

Mississippi

6.6 7.2 6.8 6.1 6.3 6.7 6.3 6.2 5.7 6.6

Missouri

6.2 6.8 6.1 6.5 5.9 5.9 6.3 5.8 5.1 5.9

Montana

8.2 8.7 9.2 8.7 7.8 9.1 7.8 7.8 7.1 8.4

Nebraska

6.4 7.1 6.0 6.3 6.0 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.1 5.6

Nevada

6.9 7.4 6.4 6.2 6.6 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.7 6.0

New Hampshire

6.7 6.9 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.0 5.9 6.3

New Jersey

6.6 6.8 6.8 6.1 6.8 6.2 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.9

New Mexico

6.7 8.0 6.7 6.8 6.4 7.1 5.9 6.2 5.9 6.2

New York

7.1 6.6 5.9 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.1 5.7

North Carolina

6.4 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.7

North Dakota

6.9 7.6 6.4 7.6 6.9 6.5 6.3 6.7 5.6 6.7

Ohio

5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.7 4.9 5.7

Oklahoma

6.7 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.9 5.3 6.0

Oregon

6.0 6.7 6.5 7.3 6.4 7.0 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.9

Pennsylvania

5.5 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.1 5.2 4.6 5.5

Rhode Island

7.1 6.7 6.9 7.5 6.7 6.7 7.3 6.4 5.9 7.0

South Carolina

6.6 7.3 6.9 6.8 6.4 6.2 5.6 6.2 5.8 6.8

South Dakota

6.6 7.3 6.5 7.2 6.8 6.5 6.4 6.5 5.9 6.2

Tennessee

6.2 7.0 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.0 5.5

Texas

6.6 7.2 6.2 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.4

Utah

7.0 7.5 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.6 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.2

Vermont

7.5 7.2 7.8 8.2 7.4 7.6 7.8 7.0 6.0 7.5

Virginia

6.5 7.5 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.7 6.1 5.8 5.2 5.8

Washington

7.0 7.2 5.9 6.4 6.0 7.2 6.3 5.3 5.5 5.6

West Virginia

6.7 8.1 6.6 7.1 6.1 8.0 6.9 6.4 5.3 6.1

Wisconsin

6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.0 5.8 5.5 4.9 5.9

Wyoming

8.4 9.2 9.2 8.9 8.4 9.2 8.4 7.9 7.8 8.7

Puerto Rico

6.7 6.2 6.6 5.1 5.8 6.1 5.3 6.1 5.7 4.9

Virgin Islands

8.0 8.5 5.9 7.5 7.4 9.2 5.5 4.7 6.5 6.8

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, February 20, 2024