Table A. Level and rate of gross job gains and losses by firm size, second quarter 2020, seasonally adjusted

(Levels in thousands)

                                           Size class (number of employees)

Category                   Total    1 to 4    5 to 9    10 to 19    20 to 49    50 to 99    100 to 249    250 to 499    500 to 999    1,000 or more

Gross job gains.........   4,546      927       574        513         521        289           289          176           136           1,121
  At expanding firms....   3,695      353       448        437         470        274           282          174           136           1,121
  At opening firms......     851      574       126         76          51         15             7            2             0               0
 
Gross job losses........  19,784    1,724     1,352      1,723       2,432      1,580         1,819        1,264         1,257           6,633
  At contracting firms..  17,722      604     1,015      1,469       2,229      1,512         1,778        1,245         1,243           6,627
  At closing firms......   2,062    1,120       337        254         203         68            41           19            14               6
 
Net change..............  -15238     -797      -778     -1,210      -1,911     -1,291        -1,530       -1,088        -1,121          -5,512
 
                                             Rate (percent of employment)

Gross job gains.........     3.9     15.8       8.8        6.1         4.2        3.2           2.5          2.0           1.7             2.3
  At expanding firms....     3.2      6.0       6.9        5.2         3.8        3.0           2.4          2.0           1.7             2.3
  At opening firms......     0.7      9.8       1.9        0.9         0.4        0.2           0.1          0.0           0.0             0.0
 
Gross job losses........    17.3     29.4      20.8       20.3        19.6       17.2          15.2         14.7          15.4            13.6
  At contracting firms..    15.5     10.3      15.6       17.3        18.0       16.5          14.9         14.5          15.2            13.6
  At closing firms......     1.8     19.1       5.2        3.0         1.6        0.7           0.3          0.2           0.2             0.0
 
Net change..............   -13.4    -13.6     -12.0      -14.2       -15.4      -14.0         -12.7        -12.7         -13.7           -11.3
 
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics