Table 3: Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, seasonally adjusted
Gross job gains and job losses Gross job gains and job losses
(in thousands) as a percent of employment
Category 3 months ended 3 months ended
Sept. Dec. March June Sept. Sept. Dec. March June Sept.
2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,473 7,809 7,509 7,644 7,249 6.7 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.4
At expanding establishments 6,032 6,271 6,158 6,257 5,821 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.1
At opening establishments 1,441 1,538 1,351 1,387 1,428 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3
Gross job losses 7,462 7,297 7,071 7,403 7,484 6.6 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.6
At contracting establishments 6,110 5,943 5,796 6,008 6,134 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.4
At closing establishments 1,352 1,354 1,275 1,395 1,350 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2
Net employment change 11 512 438 241 -235 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 -0.2
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,572 1,636 1,629 1,622 1,486 6.6 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.4
At expanding establishments 1,329 1,381 1,398 1,385 1,256 5.6 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4
At opening establishments 243 255 231 237 230 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,739 1,719 1,682 1,691 1,703 7.4 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.3
At contracting establishments 1,463 1,452 1,421 1,415 1,436 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2
At closing establishments 276 267 261 276 267 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1
Net employment change -167 -83 -53 -69 -217 -0.8 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.9
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 269 287 279 286 257 15.1 15.9 15.3 15.7 14.2
At expanding establishments 230 245 241 248 221 12.9 13.6 13.2 13.6 12.2
At opening establishments 39 42 38 38 36 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0
Gross job losses 263 266 287 269 270 14.8 14.7 15.6 14.7 14.9
At contracting establishments 223 230 248 230 230 12.5 12.7 13.5 12.6 12.7
At closing establishments 40 36 39 39 40 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2
Net employment change 6 21 -8 17 -13 0.3 1.2 -0.3 1.0 -0.7
Construction
Gross job gains 791 825 850 814 762 10.3 10.8 11.1 10.6 10.1
At expanding establishments 636 663 699 658 614 8.3 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.1
At opening establishments 155 162 151 156 148 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Gross job losses 868 845 816 855 869 11.4 11.1 10.6 11.2 11.5
At contracting establishments 702 683 655 688 704 9.2 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.3
At closing establishments 166 162 161 167 165 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2
Net employment change -77 -20 34 -41 -107 -1.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.6 -1.4
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 512 524 500 522 467 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.3
At expanding establishments 463 473 458 479 421 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.0
At opening establishments 49 51 42 43 46 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gross job losses 608 608 579 567 564 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0
At contracting establishments 538 539 518 497 502 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6
At closing establishments 70 69 61 70 62 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4
Net employment change -96 -84 -79 -45 -97 -0.7 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.7
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 5,901 6,173 5,880 6,022 5,763 6.6 6.9 6.5 6.7 6.3
At expanding establishments 4,703 4,890 4,760 4,872 4,565 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.0
At opening establishments 1,198 1,283 1,120 1,150 1,198 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 5,723 5,578 5,389 5,712 5,781 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.4
At contracting establishments 4,647 4,491 4,375 4,593 4,698 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2
At closing establishments 1,076 1,087 1,014 1,119 1,083 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2
Net employment change 178 595 491 310 -18 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.4 -0.1
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 311 322 314 318 305 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1
At expanding establishments 253 262 256 264 245 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1
At opening establishments 58 60 58 54 60 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0
Gross job losses 305 303 296 300 303 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0
At contracting establishments 238 236 230 231 240 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0
At closing establishments 67 67 66 69 63 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0
Net employment change 6 19 18 18 2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains 1,030 1,081 1,087 1,023 996 6.7 7.0 7.0 6.6 6.3
At expanding establishments 850 898 941 872 817 5.5 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.2
At opening establishments 180 183 146 151 179 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1
Gross job losses 1,085 1,004 971 1,028 1,055 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.8
At contracting establishments 923 857 827 890 918 6.0 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.9
At closing establishments 162 147 144 138 137 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9
Net employment change -55 77 116 -5 -59 -0.3 0.5 0.8 0.0 -0.5
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 241 269 224 242 220 5.7 6.3 5.2 5.6 5.0
At expanding establishments 207 231 192 208 188 4.9 5.4 4.5 4.8 4.3
At opening establishments 34 38 32 34 32 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7
Gross job losses 224 225 245 222 228 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.2 5.3
At contracting establishments 186 185 211 185 190 4.4 4.3 4.9 4.3 4.4
At closing establishments 38 40 34 37 38 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
Net employment change 17 44 -21 20 -8 0.4 1.1 -0.5 0.4 -0.3
Utilities
Gross job gains 15 19 11 14 13 2.8 3.5 2.0 2.6 2.4
At expanding establishments 14 13 10 13 12 2.6 2.4 1.8 2.4 2.2
At opening establishments 1 6 1 1 1 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Gross job losses 15 18 11 12 12 2.8 3.3 2.0 2.2 2.2
At contracting establishments 13 13 10 10 10 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.8 1.8
At closing establishments 2 5 1 2 2 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.4
Net employment change 0 1 0 2 1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2
Information
Gross job gains 148 167 138 160 153 4.8 5.5 4.6 5.3 5.1
At expanding establishments 123 138 118 137 127 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.2
At opening establishments 25 29 20 23 26 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.9
Gross job losses 171 146 132 137 155 5.6 4.7 4.4 4.6 5.1
At contracting establishments 142 114 108 111 130 4.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.3
At closing establishments 29 32 24 26 25 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8
Net employment change -23 21 6 23 -2 -0.8 0.8 0.2 0.7 0.0
Financial activities
Gross job gains 446 457 421 436 408 5.5 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.0
At expanding establishments 350 347 335 353 318 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.3 3.9
At opening establishments 96 110 86 83 90 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.1
Gross job losses 445 444 418 467 470 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.7
At contracting establishments 343 338 320 360 354 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.3
At closing establishments 102 106 98 107 116 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4
Net employment change 1 13 3 -31 -62 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.7
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,335 1,427 1,276 1,389 1,301 7.6 8.1 7.2 7.7 7.3
At expanding establishments 1,093 1,149 1,064 1,148 1,054 6.2 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.9
At opening establishments 242 278 212 241 247 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.4
Gross job losses 1,279 1,313 1,242 1,322 1,315 7.3 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.3
At contracting establishments 1,029 1,057 996 1,022 1,056 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.9
At closing establishments 250 256 246 300 259 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4
Net employment change 56 114 34 67 -14 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.0
Education and health services
Gross job gains 784 795 799 785 797 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6
At expanding establishments 665 666 678 673 674 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
At opening establishments 119 129 121 112 123 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7
Gross job losses 674 692 655 697 684 4.0 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.9
At contracting establishments 561 558 540 579 563 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2
At closing establishments 113 134 115 118 121 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Net employment change 110 103 144 88 113 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.7
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,180 1,223 1,165 1,219 1,158 9.1 9.3 8.8 9.1 8.7
At expanding establishments 896 932 903 940 884 6.9 7.1 6.8 7.0 6.6
At opening establishments 284 291 262 279 274 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1
Gross job losses 1,184 1,105 1,096 1,196 1,215 9.0 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.1
At contracting establishments 959 892 902 965 983 7.3 6.8 6.8 7.2 7.4
At closing establishments 225 213 194 231 232 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7
Net employment change -4 118 69 23 -57 0.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 -0.4
Other services
Gross job gains 295 299 292 304 288 7.7 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.4
At expanding establishments 235 238 239 247 229 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.9
At opening establishments 60 61 53 57 59 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5
Gross job losses 305 291 278 287 307 7.9 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.9
At contracting establishments 240 228 217 224 242 6.2 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.2
At closing establishments 65 63 61 63 65 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7
Net employment change -10 8 14 17 -19 -0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 -0.5
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
