From September 2022 to December 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 73,955 in Kansas, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Kansas were 65,965, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 7,990 jobs in the private sector during the fourth quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 23,806. (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 fourth quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 6.3 percent of private-sector employment in Kansas; 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 Kansas, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 57,350 in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of 4,953 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 16,605 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2022, a decrease of 8,355 jobs from the previous quarter.

 

Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 5.6 percent of private-sector employment in Kansas; 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 Kansas, contracting establishments lost 50,512 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2022, an increase of 562 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 15,453 jobs, an increase of 1,946 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 10 industry sectors in Kansas in the fourth quarter of 2022. Transportation and warehousing had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 2,565 jobs. This was the result of 5,995 gross job gains and 3,430 gross job losses. Manufacturing had the second largest over-the-quarter net job gain with 2,482 jobs, followed by education and health services with 2,281 jobs. The professional and business services sector showed a net loss of 1,927 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state.

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 First Quarter 2023 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 25, 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 either units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter, with no employment or zero employment reported 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, Kansas, seasonally adjusted

Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	85,411	70,885	73,978	87,263	73,955	7.6	6.2	6.5	7.6	6.3
At expanding establishments	64,961	59,642	56,600	62,303	57,350	5.8	5.2	5.0	5.4	4.9
At opening establishments	20,450	11,243	17,378	24,960	16,605	1.8	1.0	1.5	2.2	1.4
Gross job losses	59,286	61,952	85,352	63,457	65,965	5.3	5.4	7.5	5.6	5.6
At contracting establishments	47,861	50,487	62,062	49,950	50,512	4.3	4.4	5.5	4.4	4.3
At closing establishments	11,425	11,465	23,290	13,507	15,453	1.0	1.0	2.0	1.2	1.3
Net employment change (2)	26,125	8,933	-11,374	23,806	7,990	2.3	0.8	-1.0	2.0	0.7
Construction
Gross job gains	5,853	5,016	5,863	5,534	6,146	9.1	7.7	9.0	8.7	9.4
At expanding establishments	4,558	4,123	4,551	4,196	4,538	7.1	6.3	7.0	6.6	6.9
At opening establishments	1,295	893	1,312	1,338	1,608	2.0	1.4	2.0	2.1	2.5
Gross job losses	4,995	5,966	5,594	5,468	4,762	7.7	9.1	8.6	8.6	7.3
At contracting establishments	3,954	4,793	4,156	4,325	3,812	6.1	7.3	6.4	6.8	5.8
At closing establishments	1,041	1,173	1,438	1,143	950	1.6	1.8	2.2	1.8	1.5
Net employment change (2)	858	-950	269	66	1,384	1.4	-1.4	0.4	0.1	2.1
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	7,464	5,549	6,084	6,938	6,224	4.6	3.4	3.7	4.2	3.6
At expanding establishments	6,813	5,280	5,618	5,162	5,815	4.2	3.2	3.4	3.1	3.4
At opening establishments	651	269	466	1,776	409	0.4	0.2	0.3	1.1	0.2
Gross job losses	3,906	3,511	5,230	4,567	3,742	2.4	2.1	3.1	2.7	2.2
At contracting establishments	3,462	3,198	3,671	3,889	3,028	2.1	1.9	2.2	2.3	1.8
At closing establishments	444	313	1,559	678	714	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.4	0.4
Net employment change (2)	3,558	2,038	854	2,371	2,482	2.2	1.3	0.6	1.5	1.4
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	4,408	2,946	3,307	4,706	3,227	7.8	5.2	5.8	8.2	5.4
At expanding establishments	3,203	2,488	2,409	2,878	2,498	5.7	4.4	4.2	5.0	4.2
At opening establishments	1,205	458	898	1,828	729	2.1	0.8	1.6	3.2	1.2
Gross job losses	2,462	2,575	3,976	2,543	2,599	4.4	4.5	7.0	4.4	4.4
At contracting establishments	1,814	1,884	2,159	1,973	1,885	3.2	3.3	3.8	3.4	3.2
At closing establishments	648	691	1,817	570	714	1.2	1.2	3.2	1.0	1.2
Net employment change (2)	1,946	371	-669	2,163	628	3.4	0.7	-1.2	3.8	1.0
Retail trade
Gross job gains	8,367	9,403	8,243	8,410	7,787	6.1	6.7	5.8	6.0	5.6
At expanding establishments	7,037	8,407	6,641	6,526	6,584	5.1	6.0	4.7	4.7	4.7
At opening establishments	1,330	996	1,602	1,884	1,203	1.0	0.7	1.1	1.3	0.9
Gross job losses	8,405	6,568	10,378	7,954	8,116	6.0	4.7	7.4	5.7	5.9
At contracting establishments	7,679	5,631	8,311	6,955	7,049	5.5	4.0	5.9	5.0	5.1
At closing establishments	726	937	2,067	999	1,067	0.5	0.7	1.5	0.7	0.8
Net employment change (2)	-38	2,835	-2,135	456	-329	0.1	2.0	-1.6	0.3	-0.3
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	8,607	3,022	3,335	4,065	5,995	13.6	4.6	5.3	6.5	9.2
At expanding establishments	5,336	2,673	2,659	3,140	5,300	8.4	4.1	4.2	5.0	8.1
At opening establishments	3,271	349	676	925	695	5.2	0.5	1.1	1.5	1.1
Gross job losses	2,679	4,580	5,727	2,841	3,430	4.2	7.0	8.9	4.5	5.3
At contracting establishments	2,239	4,137	4,694	2,296	2,795	3.5	6.3	7.3	3.6	4.3
At closing establishments	440	443	1,033	545	635	0.7	0.7	1.6	0.9	1.0
Net employment change (2)	5,928	-1,558	-2,392	1,224	2,565	9.4	-2.4	-3.6	2.0	3.9
Financial activities
Gross job gains	5,060	3,699	4,542	4,631	3,709	7.0	5.2	6.4	6.4	5.1
At expanding establishments	3,336	2,790	2,916	3,121	2,732	4.6	3.9	4.1	4.3	3.8
At opening establishments	1,724	909	1,626	1,510	977	2.4	1.3	2.3	2.1	1.3
Gross job losses	3,405	4,170	5,524	3,397	3,724	4.7	5.8	7.7	4.7	5.2
At contracting establishments	2,331	3,183	3,892	2,747	2,734	3.2	4.4	5.4	3.8	3.8
At closing establishments	1,074	987	1,632	650	990	1.5	1.4	2.3	0.9	1.4
Net employment change (2)	1,655	-471	-982	1,234	-15	2.3	-0.6	-1.3	1.7	-0.1
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	16,121	14,762	15,172	20,444	13,048	9.3	8.4	8.5	11.4	7.2
At expanding establishments	11,933	11,754	11,051	14,161	8,921	6.9	6.7	6.2	7.9	4.9
At opening establishments	4,188	3,008	4,121	6,283	4,127	2.4	1.7	2.3	3.5	2.3
Gross job losses	11,466	11,943	19,269	12,642	14,975	6.6	6.9	10.9	7.0	8.2
At contracting establishments	8,841	9,229	14,190	9,402	10,685	5.1	5.3	8.0	5.2	5.9
At closing establishments	2,625	2,714	5,079	3,240	4,290	1.5	1.6	2.9	1.8	2.3
Net employment change (2)	4,655	2,819	-4,097	7,802	-1,927	2.7	1.5	-2.4	4.4	-1.0
Education and health services
Gross job gains	10,381	9,496	9,819	12,345	10,835	5.4	4.9	5.0	6.3	5.4
At expanding establishments	7,583	7,894	7,441	8,352	8,049	3.9	4.1	3.8	4.3	4.0
At opening establishments	2,798	1,602	2,378	3,993	2,786	1.5	0.8	1.2	2.0	1.4
Gross job losses	7,933	7,984	11,208	8,116	8,554	4.1	4.1	5.8	4.1	4.3
At contracting establishments	6,338	6,599	7,198	5,718	6,115	3.3	3.4	3.7	2.9	3.1
At closing establishments	1,595	1,385	4,010	2,398	2,439	0.8	0.7	2.1	1.2	1.2
Net employment change (2)	2,448	1,512	-1,389	4,229	2,281	1.3	0.8	-0.8	2.2	1.1
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	13,264	11,558	11,771	14,014	11,539	10.7	9.2	9.3	11.0	8.9
At expanding establishments	10,758	9,840	9,140	10,444	9,113	8.7	7.8	7.2	8.2	7.0
At opening establishments	2,506	1,718	2,631	3,570	2,426	2.0	1.4	2.1	2.8	1.9
Gross job losses	9,330	9,809	12,546	10,987	10,641	7.6	7.8	9.9	8.6	8.3
At contracting establishments	7,749	7,965	9,761	8,765	8,353	6.3	6.3	7.7	6.9	6.5
At closing establishments	1,581	1,844	2,785	2,222	2,288	1.3	1.5	2.2	1.7	1.8
Net employment change (2)	3,934	1,749	-775	3,027	898	3.1	1.4	-0.6	2.4	0.6
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	2,613	2,722	2,843	3,196	2,723	8.3	8.4	8.8	9.8	8.1
At expanding establishments	1,925	2,198	2,068	2,163	2,013	6.1	6.8	6.4	6.6	6.0
At opening establishments	688	524	775	1,033	710	2.2	1.6	2.4	3.2	2.1
Gross job losses	2,111	2,345	3,071	2,130	2,683	6.7	7.3	9.5	6.6	8.0
At contracting establishments	1,585	1,820	2,029	1,654	1,910	5.0	5.7	6.3	5.1	5.7
At closing establishments	526	525	1,042	476	773	1.7	1.6	3.2	1.5	2.3
Net employment change (2)	502	377	-228	1,066	40	1.6	1.1	-0.7	3.2	0.1
(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)
	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	June 2022	Sept. 2022	Dec. 2022
United States(1)	7.7	6.6	6.4	6.8	6.2	5.4	5.4	6.7	5.8	5.9
Alabama	7.6	6.2	6.6	7.1	6.5	5.2	6.0	7.0	6.2	6.0
Alaska	11.8	10.1	10.1	8.6	10.9	8.7	9.3	9.6	10.3	9.3
Arizona	6.8	6.8	6.7	7.9	6.7	5.0	5.7	7.3	5.5	6.1
Arkansas	7.8	5.9	5.6	6.4	6.1	4.8	5.4	6.0	5.5	5.3
California	8.5	7.4	6.6	6.7	6.5	5.5	5.6	7.2	6.1	6.6
Colorado	7.6	7.5	7.3	5.0	7.6	6.1	6.3	6.7	5.8	6.9
Connecticut	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.3	6.5	6.2	6.0
Delaware	8.2	7.3	6.5	8.6	6.7	6.0	5.6	8.2	6.1	7.6
District of Columbia	7.3	6.0	6.0	7.2	5.6	4.9	4.9	6.8	4.8	5.6
Florida	7.7	6.5	7.5	7.8	6.2	6.0	5.7	6.9	5.5	6.1
Georgia	7.9	6.8	6.6	7.0	6.5	5.5	5.7	6.7	6.0	5.9
Hawaii	7.1	6.1	5.9	6.2	6.0	5.1	5.1	5.9	4.8	4.8
Idaho	8.5	8.5	7.1	8.5	8.4	6.3	6.2	9.1	7.5	6.9
Illinois	7.5	6.2	5.9	6.0	5.4	4.9	5.0	5.9	5.3	5.2
Indiana	7.3	6.0	5.6	6.4	5.7	4.7	4.8	6.8	5.5	5.2
Iowa	6.6	6.5	5.8	5.8	6.4	5.4	5.3	6.7	6.0	6.3
Kansas	7.6	6.2	6.5	7.6	6.3	5.3	5.4	7.5	5.6	5.6
Kentucky	7.4	6.6	6.3	6.7	5.9	4.9	5.0	8.7	5.4	5.3
Louisiana	9.6	6.5	6.6	7.3	6.0	5.8	7.1	7.3	5.7	6.5
Maine	8.2	8.0	17.7	7.4	7.3	6.9	6.1	8.1	7.4	6.9
Maryland	7.3	6.6	6.7	7.5	6.4	5.3	5.9	8.1	6.0	6.7
Massachusetts	7.0	6.6	6.1	6.2	5.5	5.7	5.1	5.4	6.1	5.8
Michigan	7.5	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.9	5.2	5.1	6.5	5.9	5.2
Minnesota	7.3	6.0	6.6	6.8	6.2	5.2	5.4	7.1	6.0	6.0
Mississippi	7.9	6.1	6.5	7.2	6.8	5.7	6.0	7.0	6.3	6.2
Missouri	7.4	6.5	6.3	6.8	6.0	5.5	5.4	5.9	6.3	5.8
Montana	9.9	9.3	8.2	8.5	9.2	7.2	8.5	9.4	7.7	7.8
Nebraska	7.0	6.8	6.0	6.9	5.9	5.8	5.9	6.6	6.2	5.7
Nevada	8.3	6.8	6.9	7.6	6.4	4.8	5.2	6.7	5.7	6.2
New Hampshire	7.6	7.7	6.6	6.9	6.7	6.4	5.4	7.9	6.7	6.0
New Jersey	8.7	7.1	6.5	6.8	6.8	5.4	5.5	6.3	6.3	5.9
New Mexico	8.2	7.4	6.5	7.7	6.5	6.3	6.2	7.1	5.9	6.2
New York	7.7	6.7	7.1	6.7	6.0	5.4	5.2	6.6	6.0	6.2
North Carolina	8.1	6.5	6.3	6.6	5.9	5.0	5.3	6.2	5.9	5.4
North Dakota	7.6	7.5	6.8	7.6	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.7	6.4	6.7
Ohio	7.0	6.1	5.7	5.8	5.9	5.2	4.8	6.3	5.6	5.8
Oklahoma	7.6	6.3	6.4	7.1	6.6	5.9	5.7	6.2	5.5	6.0
Oregon	7.8	7.5	6.1	6.7	6.5	6.1	5.7	7.1	8.6	6.4
Pennsylvania	6.8	6.3	5.5	6.1	5.5	4.8	4.9	5.6	5.2	5.1
Rhode Island	8.5	7.9	7.0	6.7	6.9	6.6	5.7	7.3	7.4	6.5
South Carolina	7.9	6.9	6.4	7.3	7.0	5.3	6.2	6.9	5.6	6.2
South Dakota	7.2	7.7	6.6	7.3	6.5	5.9	6.1	6.8	6.4	6.4
Tennessee	7.3	6.6	6.3	7.0	5.8	5.6	4.7	6.4	5.4	5.7
Texas	7.7	6.3	6.5	7.4	6.2	4.8	5.4	6.1	5.2	5.3
Utah	7.5	7.8	7.0	7.9	6.8	6.0	5.9	6.8	6.7	6.6
Vermont	8.1	8.0	7.3	7.2	7.8	6.9	6.3	8.4	8.0	7.1
Virginia	7.2	6.4	6.5	7.5	6.2	5.3	5.8	7.0	6.1	5.8
Washington	7.8	7.3	7.0	7.1	5.9	5.3	5.0	7.1	6.1	5.3
West Virginia	7.9	7.3	6.3	6.8	6.7	6.0	5.9	7.9	6.5	6.6
Wisconsin	6.6	6.5	5.9	6.1	6.1	5.2	4.8	6.8	5.9	5.6
Wyoming	10.1	8.9	8.4	9.2	9.2	7.8	8.3	9.1	8.5	8.0
Puerto Rico	6.4	7.0	6.5	6.2	6.7	5.5	4.9	6.1	5.2	6.1
Virgin Islands	8.0	6.9	8.8	7.9	6.0	9.5	10.3	12.6	4.9	4.3
(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.