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Tuesday, February 06, 2024

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Business Employment Dynamics in Alabama — Second Quarter 2023

From March 2023 to June 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 100,702, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Alabama were 95,939, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 4,763 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2023. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 14,589. (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 2023, gross job gains represented 5.9 percent of private-sector employment in Alabama; 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 Alabama, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 80,324 in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 3,492 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 20,378 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2023, a decrease of 3,152 jobs from the previous quarter.


Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2023, gross job losses represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Alabama; 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 Alabama, contracting establishments lost 79,792 jobs in the second quarter of 2023, an increase of 4,579 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 16,147 jobs, a decrease of 1,397 jobs from the previous quarter.


Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 10 industry sectors in Alabama in the second quarter of 2023. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 4,070 jobs. This was the result of 14,419 gross job gains and 10,349 gross job losses. The manufacturing industry had a net gain of 1,130 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net loss of 1,419 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. Alabama’s leisure and hospitality industry sector had a net loss of 954 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, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


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, Alabama, 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

108,815 114,951 111,392 107,346 100,702 6.6 6.9 6.6 6.4 5.9

At expanding establishments

83,445 94,899 87,297 83,816 80,324 5.1 5.7 5.2 5.0 4.7

At opening establishments

25,370 20,052 24,095 23,530 20,378 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2

Gross job losses

102,132 97,672 101,269 92,757 95,939 6.2 5.9 6.1 5.5 5.7

At contracting establishments

87,827 77,381 79,922 75,213 79,792 5.3 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7

At closing establishments

14,305 20,291 21,347 17,544 16,147 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0

Net employment change (2)

6,683 17,279 10,123 14,589 4,763 0.4 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.2

Construction

Gross job gains

8,820 8,461 8,220 8,439 8,057 8.9 8.5 8.2 8.4 8.0

At expanding establishments

6,341 6,951 6,578 6,553 6,641 6.4 7.0 6.6 6.5 6.6

At opening establishments

2,479 1,510 1,642 1,886 1,416 2.5 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.4

Gross job losses

7,798 8,034 8,090 8,426 7,431 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.4 7.4

At contracting establishments

6,789 6,498 6,585 7,011 5,883 6.9 6.5 6.6 7.0 5.9

At closing establishments

1,009 1,536 1,505 1,415 1,548 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

Net employment change (2)

1,022 427 130 13 626 1.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.6

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

10,155 11,887 11,344 9,325 9,318 3.7 4.3 4.1 3.3 3.3

At expanding establishments

8,998 10,491 9,915 8,234 8,402 3.3 3.8 3.6 2.9 3.0

At opening establishments

1,157 1,396 1,429 1,091 916 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3

Gross job losses

8,257 8,587 9,206 7,743 8,188 3.1 3.1 3.3 2.7 2.9

At contracting establishments

7,251 7,273 7,887 7,085 7,334 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.6

At closing establishments

1,006 1,314 1,319 658 854 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.3

Net employment change (2)

1,898 3,300 2,138 1,582 1,130 0.6 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.4

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

4,162 4,051 4,171 4,181 3,588 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.3 4.6

At expanding establishments

3,341 3,273 3,315 3,448 2,989 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 3.8

At opening establishments

821 778 856 733 599 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8

Gross job losses

3,656 3,330 3,891 3,402 3,295 4.7 4.3 5.0 4.4 4.2

At contracting establishments

2,932 2,529 2,459 2,541 2,594 3.8 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3

At closing establishments

724 801 1,432 861 701 0.9 1.0 1.8 1.1 0.9

Net employment change (2)

506 721 280 779 293 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.9 0.4

Retail trade

Gross job gains

13,436 15,040 13,858 13,423 13,710 5.7 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7

At expanding establishments

10,841 13,268 11,601 10,584 11,819 4.6 5.6 4.9 4.5 4.9

At opening establishments

2,595 1,772 2,257 2,839 1,891 1.1 0.7 1.0 1.2 0.8

Gross job losses

16,122 13,635 14,065 12,107 12,822 6.8 5.7 5.9 5.1 5.3

At contracting establishments

14,640 11,871 11,890 10,823 11,568 6.2 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.8

At closing establishments

1,482 1,764 2,175 1,284 1,254 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-2,686 1,405 -207 1,316 888 -1.1 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.4

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

3,949 4,441 9,585 4,206 3,953 5.2 5.9 12.4 5.3 5.2

At expanding establishments

2,898 3,813 6,573 3,461 2,942 3.8 5.1 8.5 4.4 3.9

At opening establishments

1,051 628 3,012 745 1,011 1.4 0.8 3.9 0.9 1.3

Gross job losses

7,304 5,233 3,578 7,229 5,372 9.6 7.0 4.7 9.2 7.1

At contracting establishments

6,707 4,511 2,765 6,460 4,547 8.8 6.0 3.6 8.2 6.0

At closing establishments

597 722 813 769 825 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1

Net employment change (2)

-3,355 -792 6,007 -3,023 -1,419 -4.4 -1.1 7.7 -3.9 -1.9

Financial activities

Gross job gains

6,219 6,291 6,377 6,428 5,310 6.3 6.3 6.4 6.4 5.2

At expanding establishments

4,314 5,152 4,924 4,515 4,048 4.4 5.2 4.9 4.5 4.0

At opening establishments

1,905 1,139 1,453 1,913 1,262 1.9 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.2

Gross job losses

5,778 5,481 7,204 4,829 5,304 5.9 5.5 7.2 4.8 5.2

At contracting establishments

4,622 3,958 4,798 3,815 4,203 4.7 4.0 4.8 3.8 4.1

At closing establishments

1,156 1,523 2,406 1,014 1,101 1.2 1.5 2.4 1.0 1.1

Net employment change (2)

441 810 -827 1,599 6 0.4 0.8 -0.8 1.6 0.0

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

22,420 23,596 20,133 20,885 18,998 8.7 9.0 7.6 7.9 7.1

At expanding establishments

16,832 18,892 15,285 15,888 15,147 6.5 7.2 5.8 6.0 5.7

At opening establishments

5,588 4,704 4,848 4,997 3,851 2.2 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.4

Gross job losses

20,395 19,096 19,532 18,266 19,026 7.9 7.3 7.4 6.8 7.2

At contracting establishments

17,135 14,470 14,781 14,707 15,675 6.6 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.9

At closing establishments

3,260 4,626 4,751 3,559 3,351 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.3

Net employment change (2)

2,025 4,500 601 2,619 -28 0.8 1.7 0.2 1.1 -0.1

Education and health services

Gross job gains

14,169 14,756 12,560 14,586 14,419 6.1 6.2 5.3 6.0 5.8

At expanding establishments

10,715 12,157 9,548 11,185 10,498 4.6 5.1 4.0 4.6 4.2

At opening establishments

3,454 2,599 3,012 3,401 3,921 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6

Gross job losses

10,250 10,677 12,916 10,838 10,349 4.4 4.5 5.3 4.5 4.2

At contracting establishments

8,387 8,092 9,975 6,702 8,450 3.6 3.4 4.1 2.8 3.4

At closing establishments

1,863 2,585 2,941 4,136 1,899 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.7 0.8

Net employment change (2)

3,919 4,079 -356 3,748 4,070 1.7 1.7 0.0 1.5 1.6

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

17,776 18,115 17,834 18,822 16,772 9.1 9.2 9.0 9.3 8.2

At expanding establishments

13,701 14,344 14,071 15,047 12,692 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.4 6.2

At opening establishments

4,075 3,771 3,763 3,775 4,080 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0

Gross job losses

16,345 17,119 15,626 13,581 17,726 8.4 8.7 7.9 6.7 8.7

At contracting establishments

14,246 13,627 13,074 11,055 14,470 7.3 6.9 6.6 5.5 7.1

At closing establishments

2,099 3,492 2,552 2,526 3,256 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.2 1.6

Net employment change (2)

1,431 996 2,208 5,241 -954 0.7 0.5 1.1 2.6 -0.5

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

3,884 4,347 3,393 3,898 3,270 8.7 9.6 7.4 8.5 7.1

At expanding establishments

2,765 3,456 2,599 2,755 2,425 6.2 7.6 5.7 6.0 5.3

At opening establishments

1,119 891 794 1,143 845 2.5 2.0 1.7 2.5 1.8

Gross job losses

3,171 3,354 3,890 3,174 2,913 7.1 7.4 8.5 7.0 6.3

At contracting establishments

2,583 2,219 3,018 2,359 2,224 5.8 4.9 6.6 5.2 4.8

At closing establishments

588 1,135 872 815 689 1.3 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.5

Net employment change (2)

713 993 -497 724 357 1.6 2.2 -1.1 1.5 0.8

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 06, 2024