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22-2090-DAL
Monday, October 31, 2022

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Business Employment Dynamics in Texas – First Quarter 2022

From December 2021 to March 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Texas were 700,110, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 593,644, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner 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 106,466 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 320,321. (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 first quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 6.3 percent of private-sector employment in Texas; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.6 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 Texas, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 574,803 in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 101,774 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 125,307 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 35,607 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment both in Texas and nationally. (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 Texas, contracting establishments lost 461,538 jobs in the first quarter of 2022 an increase of 51,928 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 132,106 jobs, an increase of 24,546 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 9 of the 11 industry sectors in Texas in the first quarter of 2022. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 35,379 jobs. This was the result of 157,534 gross job gains and 122,155 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had the second largest net gain of 14,349 jobs. Transportation and warehousing showed a net loss of 1,943 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state. The leisure and hospitality industry sector had a net loss of 614 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 www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Second Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics Data

The release of First Quarter 2022 Business Employment Dynamics data incorporates annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. However, the current release, published on October 26, 2022, includes two years of revisions to not seasonally adjusted data, along with the customary five years of revisions to seasonally adjusted data. This temporary procedural change is to amend spikes in the openings and closings series for the education and health services sector in Washington caused by an administrative change.


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 units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, 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.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Texas, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

627,986 703,892 756,929 837,491 700,110 6.1 6.8 7.1 7.7 6.3

At expanding establishments

518,287 581,679 628,347 676,577 574,803 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.2 5.2

At opening establishments

109,699 122,213 128,582 160,914 125,307 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.5 1.1

Gross job losses

520,781 583,038 577,850 517,170 593,644 5.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 5.4

At contracting establishments

441,427 491,854 462,802 409,610 461,538 4.3 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.2

At closing establishments

79,354 91,184 115,048 107,560 132,106 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.2

Net employment change (2)

107,205 120,854 179,079 320,321 106,466 1.0 1.2 1.6 2.9 0.9

Construction

Gross job gains

57,753 53,799 58,194 67,662 57,982 8.0 7.3 7.9 9.0 7.6

At expanding establishments

48,533 45,560 49,983 56,321 48,759 6.7 6.2 6.8 7.5 6.4

At opening establishments

9,220 8,239 8,211 11,341 9,223 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.2

Gross job losses

46,754 56,986 50,477 45,593 50,097 6.4 7.8 6.9 6.1 6.6

At contracting establishments

39,267 49,631 41,211 38,146 40,199 5.4 6.8 5.6 5.1 5.3

At closing establishments

7,487 7,355 9,266 7,447 9,898 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.3

Net employment change (2)

10,999 -3,187 7,717 22,069 7,885 1.6 -0.5 1.0 2.9 1.0

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

30,578 33,728 35,784 45,401 38,155 3.5 3.9 4.1 5.1 4.2

At expanding establishments

26,837 29,400 31,325 41,040 33,546 3.1 3.4 3.6 4.6 3.7

At opening establishments

3,741 4,328 4,459 4,361 4,609 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Gross job losses

26,616 31,098 30,143 23,007 26,416 3.1 3.5 3.4 2.6 2.9

At contracting establishments

23,430 27,263 25,542 19,219 21,271 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.2 2.3

At closing establishments

3,186 3,835 4,601 3,788 5,145 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.6

Net employment change (2)

3,962 2,630 5,641 22,394 11,739 0.4 0.4 0.7 2.5 1.3

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

25,446 31,208 33,536 38,408 32,720 4.4 5.3 5.6 6.4 5.3

At expanding establishments

21,234 26,585 27,420 31,277 27,261 3.7 4.5 4.6 5.2 4.4

At opening establishments

4,212 4,623 6,116 7,131 5,459 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 0.9

Gross job losses

19,504 21,961 24,809 20,672 23,215 3.4 3.7 4.2 3.4 3.7

At contracting establishments

15,553 17,159 18,490 15,636 16,763 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.7

At closing establishments

3,951 4,802 6,319 5,036 6,452 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.0

Net employment change (2)

5,942 9,247 8,727 17,736 9,505 1.0 1.6 1.4 3.0 1.6

Retail trade

Gross job gains

74,510 82,953 86,364 76,151 79,627 5.6 6.2 6.4 5.6 5.8

At expanding establishments

65,974 71,844 76,926 67,041 69,916 5.0 5.4 5.7 4.9 5.1

At opening establishments

8,536 11,109 9,438 9,110 9,711 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7

Gross job losses

59,519 70,884 73,949 61,795 65,278 4.5 5.3 5.4 4.5 4.8

At contracting establishments

52,986 64,006 65,424 53,585 54,095 4.0 4.8 4.8 3.9 4.0

At closing establishments

6,533 6,878 8,525 8,210 11,183 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8

Net employment change (2)

14,991 12,069 12,415 14,356 14,349 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

27,843 27,132 36,684 76,545 30,877 5.1 5.0 6.8 13.2 5.0

At expanding establishments

24,092 22,688 31,381 46,501 26,879 4.4 4.2 5.8 8.0 4.4

At opening establishments

3,751 4,444 5,303 30,044 3,998 0.7 0.8 1.0 5.2 0.6

Gross job losses

41,167 31,866 26,232 19,055 32,820 7.5 5.9 4.8 3.3 5.4

At contracting establishments

38,597 28,932 21,824 14,951 28,787 7.0 5.4 4.0 2.6 4.7

At closing establishments

2,570 2,934 4,408 4,104 4,033 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-13,324 -4,734 10,452 57,490 -1,943 -2.4 -0.9 2.0 9.9 -0.4

Information

Gross job gains

10,844 15,076 16,048 16,691 16,850 5.5 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.6

At expanding establishments

8,558 12,590 13,415 14,468 14,051 4.3 6.2 6.4 6.7 6.3

At opening establishments

2,286 2,486 2,633 2,223 2,799 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.3

Gross job losses

8,019 9,369 9,657 10,107 11,163 4.0 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0

At contracting establishments

6,390 7,689 7,428 8,047 8,542 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.8

At closing establishments

1,629 1,680 2,229 2,060 2,621 0.8 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.2

Net employment change (2)

2,825 5,707 6,391 6,584 5,687 1.5 2.8 3.0 3.0 2.6

Financial activities

Gross job gains

39,262 46,825 54,445 54,806 50,777 4.9 5.9 6.8 6.6 6.1

At expanding establishments

30,410 35,909 43,436 42,144 40,246 3.8 4.5 5.4 5.1 4.8

At opening establishments

8,852 10,916 11,009 12,662 10,531 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3

Gross job losses

29,711 40,799 38,692 34,298 43,142 3.7 5.1 4.8 4.1 5.1

At contracting establishments

23,109 30,983 28,503 24,878 32,190 2.9 3.9 3.5 3.0 3.8

At closing establishments

6,602 9,816 10,189 9,420 10,952 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.3

Net employment change (2)

9,551 6,026 15,753 20,508 7,635 1.2 0.8 2.0 2.5 1.0

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

139,168 155,905 175,084 179,705 157,534 7.7 8.4 9.2 9.2 7.8

At expanding establishments

114,356 126,585 145,131 151,040 130,736 6.3 6.8 7.6 7.7 6.5

At opening establishments

24,812 29,320 29,953 28,665 26,798 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3

Gross job losses

104,149 131,685 121,401 117,112 122,155 5.7 7.1 6.4 6.0 6.1

At contracting establishments

85,317 113,137 93,153 87,702 92,379 4.7 6.1 4.9 4.5 4.6

At closing establishments

18,832 18,548 28,248 29,410 29,776 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5

Net employment change (2)

35,019 24,220 53,683 62,593 35,379 2.0 1.3 2.8 3.2 1.7

Education and health services

Gross job gains

77,551 83,420 84,082 98,999 76,659 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.8 4.5

At expanding establishments

65,582 69,589 70,100 78,722 63,529 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.6 3.7

At opening establishments

11,969 13,831 13,982 20,277 13,130 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.2 0.8

Gross job losses

72,058 70,022 78,207 68,809 74,159 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.3

At contracting establishments

60,991 57,987 59,181 54,106 55,348 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.2

At closing establishments

11,067 12,035 19,026 14,703 18,811 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.1

Net employment change (2)

5,493 13,398 5,875 30,190 2,500 0.2 0.8 0.4 1.7 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

95,068 128,157 122,725 127,384 102,226 7.7 10.1 9.4 9.4 7.4

At expanding establishments

73,056 106,297 97,607 105,371 81,027 5.9 8.4 7.5 7.8 5.9

At opening establishments

22,012 21,860 25,118 22,013 21,199 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.5

Gross job losses

77,821 77,528 87,516 77,529 102,840 6.4 6.1 6.7 5.7 7.5

At contracting establishments

67,301 62,318 74,742 64,123 80,450 5.5 4.9 5.7 4.7 5.9

At closing establishments

10,520 15,210 12,774 13,406 22,390 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.6

Net employment change (2)

17,247 50,629 35,209 49,855 -614 1.3 4.0 2.7 3.7 -0.1

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

25,407 24,014 27,709 28,876 25,221 8.5 8.0 9.0 9.1 7.8

At expanding establishments

19,949 18,993 22,520 22,249 19,916 6.7 6.3 7.3 7.0 6.2

At opening establishments

5,458 5,021 5,189 6,627 5,305 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.1 1.6

Gross job losses

18,625 21,553 18,788 21,008 23,809 6.3 7.1 6.1 6.6 7.4

At contracting establishments

14,847 17,262 13,381 16,007 17,440 5.0 5.7 4.3 5.0 5.4

At closing establishments

3,778 4,291 5,407 5,001 6,369 1.3 1.4 1.8 1.6 2.0

Net employment change (2)

6,782 2,461 8,921 7,868 1,412 2.2 0.9 2.9 2.5 0.4

(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)
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022

United States(1)

7.0 6.8 7.3 7.7 6.6 5.5 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.4

Alabama

6.7 6.3 6.7 7.6 6.2 5.8 6.0 6.3 5.2 6.0

Alaska

11.1 9.5 10.5 11.8 10.1 9.4 9.3 9.7 8.7 9.3

Arizona

6.5 6.8 7.1 6.8 6.8 5.4 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.7

Arkansas

6.3 5.8 6.8 7.8 5.9 5.1 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.4

California

7.8 7.8 7.8 8.5 7.4 5.9 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.6

Colorado

8.6 7.8 8.0 7.6 7.5 5.5 6.4 7.0 6.1 6.3

Connecticut

6.5 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.3 5.4 5.8 6.0 5.3 5.3

Delaware

7.0 6.8 7.6 8.2 7.3 6.2 6.5 7.2 6.0 5.6

District of Columbia

5.5 7.1 7.9 7.3 6.0 5.4 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.9

Florida

7.0 7.8 9.0 7.7 6.5 5.8 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7

Georgia

6.8 7.0 7.5 7.9 6.8 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.7

Hawaii

8.7 10.7 7.3 7.1 6.1 5.7 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.1

Idaho

8.2 7.2 7.7 8.5 8.5 5.7 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.2

Illinois

7.3 6.2 6.6 7.5 6.2 5.1 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.0

Indiana

6.2 5.7 6.3 7.3 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.7 4.7 4.8

Iowa

6.2 6.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.5 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.3

Kansas

6.3 6.2 6.6 7.6 6.2 5.7 6.2 6.5 5.3 5.4

Kentucky

7.4 6.5 6.7 7.4 6.6 5.4 6.4 6.4 4.9 5.0

Louisiana

6.8 6.9 6.9 9.6 6.5 5.9 6.1 8.5 5.8 7.1

Maine

8.9 7.5 7.8 8.2 8.0 6.4 7.7 7.8 6.9 6.1

Maryland

6.7 6.6 7.5 7.3 6.6 5.6 6.5 6.4 5.3 5.9

Massachusetts

6.7 6.9 7.2 7.0 6.6 5.0 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.1

Michigan

8.6 6.3 6.5 7.5 6.3 4.8 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.1

Minnesota

9.4 6.1 6.4 7.3 6.0 4.8 5.6 6.7 5.2 5.4

Mississippi

5.7 6.5 7.6 7.9 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.7 6.0

Missouri

6.4 6.1 6.7 7.4 6.5 5.2 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4

Montana

8.9 8.5 8.5 9.9 9.3 6.9 8.1 8.3 7.2 8.5

Nebraska

6.6 6.2 6.3 7.0 6.8 5.8 6.0 6.5 5.8 5.9

Nevada

7.5 9.4 8.9 8.3 6.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 4.8 5.2

New Hampshire

7.5 7.0 7.0 7.6 7.7 5.4 6.3 6.8 6.4 5.4

New Jersey

7.2 7.1 7.5 8.7 7.1 5.9 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.5

New Mexico

8.7 7.4 8.2 8.2 7.4 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2

New York

7.0 7.1 7.5 7.7 6.7 5.4 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.2

North Carolina

6.9 6.4 6.8 8.1 6.5 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.0 5.3

North Dakota

8.3 6.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.5

Ohio

6.1 5.9 6.1 7.0 6.1 5.0 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.8

Oklahoma

6.2 6.6 7.1 7.6 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.7

Oregon

8.7 6.6 7.1 7.8 7.5 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.7

Pennsylvania

6.7 5.7 6.3 6.8 6.3 4.7 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.9

Rhode Island

9.9 7.0 7.6 8.5 7.9 5.6 6.4 7.1 6.6 5.7

South Carolina

6.4 6.3 7.3 7.9 6.9 6.0 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.2

South Dakota

7.3 6.8 6.6 7.2 7.7 6.0 5.8 6.4 5.9 6.1

Tennessee

5.8 6.1 6.9 7.3 6.6 5.2 6.0 5.4 5.6 4.7

Texas

6.1 6.8 7.1 7.7 6.3 5.1 5.6 5.5 4.8 5.4

Utah

7.3 7.0 7.4 7.5 7.8 5.7 6.1 7.0 6.0 5.9

Vermont

8.4 8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0 6.2 7.0 7.7 6.9 6.3

Virginia

6.2 6.4 6.9 7.2 6.4 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.8

Washington

8.0 6.7 7.3 7.8 7.3 5.7 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.0

West Virginia

7.4 6.6 7.1 7.9 7.3 5.9 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.9

Wisconsin

6.0 5.8 5.5 6.6 6.5 4.7 5.3 5.8 5.2 4.8

Wyoming

9.3 8.8 9.1 10.1 8.9 8.2 8.4 8.4 7.8 8.3

Puerto Rico

6.8 7.8 8.5 6.4 7.0 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.5 4.9

Virgin Islands

7.4 11.0 7.5 8.0 6.9 10.6 5.8 8.5 9.5 10.3

(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

 

Last Modified Date: Monday, October 31, 2022