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
Dec. Mar. June Sept Dec. Dec. Mar. June Sept Dec.
2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,009 6,338 6,892 7,058 6,854 6.6 5.9 6.4 6.5 6.3
At expanding establishments 5,631 5,230 5,627 5,745 5,542 5.3 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.1
At opening establishments 1,378 1,108 1,265 1,313 1,312 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 6,427 6,086 6,314 6,305 6,486 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.0
At contracting establishments 5,199 4,969 5,083 5,160 5,212 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.8
At closing establishments 1,228 1,117 1,231 1,145 1,274 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2
Net employment change 582 252 578 753 368 .5 .2 .6 .6 .3
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,364 1,296 1,396 1,437 1,348 7.2 6.9 7.3 7.5 7.0
At expanding establishments 1,138 1,107 1,184 1,222 1,138 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.4 5.9
At opening establishments 226 189 212 215 210 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1
Gross job losses 1,406 1,268 1,264 1,259 1,352 7.5 6.8 6.6 6.6 7.0
At contracting establishments 1,160 1,049 1,029 1,049 1,118 6.2 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.8
At closing establishments 246 219 235 210 234 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2
Net employment change -42 28 132 178 -4 -.3 .1 .7 .9 .0
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 284 261 276 301 293 15.6 14.2 15.0 16.0 15.1
At expanding establishments 240 225 239 259 250 13.2 12.2 13.0 13.8 12.9
At opening establishments 44 36 37 42 43 2.4 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2
Gross job losses 278 260 259 239 269 15.2 14.1 14.0 12.8 13.9
At contracting establishments 241 225 214 208 234 13.2 12.2 11.6 11.1 12.1
At closing establishments 37 35 45 31 35 2.0 1.9 2.4 1.7 1.8
Net employment change 6 1 17 62 24 .4 .1 1.0 3.2 1.2
Construction
Gross job gains 638 613 662 678 623 11.6 11.3 12.2 12.3 11.3
At expanding establishments 499 493 526 544 495 9.1 9.1 9.7 9.9 9.0
At opening establishments 139 120 136 134 128 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.3
Gross job losses 697 638 626 613 656 12.8 11.8 11.5 11.2 11.8
At contracting establishments 541 499 488 483 511 9.9 9.2 9.0 8.8 9.2
At closing establishments 156 139 138 130 145 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6
Net employment change -59 -25 36 65 -33 -1.2 -.5 .7 1.1 -.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 442 422 458 458 432 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.6
At expanding establishments 399 389 419 419 393 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.3
At opening establishments 43 33 39 39 39 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3
Gross job losses 431 370 379 407 427 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.7
At contracting establishments 378 325 327 358 373 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.2
At closing establishments 53 45 52 49 54 .5 .4 .4 .4 .5
Net employment change 11 52 79 51 5 .1 .4 .7 .5 -.1
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 5,645 5,042 5,496 5,621 5,506 6.4 5.7 6.2 6.3 6.1
At expanding establishments 4,493 4,123 4,443 4,523 4,404 5.1 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.9
At opening establishments 1,152 919 1,053 1,098 1,102 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 5,021 4,818 5,050 5,046 5,134 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8
At contracting establishments 4,039 3,920 4,054 4,111 4,094 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6
At closing establishments 982 898 996 935 1,040 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2
Net employment change 624 224 446 575 372 .7 .2 .5 .6 .3
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 281 258 285 283 275 5.2 4.7 5.2 5.1 4.9
At expanding establishments 223 214 235 230 224 4.1 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.0
At opening establishments 58 44 50 53 51 1.1 .8 .9 1.0 .9
Gross job losses 253 246 243 256 251 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.5
At contracting establishments 197 189 185 202 191 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.4
At closing establishments 56 57 58 54 60 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1
Net employment change 28 12 42 27 24 .6 .3 .9 .5 .4
Retail trade
Gross job gains 893 805 895 870 892 6.2 5.5 6.1 5.9 6.1
At expanding establishments 763 698 769 736 775 5.3 4.8 5.2 5.0 5.3
At opening establishments 130 107 126 134 117 .9 .7 .9 .9 .8
Gross job losses 812 814 768 864 813 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.8 5.6
At contracting establishments 692 704 648 754 687 4.8 4.8 4.4 5.1 4.7
At closing establishments 120 110 120 110 126 .8 .8 .8 .7 .9
Net employment change 81 -9 127 6 79 .6 -.1 .9 .1 .5
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 253 204 220 227 244 6.3 5.1 5.4 5.6 5.9
At expanding establishments 217 173 187 192 211 5.4 4.3 4.6 4.7 5.1
At opening establishments 36 31 33 35 33 .9 .8 .8 .9 .8
Gross job losses 193 223 200 196 202 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.9
At contracting establishments 160 190 164 163 165 4.0 4.7 4.0 4.0 4.0
At closing establishments 33 33 36 33 37 .8 .8 .9 .8 .9
Net employment change 60 -19 20 31 42 1.5 -.4 .5 .8 1.0
Utilities
Gross job gains 12 11 12 11 12 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2
At expanding establishments 10 10 10 10 10 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
At opening establishments 2 1 2 1 2 .4 .2 .4 .2 .4
Gross job losses 11 9 13 12 12 2.0 1.7 2.4 2.2 2.2
At contracting establishments 10 8 12 11 11 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.0
At closing establishments 1 1 1 1 1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2
Net employment change 1 2 -1 -1 0 .2 .3 -.2 -.2 .0
Information
Gross job gains 127 111 124 123 123 4.8 4.1 4.7 4.6 4.6
At expanding establishments 104 95 106 102 99 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.8 3.7
At opening establishments 23 16 18 21 24 .9 .6 .7 .8 .9
Gross job losses 138 130 129 122 135 5.1 4.8 4.8 4.5 5.1
At contracting establishments 114 110 103 103 101 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8
At closing establishments 24 20 26 19 34 .9 .7 1.0 .7 1.3
Net employment change -11 -19 -5 1 -12 -.3 -.7 -.1 .1 -.5
Financial activities
Gross job gains 369 317 346 370 359 5.0 4.3 4.6 5.0 4.8
At expanding establishments 282 257 277 294 282 3.8 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.8
At opening establishments 87 60 69 76 77 1.2 .8 .9 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 346 334 352 336 352 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.7
At contracting establishments 263 255 272 258 268 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.6
At closing establishments 83 79 80 78 84 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
Net employment change 23 -17 -6 34 7 .3 -.2 -.2 .4 .1
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,387 1,219 1,300 1,359 1,340 8.2 7.1 7.6 7.8 7.7
At expanding establishments 1,116 1,013 1,063 1,109 1,077 6.6 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.2
At opening establishments 271 206 237 250 263 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5
Gross job losses 1,176 1,134 1,212 1,152 1,249 6.9 6.6 7.0 6.7 7.2
At contracting establishments 918 907 948 915 977 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.6
At closing establishments 258 227 264 237 272 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.6
Net employment change 211 85 88 207 91 1.3 .5 .6 1.1 .5
Education and health services
Gross job gains 842 733 777 841 800 4.5 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.2
At expanding establishments 697 630 660 710 672 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.5
At opening establishments 145 103 117 131 128 .8 .5 .6 .7 .7
Gross job losses 704 668 751 707 731 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.8
At contracting establishments 580 558 618 588 601 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.1 3.1
At closing establishments 124 110 133 119 130 .7 .6 .7 .6 .7
Net employment change 138 65 26 134 69 .7 .2 .1 .7 .4
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,131 1,037 1,166 1,170 1,099 8.6 7.9 8.8 8.8 8.1
At expanding establishments 862 814 903 914 838 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.9 6.2
At opening establishments 269 223 263 256 261 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.9 1.9
Gross job losses 1,100 985 1,095 1,104 1,101 8.4 7.4 8.3 8.2 8.2
At contracting establishments 893 799 901 899 882 6.8 6.0 6.8 6.7 6.6
At closing establishments 207 186 194 205 219 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6
Net employment change 31 52 71 66 -2 .2 .5 .5 .6 -.1
Other services
Gross job gains 272 258 280 277 259 7.3 6.9 7.4 7.3 6.9
At expanding establishments 210 206 222 215 204 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.7 5.4
At opening establishments 62 52 58 62 55 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5
Gross job losses 267 249 259 270 261 7.2 6.7 6.9 7.2 6.9
At contracting establishments 207 193 196 211 204 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.6 5.4
At closing establishments 60 56 63 59 57 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5
Net employment change 5 9 21 7 -2 .1 .2 .5 .1 .0
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
