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. March June Sept. Dec. Dec. March June Sept. Dec.
2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,809 7,509 7,644 7,249 7,650 7.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.8
At expanding establishments 6,271 6,158 6,257 5,821 6,213 5.6 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.5
At opening establishments 1,538 1,351 1,387 1,428 1,437 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 7,297 7,071 7,403 7,484 7,333 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.5
At contracting establishments 5,943 5,796 6,008 6,134 5,985 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.4 5.3
At closing establishments 1,354 1,275 1,395 1,350 1,348 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Net employment change 512 438 241 -235 317 .5 .4 .2 -.2 .3
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,636 1,629 1,622 1,486 1,561 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.4 6.8
At expanding establishments 1,381 1,398 1,385 1,256 1,332 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.4 5.8
At opening establishments 255 231 237 230 229 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,719 1,682 1,691 1,703 1,690 7.3 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.3
At contracting establishments 1,452 1,421 1,415 1,436 1,418 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.1
At closing establishments 267 261 276 267 272 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2
Net employment change -83 -53 -69 -217 -129 -.3 -.2 -.3 -.9 -.5
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 287 279 286 257 289 15.9 15.3 15.7 14.2 15.6
At expanding establishments 245 241 248 221 248 13.6 13.2 13.6 12.2 13.4
At opening establishments 42 38 38 36 41 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2
Gross job losses 266 287 269 270 259 14.7 15.6 14.7 14.9 14.0
At contracting establishments 230 248 230 230 223 12.7 13.5 12.6 12.7 12.1
At closing establishments 36 39 39 40 36 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.9
Net employment change 21 -8 17 -13 30 1.2 -.3 1.0 -.7 1.6
Construction
Gross job gains 825 850 814 762 777 10.8 11.1 10.6 10.1 10.3
At expanding establishments 663 699 658 614 632 8.7 9.1 8.6 8.1 8.4
At opening establishments 162 151 156 148 145 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9
Gross job losses 845 816 855 869 870 11.1 10.6 11.2 11.5 11.6
At contracting establishments 683 655 688 704 699 9.0 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.3
At closing establishments 162 161 167 165 171 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3
Net employment change -20 34 -41 -107 -93 -.3 .5 -.6 -1.4 -1.3
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 524 500 522 467 495 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.3 3.6
At expanding establishments 473 458 479 421 452 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.3
At opening establishments 51 42 43 46 43 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3
Gross job losses 608 579 567 564 561 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1
At contracting establishments 539 518 497 502 496 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6
At closing establishments 69 61 70 62 65 .5 .4 .5 .4 .5
Net employment change -84 -79 -45 -97 -66 -.5 -.5 -.4 -.7 -.5
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,173 5,880 6,022 5,763 6,089 6.9 6.5 6.7 6.3 6.7
At expanding establishments 4,890 4,760 4,872 4,565 4,881 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.4
At opening establishments 1,283 1,120 1,150 1,198 1,208 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 5,578 5,389 5,712 5,781 5,643 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.4 6.2
At contracting establishments 4,491 4,375 4,593 4,698 4,567 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 5.0
At closing establishments 1,087 1,014 1,119 1,083 1,076 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2
Net employment change 595 491 310 -18 446 .7 .5 .4 -.1 .5
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 322 314 318 305 320 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.3
At expanding establishments 262 256 264 245 263 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.4
At opening establishments 60 58 54 60 57 1.0 1.0 .9 1.0 .9
Gross job losses 303 296 300 303 300 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.9
At contracting establishments 236 230 231 240 231 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8
At closing establishments 67 66 69 63 69 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1
Net employment change 19 18 18 2 20 .3 .3 .2 .1 .4
Retail trade
Gross job gains 1,081 1,087 1,023 996 1,019 7.0 7.0 6.6 6.3 6.6
At expanding establishments 898 941 872 817 869 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.2 5.6
At opening establishments 183 146 151 179 150 1.2 .9 1.0 1.1 1.0
Gross job losses 1,004 971 1,028 1,055 1,007 6.5 6.2 6.6 6.8 6.5
At contracting establishments 857 827 890 918 867 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.6
At closing establishments 147 144 138 137 140 1.0 .9 .9 .9 .9
Net employment change 77 116 -5 -59 12 .5 .8 .0 -.5 .1
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 269 224 242 220 252 6.3 5.2 5.6 5.0 5.8
At expanding establishments 231 192 208 188 219 5.4 4.5 4.8 4.3 5.0
At opening establishments 38 32 34 32 33 .9 .7 .8 .7 .8
Gross job losses 225 245 222 228 228 5.2 5.7 5.2 5.3 5.2
At contracting establishments 185 211 185 190 188 4.3 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.3
At closing establishments 40 34 37 38 40 .9 .8 .9 .9 .9
Net employment change 44 -21 20 -8 24 1.1 -.5 .4 -.3 .6
Utilities
Gross job gains 19 11 14 13 15 3.5 2.0 2.6 2.4 2.8
At expanding establishments 13 10 13 12 13 2.4 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.4
At opening establishments 6 1 1 1 2 1.1 .2 .2 .2 .4
Gross job losses 18 11 12 12 10 3.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.8
At contracting establishments 13 10 10 10 9 2.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6
At closing establishments 5 1 2 2 1 .9 .2 .4 .4 .2
Net employment change 1 0 2 1 5 .2 .0 .4 .2 1.0
Information
Gross job gains 167 138 160 153 145 5.5 4.6 5.3 5.1 4.8
At expanding establishments 138 118 137 127 117 4.5 3.9 4.5 4.2 3.9
At opening establishments 29 20 23 26 28 1.0 .7 .8 .9 .9
Gross job losses 146 132 137 155 155 4.7 4.4 4.6 5.1 5.1
At contracting establishments 114 108 111 130 125 3.7 3.6 3.7 4.3 4.1
At closing establishments 32 24 26 25 30 1.0 .8 .9 .8 1.0
Net employment change 21 6 23 -2 -10 .8 .2 .7 .0 -.3
Financial activities
Gross job gains 457 421 436 408 432 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.3
At expanding establishments 347 335 353 318 332 4.2 4.1 4.3 3.9 4.1
At opening establishments 110 86 83 90 100 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2
Gross job losses 444 418 467 470 486 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.7 6.0
At contracting establishments 338 320 360 354 368 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.3 4.5
At closing establishments 106 98 107 116 118 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Net employment change 13 3 -31 -62 -54 .1 .0 -.4 -.7 -.7
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,427 1,276 1,389 1,301 1,438 8.1 7.2 7.7 7.3 8.0
At expanding establishments 1,149 1,064 1,148 1,054 1,159 6.5 6.0 6.4 5.9 6.4
At opening establishments 278 212 241 247 279 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6
Gross job losses 1,313 1,242 1,322 1,315 1,327 7.4 7.0 7.4 7.3 7.4
At contracting establishments 1,057 996 1,022 1,056 1,065 6.0 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.9
At closing establishments 256 246 300 259 262 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5
Net employment change 114 34 67 -14 111 .7 .2 .3 .0 .6
Education and health services
Gross job gains 795 799 785 797 810 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6
At expanding establishments 666 678 673 674 695 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
At opening establishments 129 121 112 123 115 .8 .7 .6 .7 .7
Gross job losses 692 655 697 684 667 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.8
At contracting establishments 558 540 579 563 552 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1
At closing establishments 134 115 118 121 115 .8 .7 .7 .7 .7
Net employment change 103 144 88 113 143 .6 .8 .5 .7 .8
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,223 1,165 1,219 1,158 1,240 9.3 8.8 9.1 8.7 9.2
At expanding establishments 932 903 940 884 959 7.1 6.8 7.0 6.6 7.1
At opening establishments 291 262 279 274 281 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1
Gross job losses 1,105 1,096 1,196 1,215 1,144 8.4 8.3 8.9 9.1 8.5
At contracting establishments 892 902 965 983 928 6.8 6.8 7.2 7.4 6.9
At closing establishments 213 194 231 232 216 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6
Net employment change 118 69 23 -57 96 .9 .5 .2 -.4 .7
Other services
Gross job gains 299 292 304 288 293 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.4 7.5
At expanding establishments 238 239 247 229 237 6.2 6.2 6.3 5.9 6.1
At opening establishments 61 53 57 59 56 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4
Gross job losses 291 278 287 307 285 7.5 7.2 7.3 7.9 7.3
At contracting establishments 228 217 224 242 223 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.2 5.7
At closing establishments 63 61 63 65 62 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6
Net employment change 8 14 17 -19 8 .3 .4 .5 -.5 .2
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
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