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
June Sept. Dec. Mar. June June Sept. Dec. Mar. June
2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,665 7,323 7,676 7,130 7,258 6.7 6.4 6.8 6.2 6.4
At expanding establishments 6,250 5,849 6,220 5,731 5,858 5.5 5.1 5.5 5.0 5.2
At opening establishments 1,415 1,474 1,456 1,399 1,400 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 7,473 7,564 7,366 7,400 7,751 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.8
At contracting establishments 6,066 6,209 6,010 6,047 6,277 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.5
At closing establishments 1,407 1,355 1,356 1,353 1,474 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
Net employment change 192 -241 310 -270 -493 .2 -.3 .3 -.3 -.4
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,633 1,504 1,573 1,493 1,494 7.0 6.4 6.8 6.5 6.6
At expanding establishments 1,386 1,262 1,337 1,258 1,268 5.9 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.6
At opening establishments 247 242 236 235 226 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,713 1,725 1,701 1,758 1,778 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.6 7.8
At contracting establishments 1,433 1,455 1,424 1,481 1,486 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.5
At closing establishments 280 270 277 277 292 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
Net employment change -80 -221 -128 -265 -284 -.3 -1.1 -.6 -1.1 -1.2
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 290 262 292 274 280 15.8 14.4 15.8 14.5 14.9
At expanding establishments 251 224 250 234 242 13.7 12.3 13.5 12.4 12.9
At opening establishments 39 38 42 40 38 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0
Gross job losses 274 274 261 293 268 14.9 15.1 14.1 15.5 14.3
At contracting establishments 233 233 224 251 228 12.7 12.8 12.1 13.3 12.2
At closing establishments 41 41 37 42 40 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.1
Net employment change 16 -12 31 -19 12 .9 -.7 1.7 -1.0 .6
Construction
Gross job gains 820 772 784 763 737 10.7 10.2 10.5 10.2 10.1
At expanding establishments 657 616 634 614 593 8.6 8.1 8.5 8.2 8.1
At opening establishments 163 156 150 149 144 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0
Gross job losses 865 882 875 869 922 11.3 11.7 11.7 11.7 12.6
At contracting establishments 696 715 702 698 738 9.1 9.5 9.4 9.4 10.1
At closing establishments 169 167 173 171 184 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5
Net employment change -45 -110 -91 -106 -185 -.6 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5 -2.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 523 470 497 456 477 3.7 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.5
At expanding establishments 478 422 453 410 433 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.2
At opening establishments 45 48 44 46 44 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3
Gross job losses 574 569 565 596 588 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.3
At contracting establishments 504 507 498 532 520 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.8
At closing establishments 70 62 67 64 68 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5
Net employment change -51 -99 -68 -140 -111 -.4 -.8 -.5 -1.1 -.8
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 6,032 5,819 6,103 5,637 5,764 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.2 6.3
At expanding establishments 4,864 4,587 4,883 4,473 4,590 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.9 5.0
At opening establishments 1,168 1,232 1,220 1,164 1,174 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 5,760 5,839 5,665 5,642 5,973 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.6
At contracting establishments 4,633 4,754 4,586 4,566 4,791 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.3
At closing establishments 1,127 1,085 1,079 1,076 1,182 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
Net employment change 272 -20 438 -5 -209 .4 .1 .4 .0 -.3
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 321 310 321 294 295 5.4 5.1 5.4 4.9 4.9
At expanding establishments 264 248 263 238 239 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.0
At opening establishments 57 62 58 56 56 1.0 1.0 1.0 .9 .9
Gross job losses 304 308 301 306 314 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.3
At contracting establishments 233 244 232 239 243 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1
At closing establishments 71 64 69 67 71 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2
Net employment change 17 2 20 -12 -19 .3 -.1 .4 -.2 -.4
Retail trade
Gross job gains 1,029 1,007 1,022 954 939 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.0
At expanding establishments 871 821 870 804 785 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.0
At opening establishments 158 186 152 150 154 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,042 1,064 1,011 979 1,080 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.3 6.9
At contracting establishments 905 926 871 846 935 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.4 6.0
At closing establishments 137 138 140 133 145 .9 .9 .9 .9 .9
Net employment change -13 -57 11 -25 -141 -.1 -.3 .1 -.1 -.9
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 246 224 254 208 225 5.7 5.2 5.8 4.8 5.2
At expanding establishments 209 190 219 177 193 4.8 4.4 5.0 4.1 4.5
At opening establishments 37 34 35 31 32 .9 .8 .8 .7 .7
Gross job losses 223 233 229 250 253 5.2 5.4 5.3 5.8 5.9
At contracting establishments 185 194 189 216 210 4.3 4.5 4.4 5.0 4.9
At closing establishments 38 39 40 34 43 .9 .9 .9 .8 1.0
Net employment change 23 -9 25 -42 -28 .5 -.2 .5 -1.0 -.7
Utilities
Gross job gains 15 14 15 13 16 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.4 2.9
At expanding establishments 14 13 13 11 14 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.5
At opening establishments 1 1 2 2 2 .2 .2 .4 .4 .4
Gross job losses 12 12 11 10 12 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.2
At contracting establishments 10 10 10 9 10 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8
At closing establishments 2 2 1 1 2 .4 .4 .2 .2 .4
Net employment change 3 2 4 3 4 .6 .4 .8 .6 .7
Information
Gross job gains 161 155 145 154 162 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.1 5.4
At expanding establishments 137 127 117 129 139 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.3 4.6
At opening establishments 24 28 28 25 23 .8 .9 .9 .8 .8
Gross job losses 139 154 155 153 161 4.6 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.4
At contracting establishments 113 129 126 123 126 3.7 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2
At closing establishments 26 25 29 30 35 .9 .8 1.0 1.0 1.2
Net employment change 22 1 -10 1 1 .7 .1 -.4 .0 .0
Financial activities
Gross job gains 433 418 432 412 394 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.9
At expanding establishments 346 322 332 324 310 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 3.9
At opening establishments 87 96 100 88 84 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0
Gross job losses 463 479 486 436 455 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.4 5.7
At contracting establishments 354 362 368 323 345 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.3
At closing establishments 109 117 118 113 110 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4
Net employment change -30 -61 -54 -24 -61 -.3 -.7 -.7 -.3 -.8
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,403 1,316 1,440 1,239 1,345 7.8 7.4 8.0 6.8 7.5
At expanding establishments 1,148 1,053 1,158 998 1,073 6.4 5.9 6.4 5.5 6.0
At opening establishments 255 263 282 241 272 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.5
Gross job losses 1,347 1,339 1,337 1,358 1,433 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 8.1
At contracting establishments 1,041 1,075 1,072 1,094 1,100 5.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2
At closing establishments 306 264 265 264 333 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.9
Net employment change 56 -23 103 -119 -88 .3 -.1 .5 -.8 -.6
Education and health services
Gross job gains 795 810 814 785 788 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4
At expanding establishments 676 678 695 661 673 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.8
At opening establishments 119 132 119 124 115 .7 .8 .7 .7 .6
Gross job losses 696 685 666 667 715 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.0
At contracting establishments 577 568 552 551 587 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.3
At closing establishments 119 117 114 116 128 .7 .7 .6 .7 .7
Net employment change 99 125 148 118 73 .6 .8 .9 .6 .4
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,228 1,179 1,247 1,158 1,183 9.2 8.9 9.3 8.6 8.7
At expanding establishments 939 891 961 879 908 7.0 6.7 7.2 6.5 6.7
At opening establishments 289 288 286 279 275 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0
Gross job losses 1,206 1,224 1,148 1,154 1,218 9.0 9.1 8.5 8.6 9.1
At contracting establishments 975 993 931 930 993 7.3 7.4 6.9 6.9 7.4
At closing establishments 231 231 217 224 225 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7
Net employment change 22 -45 99 4 -35 .2 -.2 .8 .0 -.4
Other services
Gross job gains 308 293 296 290 300 7.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.7
At expanding establishments 247 230 238 233 238 6.3 5.9 6.1 6.0 6.1
At opening establishments 61 63 58 57 62 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6
Gross job losses 289 307 287 289 293 7.4 7.8 7.3 7.4 7.5
At contracting establishments 227 243 224 224 228 5.8 6.2 5.7 5.7 5.8
At closing establishments 62 64 63 65 65 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7
Net employment change 19 -14 9 1 7 .5 -.3 .3 .1 .2
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
