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
Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept. Sept. Dec. Mar. June Sept.
2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012
Total private(1)
Gross job gains 7,136 6,909 6,935 7,004 6,813 6.7 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2
At expanding establishments 5,776 5,557 5,706 5,744 5,545 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.0
At opening establishments 1,360 1,352 1,229 1,260 1,268 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2
Gross job losses 6,342 6,520 6,121 6,422 6,614 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.8 6.0
At contracting establishments 5,194 5,238 4,935 5,213 5,386 4.8 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.9
At closing establishments 1,148 1,282 1,186 1,209 1,228 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
Net employment change 794 389 814 582 199 .8 .3 .7 .5 .2
Goods-producing
Gross job gains 1,461 1,363 1,386 1,388 1,326 7.6 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.8
At expanding establishments 1,233 1,144 1,184 1,186 1,127 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.1 5.8
At opening establishments 228 219 202 202 199 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0
Gross job losses 1,271 1,356 1,241 1,304 1,299 6.6 7.0 6.4 6.7 6.6
At contracting establishments 1,061 1,121 1,027 1,078 1,080 5.5 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.5
At closing establishments 210 235 214 226 219 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1
Net employment change 190 7 145 84 27 1.0 .0 .7 .4 .2
Natural resources and mining
Gross job gains 306 298 288 298 274 16.2 15.4 14.5 15.0 13.8
At expanding establishments 262 253 250 259 236 13.9 13.1 12.6 13.0 11.9
At opening establishments 44 45 38 39 38 2.3 2.3 1.9 2.0 1.9
Gross job losses 242 270 258 296 275 12.9 13.9 13.0 14.9 13.8
At contracting establishments 211 235 221 250 237 11.2 12.1 11.1 12.6 11.9
At closing establishments 31 35 37 46 38 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.3 1.9
Net employment change 64 28 30 2 -1 3.3 1.5 1.5 .1 .0
Construction
Gross job gains 691 632 662 631 638 12.6 11.4 11.9 11.3 11.4
At expanding establishments 549 498 538 508 513 10.0 9.0 9.7 9.1 9.2
At opening establishments 142 134 124 123 125 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2
Gross job losses 619 659 616 634 610 11.3 11.9 11.1 11.4 10.9
At contracting establishments 489 513 487 507 480 8.9 9.3 8.8 9.1 8.6
At closing establishments 130 146 129 127 130 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3
Net employment change 72 -27 46 -3 28 1.3 -.5 .8 -.1 .5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains 464 433 436 459 414 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5
At expanding establishments 422 393 396 419 378 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.2
At opening establishments 42 40 40 40 36 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3
Gross job losses 410 427 367 374 414 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.4
At contracting establishments 361 373 319 321 363 3.1 3.2 2.7 2.7 3.0
At closing establishments 49 54 48 53 51 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4
Net employment change 54 6 69 85 0 .5 -.1 .5 .7 .1
Service-providing(1)
Gross job gains 5,675 5,546 5,549 5,616 5,487 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.2 6.1
At expanding establishments 4,543 4,413 4,522 4,558 4,418 5.1 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.9
At opening establishments 1,132 1,133 1,027 1,058 1,069 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2
Gross job losses 5,071 5,164 4,880 5,118 5,315 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.7 5.8
At contracting establishments 4,133 4,117 3,908 4,135 4,306 4.7 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.7
At closing establishments 938 1,047 972 983 1,009 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1
Net employment change 604 382 669 498 172 .6 .4 .7 .5 .3
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains 288 276 282 288 266 5.2 4.9 5.1 5.0 4.6
At expanding establishments 232 223 234 240 218 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.8
At opening establishments 56 53 48 48 48 1.0 .9 .9 .8 .8
Gross job losses 255 250 244 254 263 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.7
At contracting establishments 202 191 186 192 207 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.7
At closing establishments 53 59 58 62 56 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0
Net employment change 33 26 38 34 3 .6 .4 .8 .5 -.1
Retail trade
Gross job gains 880 898 883 891 836 5.9 6.1 5.9 6.0 5.6
At expanding establishments 741 776 761 760 701 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.7
At opening establishments 139 122 122 131 135 .9 .8 .8 .9 .9
Gross job losses 866 821 845 813 871 5.8 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.8
At contracting establishments 757 695 738 710 760 5.1 4.7 5.0 4.8 5.1
At closing establishments 109 126 107 103 111 .7 .9 .7 .7 .7
Net employment change 14 77 38 78 -35 .1 .5 .2 .5 -.2
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains 230 244 213 218 221 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.3 5.2
At expanding establishments 193 210 181 186 190 4.7 5.1 4.4 4.5 4.5
At opening establishments 37 34 32 32 31 .9 .8 .8 .8 .7
Gross job losses 197 203 219 202 204 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.8 4.8
At contracting establishments 164 166 185 167 169 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.0 4.0
At closing establishments 33 37 34 35 35 .8 .9 .8 .8 .8
Net employment change 33 41 -6 16 17 .8 1.0 .0 .5 .4
Utilities
Gross job gains 11 12 11 11 12 2.0 2.2 2.0 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 1 2 1 1 2 .2 .4 .2 .2 .4
Gross job losses 12 12 10 12 14 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.6
At contracting establishments 11 11 8 10 12 2.0 2.0 1.4 1.8 2.2
At closing establishments 1 1 2 2 2 .2 .2 .4 .4 .4
Net employment change -1 0 1 -1 -2 -.2 .0 .2 -.2 -.4
Information
Gross job gains 125 124 114 123 132 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.9
At expanding establishments 104 99 95 106 112 3.9 3.7 3.5 4.0 4.2
At opening establishments 21 25 19 17 20 .8 .9 .7 .6 .7
Gross job losses 122 136 115 124 141 4.5 5.1 4.3 4.7 5.2
At contracting establishments 103 102 93 101 116 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.8 4.3
At closing establishments 19 34 22 23 25 .7 1.3 .8 .9 .9
Net employment change 3 -12 -1 -1 -9 .2 -.5 -.1 -.1 -.3
Financial activities
Gross job gains 372 361 349 362 355 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7
At expanding establishments 294 281 282 295 286 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8
At opening establishments 78 80 67 67 69 1.1 1.1 .9 .9 .9
Gross job losses 339 353 330 334 339 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5
At contracting establishments 261 268 243 253 261 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5
At closing establishments 78 85 87 81 78 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0
Net employment change 33 8 19 28 16 .5 .2 .2 .3 .2
Professional and business services
Gross job gains 1,380 1,354 1,301 1,349 1,322 7.9 7.8 7.3 7.5 7.3
At expanding establishments 1,116 1,081 1,068 1,110 1,082 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.2 6.0
At opening establishments 264 273 233 239 240 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.3
Gross job losses 1,167 1,255 1,174 1,221 1,262 6.7 7.2 6.7 6.8 7.0
At contracting establishments 925 983 911 947 990 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.5
At closing establishments 242 272 263 274 272 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5
Net employment change 213 99 127 128 60 1.2 .6 .6 .7 .3
Education and health services
Gross job gains 853 811 812 791 834 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.3
At expanding establishments 714 676 697 677 706 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6
At opening establishments 139 135 115 114 128 .7 .7 .6 .6 .7
Gross job losses 706 740 697 773 743 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.8
At contracting establishments 586 604 568 642 610 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.1
At closing establishments 120 136 129 131 133 .6 .7 .7 .7 .7
Net employment change 147 71 115 18 91 .7 .4 .6 .1 .5
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains 1,186 1,115 1,214 1,197 1,140 8.9 8.3 9.0 8.7 8.3
At expanding establishments 916 842 960 932 884 6.9 6.3 7.1 6.8 6.4
At opening establishments 270 273 254 265 256 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9
Gross job losses 1,112 1,106 964 1,097 1,168 8.3 8.2 7.1 8.0 8.4
At contracting establishments 906 886 775 902 956 6.8 6.6 5.7 6.6 6.9
At closing establishments 206 220 189 195 212 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5
Net employment change 74 9 250 100 -28 .6 .1 1.9 .7 -.1
Other services
Gross job gains 280 263 275 287 271 7.4 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.1
At expanding establishments 215 205 221 231 217 5.7 5.4 5.8 6.0 5.7
At opening establishments 65 58 54 56 54 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4
Gross job losses 270 262 250 257 279 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.7 7.3
At contracting establishments 212 205 194 202 217 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.7
At closing establishments 58 57 56 55 62 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6
Net employment change 10 1 25 30 -8 .3 .0 .6 .8 -.2
(1) Includes unclassified sector, not shown separately
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
