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Business Employment Dynamics
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Business Employment Dynamics is a set of statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward. These data help to provide a picture of the dynamic state of the labor market.
Notices
- BED data for First Quarter 2022 include annual revisions. Read More »
- The BED program will incorporate the 2022 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Read More »
Latest Numbers
Gross Job Gains:
Total Private
7,591,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Goods-Producing
1,248,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Service-providing
6,343,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Gross Job Losses:
Total Private
7,754,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Goods-Producing
1,332,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Service-Providing
6,422,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Number of establishments gaining jobs:
Total Private
2,180,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Goods-Producing
318,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Service-Providing
1,862,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Number of establishments losing jobs:
Total Private
2,348,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Goods-Producing
353,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Service-Providing
1,995,000 in 2nd Qtr of 2024
Historical Data
News Release
News Releases
CEWBD NG Test 5/12/2026 - Gross job losses are 7.6 million in 2nd quarter 2025
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05/12/2026
CEWBD NG Test 5/12/2026 - In the second quarter of 2025, gross job losses from contracting and closing private-sector establishments were 7.6 million. Gross job gains from expanding and opening private-sector establishments were 7.5 million.
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Next Release
The Business Employment Dynamics for Third Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
Publications
The Economics Daily
Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 10 industries over the quarter ending March 2019
Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 10 of 13 industries in the first quarter of 2019. The service-providing industries experienced a net job increase of 414,000 jobs in the first quarter of 2019. Within service-providing industries, education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 152,000 jobs. read more »