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23-129-DAL
Thursday, February 02, 2023

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Business Employment Dynamics in Arkansas — Second Quarter 2022

From March 2022 to June 2022, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Arkansas were 63,128 while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 58,938, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 4,190 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 5,716. (See chart 1.)


The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all private businesses in the economy. Business Employment Dynamics (BED) statistics track these changes in employment at private-sector establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. The difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses is the net change in employment. (See Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 5.6 percent of private-sector employment in Arkansas; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.4 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 2.) Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment due to expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. In Arkansas, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 47,208 in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 699 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 11,730 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2022, a decrease of 2,936 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 6.0 percent of private-sector employment in Arkansas; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.7 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 3.) Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. In Arkansas, contracting establishments lost 49,126 jobs in the second quarter of 2022, an increase of 2,635 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 14,002 jobs, an increase of 5,034 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 7 of the 10 industry sectors in Arkansas in the second quarter of 2022. Retail trade had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 2,620 jobs. This was the result of 7,341 gross job gains and 9,961 gross job losses. The transportation and warehousing sector had a net loss of 1,749 jobs. Professional and business services showed a net gain of 1,194, the largest gain of any sector in the state. Arkansas’ manufacturing industry sector had a net gain of 829 jobs.

For more information

The BED data series include gross job gains and gross job losses by industry subsector, for the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, as well as gross job gains and gross job losses at the firm level by employer size class. BED data for the states have been included in table 2 of this release. Additional information is available online at www.bls.gov/bdm/.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Third Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 26, 2023.


Technical Note

The Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data are a product of a federal-state cooperative program known as Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). The BED data are compiled by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from existing QCEW records. Most employers in the U.S. are required to file quarterly reports on the employment and wages of workers covered by unemployment insurance (UI) laws, and to pay quarterly UI taxes. The QCEW is based largely on quarterly UI reports which are sent by businesses to the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). These UI reports are supplemented by two additional BLS data collections to render administrative data into economic statistics. Together these data comprise the QCEW and form the basis of the Bureau’s establishment universe sampling frame.

In the BED program, the QCEW records are linked across quarters to provide a longitudinal history for each establishment. The linkage process allows the tracking of net employment changes at the establishment level, which in turn allows the estimation of jobs gained at opening and expanding units and jobs lost at closing and contracting units.

The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases and decreases in employment that occur at all businesses in the economy. BED statistics track these changes in employment at private business establishments from the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions at existing establishments and the addition of new jobs at opening establishments. Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. The difference between the number of gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in employment.

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and previous quarters. The rates are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates can be added and subtracted just as their levels can. For instance, the difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses rate is the net growth rate.

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows:

Openings. These are either units with positive third month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior quarter, or with positive third month employment in the current quarter following zero employment in the previous quarter.

Expansions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in employment over this period.

Closings. These are units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter and either not reported, or reported with zero employment, in the current quarter.

Contractions. These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease in employment over this period.

The full Technical Note for the Business Employment Dynamics program, which includes information on coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the current quarterly news release online at www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.htm.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Arkansas, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

57,786 68,367 79,698 61,175 58,938 5.8 6.8 7.8 5.9 5.6

At expanding establishments

47,034 52,951 60,457 46,509 47,208 4.7 5.3 5.9 4.5 4.5

At opening establishments

10,752 15,416 19,241 14,666 11,730 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.1

Gross job losses

57,576 67,097 48,806 55,459 63,128 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.4 6.0

At contracting establishments

47,680 47,099 38,750 46,491 49,126 4.7 4.7 3.8 4.5 4.7

At closing establishments

9,896 19,998 10,056 8,968 14,002 1.0 2.0 1.0 0.9 1.3

Net employment change (2)

210 1,270 30,892 5,716 -4,190 0.1 0.1 3.0 0.5 -0.4

Construction

Gross job gains

4,399 5,065 6,005 5,357 4,397 7.9 9.3 10.8 9.4 7.7

At expanding establishments

3,329 3,980 4,171 4,059 3,441 6.0 7.3 7.5 7.1 6.0

At opening establishments

1,070 1,085 1,834 1,298 956 1.9 2.0 3.3 2.3 1.7

Gross job losses

4,717 5,355 4,141 4,584 4,618 8.5 9.8 7.4 8.0 8.1

At contracting establishments

3,844 3,672 3,171 3,554 3,662 6.9 6.7 5.7 6.2 6.4

At closing establishments

873 1,683 970 1,030 956 1.6 3.1 1.7 1.8 1.7

Net employment change (2)

-318 -290 1,864 773 -221 -0.6 -0.5 3.4 1.4 -0.4

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

4,091 5,509 6,435 4,773 5,277 2.6 3.6 4.1 3.0 3.2

At expanding establishments

3,768 5,264 5,654 4,437 5,058 2.4 3.4 3.6 2.8 3.1

At opening establishments

323 245 781 336 219 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1

Gross job losses

4,774 5,191 3,453 3,488 4,448 3.0 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.8

At contracting establishments

4,398 3,976 3,126 3,232 4,002 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.5

At closing establishments

376 1,215 327 256 446 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.3

Net employment change (2)

-683 318 2,982 1,285 829 -0.4 0.3 1.9 0.8 0.4

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

2,514 3,203 4,476 3,308 2,615 5.3 6.8 9.3 6.6 5.3

At expanding establishments

1,972 2,600 2,978 2,486 1,970 4.2 5.5 6.2 5.0 4.0

At opening establishments

542 603 1,498 822 645 1.1 1.3 3.1 1.6 1.3

Gross job losses

2,623 3,067 2,232 2,567 3,416 5.6 6.5 4.6 5.1 6.9

At contracting establishments

2,171 1,743 1,649 2,047 2,345 4.6 3.7 3.4 4.1 4.7

At closing establishments

452 1,324 583 520 1,071 1.0 2.8 1.2 1.0 2.2

Net employment change (2)

-109 136 2,244 741 -801 -0.3 0.3 4.7 1.5 -1.6

Retail trade

Gross job gains

7,850 9,763 8,154 7,979 7,341 5.6 7.0 5.8 5.6 5.1

At expanding establishments

6,639 8,686 6,848 6,554 6,275 4.7 6.2 4.9 4.6 4.4

At opening establishments

1,211 1,077 1,306 1,425 1,066 0.9 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7

Gross job losses

10,244 7,819 7,454 7,020 9,961 7.3 5.5 5.2 4.9 6.9

At contracting establishments

9,362 6,091 6,420 6,159 8,096 6.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 5.6

At closing establishments

882 1,728 1,034 861 1,865 0.6 1.2 0.7 0.6 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-2,394 1,944 700 959 -2,620 -1.7 1.5 0.6 0.7 -1.8

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

2,471 6,737 5,928 3,366 2,726 4.5 11.9 9.9 5.4 4.4

At expanding establishments

2,073 2,433 4,248 2,668 2,243 3.8 4.3 7.1 4.3 3.6

At opening establishments

398 4,304 1,680 698 483 0.7 7.6 2.8 1.1 0.8

Gross job losses

2,779 3,069 1,815 3,086 4,475 5.1 5.4 3.0 5.0 7.2

At contracting establishments

2,421 2,257 1,328 2,723 3,932 4.4 4.0 2.2 4.4 6.3

At closing establishments

358 812 487 363 543 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-308 3,668 4,113 280 -1,749 -0.6 6.5 6.9 0.4 -2.8

Financial activities

Gross job gains

2,995 4,679 3,754 3,673 3,153 5.8 8.9 7.1 6.8 5.8

At expanding establishments

2,077 3,718 2,544 2,575 2,335 4.0 7.1 4.8 4.8 4.3

At opening establishments

918 961 1,210 1,098 818 1.8 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.5

Gross job losses

2,921 4,407 3,049 2,838 3,582 5.6 8.4 5.8 5.3 6.6

At contracting establishments

2,124 3,171 2,162 2,086 2,280 4.1 6.0 4.1 3.9 4.2

At closing establishments

797 1,236 887 752 1,302 1.5 2.4 1.7 1.4 2.4

Net employment change (2)

74 272 705 835 -429 0.2 0.5 1.3 1.5 -0.8

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

10,805 10,512 15,577 10,283 11,306 7.5 7.3 10.6 6.9 7.4

At expanding establishments

8,490 7,888 12,212 7,772 8,668 5.9 5.5 8.3 5.2 5.7

At opening establishments

2,315 2,624 3,365 2,511 2,638 1.6 1.8 2.3 1.7 1.7

Gross job losses

9,103 12,635 8,195 10,879 10,112 6.3 8.8 5.6 7.2 6.7

At contracting establishments

7,225 9,482 6,275 9,257 7,443 5.0 6.6 4.3 6.1 4.9

At closing establishments

1,878 3,153 1,920 1,622 2,669 1.3 2.2 1.3 1.1 1.8

Net employment change (2)

1,702 -2,123 7,382 -596 1,194 1.2 -1.5 5.0 -0.3 0.7

Education and health services

Gross job gains

7,440 7,093 9,691 9,305 8,378 4.0 3.9 5.4 5.1 4.6

At expanding establishments

6,095 5,943 6,875 6,155 6,616 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.4 3.6

At opening establishments

1,345 1,150 2,816 3,150 1,762 0.7 0.6 1.6 1.7 1.0

Gross job losses

7,832 11,009 6,903 7,155 8,104 4.3 6.1 3.9 3.9 4.5

At contracting establishments

5,853 6,356 5,664 5,804 5,796 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2

At closing establishments

1,979 4,653 1,239 1,351 2,308 1.1 2.6 0.7 0.7 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-392 -3,916 2,788 2,150 274 -0.3 -2.2 1.5 1.2 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

10,970 11,251 12,803 8,287 9,632 9.6 9.7 10.7 6.8 8.0

At expanding establishments

9,445 9,085 10,288 6,345 7,502 8.3 7.8 8.6 5.2 6.2

At opening establishments

1,525 2,166 2,515 1,942 2,130 1.3 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.8

Gross job losses

7,654 9,351 7,480 9,532 9,823 6.7 8.0 6.2 7.8 8.2

At contracting establishments

6,381 7,236 6,041 8,193 8,178 5.6 6.2 5.0 6.7 6.8

At closing establishments

1,273 2,115 1,439 1,339 1,645 1.1 1.8 1.2 1.1 1.4

Net employment change (2)

3,316 1,900 5,323 -1,245 -191 2.9 1.7 4.5 -1.0 -0.2

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

1,981 2,282 2,916 2,199 2,011 8.3 9.6 12.0 8.8 8.2

At expanding establishments

1,430 1,665 1,890 1,425 1,448 6.0 7.0 7.8 5.7 5.9

At opening establishments

551 617 1,026 774 563 2.3 2.6 4.2 3.1 2.3

Gross job losses

2,320 2,263 1,883 2,194 2,098 9.7 9.4 7.8 8.8 8.5

At contracting establishments

1,770 1,275 1,231 1,699 1,528 7.4 5.3 5.1 6.8 6.2

At closing establishments

550 988 652 495 570 2.3 4.1 2.7 2.0 2.3

Net employment change (2)

-339 19 1,033 5 -87 -1.4 0.2 4.2 0.0 -0.3

(1) Includes unclassified sector not shown separately.
(2) The net employment change is the difference between total gross job gains and total gross job losses. See the Technical Note for further information.
(3) Except public administration.

Table 2. Private-sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment by state, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Gross job losses as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Mar.
2022
June
2022

United States(1)

6.8 7.3 7.7 6.6 6.4 5.9 6.1 5.4 5.4 6.7

Alabama

6.3 6.7 7.6 6.2 6.6 6.0 6.3 5.2 6.0 7.0

Alaska

9.5 10.5 11.8 10.1 10.1 9.3 9.7 8.7 9.3 9.6

Arizona

6.8 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.1 5.0 5.7 7.3

Arkansas

5.8 6.8 7.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.7 4.8 5.4 6.0

California

7.8 7.8 8.5 7.4 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.5 5.6 7.2

Colorado

7.8 8.0 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.4 7.0 6.1 6.3 6.7

Connecticut

6.7 6.9 6.9 6.3 6.3 5.8 6.0 5.3 5.3 6.5

Delaware

6.8 7.6 8.2 7.3 6.5 6.5 7.2 6.0 5.6 8.2

District of Columbia

7.1 7.9 7.3 6.0 6.0 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.9 6.8

Florida

7.8 9.0 7.7 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.0 6.0 5.7 6.9

Georgia

7.0 7.5 7.9 6.8 6.6 6.2 6.2 5.5 5.7 6.7

Hawaii

10.7 7.3 7.1 6.1 5.9 5.5 6.3 5.1 5.1 5.9

Idaho

7.2 7.7 8.5 8.5 7.1 7.2 7.3 6.3 6.2 9.1

Illinois

6.2 6.6 7.5 6.2 5.9 5.5 6.0 4.9 5.0 5.9

Indiana

5.7 6.3 7.3 6.0 5.6 6.0 5.7 4.7 4.8 6.8

Iowa

6.0 6.2 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.0 6.1 5.4 5.3 6.7

Kansas

6.2 6.6 7.6 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.5 5.3 5.4 7.5

Kentucky

6.5 6.7 7.4 6.6 6.3 6.4 6.4 4.9 5.0 8.7

Louisiana

6.9 6.9 9.6 6.5 6.6 6.1 8.5 5.8 7.1 7.3

Maine

7.5 7.8 8.2 8.0 17.7 7.7 7.8 6.9 6.1 8.1

Maryland

6.6 7.5 7.3 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.4 5.3 5.9 8.1

Massachusetts

6.9 7.2 7.0 6.6 6.1 5.7 5.8 5.7 5.1 5.4

Michigan

6.3 6.5 7.5 6.3 6.0 5.6 5.9 5.2 5.1 6.5

Minnesota

6.1 6.4 7.3 6.0 6.6 5.6 6.7 5.2 5.4 7.1

Mississippi

6.5 7.6 7.9 6.1 6.5 6.6 6.1 5.7 6.0 7.0

Missouri

6.1 6.7 7.4 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.4 5.9

Montana

8.5 8.5 9.9 9.3 8.2 8.1 8.3 7.2 8.5 9.4

Nebraska

6.2 6.3 7.0 6.8 6.0 6.0 6.5 5.8 5.9 6.6

Nevada

9.4 8.9 8.3 6.8 6.9 5.7 5.7 4.8 5.2 6.7

New Hampshire

7.0 7.0 7.6 7.7 6.6 6.3 6.8 6.4 5.4 7.9

New Jersey

7.1 7.5 8.7 7.1 6.5 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.5 6.3

New Mexico

7.4 8.2 8.2 7.4 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.3 6.2 7.1

New York

7.1 7.5 7.7 6.7 7.1 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.6

North Carolina

6.4 6.8 8.1 6.5 6.3 5.8 6.4 5.0 5.3 6.2

North Dakota

6.9 7.5 7.6 7.5 6.8 6.5 6.7 6.5 6.5 6.7

Ohio

5.9 6.1 7.0 6.1 5.7 5.8 6.0 5.2 4.8 6.3

Oklahoma

6.6 7.1 7.6 6.3 6.4 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.7 6.2

Oregon

6.6 7.1 7.8 7.5 6.1 6.6 6.5 6.1 5.7 7.1

Pennsylvania

5.7 6.3 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.6

Rhode Island

7.0 7.6 8.5 7.9 7.0 6.4 7.1 6.6 5.7 7.3

South Carolina

6.3 7.3 7.9 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.0 5.3 6.2 6.9

South Dakota

6.8 6.6 7.2 7.7 6.6 5.8 6.4 5.9 6.1 6.8

Tennessee

6.1 6.9 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.4 5.6 4.7 6.4

Texas

6.8 7.1 7.7 6.3 6.5 5.6 5.5 4.8 5.4 6.1

Utah

7.0 7.4 7.5 7.8 7.0 6.1 7.0 6.0 5.9 6.8

Vermont

8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0 7.3 7.0 7.7 6.9 6.3 8.4

Virginia

6.4 6.9 7.2 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.3 5.8 7.0

Washington

6.7 7.3 7.8 7.3 7.0 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.0 7.1

West Virginia

6.6 7.1 7.9 7.3 6.3 6.6 6.5 6.0 5.9 7.9

Wisconsin

5.8 5.5 6.6 6.5 5.9 5.3 5.8 5.2 4.8 6.8

Wyoming

8.8 9.1 10.1 8.9 8.4 8.4 8.4 7.8 8.3 9.1

Puerto Rico

7.8 8.5 6.4 7.0 6.5 5.0 5.1 5.5 4.9 6.1

Virgin Islands

11.0 7.5 8.0 6.9 8.8 5.8 8.5 9.5 10.3 12.6

(1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, February 02, 2023