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22-1765-SAN
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

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Business Employment Dynamics in Arizona – Fourth Quarter 2021

From September 2021 to December 2021, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Arizona were 176,424, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 127,115, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 49,309 jobs in the private sector during the fourth quarter of 2021. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 23,089. (See chart 1.)

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 fourth quarter of 2021, gross job gains represented 6.8 percent of private-sector employment in Arizona; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 7.7 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 Arizona, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 143,397 in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of 6,452 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 33,027 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 7,415 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 2
Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2021, gross job losses represented 4.9 percent of private-sector employment in Arizona; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 2.) Gross job losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing establishments and the loss of jobs at closing establishments. In Arizona, contracting establishments lost 103,775 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2021, a decrease of 3,527 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 23,340 jobs, a decrease of 21,730 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 3
Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in all of the 11 industry sectors in Arizona in the fourth quarter of 2021. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 10,882 jobs. This was the result of 36,872 gross job gains and 25,990 gross job losses. The transportation and warehousing industry had a net gain of 7,124 jobs. Leisure and hospitality had a net job increase of 6,097, and construction showed a net gain of 5,504 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 First Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Upcoming Revisions and Coronavirus (COVID-19) Effect on Business Employment Dynamics

The release of First Quarter 2022 Business Employment Dynamics data will incorporate annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures.

Data collection and processing methods have been impacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. More detail can be found at www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-business-employment-dynamics.htm.


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 either units with positive third month employment in the previous quarter, with no employment or zero employment reported 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, Arizona, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Dec.
2020
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Dec.
2020
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

180,158 157,582 171,297 175,461 176,424 7.3 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.8

At expanding establishments

150,632 128,969 136,265 149,849 143,397 6.1 5.2 5.4 5.9 5.5

At opening establishments

29,526 28,613 35,032 25,612 33,027 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.3

Gross job losses

120,914 137,245 149,126 152,372 127,115 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 4.9

At contracting establishments

94,627 106,913 120,180 107,302 103,775 3.9 4.3 4.8 4.2 4.0

At closing establishments

26,287 30,332 28,946 45,070 23,340 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

59,244 20,337 22,171 23,089 49,309 2.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.9

Construction

Gross job gains

14,907 14,371 12,429 13,090 15,114 8.6 8.0 7.0 7.4 8.3

At expanding establishments

12,518 12,166 10,450 11,370 13,161 7.2 6.8 5.9 6.4 7.2

At opening establishments

2,389 2,205 1,979 1,720 1,953 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1

Gross job losses

11,049 12,904 13,420 12,932 9,610 6.3 7.2 7.5 7.3 5.3

At contracting establishments

8,902 10,689 11,088 9,845 7,824 5.1 6.0 6.2 5.6 4.3

At closing establishments

2,147 2,215 2,332 3,087 1,786 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.0

Net employment change (2)

3,858 1,467 -991 158 5,504 2.3 0.8 -0.5 0.1 3.0

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

9,317 8,553 6,138 7,454 8,726 5.3 4.8 3.4 4.2 4.8

At expanding establishments

8,685 7,733 5,381 6,637 7,868 4.9 4.3 3.0 3.7 4.3

At opening establishments

632 820 757 817 858 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5

Gross job losses

5,684 6,798 6,115 6,205 4,551 3.2 3.8 3.4 3.4 2.5

At contracting establishments

4,736 4,303 5,159 4,329 3,864 2.7 2.4 2.9 2.4 2.1

At closing establishments

948 2,495 956 1,876 687 0.5 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.4

Net employment change (2)

3,633 1,755 23 1,249 4,175 2.1 1.0 0.0 0.8 2.3

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

6,087 5,381 5,685 6,069 6,067 6.2 5.4 5.6 6.0 6.0

At expanding establishments

4,822 4,259 4,665 5,188 4,674 4.9 4.3 4.6 5.1 4.6

At opening establishments

1,265 1,122 1,020 881 1,393 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.4

Gross job losses

4,097 4,561 4,231 6,778 4,216 4.2 4.6 4.2 6.7 4.2

At contracting establishments

2,666 3,251 3,018 4,476 3,239 2.7 3.3 3.0 4.4 3.2

At closing establishments

1,431 1,310 1,213 2,302 977 1.5 1.3 1.2 2.3 1.0

Net employment change (2)

1,990 820 1,454 -709 1,851 2.0 0.8 1.4 -0.7 1.8

Retail trade

Gross job gains

19,078 19,605 23,620 22,181 17,977 5.8 6.0 7.0 6.5 5.2

At expanding establishments

16,999 17,101 18,530 20,809 16,215 5.2 5.2 5.5 6.1 4.7

At opening establishments

2,079 2,504 5,090 1,372 1,762 0.6 0.8 1.5 0.4 0.5

Gross job losses

18,114 16,155 17,718 18,363 17,546 5.6 4.9 5.3 5.4 5.1

At contracting establishments

15,546 13,306 15,476 14,876 14,761 4.8 4.0 4.6 4.4 4.3

At closing establishments

2,568 2,849 2,242 3,487 2,785 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.8

Net employment change (2)

964 3,450 5,902 3,818 431 0.2 1.1 1.7 1.1 0.1

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

13,117 5,215 5,459 10,243 11,397 10.5 4.0 4.3 8.0 8.5

At expanding establishments

11,606 4,269 4,795 9,423 10,077 9.3 3.3 3.8 7.4 7.5

At opening establishments

1,511 946 664 820 1,320 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.6 1.0

Gross job losses

3,920 8,442 8,170 5,895 4,273 3.1 6.5 6.4 4.6 3.1

At contracting establishments

3,053 7,622 7,006 4,330 3,804 2.4 5.9 5.5 3.4 2.8

At closing establishments

867 820 1,164 1,565 469 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.2 0.3

Net employment change (2)

9,197 -3,227 -2,711 4,348 7,124 7.4 -2.5 -2.1 3.4 5.4

Information

Gross job gains

2,962 2,616 3,461 3,961 4,274 6.5 5.8 7.5 8.3 8.7

At expanding establishments

2,263 2,135 2,728 3,474 3,644 5.0 4.7 5.9 7.3 7.4

At opening establishments

699 481 733 487 630 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.0 1.3

Gross job losses

2,952 2,095 2,588 2,598 2,587 6.5 4.6 5.6 5.4 5.3

At contracting establishments

2,228 1,445 2,161 1,724 2,061 4.9 3.2 4.7 3.6 4.2

At closing establishments

724 650 427 874 526 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.8 1.1

Net employment change (2)

10 521 873 1,363 1,687 0.0 1.2 1.9 2.9 3.4

Financial activities

Gross job gains

12,299 11,873 10,682 11,516 11,434 5.4 5.1 4.6 5.0 4.9

At expanding establishments

9,390 9,310 8,285 9,434 8,480 4.1 4.0 3.6 4.1 3.6

At opening establishments

2,909 2,563 2,397 2,082 2,954 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.3

Gross job losses

9,631 8,570 12,725 11,636 9,070 4.3 3.7 5.4 5.0 3.8

At contracting establishments

6,938 5,880 10,124 8,592 7,118 3.1 2.5 4.3 3.7 3.0

At closing establishments

2,693 2,690 2,601 3,044 1,952 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.8

Net employment change (2)

2,668 3,303 -2,043 -120 2,364 1.1 1.4 -0.8 0.0 1.1

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

36,816 34,466 31,284 35,416 36,872 8.6 7.8 7.0 8.0 8.1

At expanding establishments

30,117 27,819 24,436 29,700 29,653 7.0 6.3 5.5 6.7 6.5

At opening establishments

6,699 6,647 6,848 5,716 7,219 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.6

Gross job losses

24,272 27,404 37,508 34,081 25,990 5.7 6.2 8.4 7.8 5.8

At contracting establishments

17,869 21,894 30,686 24,027 20,281 4.2 5.0 6.9 5.5 4.5

At closing establishments

6,403 5,510 6,822 10,054 5,709 1.5 1.2 1.5 2.3 1.3

Net employment change (2)

12,544 7,062 -6,224 1,335 10,882 2.9 1.6 -1.4 0.2 2.3

Education and health services

Gross job gains

24,999 19,110 21,728 21,256 21,595 5.4 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.6

At expanding establishments

21,119 15,634 17,076 18,214 17,302 4.6 3.4 3.7 4.0 3.7

At opening establishments

3,880 3,476 4,652 3,042 4,293 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.9

Gross job losses

15,676 19,773 20,347 24,128 18,859 3.4 4.3 4.4 5.2 4.0

At contracting establishments

12,366 15,150 16,031 14,445 15,950 2.7 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.4

At closing establishments

3,310 4,623 4,316 9,683 2,909 0.7 1.0 0.9 2.1 0.6

Net employment change (2)

9,323 -663 1,381 -2,872 2,736 2.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

28,972 22,689 39,162 29,444 26,721 10.6 8.0 13.2 9.4 8.3

At expanding establishments

23,946 18,933 32,869 25,563 21,881 8.8 6.7 11.1 8.2 6.8

At opening establishments

5,026 3,756 6,293 3,881 4,840 1.8 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.5

Gross job losses

15,652 20,629 14,736 21,560 20,624 5.8 7.3 5.0 6.9 6.4

At contracting establishments

12,498 15,564 10,768 15,005 16,795 4.6 5.5 3.7 4.8 5.2

At closing establishments

3,154 5,065 3,968 6,555 3,829 1.2 1.8 1.3 2.1 1.2

Net employment change (2)

13,320 2,060 24,426 7,884 6,097 4.8 0.7 8.2 2.5 1.9

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

5,690 5,224 5,849 5,213 6,858 8.3 7.5 8.3 7.2 9.0

At expanding establishments

4,249 3,717 4,281 4,222 5,554 6.2 5.3 6.1 5.8 7.3

At opening establishments

1,441 1,507 1,568 991 1,304 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.7

Gross job losses

4,744 4,844 4,640 4,880 4,320 6.8 7.0 6.6 6.7 5.7

At contracting establishments

3,547 3,467 3,028 2,946 3,376 5.1 5.0 4.3 4.0 4.5

At closing establishments

1,197 1,377 1,612 1,934 944 1.7 2.0 2.3 2.7 1.2

Net employment change (2)

946 380 1,209 333 2,538 1.5 0.5 1.7 0.5 3.3

Footnotes:
(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)
Dec.
2020
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021
Dec.
2020
Mar.
2021
June
2021
Sept.
2021
Dec.
2021

United States(1)

7.4 6.8 6.7 7.2 7.7 5.7 5.4 5.9 6.2 5.4

Alabama

7.6 5.9 6.2 6.6 7.6 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.7 5.3

Alaska

13.4 11.0 9.5 10.4 11.9 7.7 9.4 9.2 9.5 8.7

Arizona

7.3 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.8 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 4.9

Arkansas

7.2 5.9 5.5 6.6 7.6 5.2 5.1 5.6 5.9 4.5

California

8.5 7.7 7.8 7.8 8.5 6.1 5.9 6.4 6.3 5.5

Colorado

7.5 8.6 7.8 8.1 7.6 7.2 5.6 6.4 7.0 6.1

Connecticut

6.6 6.3 6.6 6.8 6.9 5.9 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.4

Delaware

6.8 6.8 6.4 7.2 8.3 6.0 6.0 6.4 7.0 6.1

District of Columbia

5.3 5.5 7.0 7.9 7.3 5.5 5.3 5.4 4.8 5.0

Florida

8.0 6.9 7.8 9.2 7.7 6.0 5.8 6.2 6.0 6.1

Georgia

7.9 6.7 6.9 7.4 8.1 5.2 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.7

Hawaii

14.7 8.5 10.7 7.2 6.8 4.6 5.9 5.6 6.6 4.8

Idaho

8.7 8.1 7.2 7.7 8.6 6.1 5.7 7.2 7.3 6.3

Illinois

6.5 7.2 6.0 6.3 7.5 6.1 4.9 5.6 6.0 4.9

Indiana

6.8 6.0 5.7 6.3 7.3 5.0 5.1 6.0 5.8 4.7

Iowa

6.8 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.6 5.1 5.4 6.0 6.0 5.2

Kansas

7.0 6.2 6.2 6.6 7.6 5.9 5.5 6.1 6.6 5.3

Kentucky

7.3 7.3 6.4 6.6 7.4 6.1 5.1 6.5 6.5 5.0

Louisiana

8.7 6.4 6.8 6.9 9.7 5.6 5.9 6.2 8.6 5.6

Maine

8.5 9.0 7.7 7.8 8.2 6.3 6.3 7.8 8.0 7.0

Maryland

7.3 6.3 6.6 7.5 7.2 5.8 5.5 6.6 6.7 5.7

Massachusetts

7.0 6.6 6.9 7.2 7.0 5.5 5.0 5.7 5.9 5.7

Michigan

6.7 8.5 6.2 6.6 7.5 6.9 4.9 5.6 6.1 5.3

Minnesota

6.9 9.2 6.1 6.4 7.3 6.8 4.9 5.5 6.8 5.2

Mississippi

8.0 5.6 6.4 7.5 8.0 4.9 6.6 6.5 6.2 5.7

Missouri

7.1 6.3 6.0 6.7 7.4 5.2 5.3 6.3 6.1 5.5

Montana

9.4 8.8 8.3 8.4 10.0 6.8 6.9 8.1 8.3 7.2

Nebraska

6.8 6.5 6.2 6.2 6.7 5.5 6.2 6.0 6.6 5.5

Nevada

8.8 7.3 9.5 8.9 8.2 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.8 4.9

New Hampshire

7.4 7.4 7.0 7.0 7.8 6.4 5.4 6.4 6.8 6.7

New Jersey

8.1 7.0 7.2 7.4 8.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 6.1 5.3

New Mexico

7.3 8.5 7.1 7.9 8.0 7.5 5.7 6.6 6.3 6.3

New York

7.4 6.9 7.1 7.5 7.7 6.3 5.4 5.7 6.0 5.5

North Carolina

7.9 6.6 6.4 6.8 8.1 5.0 5.4 5.8 6.4 5.2

North Dakota

7.2 7.8 6.9 7.5 7.7 7.1 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.5

Ohio

6.6 6.1 5.9 6.1 7.0 5.2 5.0 5.8 6.0 5.2

Oklahoma

7.9 6.1 6.5 7.1 7.4 5.8 6.1 6.0 7.0 6.4

Oregon

7.4 8.5 6.6 7.0 7.7 6.5 5.6 6.6 6.5 6.2

Pennsylvania

6.2 6.4 5.6 6.2 6.8 5.3 4.6 5.3 5.3 4.8

Rhode Island

7.6 9.8 7.0 7.6 8.5 7.1 5.5 6.4 6.6 6.5

South Carolina

8.0 6.2 6.3 7.2 7.9 5.2 6.1 6.5 6.6 5.3

South Dakota

7.2 7.3 6.8 6.6 7.2 6.2 6.0 5.8 6.5 5.9

Tennessee

7.5 5.6 5.9 6.8 7.4 4.6 5.0 5.8 5.5 4.9

Texas

7.6 5.7 6.7 7.1 7.7 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.7

Utah

8.1 7.1 6.9 7.3 7.5 5.6 6.1 6.0 6.8 5.8

Vermont

7.6 8.2 8.4 7.9 8.1 8.0 6.1 6.8 7.5 6.9

Virginia

7.0 6.0 6.2 6.8 7.1 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.1 5.4

Washington

7.2 7.9 6.7 7.2 7.8 6.1 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.1

West Virginia

7.4 7.2 6.5 6.7 7.8 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.5 5.9

Wisconsin

6.3 5.8 5.8 5.5 6.5 5.1 4.7 5.4 5.8 5.4

Wyoming

10.0 9.1 8.8 8.9 10.1 7.7 8.3 8.5 8.6 7.8

Puerto Rico

6.6 6.6 7.7 8.3 6.4 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.5

Virgin Islands

9.9 7.4 10.6 7.4 8.1 5.8 10.8 6.2 8.5 9.4

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

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022