From December 2021 to March 2022, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Nevada were 87,043, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 66,378, 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 20,665 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2022. During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 43,432. (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 the Technical Note.)

Gross job gains

In the first quarter of 2022, gross job gains represented 6.8 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 6.6 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 Nevada, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 70,594 in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 15,785 jobs compared to the previous quarter. (See table 1.) Opening establishments accounted for 16,449 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2022, a decrease of 601 jobs from the previous quarter.

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2022, gross job losses represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.4 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 Nevada, contracting establishments lost 57,626 jobs in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 7,820 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 8,752 jobs, a decrease of 1,439 jobs from the previous quarter.

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 9 of the 11 industry sectors in Nevada in the first quarter of 2022. Construction had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 4,578 jobs. This was the result of 11,049 gross job gains and 6,471 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had the second-largest net gain in jobs at 3,247, followed by leisure and hospitality (3,085). Professional and business services had a net loss of 1,574 jobs, and transportation and warehousing had a net loss of 912 jobs.

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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 Second Quarter 2022 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 25, 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.

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Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Nevada, seasonally adjusted

Category	Gross job gains and losses (3 months ended)					Gross job gains and losses as a percent of employment (3 months ended)
	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022
Total private (1)
Gross job gains	84,583	110,152	107,725	103,429	87,043	7.5	9.4	8.9	8.3	6.8
At expanding establishments	68,912	91,981	91,834	86,379	70,594	6.1	7.8	7.6	6.9	5.5
At opening establishments	15,671	18,171	15,891	17,050	16,449	1.4	1.6	1.3	1.4	1.3
Gross job losses	64,553	66,509	69,879	59,997	66,378	5.7	5.7	5.7	4.8	5.2
At contracting establishments	54,282	55,216	56,209	49,806	57,626	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.0	4.5
At closing establishments	10,271	11,293	13,670	10,191	8,752	0.9	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.7
Net employment change (2)	20,030	43,643	37,846	43,432	20,665	1.8	3.7	3.2	3.5	1.6
Construction
Gross job gains	10,991	9,817	8,139	9,699	11,049	11.6	10.1	8.5	10.1	11.0
At expanding establishments	9,691	8,301	7,254	8,830	10,408	10.2	8.5	7.6	9.2	10.4
At opening establishments	1,300	1,516	885	869	641	1.4	1.6	0.9	0.9	0.6
Gross job losses	6,671	8,851	10,009	7,798	6,471	7.0	9.0	10.4	8.1	6.5
At contracting establishments	5,779	8,131	8,819	7,123	5,908	6.1	8.3	9.2	7.4	5.9
At closing establishments	892	720	1,190	675	563	0.9	0.7	1.2	0.7	0.6
Net employment change (2)	4,320	966	-1,870	1,901	4,578	4.6	1.1	-1.9	2.0	4.5
Manufacturing
Gross job gains	3,589	3,234	3,085	3,361	2,549	6.2	5.5	5.1	5.5	4.1
At expanding establishments	3,274	2,783	2,769	3,054	2,442	5.7	4.7	4.6	5.0	3.9
At opening establishments	315	451	316	307	107	0.5	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.2
Gross job losses	1,971	2,377	1,976	1,485	1,707	3.4	4.0	3.3	2.4	2.7
At contracting establishments	1,718	1,958	1,694	1,283	1,606	3.0	3.3	2.8	2.1	2.5
At closing establishments	253	419	282	202	101	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.2
Net employment change (2)	1,618	857	1,109	1,876	842	2.8	1.5	1.8	3.1	1.4
Wholesale trade
Gross job gains	2,052	2,389	2,443	2,535	1,952	5.6	6.4	6.5	6.6	4.9
At expanding establishments	1,542	2,046	2,043	2,160	1,797	4.2	5.5	5.4	5.6	4.5
At opening establishments	510	343	400	375	155	1.4	0.9	1.1	1.0	0.4
Gross job losses	1,336	1,590	1,714	1,578	1,330	3.7	4.3	4.5	4.1	3.4
At contracting establishments	1,038	1,210	1,192	1,165	1,026	2.9	3.3	3.1	3.0	2.6
At closing establishments	298	380	522	413	304	0.8	1.0	1.4	1.1	0.8
Net employment change (2)	716	799	729	957	622	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.5	1.5
Retail trade
Gross job gains	9,685	8,879	10,128	8,738	9,479	6.7	6.0	6.9	5.9	6.3
At expanding establishments	8,581	7,804	9,075	8,020	8,850	5.9	5.3	6.2	5.4	5.9
At opening establishments	1,104	1,075	1,053	718	629	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.4
Gross job losses	7,132	9,554	8,481	6,663	6,232	4.9	6.5	5.8	4.5	4.2
At contracting establishments	6,438	8,765	7,652	5,904	5,686	4.4	6.0	5.2	4.0	3.8
At closing establishments	694	789	829	759	546	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.4
Net employment change (2)	2,553	-675	1,647	2,075	3,247	1.8	-0.5	1.1	1.4	2.1
Transportation and warehousing
Gross job gains	3,663	5,177	5,731	9,207	4,366	4.6	6.4	7.0	10.4	4.7
At expanding establishments	3,296	4,810	5,357	8,739	4,053	4.1	5.9	6.5	9.9	4.4
At opening establishments	367	367	374	468	313	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3
Gross job losses	5,206	3,542	3,477	2,346	5,278	6.4	4.4	4.2	2.6	5.8
At contracting establishments	4,926	3,308	3,178	2,048	5,071	6.1	4.1	3.8	2.3	5.6
At closing establishments	280	234	299	298	207	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
Net employment change (2)	-1,543	1,635	2,254	6,861	-912	-1.8	2.0	2.8	7.8	-1.1
Information
Gross job gains	1,358	1,743	2,435	1,660	1,817	10.0	12.1	15.7	10.3	11.0
At expanding establishments	1,058	1,305	1,955	1,444	1,490	7.8	9.1	12.6	9.0	9.0
At opening establishments	300	438	480	216	327	2.2	3.0	3.1	1.3	2.0
Gross job losses	743	928	1,104	1,673	1,096	5.5	6.4	7.2	10.4	6.6
At contracting establishments	485	734	721	1,412	876	3.6	5.1	4.7	8.8	5.3
At closing establishments	258	194	383	261	220	1.9	1.3	2.5	1.6	1.3
Net employment change (2)	615	815	1,331	-13	721	4.5	5.7	8.5	-0.1	4.4
Financial activities
Gross job gains	4,214	4,998	5,073	5,262	4,370	6.6	7.8	7.8	7.8	6.3
At expanding establishments	3,237	4,048	4,078	4,430	3,730	5.1	6.3	6.3	6.6	5.4
At opening establishments	977	950	995	832	640	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.2	0.9
Gross job losses	3,067	4,173	4,154	3,235	3,679	4.8	6.5	6.4	4.8	5.4
At contracting establishments	2,301	3,198	3,103	2,408	2,939	3.6	5.0	4.8	3.6	4.3
At closing establishments	766	975	1,051	827	740	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.2	1.1
Net employment change (2)	1,147	825	919	2,027	691	1.8	1.3	1.4	3.0	0.9
Professional and business services
Gross job gains	12,999	18,714	23,100	20,325	13,490	7.3	10.3	12.2	10.3	6.7
At expanding establishments	9,984	15,245	19,118	17,526	11,423	5.6	8.4	10.1	8.9	5.7
At opening establishments	3,015	3,469	3,982	2,799	2,067	1.7	1.9	2.1	1.4	1.0
Gross job losses	15,045	13,460	14,377	13,240	15,064	8.4	7.4	7.6	6.7	7.6
At contracting establishments	13,033	10,857	10,544	10,135	13,290	7.3	6.0	5.6	5.1	6.7
At closing establishments	2,012	2,603	3,833	3,105	1,774	1.1	1.4	2.0	1.6	0.9
Net employment change (2)	-2,046	5,254	8,723	7,085	-1,574	-1.1	2.9	4.6	3.6	-0.9
Education and health services
Gross job gains	7,999	7,163	7,894	8,705	6,706	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.9	4.5
At expanding establishments	6,673	6,020	6,772	7,254	5,919	4.6	4.2	4.7	4.9	4.0
At opening establishments	1,326	1,143	1,122	1,451	787	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.5
Gross job losses	6,745	7,695	6,967	6,141	6,227	4.7	5.3	4.8	4.2	4.2
At contracting establishments	5,566	5,989	5,471	5,028	5,271	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.4	3.6
At closing establishments	1,179	1,706	1,496	1,113	956	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.6
Net employment change (2)	1,254	-532	927	2,564	479	0.8	-0.3	0.7	1.7	0.3
Leisure and hospitality
Gross job gains	20,751	38,276	30,751	21,830	16,955	8.2	13.9	10.1	6.9	5.2
At expanding establishments	17,866	34,714	28,226	19,188	14,878	7.1	12.6	9.3	6.1	4.6
At opening establishments	2,885	3,562	2,525	2,642	2,077	1.1	1.3	0.8	0.8	0.6
Gross job losses	11,201	9,256	11,556	11,108	13,870	4.4	3.4	3.9	3.5	4.3
At contracting establishments	9,719	7,915	10,189	10,093	11,963	3.8	2.9	3.4	3.2	3.7
At closing establishments	1,482	1,341	1,367	1,015	1,907	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.6
Net employment change (2)	9,550	29,020	19,195	10,722	3,085	3.8	10.5	6.2	3.4	0.9
Other services (3)
Gross job gains	2,642	3,223	3,130	3,293	2,523	8.7	10.3	9.8	9.9	7.4
At expanding establishments	1,975	2,654	2,534	2,594	2,230	6.5	8.5	7.9	7.8	6.5
At opening establishments	667	569	596	699	293	2.2	1.8	1.9	2.1	0.9
Gross job losses	2,127	2,298	2,422	1,953	2,052	7.0	7.3	7.5	5.9	6.0
At contracting establishments	1,738	1,732	1,704	1,619	1,587	5.7	5.5	5.3	4.9	4.6
At closing establishments	389	566	718	334	465	1.3	1.8	2.2	1.0	1.4
Net employment change (2)	515	925	708	1,340	471	1.7	3.0	2.3	4.0	1.4
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)
	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022	Mar. 2021	June 2021	Sept. 2021	Dec. 2021	Mar. 2022
United States(1)	7.0	6.8	7.3	7.7	6.6	5.5	5.9	6.1	5.4	5.4
Alabama	6.7	6.3	6.7	7.6	6.2	5.8	6.0	6.3	5.2	6.0
Alaska	11.1	9.5	10.5	11.8	10.1	9.4	9.3	9.7	8.7	9.3
Arizona	6.5	6.8	7.1	6.8	6.8	5.4	5.9	5.1	5.0	5.7
Arkansas	6.3	5.8	6.8	7.8	5.9	5.1	5.7	6.7	4.8	5.4
California	7.8	7.8	7.8	8.5	7.4	5.9	6.5	6.1	5.5	5.6
Colorado	8.6	7.8	8.0	7.6	7.5	5.5	6.4	7.0	6.1	6.3
Connecticut	6.5	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.3	5.4	5.8	6.0	5.3	5.3
Delaware	7.0	6.8	7.6	8.2	7.3	6.2	6.5	7.2	6.0	5.6
District of Columbia	5.5	7.1	7.9	7.3	6.0	5.4	5.4	4.9	4.9	4.9
Florida	7.0	7.8	9.0	7.7	6.5	5.8	6.3	6.0	6.0	5.7
Georgia	6.8	7.0	7.5	7.9	6.8	5.7	6.2	6.2	5.5	5.7
Hawaii	8.7	10.7	7.3	7.1	6.1	5.7	5.5	6.3	5.1	5.1
Idaho	8.2	7.2	7.7	8.5	8.5	5.7	7.2	7.3	6.3	6.2
Illinois	7.3	6.2	6.6	7.5	6.2	5.1	5.5	6.0	4.9	5.0
Indiana	6.2	5.7	6.3	7.3	6.0	5.0	6.0	5.7	4.7	4.8
Iowa	6.2	6.0	6.2	6.6	6.5	5.5	6.0	6.1	5.4	5.3
Kansas	6.3	6.2	6.6	7.6	6.2	5.7	6.2	6.5	5.3	5.4
Kentucky	7.4	6.5	6.7	7.4	6.6	5.4	6.4	6.4	4.9	5.0
Louisiana	6.8	6.9	6.9	9.6	6.5	5.9	6.1	8.5	5.8	7.1
Maine	8.9	7.5	7.8	8.2	8.0	6.4	7.7	7.8	6.9	6.1
Maryland	6.7	6.6	7.5	7.3	6.6	5.6	6.5	6.4	5.3	5.9
Massachusetts	6.7	6.9	7.2	7.0	6.6	5.0	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.1
Michigan	8.6	6.3	6.5	7.5	6.3	4.8	5.6	5.9	5.2	5.1
Minnesota	9.4	6.1	6.4	7.3	6.0	4.8	5.6	6.7	5.2	5.4
Mississippi	5.7	6.5	7.6	7.9	6.1	6.5	6.6	6.1	5.7	6.0
Missouri	6.4	6.1	6.7	7.4	6.5	5.2	6.1	6.1	5.5	5.4
Montana	8.9	8.5	8.5	9.9	9.3	6.9	8.1	8.3	7.2	8.5
Nebraska	6.6	6.2	6.3	7.0	6.8	5.8	6.0	6.5	5.8	5.9
Nevada	7.5	9.4	8.9	8.3	6.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	4.8	5.2
New Hampshire	7.5	7.0	7.0	7.6	7.7	5.4	6.3	6.8	6.4	5.4
New Jersey	7.2	7.1	7.5	8.7	7.1	5.9	5.7	6.1	5.4	5.5
New Mexico	8.7	7.4	8.2	8.2	7.4	5.6	6.6	6.5	6.3	6.2
New York	7.0	7.1	7.5	7.7	6.7	5.4	5.7	5.9	5.4	5.2
North Carolina	6.9	6.4	6.8	8.1	6.5	5.4	5.8	6.4	5.0	5.3
North Dakota	8.3	6.9	7.5	7.6	7.5	6.7	6.5	6.7	6.5	6.5
Ohio	6.1	5.9	6.1	7.0	6.1	5.0	5.8	6.0	5.2	4.8
Oklahoma	6.2	6.6	7.1	7.6	6.3	5.9	6.1	6.6	5.9	5.7
Oregon	8.7	6.6	7.1	7.8	7.5	5.6	6.6	6.5	6.1	5.7
Pennsylvania	6.7	5.7	6.3	6.8	6.3	4.7	5.3	5.0	4.8	4.9
Rhode Island	9.9	7.0	7.6	8.5	7.9	5.6	6.4	7.1	6.6	5.7
South Carolina	6.4	6.3	7.3	7.9	6.9	6.0	6.4	6.0	5.3	6.2
South Dakota	7.3	6.8	6.6	7.2	7.7	6.0	5.8	6.4	5.9	6.1
Tennessee	5.8	6.1	6.9	7.3	6.6	5.2	6.0	5.4	5.6	4.7
Texas	6.1	6.8	7.1	7.7	6.3	5.1	5.6	5.5	4.8	5.4
Utah	7.3	7.0	7.4	7.5	7.8	5.7	6.1	7.0	6.0	5.9
Vermont	8.4	8.4	8.0	8.1	8.0	6.2	7.0	7.7	6.9	6.3
Virginia	6.2	6.4	6.9	7.2	6.4	5.4	6.1	6.0	5.3	5.8
Washington	8.0	6.7	7.3	7.8	7.3	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.3	5.0
West Virginia	7.4	6.6	7.1	7.9	7.3	5.9	6.6	6.5	6.0	5.9
Wisconsin	6.0	5.8	5.5	6.6	6.5	4.7	5.3	5.8	5.2	4.8
Wyoming	9.3	8.8	9.1	10.1	8.9	8.2	8.4	8.4	7.8	8.3
Puerto Rico	6.8	7.8	8.5	6.4	7.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.5	4.9
Virgin Islands	7.4	11.0	7.5	8.0	6.9	10.6	5.8	8.5	9.5	10.3
Footnotes (1) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.