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From December 2021 to March 2022, gross job gains at opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 8.4 million. Gross job losses at closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 6.9 million. The difference between the job gains and the job losses yielded a net employment gain of 1.5 million jobs during the first quarter of 2022.
Quarter | Net employment change | Gross job gains | Gross job losses |
---|---|---|---|
Q1 2012 |
948,000 | 7,080,000 | 6,132,000 |
Q2 2012 |
616,000 | 7,051,000 | 6,435,000 |
Q3 2012 |
252,000 | 6,881,000 | 6,629,000 |
Q4 2012 |
695,000 | 7,110,000 | 6,415,000 |
Q1 2013 |
558,000 | 6,941,000 | 6,383,000 |
Q2 2013 |
674,000 | 7,152,000 | 6,478,000 |
Q3 2013 |
507,000 | 7,058,000 | 6,551,000 |
Q4 2013 |
700,000 | 7,255,000 | 6,555,000 |
Q1 2014 |
419,000 | 6,953,000 | 6,534,000 |
Q2 2014 |
895,000 | 7,454,000 | 6,559,000 |
Q3 2014 |
577,000 | 7,247,000 | 6,670,000 |
Q4 2014 |
1,038,000 | 7,617,000 | 6,579,000 |
Q1 2015 |
216,000 | 7,046,000 | 6,830,000 |
Q2 2015 |
849,000 | 7,580,000 | 6,731,000 |
Q3 2015 |
475,000 | 7,344,000 | 6,869,000 |
Q4 2015 |
944,000 | 7,817,000 | 6,873,000 |
Q1 2016 |
249,000 | 7,163,000 | 6,914,000 |
Q2 2016 |
318,000 | 7,443,000 | 7,125,000 |
Q3 2016 |
748,000 | 7,710,000 | 6,962,000 |
Q4 2016 |
308,000 | 7,413,000 | 7,105,000 |
Q1 2017 |
651,000 | 7,434,000 | 6,783,000 |
Q2 2017 |
526,000 | 7,639,000 | 7,113,000 |
Q3 2017 |
-39,000 | 7,321,000 | 7,360,000 |
Q4 2017 |
883,000 | 7,772,000 | 6,889,000 |
Q1 2018 |
712,000 | 7,497,000 | 6,785,000 |
Q2 2018 |
458,000 | 7,673,000 | 7,215,000 |
Q3 2018 |
91,000 | 7,500,000 | 7,409,000 |
Q4 2018 |
731,000 | 7,724,000 | 6,993,000 |
Q1 2019 |
524,000 | 7,464,000 | 6,940,000 |
Q2 2019 |
218,000 | 7,653,000 | 7,435,000 |
Q3 2019 |
66,000 | 7,398,000 | 7,332,000 |
Q4 2019 |
750,000 | 7,831,000 | 7,081,000 |
Q1 2020 |
-803,000 | 7,035,000 | 7,838,000 |
Q2 2020 |
-14,621,000 | 5,719,000 | 20,340,000 |
Q3 2020 |
4,025,000 | 10,874,000 | 6,849,000 |
Q4 2020 |
2,024,000 | 8,797,000 | 6,773,000 |
Q1 2021 |
1,810,000 | 8,322,000 | 6,512,000 |
Q2 2021 |
936,000 | 8,196,000 | 7,260,000 |
Q3 2021 |
1,474,000 | 8,882,000 | 7,408,000 |
Q4 2021 |
2,892,000 | 9,580,000 | 6,688,000 |
Q1 2022 |
1,545,000 | 8,438,000 | 6,893,000 |
The number of job gains in the first quarter of 2022 decreased by 1.1 million jobs from the fourth quarter of 2021, while the number of job losses increased 205,000. In the fourth quarter of 2021, gross job gains were 9.6 million, gross job losses 6.7 million, yielding a positive net change of 2.9 million.
Over the period before the COVID-19 pandemic from the first quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2019, the net change averaged 549,000 jobs per quarter. During 2021, the net change averaged 1.8 million jobs per quarter.
These data are from the Business Employment Dynamics program and are seasonally adjusted. For more information, see "Business Employment Dynamics — First Quarter 2022." Also see charts related to the latest "Business Employment Dynamics" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Job gains 8.4 million, job losses 6.9 million, during first quarter 2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/job-gains-8-4-million-job-losses-6-9-million-during-first-quarter-2022.htm (visited October 31, 2024).