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Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho — Third Quarter 2025

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Business Employment Dynamics in Idaho - Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Idaho were 56,370, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 49,570, 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 loss of 6,800 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 4,574. (See chart 1.)

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Idaho, September 2020-September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period Gross job losses Gross job gains

Sep 2020

39,805 53,019

Dec 2020

39,430 55,196

Mar 2021

37,569 54,204

Jun 2021

47,285 48,833

Sep 2021

48,543 51,165

Dec 2021

42,655 57,494

Mar 2022

43,028 59,127

Jun 2022

58,669 50,281

Sep 2022

51,925 54,685

Dec 2022

48,393 58,400

Mar 2023

51,669 56,927

Jun 2023

52,500 55,564

Sep 2023

56,436 51,312

Dec 2023

41,794 60,928

Mar 2024

59,710 58,054

Jun 2024

52,888 54,724

Sep 2024

54,916 52,244

Dec 2024

49,934 60,204

Mar 2025

54,943 54,147

Jun 2025

53,376 57,950

Sep 2025

56,370 49,570

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 Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.)

Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 7.6 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Idaho, contracting establishments lost 40,385 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 475 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 15,985 jobs, an increase of 3,469 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2020-September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period Idaho United States

Sep 2020

6.4 5.9

Dec 2020

6.1 5.7

Mar 2021

5.7 5.5

Jun 2021

7.1 5.9

Sep 2021

7.3 6.0

Dec 2021

6.3 5.4

Mar 2022

6.2 5.5

Jun 2022

8.4 6.2

Sep 2022

7.5 5.9

Dec 2022

6.9 5.9

Mar 2023

7.2 5.5

Jun 2023

7.4 5.9

Sep 2023

7.9 5.9

Dec 2023

5.8 5.7

Mar 2024

8.1 5.5

Jun 2024

7.2 5.9

Sep 2024

7.5 5.8

Dec 2024

6.8 5.7

Mar 2025

7.3 5.4

Jun 2025

7.2 6.0

Sep 2025

7.6 5.7
Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 6.7 percent of private-sector employment in Idaho; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.6 percent of private-sector employment. (See chart 3.) 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 Idaho, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 35,670 in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 5,558 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 13,900 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,822 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Idaho, September 2020-September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period Idaho United States

Sep 2020

8.5 9.4

Dec 2020

8.6 7.4

Mar 2021

8.2 7.0

Jun 2021

7.4 6.8

Sep 2021

7.7 7.3

Dec 2021

8.5 7.7

Mar 2022

8.5 6.7

Jun 2022

7.2 6.5

Sep 2022

7.8 6.9

Dec 2022

8.4 6.3

Mar 2023

8.0 6.3

Jun 2023

7.8 6.2

Sep 2023

7.2 5.9

Dec 2023

8.5 6.0

Mar 2024

7.9 5.9

Jun 2024

7.5 5.8

Sep 2024

7.1 5.8

Dec 2024

8.2 5.9

Mar 2025

7.3 5.6

Jun 2025

7.7 5.7

Sep 2025

6.7 5.6
Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 9 of the 10 published industry sectors in Idaho in the third quarter of 2025. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 2,877 jobs. This was the result of 9,202 gross job losses and 6,325 gross job gains. Leisure and hospitality saw a net loss of 2,680 jobs. Idaho's wholesale trade industry sector had a net gain of 103 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 the Business Employment Dynamics homepage and the Business Employment Dynamics Summary.

The Business Employment Dynamics for Fourth Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


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.

More information on formal definitions of the data used in this release, along with coverage, concepts, and methodology, can be found in the Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.

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Table 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Idaho, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Sept.
2024
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Sept.
2024
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

52,244 60,204 54,147 57,950 49,570 7.1 8.2 7.3 7.7 6.7

At expanding establishments

39,496 42,616 39,804 41,228 35,670 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.5 4.8

At opening establishments

12,748 17,588 14,343 16,722 13,900 1.7 2.4 1.9 2.2 1.9

Gross job losses

54,916 49,934 54,943 53,376 56,370 7.5 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.6

At contracting establishments

39,617 37,730 38,223 40,860 40,385 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.5 5.4

At closing establishments

15,299 12,204 16,720 12,516 15,985 2.1 1.7 2.2 1.7 2.2

Net employment change (2)

-2,672 10,270 -796 4,574 -6,800 -0.4 1.4 0.0 0.5 -0.9

Construction

Gross job gains

7,394 8,753 8,696 7,264 7,060 11.0 12.7 12.0 10.0 10.1

At expanding establishments

5,131 6,300 6,115 5,298 4,951 7.6 9.1 8.4 7.3 7.1

At opening establishments

2,263 2,453 2,581 1,966 2,109 3.4 3.6 3.6 2.7 3.0

Gross job losses

7,615 6,456 6,748 8,452 7,717 11.3 9.4 9.3 11.7 11.0

At contracting establishments

5,611 4,469 4,672 6,064 5,291 8.3 6.5 6.4 8.4 7.5

At closing establishments

2,004 1,987 2,076 2,388 2,426 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3 3.5

Net employment change (2)

-221 2,297 1,948 -1,188 -657 -0.3 3.3 2.7 -1.7 -0.9

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

2,790 3,620 2,692 3,025 2,713 3.7 4.9 3.6 4.0 3.7

At expanding establishments

2,388 3,193 2,141 2,488 1,990 3.2 4.3 2.9 3.3 2.7

At opening establishments

402 427 551 537 723 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 1.0

Gross job losses

2,544 2,578 3,514 3,575 2,858 3.4 3.5 4.7 4.8 3.8

At contracting establishments

2,182 2,084 2,946 2,917 2,323 2.9 2.8 3.9 3.9 3.1

At closing establishments

362 494 568 658 535 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7

Net employment change (2)

246 1,042 -822 -550 -145 0.3 1.4 -1.1 -0.8 -0.1

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

1,852 1,754 1,825 1,828 1,676 5.2 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.6

At expanding establishments

1,429 1,265 1,348 1,308 1,309 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6

At opening establishments

423 489 477 520 367 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.0

Gross job losses

1,693 1,843 1,825 1,915 1,573 4.7 5.1 5.1 5.3 4.3

At contracting establishments

1,108 1,510 1,265 1,517 1,304 3.1 4.2 3.5 4.2 3.6

At closing establishments

585 333 560 398 269 1.6 0.9 1.6 1.1 0.7

Net employment change (2)

159 -89 0 -87 103 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 0.3

Retail trade

Gross job gains

5,194 4,749 5,311 5,286 5,053 5.5 5.1 5.6 5.6 5.4

At expanding establishments

4,232 3,935 4,434 4,217 3,964 4.5 4.2 4.7 4.5 4.2

At opening establishments

962 814 877 1,069 1,089 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2

Gross job losses

5,862 5,677 4,355 5,557 5,368 6.2 6.1 4.7 5.9 5.7

At contracting establishments

4,895 4,861 3,263 4,926 4,564 5.2 5.2 3.5 5.2 4.8

At closing establishments

967 816 1,092 631 804 1.0 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-668 -928 956 -271 -315 -0.7 -1.0 0.9 -0.3 -0.3

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

1,983 3,014 1,964 2,172 1,836 7.0 10.3 6.7 7.5 6.4

At expanding establishments

1,609 2,525 1,353 1,654 1,550 5.7 8.6 4.6 5.7 5.4

At opening establishments

374 489 611 518 286 1.3 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.0

Gross job losses

1,603 1,632 3,122 2,088 2,244 5.6 5.6 10.7 7.3 7.8

At contracting establishments

1,248 1,259 2,627 1,696 1,810 4.4 4.3 9.0 5.9 6.3

At closing establishments

355 373 495 392 434 1.2 1.3 1.7 1.4 1.5

Net employment change (2)

380 1,382 -1,158 84 -408 1.4 4.7 -4.0 0.2 -1.4

Financial activities

Gross job gains

2,546 2,616 2,499 2,725 2,434 6.6 6.8 6.4 7.0 6.2

At expanding establishments

1,746 1,719 1,648 1,743 1,597 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1

At opening establishments

800 897 851 982 837 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.1

Gross job losses

2,190 2,749 2,448 2,589 2,551 5.7 7.1 6.3 6.6 6.5

At contracting establishments

1,554 1,711 1,416 1,643 1,804 4.0 4.4 3.6 4.2 4.6

At closing establishments

636 1,038 1,032 946 747 1.7 2.7 2.7 2.4 1.9

Net employment change (2)

356 -133 51 136 -117 0.9 -0.3 0.1 0.4 -0.3

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

7,760 8,202 8,249 9,111 7,754 7.2 7.6 7.7 8.4 7.1

At expanding establishments

5,404 5,304 5,823 6,314 4,974 5.0 4.9 5.4 5.8 4.6

At opening establishments

2,356 2,898 2,426 2,797 2,780 2.2 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.5

Gross job losses

8,984 8,437 7,890 7,230 8,457 8.3 7.8 7.4 6.7 7.7

At contracting establishments

6,731 6,019 5,032 4,954 5,952 6.2 5.6 4.7 4.6 5.4

At closing establishments

2,253 2,418 2,858 2,276 2,505 2.1 2.2 2.7 2.1 2.3

Net employment change (2)

-1,224 -235 359 1,881 -703 -1.1 -0.2 0.3 1.7 -0.6

Education and health services

Gross job gains

7,070 10,542 7,212 10,853 6,325 5.5 8.1 5.4 8.2 4.7

At expanding establishments

5,557 5,692 5,182 6,224 4,698 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.7 3.5

At opening establishments

1,513 4,850 2,030 4,629 1,627 1.2 3.7 1.5 3.5 1.2

Gross job losses

8,710 5,394 8,127 6,150 9,202 6.7 4.1 6.1 4.6 6.8

At contracting establishments

4,043 3,696 3,989 4,770 4,384 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.6 3.2

At closing establishments

4,667 1,698 4,138 1,380 4,818 3.6 1.3 3.1 1.0 3.6

Net employment change (2)

-1,640 5,148 -915 4,703 -2,877 -1.2 4.0 -0.7 3.6 -2.1

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

8,420 10,779 9,661 9,983 8,198 9.0 11.5 10.2 10.6 8.8

At expanding establishments

6,523 8,164 7,218 7,800 5,951 7.0 8.7 7.6 8.3 6.4

At opening establishments

1,897 2,615 2,443 2,183 2,247 2.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.4

Gross job losses

10,499 9,142 10,967 9,183 10,878 11.3 9.7 11.6 9.7 11.6

At contracting establishments

8,395 7,322 8,538 7,385 8,819 9.0 7.8 9.0 7.8 9.4

At closing establishments

2,104 1,820 2,429 1,798 2,059 2.3 1.9 2.6 1.9 2.2

Net employment change (2)

-2,079 1,637 -1,306 800 -2,680 -2.3 1.8 -1.4 0.9 -2.8

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

2,082 1,876 1,694 1,819 1,760 9.7 8.7 7.9 8.5 8.2

At expanding establishments

1,267 1,250 1,143 1,333 1,028 5.9 5.8 5.3 6.2 4.8

At opening establishments

815 626 551 486 732 3.8 2.9 2.6 2.3 3.4

Gross job losses

1,771 1,752 1,785 1,856 1,856 8.2 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.5

At contracting establishments

1,102 1,175 1,294 1,095 1,220 5.1 5.4 6.0 5.1 5.6

At closing establishments

669 577 491 761 636 3.1 2.7 2.3 3.5 2.9

Net employment change (2)

311 124 -91 -37 -96 1.5 0.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.3

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.
(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)
Sept.
2024
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Sept.
2024
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025

United States(1)

5.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.7

Alabama

5.8 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.5

Alaska

8.0 10.3 10.0 9.9 7.5 9.6 9.5 8.1 10.3 10.0

Arizona

6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.5

Arkansas

5.5 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.5 5.3

California

6.3 6.7 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.0

Colorado

6.3 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.8 7.1 6.5

Connecticut

5.5 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.9

Delaware

6.8 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.3 6.4 6.3 5.3 6.1 6.1

District of Columbia

4.9 5.0 4.8 5.7 4.6 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.9

Florida

6.5 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.7 6.2 5.5 5.8 6.0

Georgia

5.8 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.8

Hawaii

5.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 4.8

Idaho

7.1 8.2 7.3 7.7 6.7 7.5 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.6

Illinois

4.9 5.1 5.0 5.2 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.0

Indiana

5.3 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.1

Iowa

5.3 5.6 5.8 5.6 4.8 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.9

Kansas

5.3 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.4 6.3 5.8

Kentucky

5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.4 5.6

Louisiana

6.1 6.2 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.6 6.3 6.0

Maine

6.2 7.0 7.4 7.2 6.2 7.1 7.1 6.3 7.4 7.0

Maryland

5.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 6.1 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.5

Massachusetts

5.0 5.3 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.9

Michigan

5.3 5.4 5.2 5.8 4.9 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.9

Minnesota

5.1 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.6

Mississippi

6.3 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.4 5.7 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.1

Missouri

5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.2 6.1 5.9

Montana

7.2 8.4 8.0 7.7 7.0 8.0 7.8 7.5 8.3 7.9

Nebraska

5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.8

Nevada

6.2 6.1 5.4 6.2 6.9 5.9 5.6 5.9 6.3 5.2

New Hampshire

5.6 6.3 6.5 6.3 5.6 6.7 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.8

New Jersey

5.4 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.8

New Mexico

6.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.2

New York

5.7 5.7 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.0 7.0 5.8

North Carolina

5.5 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7

North Dakota

6.5 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.6

Ohio

5.2 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.3

Oklahoma

6.1 6.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.3 6.2 6.4

Oregon

6.3 6.2 5.8 6.4 5.7 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.7

Pennsylvania

5.1 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.2

Rhode Island

6.2 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.4 6.3 5.9 6.7 6.7

South Carolina

6.2 6.4 6.1 5.8 6.3 5.9 5.9 5.5 6.6 6.5

South Dakota

5.9 6.7 6.2 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.1 6.0

Tennessee

5.6 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.7 5.7 6.2 5.1 5.9 5.2

Texas

5.7 5.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.3

Utah

6.8 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.4

Vermont

6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 7.1 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.8

Virginia

5.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.1 5.8 6.1

Washington

5.8 5.8 5.7 6.0 5.2 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.6

West Virginia

5.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 5.8 6.6 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.0

Wisconsin

5.1 5.3 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.5 5.6

Wyoming

8.9 8.9 8.1 8.3 7.7 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.9 8.4

Puerto Rico

5.4 4.3 6.3 7.0 5.4 5.0 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.7

Virgin Islands

4.7 5.2 5.4 15.0 7.1 7.5 10.8 7.6 9.5 8.4

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

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