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Business Employment Dynamics in Tennessee — Fourth Quarter 2025

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Friday, August 07, 2026

From September 2025 to December 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Tennessee were 176,311, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 146,925, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 29,386 jobs in the private sector during the fourth quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 15,864. (See chart 1.)

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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 gains

In the fourth quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 6.2 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.9 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 Tennessee, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 130,051 in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 8,959 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 46,260 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 5,824 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Tennessee; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.5 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 Tennessee, contracting establishments lost 123,089 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,317 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 23,836 jobs, a decrease of 56 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Tennessee in the fourth quarter of 2025. Leisure and hospitality had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 9,795 jobs. This was the result of 34,564 gross job gains and 24,769 gross job losses. The education and health services industry had a net gain of 9,113 jobs. Professional and business services had a net loss of 2,820 jobs, followed by manufacturing with a net loss of 1,975 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 the Business Employment Dynamics homepage and the Business Employment Dynamics Summary.

The Business Employment Dynamics for First Quarter 2026 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics (BED) Data

The release of First Quarter 2026 Business Employment Dynamics data, scheduled for October 28, 2026, will incorporate annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. The revisions will include the previous four quarters of not seasonally adjusted data and five years of seasonally adjusted data.


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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Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended)
Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Dec.
2025
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Dec.
2025

Total private

Gross job gains

156,103 152,502 144,915 161,528 176,311 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.7 6.2

At expanding establishments

132,822 119,746 118,100 121,092 130,051 4.7 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.6

At opening establishments

23,281 32,756 26,815 40,436 46,260 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.6

Gross job losses

175,306 146,100 167,565 145,664 146,925 6.2 5.1 5.9 5.2 5.2

At contracting establishments

119,659 120,085 138,830 121,772 123,089 4.2 4.2 4.9 4.3 4.4

At closing establishments

55,647 26,015 28,735 23,892 23,836 2.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8

Net employment change

-19,203 6,402 -22,650 15,864 29,386 -0.7 0.3 -0.8 0.5 1.0

Construction

Gross job gains

13,759 12,468 12,089 12,766 12,475 8.4 7.5 7.3 7.8 7.6

At expanding establishments

11,678 9,858 10,277 9,957 9,882 7.1 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0

At opening establishments

2,081 2,610 1,812 2,809 2,593 1.3 1.6 1.1 1.7 1.6

Gross job losses

13,218 11,871 13,144 10,853 10,264 8.1 7.2 8.0 6.6 6.2

At contracting establishments

8,839 9,764 11,059 8,872 8,615 5.4 5.9 6.7 5.4 5.2

At closing establishments

4,379 2,107 2,085 1,981 1,649 2.7 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0

Net employment change

541 597 -1,055 1,913 2,211 0.3 0.3 -0.7 1.2 1.4

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

9,465 9,231 8,457 9,186 9,928 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.9

At expanding establishments

8,594 7,841 7,780 7,750 8,243 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.4

At opening establishments

871 1,390 677 1,436 1,685 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5

Gross job losses

11,831 10,727 11,447 12,901 11,903 3.3 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.4

At contracting establishments

9,611 9,575 10,614 11,967 10,535 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.4 3.0

At closing establishments

2,220 1,152 833 934 1,368 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4

Net employment change

-2,366 -1,496 -2,990 -3,715 -1,975 -0.7 -0.4 -0.8 -1.1 -0.5

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

5,242 5,430 4,869 5,003 5,422 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 4.2

At expanding establishments

4,568 4,150 3,968 3,918 4,156 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2

At opening establishments

674 1,280 901 1,085 1,266 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8 1.0

Gross job losses

6,501 5,128 5,578 5,321 4,944 4.8 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.8

At contracting establishments

4,067 3,797 4,446 4,140 4,071 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.1

At closing establishments

2,434 1,331 1,132 1,181 873 1.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.7

Net employment change

-1,259 302 -709 -318 478 -0.9 0.2 -0.6 -0.3 0.4

Retail trade

Gross job gains

15,995 20,905 17,280 17,467 16,456 4.7 6.0 5.0 5.1 4.8

At expanding establishments

14,070 18,397 15,206 14,970 14,246 4.1 5.3 4.4 4.4 4.2

At opening establishments

1,925 2,508 2,074 2,497 2,210 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

Gross job losses

20,209 15,880 20,603 18,113 18,123 5.9 4.6 5.9 5.3 5.4

At contracting establishments

16,091 13,041 18,510 15,987 16,220 4.7 3.8 5.3 4.7 4.8

At closing establishments

4,118 2,839 2,093 2,126 1,903 1.2 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6

Net employment change

-4,214 5,025 -3,323 -646 -1,667 -1.2 1.4 -0.9 -0.2 -0.6

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

13,945 7,012 8,119 7,493 13,529 6.7 3.4 4.0 3.7 6.7

At expanding establishments

13,004 5,996 6,564 6,631 12,108 6.2 2.9 3.2 3.3 6.0

At opening establishments

941 1,016 1,555 862 1,421 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7

Gross job losses

7,177 11,994 13,107 7,871 8,571 3.4 5.8 6.4 4.0 4.2

At contracting establishments

5,425 11,261 12,034 7,144 7,950 2.6 5.4 5.9 3.6 3.9

At closing establishments

1,752 733 1,073 727 621 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3

Net employment change

6,768 -4,982 -4,988 -378 4,958 3.3 -2.4 -2.4 -0.3 2.5

Information

Gross job gains

3,289 3,442 3,775 4,464 2,933 6.0 6.4 7.1 8.5 5.6

At expanding establishments

2,664 2,479 3,206 2,292 2,052 4.9 4.6 6.0 4.4 3.9

At opening establishments

625 963 569 2,172 881 1.1 1.8 1.1 4.1 1.7

Gross job losses

5,058 3,359 4,713 4,019 3,317 9.2 6.3 8.9 7.6 6.2

At contracting establishments

2,968 2,624 2,705 3,060 2,287 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.8 4.3

At closing establishments

2,090 735 2,008 959 1,030 3.8 1.4 3.8 1.8 1.9

Net employment change

-1,769 83 -938 445 -384 -3.2 0.1 -1.8 0.9 -0.6

Financial activities

Gross job gains

7,759 7,118 7,541 7,057 7,766 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.5

At expanding establishments

6,133 5,528 5,789 5,577 6,118 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.5

At opening establishments

1,626 1,590 1,752 1,480 1,648 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0

Gross job losses

9,517 7,120 7,617 6,708 7,097 5.6 4.1 4.4 3.9 4.1

At contracting establishments

6,072 5,540 6,020 5,268 5,587 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.2

At closing establishments

3,445 1,580 1,597 1,440 1,510 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9

Net employment change

-1,758 -2 -76 349 669 -1.0 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.4

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

26,308 28,685 28,213 30,957 28,794 5.9 6.5 6.3 7.1 6.5

At expanding establishments

21,531 23,497 23,678 24,968 22,087 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.0

At opening establishments

4,777 5,188 4,535 5,989 6,707 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.5

Gross job losses

38,726 26,423 31,815 29,421 31,614 8.7 6.0 7.2 6.6 7.2

At contracting establishments

25,428 21,105 26,576 24,408 26,956 5.7 4.8 6.0 5.5 6.1

At closing establishments

13,298 5,318 5,239 5,013 4,658 3.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Net employment change

-12,418 2,262 -3,602 1,536 -2,820 -2.8 0.5 -0.9 0.5 -0.7

Education and health services

Gross job gains

21,428 22,426 20,283 21,927 28,882 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.6 6.0

At expanding establishments

18,755 16,869 16,554 16,659 17,511 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6

At opening establishments

2,673 5,557 3,729 5,268 11,371 0.6 1.2 0.8 1.1 2.4

Gross job losses

25,566 17,421 21,810 16,855 19,769 5.3 3.6 4.5 3.5 4.1

At contracting establishments

14,042 14,195 15,816 14,062 15,133 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.9 3.1

At closing establishments

11,524 3,226 5,994 2,793 4,636 2.4 0.7 1.2 0.6 1.0

Net employment change

-4,138 5,005 -1,527 5,072 9,113 -0.8 1.1 -0.3 1.1 1.9

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

31,471 26,290 25,661 30,007 34,564 8.6 7.1 7.0 8.3 9.4

At expanding establishments

26,012 19,565 20,466 23,252 26,925 7.1 5.3 5.6 6.4 7.3

At opening establishments

5,459 6,725 5,195 6,755 7,639 1.5 1.8 1.4 1.9 2.1

Gross job losses

28,618 29,794 29,866 26,721 24,769 7.7 8.1 8.1 7.4 6.7

At contracting establishments

21,475 24,274 24,656 21,795 21,097 5.8 6.6 6.7 6.0 5.7

At closing establishments

7,143 5,520 5,210 4,926 3,672 1.9 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.0

Net employment change

2,853 -3,504 -4,205 3,286 9,795 0.9 -1.0 -1.1 0.9 2.7

Other services

Gross job gains

5,227 5,601 4,602 5,199 5,552 6.4 7.0 5.7 6.5 6.9

At expanding establishments

4,231 4,328 3,620 4,062 4,325 5.2 5.4 4.5 5.1 5.4

At opening establishments

996 1,273 982 1,137 1,227 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.5

Gross job losses

6,288 4,845 5,470 5,071 4,533 7.8 6.0 6.8 6.4 5.7

At contracting establishments

4,134 3,780 4,517 4,043 3,533 5.1 4.7 5.6 5.1 4.4

At closing establishments

2,154 1,065 953 1,028 1,000 2.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.3

Net employment change

-1,061 756 -868 128 1,019 -1.4 1.0 -1.1 0.1 1.2
Category Gross job gains as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Gross job losses as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Dec.
2025
Dec.
2024
Mar.
2025
June
2025
Sept.
2025
Dec.
2025

United States

5.9 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.7 5.5

Alabama

5.8 5.3 5.5 5.4 6.1 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4

Alaska

10.3 10.0 9.9 7.5 11.8 9.5 8.1 10.3 10.0 9.3

Arizona

6.1 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.5 5.4

Arkansas

5.8 5.1 5.1 5.3 6.0 4.8 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.0

California

6.7 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.8 6.4 6.2 6.7 6.0 6.1

Colorado

6.2 6.2 6.4 6.5 6.2 6.5 6.8 7.1 6.5 6.4

Connecticut

5.5 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.5

Delaware

6.1 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.5 6.3 5.3 6.1 6.1 5.5

District of Columbia

5.0 4.8 5.7 4.6 5.2 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.0

Florida

6.0 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.9 6.2 5.5 5.8 6.0 5.7

Georgia

6.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.5

Hawaii

5.3 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 4.8 4.7

Idaho

8.2 7.3 7.7 6.7 8.1 6.8 7.3 7.2 7.6 6.3

Illinois

5.1 5.0 5.2 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.0 5.3

Indiana

5.5 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.1 5.1

Iowa

5.6 5.8 5.6 4.8 6.3 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.4

Kansas

5.9 5.5 5.4 5.8 5.7 5.2 5.4 6.3 5.8 5.3

Kentucky

5.3 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.5 4.8 5.4 5.6 5.0

Louisiana

6.2 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.6 6.3 6.0 5.9

Maine

7.0 7.4 7.2 6.2 6.8 7.1 6.3 7.4 7.0 7.0

Maryland

6.0 5.9 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.7 6.2 6.5 5.6

Massachusetts

5.3 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.9 5.6

Michigan

5.4 5.2 5.8 4.9 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.9 5.3

Minnesota

5.5 5.1 5.8 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5

Mississippi

6.3 5.7 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.2 6.1 6.5 6.1 5.8

Missouri

5.7 5.4 5.5 5.6 6.1 5.3 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.5

Montana

8.4 8.0 7.7 7.0 8.4 7.8 7.5 8.3 7.9 7.4

Nebraska

5.6 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.2

Nevada

6.1 5.4 6.2 6.9 6.2 5.6 5.9 6.3 5.2 5.4

New Hampshire

6.3 6.5 6.3 5.6 6.2 5.9 6.1 6.7 6.8 5.7

New Jersey

6.0 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.3

New Mexico

6.1 5.9 5.9 5.8 6.1 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.0

New York

5.7 6.6 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.0 7.0 5.8 5.6

North Carolina

6.1 5.4 5.6 5.4 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.1

North Dakota

6.5 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.6 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.4

Ohio

5.4 5.2 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.0

Oklahoma

6.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.2 5.5 5.3 6.2 6.4 5.1

Oregon

6.2 5.8 6.4 5.7 6.0 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.0

Pennsylvania

5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.7

Rhode Island

7.3 6.6 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.3 5.9 6.7 6.7 6.2

South Carolina

6.4 6.1 5.8 6.3 6.7 5.9 5.5 6.6 6.5 5.5

South Dakota

6.7 6.2 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.9 6.5 6.1 6.0 5.6

Tennessee

5.5 5.4 5.1 5.7 6.2 6.2 5.1 5.9 5.2 5.2

Texas

5.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.9

Utah

6.8 6.6 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.4 6.1

Vermont

6.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.9 6.7 6.8 7.5 7.8 7.0

Virginia

5.8 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.8 6.1 5.1

Washington

5.8 5.7 6.0 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.3

West Virginia

6.5 6.4 5.5 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.7 6.3 6.0 6.0

Wisconsin

5.3 5.0 5.3 4.9 5.6 5.2 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.1

Wyoming

8.9 8.1 8.3 7.7 9.0 8.3 8.7 8.9 8.4 8.0

Puerto Rico

4.3 6.3 7.0 5.4 4.4 5.4 5.4 6.1 5.7 5.2

Virgin Islands

5.2 5.4 15.0 7.1 9.1 10.8 7.6 9.5 8.4 7.2
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