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Business Employment Dynamics in Nevada — First Quarter 2026

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Business Employment Dynamics in Nevada - First Quarter 2026

From December 2025 to March 2026, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Nevada were 80,460, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 79,639, 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 821 jobs in the private sector during the first quarter of 2026. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 11,990. (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 Business Employment Dynamics Technical Note.)

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Chart 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses in Nevada, March 2021-March 2026, seasonally adjusted
Period Gross job gains Gross job losses

Mar 2021

84,926 64,373

Jun 2021

111,204 66,202

Sep 2021

106,380 70,029

Dec 2021

102,825 59,970

Mar 2022

88,204 69,785

Jun 2022

90,477 74,149

Sep 2022

97,299 77,166

Dec 2022

85,797 80,732

Mar 2023

83,216 77,014

Jun 2023

88,071 79,026

Sep 2023

87,234 76,075

Dec 2023

91,174 74,512

Mar 2024

82,106 85,017

Jun 2024

79,487 78,950

Sep 2024

84,525 80,915

Dec 2024

84,445 77,956

Mar 2025

75,007 81,063

Jun 2025

84,375 85,985

Sep 2025

95,940 72,649

Dec 2025

88,676 76,686

Mar 2026

80,460 79,639
View Chart Data

Gross job gains

In the first quarter of 2026, gross job gains represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.5 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 66,851 in the first quarter of 2026, a decrease of 5,620 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 13,609 jobs gained in the first quarter of 2026, a decrease of 2,596 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Nevada, March 2021-March 2026, seasonally adjusted
Period Nevada United States

Mar 2021

7.5 7.0

Jun 2021

9.5 6.8

Sep 2021

8.8 7.3

Dec 2021

8.3 7.7

Mar 2022

6.9 6.7

Jun 2022

6.9 6.6

Sep 2022

7.3 6.9

Dec 2022

6.4 6.3

Mar 2023

6.2 6.3

Jun 2023

6.5 6.2

Sep 2023

6.5 5.9

Dec 2023

6.7 5.9

Mar 2024

6.0 5.9

Jun 2024

5.7 5.8

Sep 2024

6.1 5.8

Dec 2024

6.1 5.9

Mar 2025

5.4 5.7

Jun 2025

6.1 5.7

Sep 2025

6.9 5.7

Dec 2025

6.4 6.0

Mar 2026

5.7 5.5
View Chart Data

Gross job losses

In the first quarter of 2026, gross job losses represented 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Nevada; 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 Nevada, contracting establishments lost 65,863 jobs in the first quarter of 2026, an increase of 2,379 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 13,776 jobs, an increase of 574 jobs from the previous quarter.

Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Nevada, March 2021-March 2026, seasonally adjusted
Period Nevada United States

Mar 2021

5.7 5.5

Jun 2021

5.7 5.9

Sep 2021

5.7 6.0

Dec 2021

4.8 5.4

Mar 2022

5.4 5.5

Jun 2022

5.7 6.2

Sep 2022

5.9 5.9

Dec 2022

6.1 5.9

Mar 2023

5.8 5.5

Jun 2023

5.9 5.9

Sep 2023

5.6 5.9

Dec 2023

5.4 5.7

Mar 2024

6.1 5.5

Jun 2024

5.7 5.9

Sep 2024

5.9 5.8

Dec 2024

5.6 5.7

Mar 2025

5.9 5.5

Jun 2025

6.3 6.0

Sep 2025

5.3 5.7

Dec 2025

5.4 5.5

Mar 2026

5.7 5.5
View Chart Data

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 5 of the 10 published industry sectors in Nevada in the first quarter of 2026. Construction had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 2,129 jobs. This was the result of 10,766 gross job gains and 8,637 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had a net job gain of 771 jobs. Professional and business services showed a net loss of 2,917 jobs, the largest loss of any sector in the state, followed by the transportation and warehousing industry with a net loss of 1,250 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 Second Quarter 2026 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 27, 2027, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Revisions to Business Employment Dynamics (BED) Data

Data in this release contain annual revisions in accordance with standard procedures. These revisions 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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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.
2025 		June
2025 		Sept.
2025 		Dec.
2025 		Mar.
2026 		Mar.
2025 		June
2025 		Sept.
2025 		Dec.
2025 		Mar.
2026

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

75,007 84,375 95,940 88,676 80,460 5.4 6.1 6.9 6.4 5.7

At expanding establishments

61,317 67,280 80,513 72,471 66,851 4.4 4.9 5.8 5.2 4.7

At opening establishments

13,690 17,095 15,427 16,205 13,609 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0

Gross job losses

81,063 85,985 72,649 76,686 79,639 5.9 6.3 5.3 5.4 5.7

At contracting establishments

67,114 72,895 60,752 63,484 65,863 4.9 5.3 4.4 4.5 4.7

At closing establishments

13,949 13,090 11,897 13,202 13,776 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

Net employment change (2)

-6,056 -1,610 23,291 11,990 821 -0.5 -0.2 1.6 1.0 0.0

Construction

Gross job gains

9,797 9,475 11,181 10,723 10,766 8.8 8.5 10.1 9.5 9.4

At expanding establishments

8,685 8,138 9,666 9,557 9,590 7.8 7.3 8.7 8.5 8.4

At opening establishments

1,112 1,337 1,515 1,166 1,176 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.0

Gross job losses

9,045 9,026 9,913 9,980 8,637 8.1 8.1 8.9 8.8 7.6

At contracting establishments

8,032 7,995 8,930 8,933 7,644 7.2 7.2 8.0 7.9 6.7

At closing establishments

1,013 1,031 983 1,047 993 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9

Net employment change (2)

752 449 1,268 743 2,129 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.7 1.8

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

1,948 1,878 2,043 1,839 1,656 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.3 3.9

At expanding establishments

1,587 1,514 1,678 1,532 1,448 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.4

At opening establishments

361 364 365 307 208 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5

Gross job losses

1,875 1,951 1,613 1,746 1,974 4.4 4.5 3.8 4.0 4.6

At contracting establishments

1,493 1,506 1,220 1,430 1,466 3.5 3.5 2.9 3.3 3.4

At closing establishments

382 445 393 316 508 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 1.2

Net employment change (2)

73 -73 430 93 -318 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.3 -0.7

Retail trade

Gross job gains

8,374 7,478 9,270 7,397 7,318 5.6 5.0 6.1 5.0 4.8

At expanding establishments

7,443 6,100 8,163 6,529 6,511 5.0 4.1 5.4 4.4 4.3

At opening establishments

931 1,378 1,107 868 807 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5

Gross job losses

6,512 8,977 6,899 8,670 6,547 4.4 6.0 4.6 5.8 4.4

At contracting establishments

5,733 7,877 6,011 7,776 5,849 3.9 5.3 4.0 5.2 3.9

At closing establishments

779 1,100 888 894 698 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5

Net employment change (2)

1,862 -1,499 2,371 -1,273 771 1.2 -1.0 1.5 -0.8 0.4

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

3,713 2,956 5,588 6,646 4,564 3.9 3.2 5.9 6.9 4.7

At expanding establishments

3,255 2,677 5,271 6,253 4,159 3.4 2.9 5.6 6.5 4.3

At opening establishments

458 279 317 393 405 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4

Gross job losses

5,844 4,288 3,539 3,761 5,814 6.1 4.6 3.8 3.9 6.0

At contracting establishments

5,419 4,020 3,261 3,405 5,343 5.7 4.3 3.5 3.5 5.5

At closing establishments

425 268 278 356 471 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-2,131 -1,332 2,049 2,885 -1,250 -2.2 -1.4 2.1 3.0 -1.3

Information

Gross job gains

1,397 1,908 2,278 2,441 1,938 6.5 8.9 10.5 11.1 8.7

At expanding establishments

1,099 1,627 1,864 1,622 1,712 5.1 7.6 8.6 7.4 7.7

At opening establishments

298 281 414 819 226 1.4 1.3 1.9 3.7 1.0

Gross job losses

1,696 1,668 2,086 1,745 2,391 8.0 7.8 9.6 8.0 10.8

At contracting establishments

1,298 1,256 1,754 1,458 1,932 6.1 5.9 8.1 6.7 8.7

At closing establishments

398 412 332 287 459 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.3 2.1

Net employment change (2)

-299 240 192 696 -453 -1.5 1.1 0.9 3.1 -2.1

Financial activities

Gross job gains

3,972 4,032 4,202 4,281 3,947 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.7 5.3

At expanding establishments

3,157 3,049 3,380 3,303 3,346 4.3 4.1 4.6 4.4 4.5

At opening establishments

815 983 822 978 601 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.3 0.8

Gross job losses

4,004 4,398 3,553 3,963 3,834 5.4 6.0 4.8 5.3 5.1

At contracting establishments

3,098 3,532 2,619 3,014 2,767 4.2 4.8 3.5 4.0 3.7

At closing establishments

906 866 934 949 1,067 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4

Net employment change (2)

-32 -366 649 318 113 0.0 -0.6 0.9 0.4 0.2

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

14,711 20,607 22,888 21,541 17,298 6.6 9.3 10.1 9.3 7.5

At expanding establishments

11,636 15,268 18,876 16,939 14,359 5.2 6.9 8.3 7.3 6.2

At opening establishments

3,075 5,339 4,012 4,602 2,939 1.4 2.4 1.8 2.0 1.3

Gross job losses

19,885 16,417 16,227 17,659 20,215 9.0 7.4 7.1 7.6 8.8

At contracting establishments

15,982 13,008 12,724 13,542 16,307 7.2 5.9 5.6 5.8 7.1

At closing establishments

3,903 3,409 3,503 4,117 3,908 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.7

Net employment change (2)

-5,174 4,190 6,661 3,882 -2,917 -2.4 1.9 3.0 1.7 -1.3

Education and health services

Gross job gains

9,020 8,914 10,262 8,519 8,454 5.2 5.2 5.8 4.7 4.7

At expanding establishments

7,282 7,250 9,028 7,085 7,014 4.2 4.2 5.1 3.9 3.9

At opening establishments

1,738 1,664 1,234 1,434 1,440 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.8

Gross job losses

6,867 7,920 6,224 7,407 8,244 4.0 4.5 3.5 4.1 4.6

At contracting establishments

5,624 6,660 5,208 5,896 6,594 3.3 3.8 2.9 3.3 3.7

At closing establishments

1,243 1,260 1,016 1,511 1,650 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

2,153 994 4,038 1,112 210 1.2 0.7 2.3 0.6 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

15,229 16,376 21,042 16,933 14,667 4.2 4.6 5.9 4.7 4.1

At expanding establishments

12,221 13,537 17,399 13,560 12,499 3.4 3.8 4.9 3.8 3.5

At opening establishments

3,008 2,839 3,643 3,373 2,168 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.6

Gross job losses

17,296 19,886 16,467 15,354 15,266 4.8 5.5 4.6 4.3 4.2

At contracting establishments

14,830 17,612 14,874 13,258 13,025 4.1 4.9 4.2 3.7 3.6

At closing establishments

2,466 2,274 1,593 2,096 2,241 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6

Net employment change (2)

-2,067 -3,510 4,575 1,579 -599 -0.6 -0.9 1.3 0.4 -0.1

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

2,435 2,251 2,503 2,467 2,471 6.6 6.2 6.9 6.7 6.7

At expanding establishments

1,894 1,647 2,015 1,915 1,994 5.1 4.5 5.6 5.2 5.4

At opening establishments

541 604 488 552 477 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.3

Gross job losses

3,539 2,876 2,150 2,193 2,306 9.5 7.9 6.0 6.0 6.2

At contracting establishments

2,758 2,016 1,611 1,721 1,863 7.4 5.5 4.5 4.7 5.0

At closing establishments

781 860 539 472 443 2.1 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.2

Net employment change (2)

-1,104 -625 353 274 165 -2.9 -1.7 0.9 0.7 0.5

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)
Mar.
2025 		June
2025 		Sept.
2025 		Dec.
2025 		Mar.
2026 		Mar.
2025 		June
2025 		Sept.
2025 		Dec.
2025 		Mar.
2026

United States(1)

5.7 5.7 5.7 6.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 5.7 5.5 5.5

Alabama

5.5 5.5 5.5 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.2

Alaska

10.4 10.0 7.4 11.9 9.6 8.3 9.9 10.0 9.4 9.4

Arizona

5.8 5.2 5.6 5.7 5.7 5.3 6.2 5.3 5.4 5.6

Arkansas

5.1 5.1 5.4 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4

California

6.1 6.4 6.3 6.9 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.1 6.1 6.0

Colorado

6.4 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.2 6.5

Connecticut

5.7 5.8 5.4 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.4

Delaware

6.0 6.0 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.4 6.1 6.0 5.6 5.4

District of Columbia

4.9 5.7 4.6 5.5 5.0 5.8 6.1 6.0 5.1 4.9

Florida

5.8 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.3 5.5 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.5

Georgia

5.6 5.5 5.7 5.9 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5

Hawaii

5.2 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.2 4.8 4.7 5.1

Idaho

7.5 7.6 6.7 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.1 7.6 6.3 7.0

Illinois

5.0 5.2 4.7 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.0

Indiana

5.4 5.1 5.1 5.5 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.1 5.1

Iowa

6.0 5.5 4.8 6.2 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.4

Kansas

5.5 5.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 5.4 6.3 5.8 5.4 5.3

Kentucky

5.3 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.3 5.6 5.1 5.3

Louisiana

5.8 5.6 6.0 6.0 5.7 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4

Maine

7.3 7.1 6.4 6.8 6.4 6.4 7.3 7.0 7.0 6.3

Maryland

5.9 5.7 5.8 6.1 5.6 5.8 6.6 6.3 5.5 6.0

Massachusetts

5.0 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.3

Michigan

5.3 5.8 4.9 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.3 4.9

Minnesota

5.1 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6

Mississippi

6.0 6.2 6.4 6.4 5.7 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.9 6.3

Missouri

5.4 5.6 5.7 6.2 5.6 5.2 6.1 5.9 5.4 5.3

Montana

8.0 7.7 7.1 8.4 7.8 7.6 8.3 7.9 7.4 7.0

Nebraska

5.3 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.5 6.0 5.3 5.4

Nevada

5.4 6.1 6.9 6.4 5.7 5.9 6.3 5.3 5.4 5.7

New Hampshire

6.6 6.3 5.6 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.7 6.8 5.7 6.3

New Jersey

5.4 5.7 5.3 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.5

New Mexico

6.1 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.4 6.0 5.9

New York

7.0 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2 7.0 5.7 5.5 5.2

North Carolina

5.6 5.7 5.4 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.0 5.3

North Dakota

6.7 6.4 6.2 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4 6.7

Ohio

5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.4 5.3 5.0 5.1

Oklahoma

5.5 5.6 6.0 6.2 5.3 5.3 6.2 6.3 5.3 5.3

Oregon

6.1 6.1 5.7 5.9 5.7 6.1 6.4 6.6 6.0 5.9

Pennsylvania

5.0 4.9 5.0 5.1 4.7 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.7 4.8

Rhode Island

6.6 6.3 6.0 6.6 5.8 5.9 6.7 6.6 6.2 6.0

South Carolina

6.1 5.9 6.3 6.6 6.0 5.6 6.1 6.1 5.5 5.7

South Dakota

6.3 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 6.1

Tennessee

5.5 5.3 5.8 6.0 5.4 5.3 6.5 5.5 5.3 4.9

Texas

5.1 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 5.4

Utah

6.8 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.8 6.5 6.2 6.1

Vermont

7.0 6.9 6.7 7.0 6.6 6.8 7.4 7.7 7.0 6.5

Virginia

5.6 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.5 5.2 5.8 6.1 5.2 5.4

Washington

5.7 6.0 5.2 5.6 5.7 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.5

West Virginia

6.7 5.6 6.1 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.4 6.2 6.2 5.4

Wisconsin

5.1 5.3 4.9 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.1 4.9

Wyoming

8.1 8.3 7.7 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.4 8.0 8.2

Puerto Rico

6.5 7.0 5.2 4.6 4.6 5.2 6.0 5.4 5.3 4.6

Virgin Islands

6.1 11.9 6.9 8.4 7.3 8.8 9.2 7.5 5.7 7.1

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