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Business Employment Dynamics in Ohio — Third Quarter 2025

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Business Employment Dynamics in Ohio - Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Ohio were 255,285, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 244,141, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment loss of 11,144 jobs in the private sector during the third quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 8,326. (See chart 1.)

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

Sep 2020

230,883 339,869

Dec 2020

233,473 290,259

Mar 2021

228,344 274,705

Jun 2021

262,549 267,475

Sep 2021

268,771 280,666

Dec 2021

234,557 320,894

Mar 2022

231,094 295,370

Jun 2022

276,339 275,217

Sep 2022

259,686 275,147

Dec 2022

270,694 278,646

Mar 2023

226,456 281,066

Jun 2023

267,516 268,096

Sep 2023

263,977 247,885

Dec 2023

247,457 253,990

Mar 2024

229,995 264,899

Jun 2024

256,505 251,418

Sep 2024

258,836 245,676

Dec 2024

244,140 258,047

Mar 2025

237,068 250,334

Jun 2025

258,974 250,648

Sep 2025

255,285 244,141

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 5.3 percent of private-sector employment in Ohio; 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 Ohio, contracting establishments lost 219,470 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,758 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 35,815 jobs, a decrease of 931 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Sep 2020

5.9 5.3

Dec 2020

5.7 5.2

Mar 2021

5.5 5.0

Jun 2021

5.9 5.8

Sep 2021

6.0 6.0

Dec 2021

5.4 5.1

Mar 2022

5.5 4.9

Jun 2022

6.2 5.9

Sep 2022

5.9 5.5

Dec 2022

5.9 5.7

Mar 2023

5.5 4.8

Jun 2023

5.9 5.6

Sep 2023

5.9 5.6

Dec 2023

5.7 5.2

Mar 2024

5.5 4.8

Jun 2024

5.9 5.3

Sep 2024

5.8 5.4

Dec 2024

5.7 5.1

Mar 2025

5.4 4.9

Jun 2025

6.0 5.4

Sep 2025

5.7 5.3

Gross job gains

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Ohio; 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 Ohio, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 206,187 in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 7,531 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 37,954 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,024 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Sep 2020

9.4 7.8

Dec 2020

7.4 6.5

Mar 2021

7.0 6.1

Jun 2021

6.8 5.9

Sep 2021

7.3 6.2

Dec 2021

7.7 7.0

Mar 2022

6.7 6.4

Jun 2022

6.5 5.9

Sep 2022

6.9 5.8

Dec 2022

6.3 5.9

Mar 2023

6.3 6.0

Jun 2023

6.2 5.6

Sep 2023

5.9 5.2

Dec 2023

6.0 5.3

Mar 2024

5.9 5.5

Jun 2024

5.8 5.2

Sep 2024

5.8 5.2

Dec 2024

5.9 5.4

Mar 2025

5.6 5.2

Jun 2025

5.7 5.3

Sep 2025

5.6 5.1

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 8 of the 11 published industry sectors in Ohio in the third quarter of 2025. Manufacturing had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 5,858 jobs. This was the result of 15,338 gross job gains and 21,196 gross job losses. The leisure and hospitality industry had a net loss of 5,293 jobs. Education and health services showed a net gain of 2,166 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state. Ohio's transportation and warehousing industry sector had a net gain of 2,145 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 .


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, Ohio, 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

245,676 258,047 250,334 250,648 244,141 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.1

At expanding establishments

209,775 219,013 215,152 213,718 206,187 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.3

At opening establishments

35,901 39,034 35,182 36,930 37,954 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Gross job losses

258,836 244,140 237,068 258,974 255,285 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.3

At contracting establishments

221,460 205,608 202,237 222,228 219,470 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.6

At closing establishments

37,376 38,532 34,831 36,746 35,815 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-13,160 13,907 13,266 -8,326 -11,144 -0.2 0.3 0.3 -0.1 -0.2

Construction

Gross job gains

20,878 23,062 23,690 19,935 20,568 8.5 9.2 9.1 7.6 8.0

At expanding establishments

17,924 19,483 20,557 17,055 17,486 7.3 7.8 7.9 6.5 6.8

At opening establishments

2,954 3,579 3,133 2,880 3,082 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.2

Gross job losses

18,919 19,520 17,151 21,103 20,937 7.7 7.8 6.6 8.1 8.2

At contracting establishments

15,694 16,186 14,405 17,800 17,935 6.4 6.5 5.5 6.8 7.0

At closing establishments

3,225 3,334 2,746 3,303 3,002 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2

Net employment change (2)

1,959 3,542 6,539 -1,168 -369 0.8 1.4 2.5 -0.5 -0.2

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

16,833 18,754 17,966 17,200 15,338 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3

At expanding establishments

15,827 17,448 16,919 15,914 14,317 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.1

At opening establishments

1,006 1,306 1,047 1,286 1,021 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Gross job losses

21,751 19,889 18,052 20,308 21,196 3.2 3.0 2.6 3.0 3.2

At contracting establishments

19,683 18,180 16,380 19,075 20,140 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.8 3.0

At closing establishments

2,068 1,709 1,672 1,233 1,056 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Net employment change (2)

-4,918 -1,135 -86 -3,108 -5,858 -0.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.9

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

8,948 8,821 8,883 8,227 8,034 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.5

At expanding establishments

7,775 7,710 7,812 7,056 6,667 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.9

At opening establishments

1,173 1,111 1,071 1,171 1,367 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6

Gross job losses

9,680 9,092 8,571 9,288 8,829 4.1 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.8

At contracting establishments

8,071 7,415 7,020 7,466 7,451 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2

At closing establishments

1,609 1,677 1,551 1,822 1,378 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6

Net employment change (2)

-732 -271 312 -1,061 -795 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.3

Retail trade

Gross job gains

31,480 26,108 30,896 28,788 30,861 5.8 4.9 5.7 5.3 5.7

At expanding establishments

28,560 22,929 27,506 26,147 27,254 5.3 4.3 5.1 4.8 5.0

At opening establishments

2,920 3,179 3,390 2,641 3,607 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.7

Gross job losses

33,741 30,685 24,939 30,904 29,718 6.2 5.7 4.7 5.7 5.5

At contracting establishments

29,593 27,211 21,924 27,100 25,999 5.4 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.8

At closing establishments

4,148 3,474 3,015 3,804 3,719 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-2,261 -4,577 5,957 -2,116 1,143 -0.4 -0.8 1.0 -0.4 0.2

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

11,070 18,057 8,590 13,708 15,261 4.5 7.1 3.3 5.5 6.1

At expanding establishments

9,929 17,051 7,568 12,455 14,093 4.0 6.7 2.9 5.0 5.6

At opening establishments

1,141 1,006 1,022 1,253 1,168 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

Gross job losses

10,419 10,304 16,726 16,858 13,116 4.2 4.0 6.5 6.7 5.2

At contracting establishments

9,201 8,489 15,685 15,384 11,878 3.7 3.3 6.1 6.1 4.7

At closing establishments

1,218 1,815 1,041 1,474 1,238 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5

Net employment change (2)

651 7,753 -8,136 -3,150 2,145 0.3 3.1 -3.2 -1.2 0.9

Information

Gross job gains

2,725 2,626 2,952 3,081 2,740 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.2

At expanding establishments

2,110 1,947 2,326 2,505 2,082 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.8 3.2

At opening establishments

615 679 626 576 658 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0

Gross job losses

3,514 3,539 3,407 3,392 3,210 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 4.9

At contracting establishments

2,899 2,800 2,760 2,478 2,529 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.9

At closing establishments

615 739 647 914 681 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.0

Net employment change (2)

-789 -913 -455 -311 -470 -1.2 -1.4 -0.8 -0.5 -0.7

Financial activities

Gross job gains

11,180 11,426 10,817 13,560 9,796 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.5 3.3

At expanding establishments

9,179 8,915 8,940 11,344 7,942 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.8 2.7

At opening establishments

2,001 2,511 1,877 2,216 1,854 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6

Gross job losses

11,809 11,929 11,367 13,857 10,947 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.6 3.7

At contracting establishments

9,759 9,434 9,146 11,425 8,903 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.8 3.0

At closing establishments

2,050 2,495 2,221 2,432 2,044 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-629 -503 -550 -297 -1,151 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

42,438 42,571 43,787 41,568 43,185 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.8 5.9

At expanding establishments

34,687 34,115 37,639 34,589 34,559 4.7 4.7 5.2 4.8 4.7

At opening establishments

7,751 8,456 6,148 6,979 8,626 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.2

Gross job losses

46,472 47,768 41,571 43,331 45,602 6.3 6.6 5.7 6.0 6.3

At contracting establishments

38,211 39,176 33,575 35,856 37,036 5.2 5.4 4.6 5.0 5.1

At closing establishments

8,261 8,592 7,996 7,475 8,566 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2

Net employment change (2)

-4,034 -5,197 2,216 -1,763 -2,417 -0.5 -0.7 0.4 -0.2 -0.4

Education and health services

Gross job gains

39,423 38,090 38,499 43,036 38,243 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.5 3.9

At expanding establishments

34,077 32,624 32,387 36,333 33,198 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.4

At opening establishments

5,346 5,466 6,112 6,703 5,045 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.5

Gross job losses

33,992 33,522 30,554 36,005 36,077 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.8

At contracting establishments

29,364 27,681 26,422 30,810 31,362 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.3

At closing establishments

4,628 5,841 4,132 5,195 4,715 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5

Net employment change (2)

5,431 4,568 7,945 7,031 2,166 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

46,877 53,992 51,672 48,737 47,193 8.3 9.5 9.0 8.5 8.3

At expanding establishments

37,934 44,855 43,196 39,712 38,049 6.7 7.9 7.5 6.9 6.7

At opening establishments

8,943 9,137 8,476 9,025 9,144 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6

Gross job losses

55,070 45,292 51,256 49,772 52,486 9.7 7.9 8.9 8.7 9.3

At contracting establishments

47,631 38,476 43,819 42,871 45,098 8.4 6.7 7.6 7.5 8.0

At closing establishments

7,439 6,816 7,437 6,901 7,388 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-8,193 8,700 416 -1,035 -5,293 -1.4 1.6 0.1 -0.2 -1.0

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

10,641 10,475 9,417 10,259 8,994 6.9 6.8 6.1 6.6 5.9

At expanding establishments

9,107 8,653 7,790 8,513 7,346 5.9 5.6 5.0 5.5 4.8

At opening establishments

1,534 1,822 1,627 1,746 1,648 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1

Gross job losses

10,655 9,965 10,035 10,099 10,230 6.9 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.7

At contracting establishments

9,001 8,264 8,205 8,396 8,613 5.8 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.6

At closing establishments

1,654 1,701 1,830 1,703 1,617 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1

Net employment change (2)

-14 510 -618 160 -1,236 0.0 0.4 -0.4 0.1 -0.8

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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