• Chart 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 2. Components of private sector gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 3. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses as a percent of total employment, seasonally adjusted
• Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 3. Private sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, seasonally adjusted
• Table 4. Private sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted
• Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 7. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change as a percent of total establishments, seasonally adjusted
• Table 8. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change as a percent of total establishments, not seasonally adjusted
   

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Goal of Business Employment Dynamics (BED): Track quarterly changes in net employment at private businesses across the country.

Source of Data: The basis for the series is existing state unemployment insurance (UI) employer records. These records are used in all states to produce data through the federal-state cooperative program known as the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). BED is a product of QCEW.

How: Compares gross job gains (expansions and openings) versus gross job losses (reductions and closures) by major industry sector yielding net changes in employment.

Uses: Analysis of job gains and losses among businesses of various sizes
           Business cycle analysis
          Analysis of economic expansions and contractions

Published by: Bureau of Labor Statistics at  http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?bd

Frequency and Method of Publication: quarterly news release

Current Level of Detail: national – to be expanded to county, MSA, and state later in 2007.

Further Reading on BED Technical Notes: www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.tn.htm