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Business Employment Dynamics in Nebraska — Second Quarter 2025

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Business Employment Dynamics in Nebraska - Second Quarter 2025

From March 2025 to June 2025, gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments in Nebraska were 46,638, while gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 45,767, 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 871 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job losses exceeded gross job gains by 809. (See chart 1.)

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

Jun 2020

96,683 38,491

Sep 2020

45,074 63,618

Dec 2020

43,792 53,880

Mar 2021

46,609 52,667

Jun 2021

48,503 49,934

Sep 2021

51,948 50,383

Dec 2021

46,651 56,828

Mar 2022

48,867 55,703

Jun 2022

52,988 52,552

Sep 2022

50,006 57,908

Dec 2022

46,979 50,240

Mar 2023

43,708 54,199

Jun 2023

48,031 52,107

Sep 2023

49,757 51,107

Dec 2023

47,771 49,947

Mar 2024

43,609 50,247

Jun 2024

47,808 46,468

Sep 2024

48,202 47,831

Dec 2024

46,354 48,182

Mar 2025

45,662 44,853

Jun 2025

46,638 45,767

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 second quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.5 percent of private-sector employment in Nebraska; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.0 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 Nebraska, contracting establishments lost 39,252 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 851 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 7,386 jobs, an increase of 125 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Jun 2020

16.8 12.1

Sep 2020

5.9 5.8

Dec 2020

5.7 5.5

Mar 2021

5.5 5.8

Jun 2021

5.9 6.0

Sep 2021

6.0 6.5

Dec 2021

5.4 5.8

Mar 2022

5.5 5.9

Jun 2022

6.2 6.5

Sep 2022

5.9 6.1

Dec 2022

5.9 5.7

Mar 2023

5.5 5.2

Jun 2023

5.9 5.7

Sep 2023

5.9 5.9

Dec 2023

5.7 5.7

Mar 2024

5.5 5.1

Jun 2024

5.9 5.6

Sep 2024

5.8 5.6

Dec 2024

5.7 5.5

Mar 2025

5.4 5.3

Jun 2025

6.0 5.5

Gross job gains

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Nebraska; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.7 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 Nebraska, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 37,583 in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,389 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 8,184 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2025, a decrease of 475 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Jun 2020

4.8 4.8

Sep 2020

9.4 8.2

Dec 2020

7.4 6.8

Mar 2021

7.0 6.6

Jun 2021

6.8 6.2

Sep 2021

7.3 6.3

Dec 2021

7.7 7.0

Mar 2022

6.7 6.8

Jun 2022

6.5 6.4

Sep 2022

6.9 7.1

Dec 2022

6.3 6.0

Mar 2023

6.3 6.5

Jun 2023

6.2 6.2

Sep 2023

5.9 6.0

Dec 2023

6.0 5.9

Mar 2024

5.9 5.9

Jun 2024

5.8 5.5

Sep 2024

5.8 5.6

Dec 2024

5.9 5.6

Mar 2025

5.6 5.2

Jun 2025

5.7 5.4

Industries

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains in 7 of the 10 published industry sectors in Nebraska in the second quarter of 2025. Manufacturing had the largest over-the-quarter net job decrease, with a loss of 639 jobs. This was the result of 2,290 gross job gains and 2,929 gross job losses. The retail trade industry had a net loss of 503 jobs, followed by transportation and warehousing with a net loss of 448 jobs. Leisure and hospitality showed a net gain of 865 jobs, the largest gain of any sector in the state.

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 Third Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, April 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, Nebraska, seasonally adjusted
Category Gross job gains and losses
(3 months ended) 		Gross job gains and losses
as a percent of employment
(3 months ended)
June
2024 		Sept.
2024 		Dec.
2024 		Mar.
2025 		June
2025 		June
2024 		Sept.
2024 		Dec.
2024 		Mar.
2025 		June
2025

Total private (1)

Gross job gains

46,468 47,831 48,182 44,853 45,767 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4

At expanding establishments

38,243 39,867 39,586 36,194 37,583 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.4

At opening establishments

8,225 7,964 8,596 8,659 8,184 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0

Gross job losses

47,808 48,202 46,354 45,662 46,638 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5

At contracting establishments

40,978 40,264 38,147 38,401 39,252 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6

At closing establishments

6,830 7,938 8,207 7,261 7,386 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-1,340 -371 1,828 -809 -871 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 -0.1

Construction

Gross job gains

4,505 5,512 6,085 5,484 5,267 7.2 9.0 9.7 8.5 8.1

At expanding establishments

3,566 4,535 4,559 4,286 4,337 5.7 7.4 7.3 6.6 6.7

At opening establishments

939 977 1,526 1,198 930 1.5 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.4

Gross job losses

5,729 4,773 4,743 4,861 5,565 9.1 7.8 7.6 7.5 8.7

At contracting establishments

4,845 3,906 3,677 3,975 4,676 7.7 6.4 5.9 6.1 7.3

At closing establishments

884 867 1,066 886 889 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.4

Net employment change (2)

-1,224 739 1,342 623 -298 -1.9 1.2 2.1 1.0 -0.6

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

2,363 2,395 2,573 1,858 2,290 2.3 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.2

At expanding establishments

2,260 2,179 2,483 1,741 2,218 2.2 2.1 2.4 1.7 2.1

At opening establishments

103 216 90 117 72 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Gross job losses

2,461 2,793 2,484 2,636 2,929 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.9

At contracting establishments

2,357 2,451 2,288 2,501 2,653 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.6

At closing establishments

104 342 196 135 276 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Net employment change (2)

-98 -398 89 -778 -639 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.7

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

1,769 1,963 1,836 1,956 1,756 4.2 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.2

At expanding establishments

1,515 1,681 1,565 1,605 1,453 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.9 3.5

At opening establishments

254 282 271 351 303 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7

Gross job losses

1,977 2,095 1,868 1,949 1,831 4.7 5.1 4.4 4.7 4.4

At contracting establishments

1,642 1,774 1,556 1,622 1,539 3.9 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.7

At closing establishments

335 321 312 327 292 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-208 -132 -32 7 -75 -0.5 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 -0.2

Retail trade

Gross job gains

5,651 5,222 4,824 5,780 5,227 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.6 5.0

At expanding establishments

5,008 4,676 4,254 5,176 4,588 4.7 4.5 4.1 5.0 4.4

At opening establishments

643 546 570 604 639 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

5,711 6,364 5,814 4,584 5,730 5.4 6.0 5.6 4.5 5.5

At contracting establishments

5,237 5,813 5,282 3,991 5,218 5.0 5.5 5.1 3.9 5.0

At closing establishments

474 551 532 593 512 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-60 -1,142 -990 1,196 -503 -0.1 -1.0 -0.9 1.1 -0.5

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

1,682 2,034 2,842 1,321 1,583 3.9 4.9 6.7 3.2 3.8

At expanding establishments

1,416 1,664 2,586 1,086 1,324 3.3 4.0 6.1 2.6 3.2

At opening establishments

266 370 256 235 259 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

2,704 2,015 1,823 2,744 2,031 6.4 4.9 4.3 6.5 4.9

At contracting establishments

2,414 1,826 1,349 2,445 1,832 5.7 4.4 3.2 5.8 4.4

At closing establishments

290 189 474 299 199 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-1,022 19 1,019 -1,423 -448 -2.5 0.0 2.4 -3.3 -1.1

Financial activities

Gross job gains

2,524 2,397 2,609 2,149 2,301 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.3 3.6

At expanding establishments

2,042 1,892 1,913 1,613 1,834 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.9

At opening establishments

482 505 696 536 467 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.7

Gross job losses

2,619 2,597 2,531 2,513 2,431 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.8

At contracting establishments

1,836 2,090 1,954 1,888 1,895 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.0

At closing establishments

783 507 577 625 536 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.8

Net employment change (2)

-95 -200 78 -364 -130 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.7 -0.2

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

7,754 7,487 6,760 7,124 7,662 6.3 6.1 5.6 6.0 6.4

At expanding establishments

6,120 5,779 5,205 5,592 5,748 5.0 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.8

At opening establishments

1,634 1,708 1,555 1,532 1,914 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.6

Gross job losses

8,392 8,485 8,713 8,140 7,728 6.8 6.9 7.2 6.8 6.5

At contracting establishments

6,914 6,516 6,780 6,485 6,146 5.6 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.2

At closing establishments

1,478 1,969 1,933 1,655 1,582 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-638 -998 -1,953 -1,016 -66 -0.5 -0.8 -1.6 -0.8 -0.1

Education and health services

Gross job gains

7,440 6,817 6,886 6,565 6,418 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1

At expanding establishments

6,079 5,606 5,902 5,651 5,287 4.1 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.4

At opening establishments

1,361 1,211 984 914 1,131 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7

Gross job losses

5,565 6,140 5,300 5,120 5,875 3.8 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.8

At contracting establishments

4,580 4,875 4,218 4,336 4,826 3.1 3.3 2.8 2.8 3.1

At closing establishments

985 1,265 1,082 784 1,049 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.7

Net employment change (2)

1,875 677 1,586 1,445 543 1.2 0.4 1.1 1.0 0.3

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

8,861 10,157 9,474 8,566 9,399 8.8 10.1 9.4 8.5 9.3

At expanding establishments

7,019 8,753 7,641 6,320 7,543 7.0 8.7 7.6 6.3 7.5

At opening establishments

1,842 1,404 1,833 2,246 1,856 1.8 1.4 1.8 2.2 1.8

Gross job losses

8,586 8,933 8,947 9,056 8,534 8.6 8.9 8.8 9.0 8.5

At contracting establishments

7,776 7,756 7,695 7,775 7,411 7.8 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.4

At closing establishments

810 1,177 1,252 1,281 1,123 0.8 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1

Net employment change (2)

275 1,224 527 -490 865 0.2 1.2 0.6 -0.5 0.8

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

1,879 1,851 1,803 1,818 1,898 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.7 7.0

At expanding establishments

1,545 1,585 1,483 1,340 1,571 5.8 5.9 5.5 4.9 5.8

At opening establishments

334 266 320 478 327 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.2

Gross job losses

1,637 1,912 1,806 1,662 1,660 6.1 7.1 6.7 6.2 6.1

At contracting establishments

1,358 1,470 1,437 1,346 1,305 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.8

At closing establishments

279 442 369 316 355 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.3

Net employment change (2)

242 -61 -3 156 238 0.9 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.9

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

United States(1)

5.8 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.4 6.0

Alabama

5.6 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.3 5.6 5.6

Alaska

10.2 8.0 10.3 10.0 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.5 8.1 10.3

Arizona

5.6 6.4 6.1 5.8 5.3 6.5 5.7 5.9 5.3 6.3

Arkansas

5.3 5.5 5.8 5.1 5.1 5.7 5.2 4.8 5.1 5.5

California

6.2 6.3 6.7 6.0 6.6 6.9 6.2 6.4 6.2 6.7

Colorado

6.6 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.4 5.8 6.4 6.5 6.8 7.1

Connecticut

5.8 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.8

Delaware

5.8 6.8 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.4 6.3 5.3 6.1

District of Columbia

5.1 4.9 5.0 4.8 5.7 5.4 5.0 5.5 5.8 5.9

Florida

6.1 6.5 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.7 6.2 5.5 5.8

Georgia

5.9 5.8 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.7 6.1 5.4 5.7 5.6

Hawaii

5.2 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2

Idaho

7.5 7.1 8.2 7.3 7.7 7.2 7.5 6.8 7.3 7.2

Illinois

5.1 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2

Indiana

5.2 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.6

Iowa

5.6 5.3 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.8

Kansas

5.9 5.3 5.9 5.5 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4 6.3

Kentucky

5.3 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 5.8 5.4 5.5 4.8 5.4

Louisiana

5.8 6.1 6.2 5.6 5.5 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.6 6.3

Maine

7.2 6.2 7.0 7.4 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.1 6.3 7.4

Maryland

7.1 5.9 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.7 6.2

Massachusetts

5.7 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.1 5.8

Michigan

5.7 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.8 5.4 5.8 5.9 5.3 5.5

Minnesota

5.7 5.1 5.5 5.1 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.1 5.5 5.5

Mississippi

5.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.3 6.3 5.7 6.2 6.1 6.5

Missouri

5.6 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.3 5.2 6.1

Montana

7.9 7.2 8.4 8.0 7.7 7.6 8.0 7.8 7.5 8.3

Nebraska

5.5 5.6 5.6 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.5

Nevada

5.8 6.2 6.1 5.4 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.9 6.3

New Hampshire

6.1 5.6 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.7 5.9 6.1 6.7

New Jersey

5.9 5.4 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.4 5.5

New Mexico

6.1 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.8 6.0

New York

5.8 5.7 5.7 6.6 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.0 7.0

North Carolina

5.6 5.5 6.1 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.5 5.4

North Dakota

6.6 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.4 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.7

Ohio

5.2 5.2 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.4

Oklahoma

5.7 6.1 6.0 5.5 5.5 6.4 5.5 5.5 5.3 6.2

Oregon

6.0 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.4 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.2 6.5

Pennsylvania

4.9 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 5.2

Rhode Island

6.6 6.2 7.3 6.6 6.3 6.7 6.4 6.3 5.9 6.7

South Carolina

6.1 6.2 6.4 6.1 5.8 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.5 6.6

South Dakota

6.0 5.9 6.7 6.2 6.0 6.2 5.9 5.9 6.5 6.1

Tennessee

5.5 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.7 6.2 5.1 5.9

Texas

5.4 5.7 5.8 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.4

Utah

6.5 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.9 6.2 6.3 6.0 6.6

Vermont

6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.4 7.1 6.7 6.8 7.5

Virginia

5.6 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.1 5.8

Washington

5.9 5.8 5.8 5.7 6.0 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.5 5.4

West Virginia

7.0 5.9 6.5 6.4 5.5 6.7 6.6 6.1 5.7 6.3

Wisconsin

5.3 5.1 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 5.5

Wyoming

8.2 8.9 8.9 8.1 8.3 8.8 8.5 8.3 8.7 8.9

Puerto Rico

5.5 5.4 4.3 6.3 7.0 4.9 5.0 5.4 5.4 6.1

Virgin Islands

4.9 4.7 5.2 5.4 15.0 5.7 7.5 10.8 7.6 9.5

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

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