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Business Employment Dynamics in Arizona — Fourth Quarter 2025

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Business Employment Dynamics in Arizona - Fourth Quarter 2025

From September 2025 to December 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Arizona were 160,261, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 152,309, 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 7,952 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 7,420. (See chart 1.)

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

Dec 2020

180,981 120,413

Mar 2021

161,180 135,892

Jun 2021

171,165 145,380

Sep 2021

180,420 130,867

Dec 2021

176,652 129,038

Mar 2022

178,848 148,326

Jun 2022

172,010 165,086

Sep 2022

189,068 148,399

Dec 2022

179,091 162,424

Mar 2023

165,485 151,101

Jun 2023

193,605 173,883

Sep 2023

186,933 156,931

Dec 2023

179,241 183,689

Mar 2024

228,020 182,285

Jun 2024

157,341 182,582

Sep 2024

181,452 160,169

Dec 2024

169,532 164,857

Mar 2025

163,781 151,984

Jun 2025

147,357 178,260

Sep 2025

161,622 154,202

Dec 2025

160,261 152,309

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 5.7 percent of private-sector employment in Arizona; 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 Arizona, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 130,491 in the fourth quarter of 2025, an increase of 1,493 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 29,770 jobs gained in the fourth quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,854 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Arizona, December 2020-December 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period United States Arizona

Dec 2020

7.4 7.4

Mar 2021

7.0 6.5

Jun 2021

6.8 6.8

Sep 2021

7.3 7.1

Dec 2021

7.7 6.8

Mar 2022

6.7 6.8

Jun 2022

6.5 6.5

Sep 2022

6.9 7.1

Dec 2022

6.3 6.6

Mar 2023

6.3 6.1

Jun 2023

6.2 7.1

Sep 2023

5.9 6.7

Dec 2023

6.0 6.5

Mar 2024

5.9 8.2

Jun 2024

5.8 5.6

Sep 2024

5.8 6.4

Dec 2024

5.9 6.1

Mar 2025

5.6 5.8

Jun 2025

5.7 5.3

Sep 2025

5.6 5.8

Dec 2025

5.9 5.7
Gross job losses

In the fourth quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.4 percent of private-sector employment in Arizona; 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 Arizona, contracting establishments lost 116,126 jobs in the fourth quarter of 2025, a decrease of 4,734 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 36,183 jobs, an increase of 2,841 jobs from the previous quarter.

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Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Arizona, December 2020-December 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period United States Arizona

Dec 2020

5.7 4.9

Mar 2021

5.5 5.4

Jun 2021

5.9 5.8

Sep 2021

6.0 5.1

Dec 2021

5.4 4.9

Mar 2022

5.5 5.7

Jun 2022

6.2 6.2

Sep 2022

5.9 5.5

Dec 2022

5.9 6.0

Mar 2023

5.5 5.5

Jun 2023

5.9 6.3

Sep 2023

5.9 5.7

Dec 2023

5.7 6.6

Mar 2024

5.5 6.5

Jun 2024

5.9 6.5

Sep 2024

5.8 5.7

Dec 2024

5.7 5.9

Mar 2025

5.4 5.3

Jun 2025

6.0 6.3

Sep 2025

5.7 5.5

Dec 2025

5.5 5.4
Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 7 of the 11 published industry sectors in Arizona in the fourth quarter of 2025. Transportation and warehousing had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 3,842 jobs. This was the result of 9,208 gross job gains and 5,366 gross job losses. Retail trade showed a net loss of 2,322 jobs, the largest loss 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 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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Table 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Arizona, seasonally adjusted
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 (1)

Gross job gains

169,532 163,781 147,357 161,622 160,261 6.1 5.8 5.3 5.8 5.7

At expanding establishments

128,601 123,998 117,634 128,998 130,491 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.6

At opening establishments

40,931 39,783 29,723 32,624 29,770 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.1

Gross job losses

164,857 151,984 178,260 154,202 152,309 5.9 5.3 6.3 5.5 5.4

At contracting establishments

128,101 128,396 139,323 120,860 116,126 4.6 4.5 4.9 4.3 4.1

At closing establishments

36,756 23,588 38,937 33,342 36,183 1.3 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.3

Net employment change (2)

4,675 11,797 -30,903 7,420 7,952 0.2 0.5 -1.0 0.3 0.3

Construction

Gross job gains

16,576 16,420 13,713 15,324 16,204 7.3 7.2 6.0 6.9 7.4

At expanding establishments

12,689 13,210 11,857 13,129 13,610 5.6 5.8 5.2 5.9 6.2

At opening establishments

3,887 3,210 1,856 2,195 2,594 1.7 1.4 0.8 1.0 1.2

Gross job losses

15,165 15,506 19,486 18,669 17,126 6.7 6.8 8.6 8.5 7.8

At contracting establishments

11,910 13,469 16,040 15,429 13,468 5.3 5.9 7.1 7.0 6.1

At closing establishments

3,255 2,037 3,446 3,240 3,658 1.4 0.9 1.5 1.5 1.7

Net employment change (2)

1,411 914 -5,773 -3,345 -922 0.6 0.4 -2.6 -1.6 -0.4

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

6,345 5,413 5,853 6,076 7,023 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.6

At expanding establishments

5,238 4,432 4,965 5,350 6,083 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.8 3.1

At opening establishments

1,107 981 888 726 940 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5

Gross job losses

6,714 6,067 7,232 6,595 5,497 3.5 3.1 3.7 3.5 2.8

At contracting establishments

5,778 5,466 6,207 5,716 4,291 3.0 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.2

At closing establishments

936 601 1,025 879 1,206 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6

Net employment change (2)

-369 -654 -1,379 -519 1,526 -0.2 -0.3 -0.6 -0.3 0.8

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

5,513 6,089 5,562 5,111 5,158 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.2 4.3

At expanding establishments

4,021 4,850 4,770 4,082 4,335 3.3 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.6

At opening establishments

1,492 1,239 792 1,029 823 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7

Gross job losses

5,978 5,153 6,395 5,870 5,219 5.0 4.2 5.3 4.8 4.2

At contracting establishments

4,294 3,886 4,594 4,295 3,702 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.5 3.0

At closing establishments

1,684 1,267 1,801 1,575 1,517 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.2

Net employment change (2)

-465 936 -833 -759 -61 -0.5 0.8 -0.7 -0.6 0.1

Retail trade

Gross job gains

16,612 17,511 14,772 15,275 15,229 4.8 5.1 4.3 4.4 4.4

At expanding establishments

14,172 15,538 13,108 13,382 13,719 4.1 4.5 3.8 3.9 4.0

At opening establishments

2,440 1,973 1,664 1,893 1,510 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4

Gross job losses

18,032 14,995 17,636 16,594 17,551 5.2 4.4 5.0 4.8 5.1

At contracting establishments

14,910 13,420 15,033 14,595 15,051 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.4

At closing establishments

3,122 1,575 2,603 1,999 2,500 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7

Net employment change (2)

-1,420 2,516 -2,864 -1,319 -2,322 -0.4 0.7 -0.7 -0.4 -0.7

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

9,668 5,086 4,895 6,219 9,208 6.8 3.5 3.5 4.5 6.4

At expanding establishments

8,770 4,308 4,327 5,149 8,716 6.2 3.0 3.1 3.7 6.1

At opening establishments

898 778 568 1,070 492 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3

Gross job losses

5,104 9,353 6,096 5,643 5,366 3.6 6.6 4.4 4.0 3.8

At contracting establishments

4,110 8,757 5,144 4,787 4,197 2.9 6.2 3.7 3.4 3.0

At closing establishments

994 596 952 856 1,169 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.8

Net employment change (2)

4,564 -4,267 -1,201 576 3,842 3.2 -3.1 -0.9 0.5 2.6

Information

Gross job gains

2,411 2,257 2,295 2,088 1,802 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.4 3.7

At expanding establishments

1,853 1,720 1,963 1,620 1,493 3.8 3.5 4.1 3.4 3.1

At opening establishments

558 537 332 468 309 1.1 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.6

Gross job losses

3,397 2,689 3,266 2,561 2,653 6.9 5.5 6.7 5.3 5.6

At contracting establishments

2,601 2,189 2,338 1,890 2,046 5.3 4.5 4.8 3.9 4.3

At closing establishments

796 500 928 671 607 1.6 1.0 1.9 1.4 1.3

Net employment change (2)

-986 -432 -971 -473 -851 -2.0 -0.9 -1.9 -0.9 -1.9

Financial activities

Gross job gains

11,915 10,895 9,419 8,842 10,960 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.8 4.7

At expanding establishments

8,359 8,206 7,611 6,984 8,188 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.0 3.5

At opening establishments

3,556 2,689 1,808 1,858 2,772 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.2

Gross job losses

10,155 9,042 12,649 9,719 8,895 4.4 4.0 5.3 4.2 3.8

At contracting establishments

6,852 6,369 8,328 6,616 6,353 3.0 2.8 3.5 2.9 2.7

At closing establishments

3,303 2,673 4,321 3,103 2,542 1.4 1.2 1.8 1.3 1.1

Net employment change (2)

1,760 1,853 -3,230 -877 2,065 0.7 0.8 -1.3 -0.4 0.9

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

30,032 29,055 27,777 31,713 29,827 6.5 6.3 6.1 6.9 6.5

At expanding establishments

21,210 22,647 23,647 25,659 24,154 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.3

At opening establishments

8,822 6,408 4,130 6,054 5,673 1.9 1.4 0.9 1.3 1.2

Gross job losses

33,793 28,572 37,378 30,719 29,597 7.3 6.2 8.2 6.7 6.5

At contracting establishments

25,142 22,974 28,635 22,841 21,524 5.4 5.0 6.3 5.0 4.7

At closing establishments

8,651 5,598 8,743 7,878 8,073 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.8

Net employment change (2)

-3,761 483 -9,601 994 230 -0.8 0.1 -2.1 0.2 0.0

Education and health services

Gross job gains

25,133 22,966 21,898 24,002 21,068 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.4 3.9

At expanding establishments

19,565 18,132 19,211 20,620 16,937 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.8 3.1

At opening establishments

5,568 4,834 2,687 3,382 4,131 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.8

Gross job losses

23,910 20,753 25,415 19,674 20,101 4.4 3.8 4.7 3.6 3.6

At contracting establishments

17,936 17,982 19,479 15,070 14,921 3.3 3.3 3.6 2.8 2.7

At closing establishments

5,974 2,771 5,936 4,604 5,180 1.1 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

1,223 2,213 -3,517 4,328 967 0.2 0.4 -0.7 0.8 0.3

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

30,706 26,877 20,701 27,018 27,905 8.4 7.3 5.7 7.4 7.6

At expanding establishments

23,424 20,643 17,444 22,971 23,101 6.4 5.6 4.8 6.3 6.3

At opening establishments

7,282 6,234 3,257 4,047 4,804 2.0 1.7 0.9 1.1 1.3

Gross job losses

23,758 28,622 28,941 26,979 25,771 6.5 7.8 7.9 7.4 7.0

At contracting establishments

19,215 24,924 23,146 21,345 20,198 5.3 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.5

At closing establishments

4,543 3,698 5,795 5,634 5,573 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.5

Net employment change (2)

6,948 -1,745 -8,240 39 2,134 1.9 -0.5 -2.2 0.0 0.6

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

5,632 5,701 4,690 5,397 5,447 6.6 6.7 5.5 6.4 6.4

At expanding establishments

4,092 4,140 3,843 4,398 4,350 4.8 4.9 4.5 5.2 5.1

At opening establishments

1,540 1,561 847 999 1,097 1.8 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.3

Gross job losses

7,875 5,777 6,286 5,679 5,300 9.1 6.8 7.4 6.7 6.2

At contracting establishments

6,046 4,667 4,640 4,143 3,680 7.0 5.5 5.5 4.9 4.3

At closing establishments

1,829 1,110 1,646 1,536 1,620 2.1 1.3 1.9 1.8 1.9

Net employment change (2)

-2,243 -76 -1,596 -282 147 -2.5 -0.1 -1.9 -0.3 0.2

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

United States(1)

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

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

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