BLS - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

05/21/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/21/2026 09:11

Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii — Third Quarter 2025

News Release Information

26-770-SAN
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Contacts Technical information: Media contact:
  • (415) 625-2270

Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii - Third Quarter 2025

From June 2025 to September 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Hawaii were 26,510, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 24,980, 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 1,530 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 1,881. (See chart 1.)

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

Sep 2020

29,877 48,614

Dec 2020

60,826 18,990

Mar 2021

38,814 25,221

Jun 2021

49,775 25,363

Sep 2021

34,944 29,887

Dec 2021

34,016 24,478

Mar 2022

30,859 24,934

Jun 2022

29,685 27,294

Sep 2022

31,982 24,663

Dec 2022

30,459 24,838

Mar 2023

28,813 26,219

Jun 2023

29,317 27,179

Sep 2023

26,961 35,305

Dec 2023

31,447 25,560

Mar 2024

28,950 26,394

Jun 2024

26,591 28,777

Sep 2024

29,526 25,910

Dec 2024

27,275 25,923

Mar 2025

25,339 26,079

Jun 2025

25,197 27,078

Sep 2025

26,510 24,980

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 third quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.1 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.6 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 Hawaii, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 21,957 in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 2,536 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 4,553 jobs gained in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 1,223 jobs from the previous quarter.

View Chart Data
Chart 2. Private-sector gross job gains as a percent of employment, United States and Hawaii, September 2020-September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period United States Hawaii

Sep 2020

9.4 7.5

Dec 2020

7.4 14.7

Mar 2021

7.0 8.8

Jun 2021

6.8 10.7

Sep 2021

7.3 7.3

Dec 2021

7.7 7.1

Mar 2022

6.7 6.3

Jun 2022

6.5 6.0

Sep 2022

6.9 6.4

Dec 2022

6.3 6.0

Mar 2023

6.3 5.6

Jun 2023

6.2 5.7

Sep 2023

5.9 5.2

Dec 2023

6.0 6.2

Mar 2024

5.9 5.6

Jun 2024

5.8 5.2

Sep 2024

5.8 5.7

Dec 2024

5.9 5.3

Mar 2025

5.6 4.9

Jun 2025

5.7 4.8

Sep 2025

5.6 5.1
Gross job losses

In the third quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 4.8 percent of private-sector employment in Hawaii; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 5.7 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 Hawaii, contracting establishments lost 19,675 jobs in the third quarter of 2025, a decrease of 2,063 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 5,305 jobs, a decrease of 35 jobs from the previous quarter.

View Chart Data
Chart 3. Private-sector gross job losses as a percent of employment, United States and Hawaii, September 2020-September 2025, seasonally adjusted
Period United States Hawaii

Sep 2020

5.9 12.1

Dec 2020

5.7 4.6

Mar 2021

5.5 5.7

Jun 2021

5.9 5.5

Sep 2021

6.0 6.3

Dec 2021

5.4 5.1

Mar 2022

5.5 5.1

Jun 2022

6.2 5.5

Sep 2022

5.9 4.9

Dec 2022

5.9 4.9

Mar 2023

5.5 5.1

Jun 2023

5.9 5.3

Sep 2023

5.9 6.8

Dec 2023

5.7 5.0

Mar 2024

5.5 5.1

Jun 2024

5.9 5.6

Sep 2024

5.8 5.0

Dec 2024

5.7 5.0

Mar 2025

5.4 5.0

Jun 2025

6.0 5.2

Sep 2025

5.7 4.8
Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 4 of the 7 published industry sectors in Hawaii in the third quarter of 2025. Education and health services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 1,619 jobs. This was the result of 4,700 gross job gains and 3,081 gross job losses. Leisure and hospitality showed a net loss of 729 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 Fourth Quarter 2025 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 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.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, please dial 7-1-1 to access telecommunications relay services.

Table 1. Private-sector gross job gains and losses by industry, Hawaii, 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

29,526 27,275 25,339 25,197 26,510 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.8 5.1

At expanding establishments

24,149 22,042 20,879 19,421 21,957 4.7 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.2

At opening establishments

5,377 5,233 4,460 5,776 4,553 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.9

Gross job losses

25,910 25,923 26,079 27,078 24,980 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.2 4.8

At contracting establishments

21,025 20,556 20,881 21,738 19,675 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.2 3.8

At closing establishments

4,885 5,367 5,198 5,340 5,305 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Net employment change (2)

3,616 1,352 -740 -1,881 1,530 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 0.3

Construction

Gross job gains

2,926 2,928 3,183 2,422 2,950 7.6 7.6 8.1 6.1 7.5

At expanding establishments

2,542 2,466 2,871 2,013 2,557 6.6 6.4 7.3 5.1 6.5

At opening establishments

384 462 312 409 393 1.0 1.2 0.8 1.0 1.0

Gross job losses

2,899 2,898 2,478 2,705 2,550 7.5 7.5 6.3 6.8 6.5

At contracting establishments

2,451 2,403 2,090 2,331 2,085 6.3 6.2 5.3 5.9 5.3

At closing establishments

448 495 388 374 465 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.2

Net employment change (2)

27 30 705 -283 400 0.1 0.1 1.8 -0.7 1.0

Retail trade

Gross job gains

3,192 2,745 2,813 2,721 3,124 4.9 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.9

At expanding establishments

2,726 2,355 2,625 2,434 2,807 4.2 3.7 4.1 3.8 4.4

At opening establishments

466 390 188 287 317 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.5

Gross job losses

3,048 3,319 2,582 3,393 2,577 4.7 5.2 4.1 5.3 4.0

At contracting establishments

2,652 2,964 2,212 2,794 2,317 4.1 4.6 3.5 4.4 3.6

At closing establishments

396 355 370 599 260 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.4

Net employment change (2)

144 -574 231 -672 547 0.2 -0.9 0.3 -1.1 0.9

Financial activities

Gross job gains

1,071 1,111 1,012 1,176 1,047 3.9 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.0

At expanding establishments

924 915 788 1,005 892 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.8 3.4

At opening establishments

147 196 224 171 155 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

1,103 1,195 1,456 972 1,149 4.1 4.4 5.5 3.7 4.4

At contracting establishments

897 839 1,167 762 919 3.3 3.1 4.4 2.9 3.5

At closing establishments

206 356 289 210 230 0.8 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-32 -84 -444 204 -102 -0.2 -0.3 -1.7 0.7 -0.4

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

4,341 3,881 3,988 3,789 3,754 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3

At expanding establishments

3,446 2,950 3,427 2,913 3,128 4.8 4.1 4.8 4.1 4.4

At opening establishments

895 931 561 876 626 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.9

Gross job losses

3,933 4,193 3,717 4,161 4,072 5.5 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.7

At contracting establishments

3,127 3,089 2,814 3,055 2,867 4.4 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.0

At closing establishments

806 1,104 903 1,106 1,205 1.1 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.7

Net employment change (2)

408 -312 271 -372 -318 0.5 -0.4 0.4 -0.5 -0.4

Education and health services

Gross job gains

4,783 3,760 3,635 3,499 4,700 5.4 4.2 4.0 3.9 5.3

At expanding establishments

4,077 3,153 3,084 2,710 4,023 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.0 4.5

At opening establishments

706 607 551 789 677 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.8

Gross job losses

3,205 3,445 3,542 4,748 3,081 3.6 3.8 3.9 5.3 3.4

At contracting establishments

2,417 2,816 2,614 3,951 2,452 2.7 3.1 2.9 4.4 2.7

At closing establishments

788 629 928 797 629 0.9 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7

Net employment change (2)

1,578 315 93 -1,249 1,619 1.8 0.4 0.1 -1.4 1.9

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

5,810 6,007 4,997 5,917 5,243 4.9 5.1 4.1 5.0 4.4

At expanding establishments

4,839 4,835 4,234 4,485 4,259 4.1 4.1 3.5 3.8 3.6

At opening establishments

971 1,172 763 1,432 984 0.8 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.8

Gross job losses

5,512 5,014 5,497 5,429 5,972 4.6 4.2 4.6 4.5 5.0

At contracting establishments

4,659 4,145 4,384 4,461 4,889 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.1

At closing establishments

853 869 1,113 968 1,083 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.9

Net employment change (2)

298 993 -500 488 -729 0.3 0.9 -0.5 0.5 -0.6

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

1,427 1,620 1,271 1,411 1,507 5.7 6.4 5.0 5.6 5.9

At expanding establishments

1,211 1,350 1,021 1,131 1,291 4.8 5.3 4.0 4.5 5.1

At opening establishments

216 270 250 280 216 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8

Gross job losses

1,242 1,457 1,398 1,450 1,371 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.3

At contracting establishments

1,048 1,083 1,078 1,264 1,104 4.2 4.3 4.2 5.0 4.3

At closing establishments

194 374 320 186 267 0.8 1.5 1.3 0.7 1.0

Net employment change (2)

185 163 -127 -39 136 0.7 0.6 -0.5 -0.1 0.6

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. The sum of the states will not necessarily add to the U.S. total because of the independent seasonal adjustment of each state.

BLS - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published this content on May 21, 2026, and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed via Public Technologies (PUBT), unedited and unaltered, on May 21, 2026 at 15:11 UTC. If you believe the information included in the content is inaccurate or outdated and requires editing or removal, please contact us at [email protected]