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Business Employment Dynamics in Illinois — Second Quarter 2025

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Business Employment Dynamics in Illinois - Second Quarter 2025

From March 2025 to June 2025, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Illinois were 276,218, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 274,601, 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 gain of 1,617 jobs in the private sector during the second quarter of 2025. (See table 1.) During the previous quarter, gross job gains exceeded gross job losses by 1,026. (See chart 1.)

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

Jun 2020

221,088 887,260

Sep 2020

457,593 261,217

Dec 2020

311,051 293,950

Mar 2021

351,870 248,288

Jun 2021

300,511 268,495

Sep 2021

325,435 291,721

Dec 2021

378,759 241,913

Mar 2022

320,165 263,955

Jun 2022

300,879 284,235

Sep 2022

303,387 272,405

Dec 2022

279,141 265,411

Mar 2023

305,350 249,468

Jun 2023

284,265 275,438

Sep 2023

250,428 282,416

Dec 2023

257,564 264,244

Mar 2024

271,667 252,763

Jun 2024

271,626 270,607

Sep 2024

258,666 263,109

Dec 2024

266,402 267,989

Mar 2025

262,450 261,424

Jun 2025

276,218 274,601

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 second quarter of 2025, gross job gains represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job gains accounted for 5.7 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 Illinois, gross job gains at expanding establishments totaled 227,507 in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 7,208 jobs compared to the previous quarter. Opening establishments accounted for 48,711 jobs gained in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 6,560 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Jun 2020

4.8 4.5

Sep 2020

9.4 9.7

Dec 2020

7.4 6.5

Mar 2021

7.0 7.2

Jun 2021

6.8 6.2

Sep 2021

7.3 6.6

Dec 2021

7.7 7.5

Mar 2022

6.7 6.3

Jun 2022

6.5 5.9

Sep 2022

6.9 5.9

Dec 2022

6.3 5.4

Mar 2023

6.3 5.8

Jun 2023

6.2 5.4

Sep 2023

5.9 4.8

Dec 2023

6.0 4.9

Mar 2024

5.9 5.2

Jun 2024

5.8 5.1

Sep 2024

5.8 4.9

Dec 2024

5.9 5.1

Mar 2025

5.6 5.0

Jun 2025

5.7 5.2

Gross job losses

In the second quarter of 2025, gross job losses represented 5.2 percent of private-sector employment in Illinois; nationally, gross job losses accounted for 6.0 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 Illinois, contracting establishments lost 236,402 jobs in the second quarter of 2025, an increase of 27,655 jobs from the prior quarter. Closing establishments lost 38,199 jobs, a decrease of 14,478 jobs from the previous quarter.

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

Jun 2020

16.8 18.2

Sep 2020

5.9 5.5

Dec 2020

5.7 6.1

Mar 2021

5.5 5.1

Jun 2021

5.9 5.5

Sep 2021

6.0 5.9

Dec 2021

5.4 4.9

Mar 2022

5.5 5.2

Jun 2022

6.2 5.5

Sep 2022

5.9 5.3

Dec 2022

5.9 5.1

Mar 2023

5.5 4.7

Jun 2023

5.9 5.2

Sep 2023

5.9 5.4

Dec 2023

5.7 5.1

Mar 2024

5.5 4.8

Jun 2024

5.9 5.1

Sep 2024

5.8 5.0

Dec 2024

5.7 5.1

Mar 2025

5.4 5.0

Jun 2025

6.0 5.2

Industries

Gross job gains exceeded gross job losses in 6 of the 11 published industry sectors in Illinois in the second quarter of 2025. Professional and business services had the largest over-the-quarter net job increase, with a gain of 5,482 jobs. This was the result of 60,472 gross job gains and 54,990 gross job losses. Retail trade showed a net loss of 5,951 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 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, Illinois, 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

271,626 258,666 266,402 262,450 276,218 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.2

At expanding establishments

227,091 212,097 223,505 220,299 227,507 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.3

At opening establishments

44,535 46,569 42,897 42,151 48,711 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9

Gross job losses

270,607 263,109 267,989 261,424 274,601 5.1 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2

At contracting establishments

226,781 229,161 221,691 208,747 236,402 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.5

At closing establishments

43,826 33,948 46,298 52,677 38,199 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7

Net employment change (2)

1,019 -4,443 -1,587 1,026 1,617 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0

Construction

Gross job gains

23,072 22,077 22,588 26,021 23,317 9.6 9.3 9.6 10.7 9.6

At expanding establishments

18,746 17,732 19,040 21,375 19,178 7.8 7.5 8.1 8.8 7.9

At opening establishments

4,326 4,345 3,548 4,646 4,139 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.7

Gross job losses

22,951 22,868 24,857 20,178 22,906 9.5 9.7 10.5 8.3 9.4

At contracting establishments

18,823 19,934 19,653 16,099 19,970 7.8 8.5 8.3 6.6 8.2

At closing establishments

4,128 2,934 5,204 4,079 2,936 1.7 1.2 2.2 1.7 1.2

Net employment change (2)

121 -791 -2,269 5,843 411 0.1 -0.4 -0.9 2.4 0.2

Manufacturing

Gross job gains

16,551 15,812 15,598 15,778 15,031 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.6

At expanding establishments

14,593 13,943 13,648 14,218 13,367 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3

At opening establishments

1,958 1,869 1,950 1,560 1,664 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Gross job losses

18,922 18,570 17,778 16,569 18,792 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.3

At contracting establishments

16,960 16,898 15,762 14,170 16,208 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.8

At closing establishments

1,962 1,672 2,016 2,399 2,584 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-2,371 -2,758 -2,180 -791 -3,761 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.7

Wholesale trade

Gross job gains

9,808 11,016 9,851 11,043 10,051 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.4

At expanding establishments

8,741 8,480 8,374 9,344 8,319 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.8

At opening establishments

1,067 2,536 1,477 1,699 1,732 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

12,204 10,789 10,812 11,146 12,598 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.2

At contracting establishments

8,908 9,255 9,069 8,908 10,098 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.4

At closing establishments

3,296 1,534 1,743 2,238 2,500 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8

Net employment change (2)

-2,396 227 -961 -103 -2,547 -0.7 0.0 -0.3 0.0 -0.8

Retail trade

Gross job gains

27,517 28,889 24,703 29,330 27,395 4.8 5.1 4.4 5.2 4.8

At expanding establishments

24,225 25,664 22,100 26,122 24,061 4.2 4.5 3.9 4.6 4.2

At opening establishments

3,292 3,225 2,603 3,208 3,334 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6

Gross job losses

28,077 27,796 30,935 24,343 33,346 4.9 4.8 5.4 4.3 5.8

At contracting establishments

24,467 25,832 27,606 21,113 28,831 4.3 4.5 4.8 3.7 5.0

At closing establishments

3,610 1,964 3,329 3,230 4,515 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.8

Net employment change (2)

-560 1,093 -6,232 4,987 -5,951 -0.1 0.3 -1.0 0.9 -1.0

Transportation and warehousing

Gross job gains

13,259 15,101 22,280 10,987 14,116 4.2 4.9 7.1 3.5 4.5

At expanding establishments

10,980 12,913 19,878 9,448 11,708 3.5 4.2 6.3 3.0 3.7

At opening establishments

2,279 2,188 2,402 1,539 2,408 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.8

Gross job losses

14,208 12,912 12,630 19,285 16,549 4.6 4.2 4.0 6.1 5.3

At contracting establishments

12,188 10,568 9,885 16,754 14,958 3.9 3.4 3.1 5.3 4.8

At closing establishments

2,020 2,344 2,745 2,531 1,591 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.5

Net employment change (2)

-949 2,189 9,650 -8,298 -2,433 -0.4 0.7 3.1 -2.6 -0.8

Information

Gross job gains

3,817 3,886 3,615 3,959 4,709 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.4 5.2

At expanding establishments

2,985 2,850 2,860 2,893 3,730 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.1

At opening establishments

832 1,036 755 1,066 979 0.9 1.1 0.8 1.2 1.1

Gross job losses

5,226 3,705 4,684 4,068 6,352 5.7 4.0 5.2 4.4 7.0

At contracting establishments

4,046 2,948 3,675 2,953 5,467 4.4 3.2 4.1 3.2 6.0

At closing establishments

1,180 757 1,009 1,115 885 1.3 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.0

Net employment change (2)

-1,409 181 -1,069 -109 -1,643 -1.5 0.2 -1.2 0.0 -1.8

Financial activities

Gross job gains

14,160 13,789 12,738 12,512 15,187 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.3 4.1

At expanding establishments

11,392 11,179 9,724 9,957 12,699 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 3.4

At opening establishments

2,768 2,610 3,014 2,555 2,488 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7

Gross job losses

12,540 13,380 13,114 13,000 13,863 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.7

At contracting establishments

9,486 11,347 10,407 9,239 10,836 2.5 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.9

At closing establishments

3,054 2,033 2,707 3,761 3,027 0.8 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.8

Net employment change (2)

1,620 409 -376 -488 1,324 0.4 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.4

Professional and business services

Gross job gains

56,057 51,203 50,953 49,595 60,472 6.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.7

At expanding establishments

45,137 40,940 40,619 39,969 48,886 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 5.4

At opening establishments

10,920 10,263 10,334 9,626 11,586 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3

Gross job losses

61,106 56,818 61,230 54,214 54,990 6.5 6.1 6.7 6.0 6.0

At contracting establishments

51,783 48,072 48,366 42,378 46,661 5.5 5.2 5.3 4.7 5.1

At closing establishments

9,323 8,746 12,864 11,836 8,329 1.0 0.9 1.4 1.3 0.9

Net employment change (2)

-5,049 -5,615 -10,277 -4,619 5,482 -0.5 -0.6 -1.2 -0.5 0.7

Education and health services

Gross job gains

42,485 37,555 39,596 40,334 39,570 4.4 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9

At expanding establishments

37,996 32,836 34,575 36,017 33,340 3.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.3

At opening establishments

4,489 4,719 5,021 4,317 6,230 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6

Gross job losses

34,562 30,628 32,428 34,660 34,995 3.5 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.5

At contracting establishments

29,415 26,881 27,229 26,162 31,406 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.1

At closing establishments

5,147 3,747 5,199 8,498 3,589 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4

Net employment change (2)

7,923 6,927 7,168 5,674 4,575 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.4

Leisure and hospitality

Gross job gains

48,291 44,592 49,652 47,502 50,127 8.0 7.4 8.3 7.8 8.3

At expanding establishments

39,028 34,449 40,860 39,132 39,506 6.5 5.7 6.8 6.4 6.5

At opening establishments

9,263 10,143 8,792 8,370 10,621 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8

Gross job losses

45,111 50,145 44,701 49,155 45,805 7.5 8.4 7.5 8.1 7.5

At contracting establishments

38,583 44,358 38,352 39,617 40,170 6.4 7.4 6.4 6.5 6.6

At closing establishments

6,528 5,787 6,349 9,538 5,635 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.6 0.9

Net employment change (2)

3,180 -5,553 4,951 -1,653 4,322 0.5 -1.0 0.8 -0.3 0.8

Other services (3)

Gross job gains

13,477 11,726 10,931 11,723 13,029 6.7 5.9 5.5 5.9 6.5

At expanding establishments

11,006 8,830 8,771 8,912 10,172 5.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 5.1

At opening establishments

2,471 2,896 2,160 2,811 2,857 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.4 1.4

Gross job losses

11,633 12,265 11,738 11,666 10,775 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.9 5.4

At contracting establishments

8,731 10,488 9,274 8,818 8,701 4.4 5.3 4.7 4.5 4.4

At closing establishments

2,902 1,777 2,464 2,848 2,074 1.5 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.0

Net employment change (2)

1,844 -539 -807 57 2,254 0.8 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 1.1

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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