Job gains and losses

Business Employment Dynamics (BED)

BED data is a product of a federal-state cooperative program known as the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).

BED data measures the net change in employment from 1992 forward. It highlights the number and rates of gross jobs gained at opening and expanding establishments, as well as the number and rates of gross jobs lost by closing and contracting establishments.

For additional information, visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics BED. You can also create your own customized tables.

Idaho BED: third quarter 2025

Gross job losses exceeded gross job gains and yielded a net employment loss of 6,800 jobs in Idaho during the third quarter of 2025, according to preliminary BED data released by the Idaho Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Labor.

New establishments and existing business expansions made up 49,570 gross job gains in the private sector from June to September 2025, down 8,380 jobs from the previous quarter. Gross job losses over the same timeframe from contracting and closing private sector establishments totaled 56,370, an increase of 2,994 job losses from the prior quarter.

Idaho experienced a net establishment decrease of 1,317 during this same period.

For more information, visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics BED.

Updated May 29, 2026