Business Employment Dynamics in Hawaii — Third Quarter 2025

News Release from BLS, May 21, 2026

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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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