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US opening-establishment job gains, Q4 2025

What will BLS first report for private-sector gross job gains at opening establishments in 2025 Q4, seasonally adjusted, in thousands?

Overdue · was due Jul 29, 2026

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Forecast

1.64m
1.58m–1.69m
80% prediction interval
gpt-5.6-solRun record ↗
1,5011,5721,6421,7132023-Q12025-Q3Jul 20261.64m
historyforecast path80% interval
Probability distribution

Cumulative probability

Chance that the outcome is at or below each value.

0%25%50%75%100%1.51m1.64m1.77mForecast value

Shaded band: 80% interval (1.58m–1.69m). Dashed line: point estimate (1.64m).

Derived from the point estimate and 80% interval; the agent did not report a full distribution.

Analysis

§BLS opening-establishment gross job gains, 2025 Q4

The target is BLS BED Table 1, total-private gross job gains at opening establishments, seasonally adjusted and measured in thousands—not the opening-firm series or an unadjusted variant. Resolution uses the strict first 2025-Q4 print without correction-day or revision exceptions.

▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Fetch recent observations from BLS BED Table 1.
↳ BLS reports opening-establishment gross job gains of 1,589 thousand in 2025 Q1, 1,527 thousand in Q2, and 1,597 thousand in Q3, seasonally adjusted.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Fetch the pre-2025 reference class from BLS BED Table 1.
↳ The 2024 quarterly values were 1,531, 1,561, 1,564, and 1,660 thousand; the 2023 values were 1,570, 1,608, 1,586, and 1,637 thousand.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Check related total gross job gains and the official release schedule.
↳ Total private gross job gains were 7,448 thousand in 2025 Q1, 7,585 thousand in Q2, and 7,475 thousand in Q3; the BLS calendar schedules the 2025 Q4 BED release for July 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM.

The outside-view base rate is the recent 2023-Q1 through 2025-Q3 reference class: opening-establishment gains have centered near 1.585 million, while the two latest Q4 observations were higher at 1.637 million and 1.660 million.

Level and momentum point in different directions: the series remains near 1.6 million and rebounded 70 thousand in Q3, but total gross gains eased from 7.585 million to 7.475 million. Recent Q4 strength supports an elevated anchor, while the softer 2025 labor-flow backdrop warrants a modest downward adjustment. No discrete policy or identifiable one-off mechanism justifies a larger shift.

Prior/update/interval: A recent-Q4 persistence model uses the 2023-Q4 and 2024-Q4 average, (1,637 + 1,660) / 2 = 1,648.5 thousand, based on the 11-quarter 2023-Q1–2025-Q3 historical sample. Apply the sole adjustment component, -13.5 thousand for softer 2025 total gross gains, giving 1,635.0. Because this is a flow series, dispersion is computed from all 11 listed quarterly values themselves: sample sigma = 40.7 thousand. The normal 80% half-width is 1.28*sigma = 1.28*40.7 = 52.1 thousand, implying 1,635 ± 52, or final bounds of 1,583 to 1,687 thousand.

Upside risk comes from another Q4 opening surge comparable to or stronger than 2024 and would land above the interval if the first print exceeds 1,687 thousand. Downside risk comes from broad-based establishment-formation weakness or reversal of the Q3 rebound and would land below the interval if the print is under 1,583 thousand.

Review disposition: Accepted both optional clarifications by specifying that sigma uses all 11 listed observations and that the -13.5 thousand reduction is the sole adjustment component; no required fixes were identified.

Key drivers

  • Recent rebound from 1,527 thousand to 1,597 thousand
  • Recent Q4 prints of 1,637 thousand and 1,660 thousand
  • Soft 2025 gross-job-gain environment
  • Opening-establishment volatility around a stable 1.6 million level

Tool evidence

This run has no captured tool responses. “Reported tool use” in the analysis is the model’s account, not an archived tool response.

Sources and resolution

Official source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Business Employment Dynamics release
Resolution date
July 29, 2026· outcome not recorded
Resolution rule
Resolve to the first value published for 2025 Q4 in BLS Business Employment Dynamics Table 1, Gross job gains—Opening establishments—Total private, seasonally adjusted, in thousands. Use the displayed integer value, equivalent to rounding to the nearest thousand jobs, and ignore all subsequent revisions.
Run details

The analysis is the model’s written report. Tool-use descriptions in that report are model claims; the activity artifacts contain the execution record.

thesis.analyst · gpt-5.6-sol · fast · v2.2.0

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  • info optional_suggestion: Consider stating explicitly whether the 40.7 thousand sigma is computed from all 11 listed observations to remove any ambiguity.
  • info optional_suggestion: The -13.5 thousand downward adjustment is acceptable, but could be made slightly more auditable by naming it as the sole adjustment component.

disposition not applicable: Review disposition: Accepted both optional clarifications by specifying that sigma uses all 11 listed observations and that the -13.5 thousand reduction is the sole adjustment component; no required fixes were identified.

disposition not applicable: Review disposition: Accepted both optional clarifications by specifying that sigma uses all 11 listed observations and that the -13.5 thousand reduction is the sole adjustment component; no required fixes were identified.

Activity artifacts

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§BLS opening-establishment gross job gains, 2025 Q4

The target is BLS BED Table 1, total-private gross job gains at opening establishments, seasonally adjusted and measured in thousands—not the opening-firm series or an unadjusted variant. Resolution uses the strict first 2025-Q4 print without correction-day or revision exceptions.

▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Fetch recent observations from BLS BED Table 1.
↳ BLS reports opening-establishment gross job gains of 1,589 thousand in 2025 Q1, 1,527 thousand in Q2, and 1,597 thousand in Q3, seasonally adjusted.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Fetch the pre-2025 reference class from BLS BED Table 1.
↳ The 2024 quarterly values were 1,531, 1,561, 1,564, and 1,660 thousand; the 2023 values were 1,570, 1,608, 1,586, and 1,637 thousand.
▸ Reported tool use: official.lookupmodel report
Check related total gross job gains and the official release schedule.
↳ Total private gross job gains were 7,448 thousand in 2025 Q1, 7,585 thousand in Q2, and 7,475 thousand in Q3; the BLS calendar schedules the 2025 Q4 BED release for July 29, 2026 at 10:00 AM.

The outside-view base rate is the recent 2023-Q1 through 2025-Q3 reference class: opening-establishment gains have centered near 1.585 million, while the two latest Q4 observations were higher at 1.637 million and 1.660 million.

Level and momentum point in different directions: the series remains near 1.6 million and rebounded 70 thousand in Q3, but total gross gains eased from 7.585 million to 7.475 million. Recent Q4 strength supports an elevated anchor, while the softer 2025 labor-flow backdrop warrants a modest downward adjustment. No discrete policy or identifiable one-off mechanism justifies a larger shift.

Prior/update/interval: A recent-Q4 persistence model uses the 2023-Q4 and 2024-Q4 average, (1,637 + 1,660) / 2 = 1,648.5 thousand, based on the 11-quarter 2023-Q1–2025-Q3 historical sample. Apply the sole adjustment component, -13.5 thousand for softer 2025 total gross gains, giving 1,635.0. Because this is a flow series, dispersion is computed from all 11 listed quarterly values themselves: sample sigma = 40.7 thousand. The normal 80% half-width is 1.28*sigma = 1.28*40.7 = 52.1 thousand, implying 1,635 ± 52, or final bounds of 1,583 to 1,687 thousand.

Upside risk comes from another Q4 opening surge comparable to or stronger than 2024 and would land above the interval if the first print exceeds 1,687 thousand. Downside risk comes from broad-based establishment-formation weakness or reversal of the Q3 rebound and would land below the interval if the print is under 1,583 thousand.

Review disposition: Accepted both optional clarifications by specifying that sigma uses all 11 listed observations and that the -13.5 thousand reduction is the sole adjustment component; no required fixes were identified.

calibrated forecast · 80% CI
1.64m[1.58m · 1.69m]
Target metadata

Data point: bls.bed.private_gross_job_gains.opening_establishments.2025_q4.first_print

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