Bureau of Labor Statistics US - Economy Nearly A Million Jobs Gained in The Fourth Quarter Of 2017

From September 2017 to December 2017, gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments were 7.8 million. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private sector establishments were 6.8 million.

The difference between the number of gross job gains and the number of gross job losses yielded a net employment gain of 999,000 jobs during the fourth quarter of 2017.