State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, December 15, 2022	USDL-22-2308
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			 STATE JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – OCTOBER 2022

Job openings rates decreased in 15 states and increased in 3 states on the last business day of October, 
the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 8 states and increased in 5 
states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, 
hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in October. 

This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, total separations, quits, and 
layoffs and discharges for the total nonfarm sector and for all states and the District of Columbia. 

Job Openings

In October, job openings rates decreased in 15 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 
32 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Alaska    
(-4.7 percentage points) and in Illinois and Wyoming (-1.1 points each). The increases occurred in 
Louisiana (+0.8 point), Alabama (+0.5 point), and New York (+0.3 point). Over the month, the national 
job openings rate was little changed. (See table A.)

The number of job openings decreased in 17 states, increased in 2 states, and was little changed in 31 
states and the District of Columbia in October. The largest decreases in the job openings level occurred 
in Texas (-131,000), Illinois (-81,000), and Florida (-60,000). The increases in the job openings level 
occurred in Louisiana (+19,000) and Oregon (+12,000). Nationally, the number of job openings edged 
down over the month. (See table A.)

Hires

In October, hires rates decreased in 8 states, increased in 5 states, and were little changed in 37 states 
and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in hires rates occurred in Alaska (-1.9 percentage 
points) and Hawaii (-1.3 points), as well as in Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island (-1.2 points 
each). The increases in hires rates occurred in Arkansas, Kansas, and Louisiana (+0.6 point each), as 
well as in California and Ohio (+0.5 point each). The national hires rate was little changed over the 
month. (See table B.)

The number of hires decreased in 9 states, increased in 3 states, and was little changed in 38 states and 
the District of Columbia in October. The largest decreases in the hires level occurred in Florida 
(-54,000) and Connecticut (-10,000), as well as in Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, and New Hampshire (-8,000 
each). The increases in the hires level occurred in California (+85,000), Ohio (+28,000), and Kansas 
(+9,000). Nationally, the number of hires was little changed over the month. (See table B.)

Total Separations

In October, total separations rates increased in 3 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 
46 states and the District of Columbia. The increases in total separations rates occurred in Alaska and 
Wyoming (+1.8 percentage points each) and in South Dakota (+0.7 point). The decrease occurred in 
Kentucky (-1.1 points). Over the month, the national total separations rate was unchanged. (See table C.)

In October, the number of total separations increased in 5 states, decreased in 1 state, and was little 
changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in the total separations level 
occurred in Tennessee (+23,000), Alabama (+13,000), and Alaska (+6,000). The decrease in the total 
separations level occurred in Kentucky (-20,000). Nationally, the number of total separations was little 
changed over the month. (See table C.)
 
Quits

In October, quits rates increased in 4 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little changed in 43 states 
and the District of Columbia. The increases in quits rates occurred in Wyoming (+1.5 percentage points) 
and Alaska (+1.0 point), and in Alabama and South Dakota (+0.5 point each). The decreases in quits 
rates occurred in Kentucky (-0.8 point), Connecticut (-0.5 point), and Illinois (-0.4 point). Over the 
month, the national quits rate was little changed. (See table D.)

The number of quits increased in 5 states, decreased in 3 states, and was little changed in 42 states and 
the District of Columbia in October. The largest increases in the quits level occurred in Florida		 
(+30,000), Virginia (+14,000), and Alabama (+11,000). The decreases in the quits level occurred in 
Illinois (-25,000), Kentucky (-16,000), and Connecticut (-8,000). Nationally, the number of quits was 
little changed over the month. (See table D.)
 
Layoffs and Discharges 

In October, layoffs and discharges rates increased in 4 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little 
changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in layoffs and discharges rates 
occurred in Tennessee (+0.8 percentage point) and Alaska (+0.7 point), and in Idaho and Nevada (+0.5 
point each). The decreases in layoffs and discharges rates occurred in Ohio (-0.4 point) and in Florida 
and New York (-0.2 point each). Over the month, the national layoffs and discharges rate was 
unchanged. (See table E.)

The number of layoffs and discharges increased in 5 states, decreased in 1 state, and was little changed 
in 44 states and the District of Columbia in October. The largest increases in the layoffs and discharges 
levels occurred in Tennessee (+24,000), Georgia (+17,000), and Nevada (+7,000). The decrease in the 
layoffs and discharges level occurred in Ohio (-20,000). Nationally, the number of layoffs and 
discharges was little changed over the month. (See table E.)

For more information, please see the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) interactive 
charts at www.bls.gov/charts/state-job-openings-and-labor-turnover/state-job-openings-rates.htm#.  
	
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey State estimates for November 2022 are scheduled 
to be released on Friday, January 20, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


Table A: States with significant changes in job openings from Sep 2022 to Oct 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............|10,687  |10,334  |     -353       |   6.5  |   6.3  |     -0.2        
Alabama................|   144  |   155  |       11*      |   6.4  |   6.9  |      0.5
Alaska.................|    48  |    29  |      -19       |  13.0  |   8.3  |     -4.7
Connecticut............|   110  |    97  |      -13       |   6.2  |   5.5  |     -0.7
Florida................|   624  |   564  |      -60       |   6.2  |   5.6  |     -0.6
Idaho..................|    63  |    58  |       -5       |   7.1  |   6.5  |     -0.6*
Illinois...............|   440  |   359  |      -81       |   6.7  |   5.6  |     -1.1
Iowa...................|   115  |   100  |      -15       |   6.8  |   5.9  |     -0.9
Kentucky...............|   159  |   147  |      -12       |   7.4  |   6.9  |     -0.5
Louisiana..............|   143  |   162  |       19       |   6.9  |   7.7  |      0.8
Maine..................|    47  |    42  |       -5       |   6.9  |   6.1  |     -0.8
Maryland...............|   191  |   173  |      -18       |   6.5  |   6.0  |     -0.5
Massachusetts..........|   280  |   258  |      -22       |   7.0  |   6.5  |     -0.5
Michigan...............|   336  |   295  |      -41       |   7.2  |   6.3  |     -0.9
New Hampshire..........|    55  |    50  |       -5       |   7.4  |   6.8  |     -0.6*
New York...............|   514  |   539  |       25*      |   5.1  |   5.4  |      0.3
North Dakota...........|    31  |    26  |       -5       |   6.7  |   5.7  |     -1.0
Oregon.................|   123  |   135  |       12       |   5.9  |   6.4  |      0.5*
South Dakota...........|    32  |    28  |       -4       |   6.6  |   5.8  |     -0.8
Texas..................|  1000  |   869  |     -131       |   6.9  |   6.0  |     -0.9
Virginia...............|   351  |   330  |      -21       |   7.9  |   7.4  |     -0.5
Wyoming................|    26  |    22  |       -4       |   8.3  |   7.2  |     -1.1
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   
   
Table B: States with significant changes in hires from Sep 2022 to Oct 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 6,096  | 6,012  |      -84       |   4.0  |   3.9  |     -0.1        
Alaska.................|    26  |    20  |       -6       |   8.1  |   6.2  |     -1.9
Arkansas...............|    51  |    59  |        8*      |   3.9  |   4.5  |      0.6
California.............|   555  |   640  |       85       |   3.1  |   3.6  |      0.5
Connecticut............|    55  |    45  |      -10       |   3.3  |   2.7  |     -0.6*
Florida................|   409  |   355  |      -54       |   4.3  |   3.7  |     -0.6
Hawaii.................|    30  |    22  |       -8       |   4.9  |   3.6  |     -1.3
Idaho..................|    47  |    39  |       -8       |   5.7  |   4.7  |     -1.0
Kansas.................|    50  |    59  |        9       |   3.6  |   4.2  |      0.6
Louisiana..............|    93  |   104  |       11*      |   4.8  |   5.4  |      0.6
Maine..................|    29  |    21  |       -8       |   4.5  |   3.3  |     -1.2
New Hampshire..........|    32  |    24  |       -8       |   4.7  |   3.5  |     -1.2
Ohio...................|   194  |   222  |       28       |   3.5  |   4.0  |      0.5
Rhode Island...........|    21  |    15  |       -6       |   4.2  |   3.0  |     -1.2
Vermont................|    13  |    10  |       -3       |   4.3  |   3.3  |     -1.0
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   

Table C: States with significant changes in total separations from Sep 2022 to Oct 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 5,665  | 5,683  |       18       |   3.7  |   3.7  |      0.0        
Alabama................|    87  |   100  |       13       |   4.2  |   4.8  |      0.6*
Alaska.................|    15  |    21  |        6       |   4.7  |   6.5  |      1.8
Kentucky...............|   100  |    80  |      -20       |   5.1  |   4.0  |     -1.1
Montana................|    22  |    26  |        4       |   4.3  |   5.1  |      0.8*
South Dakota...........|    15  |    18  |        3*      |   3.3  |   4.0  |      0.7
Tennessee..............|   158  |   181  |       23       |   4.9  |   5.5  |      0.6*
Wyoming................|    10  |    15  |        5       |   3.5  |   5.3  |      1.8
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table D: States with significant changes in quits from Sep 2022 to Oct 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 4,060  | 4,026  |      -34       |   2.7  |   2.6  |     -0.1        
Alabama................|    65  |    76  |       11       |   3.1  |   3.6  |      0.5
Alaska.................|    12  |    15  |        3       |   3.7  |   4.7  |      1.0
Connecticut............|    36  |    28  |       -8       |   2.2  |   1.7  |     -0.5
Florida................|   260  |   290  |       30       |   2.7  |   3.0  |      0.3*
Illinois...............|   178  |   153  |      -25       |   2.9  |   2.5  |     -0.4
Kentucky...............|    75  |    59  |      -16       |   3.8  |   3.0  |     -0.8
South Dakota...........|    11  |    13  |        2*      |   2.4  |   2.9  |      0.5
Virginia...............|   106  |   120  |       14       |   2.6  |   2.9  |      0.3*
Wyoming................|     7  |    11  |        4       |   2.4  |   3.9  |      1.5
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table E: States with significant changes in layoffs and discharges from Sep 2022 to Oct 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 1,329  | 1,387  |       58       |   0.9  |   0.9  |      0.0        
Alaska.................|     3  |     5  |        2       |   0.9  |   1.6  |      0.7
Florida................|    79  |    62  |      -17*      |   0.8  |   0.6  |     -0.2
Georgia................|    43  |    60  |       17       |   0.9  |   1.2  |      0.3*
Idaho..................|     6  |    10  |        4       |   0.7  |   1.2  |      0.5
Nevada.................|    13  |    20  |        7       |   0.9  |   1.4  |      0.5
New York...............|    84  |    66  |      -18*      |   0.9  |   0.7  |     -0.2
Ohio...................|    80  |    60  |      -20       |   1.5  |   1.1  |     -0.4
Tennessee..............|    34  |    58  |       24       |   1.0  |   1.8  |      0.8
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.

Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The JOLTS program 
provides information on labor demand and turnover. Additional information about the JOLTS program can be found at 
www.bls.gov/jlt/. Estimates are published for job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and separations. 
The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as civilian federal, state, and local government 
entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Industries are classified in accordance with the North American 
Industry Classification System. 

Definitions and Methodology (National/State). Shared definitions and procedures for National and State JOLTS Estimates 
can be found at: www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.tn.htm.

Data Element Definitions

Employment. Employment includes persons on the payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period that 
includes the 12th day of the reference month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, and 
hourly employees are included, as are employees on paid vacation or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners of 
unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or employees on strike for the entire pay period, and employees 
on leave without pay for the entire pay period are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies, 
employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by 
the establishment where they are working. JOLTS does not publish employment estimates but uses the reported 
employment for validation of the other reported data elements.

Job Openings. Job openings include all positions that are open on the last business day of the reference month.

A job is open only if it meets all three of these conditions: 
* A specific position exists and there is work available for that position. The position can be full-time or part-
time, and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal. 
* The job could start within 30 days, whether or not the employer can find a suitable candidate during that time. 
* The employer is actively recruiting workers from outside the establishment to fill the position. Active 
recruiting means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a position. It may include advertising in 
newspapers, on television, or on the radio; posting Internet notices, posting “help wanted” signs, 
networking or making “word-of-mouth” announcements; accepting applications; interviewing candidates; 
contacting employment agencies; or soliciting employees at job fairs, state or local employment offices, or 
similar sources.

Excluded are positions open only to internal transfers, promotions or demotions, or recall from layoffs. Also 
excluded are openings for positions with start dates more than 30 days in the future, positions for which employees 
have been hired but the employees have not yet reported for work, and positions to be filled by employees of 
temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is 
computed by dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and job openings and multiplying that 
quotient by 100.

Hires. Hires include all additions to the payroll during the entire reference month, including newly hired and 
rehired employees; full-time and part-time employees; permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees; employees 
who were recalled to a job at the location following a layoff (formal suspension from pay status) lasting more than 7 
days; on-call or intermittent employees who returned to work after having been formally separated; workers who 
were hired and separated during the month, and transfers from other locations. Excluded are transfers or promotions 
within the reporting location, employees returning from strike, employees of temporary help agencies, employee 
leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of hires by 
employment and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Separations. Total Separations include all separations from the payroll during the entire reference month and is 
reported by type of separation:  quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits include employees who 
left voluntarily with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs and discharges includes 
involuntary separations initiated by the employer including layoffs with no intent to rehire; layoffs (formal 
suspensions from pay status) lasting or expected to last more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 
downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for cause; terminations of permanent or short-term employees; 
and terminations of seasonal employees (whether or not they are expected to return the next season). Other 
separations include retirements, transfers to other locations, separations due to employee disability; and deaths. 
Excluded from other separations are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; employees of temporary 
help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The other separations component is 
not published for states due to its comparatively high error, and because it comprises less than 8% of total 
separations. The separations rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by employment and multiplying 
that quotient by 100. The quits and layoffs and discharges rates are computed similarly.

State Estimates Methodology

The JOLTS sample of 21,000 establishments does not directly support the production of sample based state estimates. 
However, state estimates have been produced by combining the available sample with model-based estimates. 

These estimates consist of four major estimating models; the Composite Regional model, the Synthetic model, the 
Composite Synthetic model, and the Extended Composite Synthetic model. The Composite Regional model uses JOLTS 
microdata, JOLTS regional published estimates, and Current Employment Statistics (CES) employment data. The Composite 
Synthetic model uses JOLTS microdata and Synthetic model estimates derived from monthly employment changes in 
microdata from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), and JOLTS published regional data. The Extended 
Composite Synthetic extends the Composite Synthetic estimates by ratio-adjusting the Composite Synthetic by the 
ratio of the current Composite Regional model estimate to the Composite Regional model estimate from one year ago. 

The Extended Composite Synthetic model (and its major component—the Composite Regional model) is used to extend 
the Composite Synthetic estimates because all of the inputs required by this model are available at the time 
monthly estimate are produced. In contrast, the Composite Synthetic model (and its major component—the Synthetic 
model) can only be produced when the latest QCEW data are available. The current model uses the Extended Composite 
Synthetic model estimates to extend the Composite Synthetic model estimates during the annual JOLTS re-tabulation 
process. The extension of the Composite Synthetic model using current data-based Composite Regional model estimates 
will ensure that the Composite Synthetic model estimates reflect current economic trends. 

The Composite Regional model calculates state-level JOLTS estimates from JOLTS microdata using sample weights, and 
the adjustments for non-response (NRAF). The Composite Regional estimate is then benchmarked to CES state-supersector 
employment to produce state-supersector estimates. The JOLTS sample, by itself, cannot ensure a reasonably sized 
sample for each state-supersector cell. The small JOLTS sample results in quite a number of state-supersector cells 
that lack enough data to produce a reasonable estimate. To overcome this issue, the state-level estimates derived 
directly from the JOLTS sample are augmented using JOLTS regional estimates when the number of respondents is low 
(that is, less than 30). This approach is known as a composite estimate which leverages the small JOLTS sample 
to the greatest extent possible and supplements that with a model-based estimate. 

In this approach, the JOLTS microdata-based estimate is used, without model augmentation, in all state-supersector 
cells that have 30 or more respondents. The JOLTS regional estimate will be used, without a sample-based component, 
in all state-supersector cells that have fewer than five respondents. In all state-supersector cells with 5–30 
respondents an estimate is calculated that is a composition of a weighted estimate of the microdata-based estimate 
and a weighted estimate of the JOLTS regional estimate. The weight assigned to the JOLTS data in those cells is 
proportional the number of JOLTS respondents in the cell (weight=n/30, where n is the number of respondents). 

Benchmarking. The JOLTS State estimates utilize and leverage data from three BLS programs; JOLTS, CES, and QCEW. 
These state estimates are published as a historical series comprised of an historical annually 
revised benchmark component for the Composite Synthetic model and a current component Extended Composite Synthetic 
model which provides monthly "real-time" estimates between lagged benchmarks.

Seasonal adjustment. BLS uses X-13 ARIMA for seasonal adjustment. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology 
is used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and 
including current month data. JOLTS state seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative models 
and REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at the 
beginning and end of the series and to detect and adjust for outliers in the series. The seasonally adjusted CES 
over-the-month employment trends are applied to the seasonally adjusted JOLTS state implied employment trends 
(hires minus separations) forcing them to be approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality of the 
JOLTS data.

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error occurs when a sample is 
surveyed rather than the entire population. There is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true 
population values they represent. The difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample 
selected. This variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted 
at the 90-percent level of confidence. That means that there is a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that 
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because 
of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available on the JOLTS Median Standard Errors page: 
www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons including: 
the failure to include a segment of the population; the inability to obtain data from all units in the sample; 
the inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide data on a timely basis; mistakes made by respondents; 
errors made in the collection or processing of the data; and errors from the employment benchmark data used in 
estimation.

The JOLTS State variance estimates account for both sampling error and the error attributable to modeling. A small 
area domain model uses a Bayesian model to develop estimates of JOLTS State variance. The small area model uses QCEW-
based JOLTS synthetic model data to generate a Bayesian prior distribution, then updates the prior distribution using 
JOLTS microdata and sample-based variance estimates at the State and US Census Regional level to generate a Bayesian 
posterior distribution. Once the Bayesian posterior distribution has been generated, an estimate of JOLTS State variance 
estimates is made by drawing 2,500 estimates from the Bayesian posterior distribution. This Bayesian approach thus 
indirectly accounts for sampling error and directly for model error.

Other information

Detailed information the JOLTS State methodology can be found at:   

www.bls.gov/jlt/jlt_statedata_methodology.htm

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	11,094	11,170	10,280	10,687	10,334	7.0	6.8	6.3	6.5	6.3
Alabama	156	157	144	144	155	7.1	7.0	6.4	6.4	6.9
Alaska	33	27	38	48	29	9.5	7.9	10.7	13.0	8.3
Arizona	224	233	216	223	226	7.0	7.0	6.5	6.7	6.8
Arkansas	88	93	87	92	97	6.4	6.6	6.2	6.5	6.8
California	1,174	1,269	1,129	1,164	1,199	6.5	6.7	6.0	6.2	6.3
Colorado	217	231	214	219	217	7.2	7.5	6.9	7.1	7.0
Connecticut	96	115	111	110	97	5.6	6.5	6.3	6.2	5.5
Delaware	32	33	37	35	37	6.6	6.7	7.4	7.0	7.4
District of Columbia	41	45	45	47	46	5.1	5.5	5.6	5.8	5.6
Florida	744	635	621	624	564	7.6	6.3	6.2	6.2	5.6
Georgia	426	432	391	405	400	8.4	8.2	7.5	7.7	7.6
Hawaii	62	50	42	41	38	9.4	7.6	6.4	6.3	5.8
Idaho	65	64	64	63	58	7.5	7.2	7.2	7.1	6.5
Illinois	427	461	424	440	359	6.8	7.1	6.5	6.7	5.6
Indiana	239	238	194	204	211	7.1	6.9	5.7	6.0	6.2
Iowa	116	114	110	115	100	7.0	6.8	6.5	6.8	5.9
Kansas	97	98	90	94	94	6.6	6.5	6.0	6.3	6.2
Kentucky	164	171	162	159	147	7.9	8.1	7.6	7.4	6.9
Louisiana	148	155	139	143	162	7.3	7.5	6.7	6.9	7.7
Maine	41	47	48	47	42	6.2	6.9	7.0	6.9	6.1
Maryland	221	205	202	191	173	7.6	7.0	6.9	6.5	6.0
Massachusetts	287	302	269	280	258	7.4	7.6	6.8	7.0	6.5
Michigan	371	328	276	336	295	8.0	7.0	6.0	7.2	6.3
Minnesota	241	226	216	212	210	7.8	7.2	6.9	6.7	6.6
Mississippi	87	83	82	87	84	7.0	6.7	6.6	7.0	6.8
Missouri	242	217	173	206	195	7.8	6.9	5.6	6.6	6.2
Montana	45	45	44	42	41	8.3	8.2	8.0	7.7	7.5
Nebraska	75	78	68	69	64	6.9	7.0	6.2	6.2	5.8
Nevada	116	105	103	101	104	7.6	6.7	6.6	6.5	6.6
New Hampshire	50	50	46	55	50	6.9	6.8	6.3	7.4	6.8
New Jersey	292	263	240	249	259	6.7	5.9	5.4	5.5	5.7
New Mexico	70	66	57	65	70	7.8	7.2	6.3	7.1	7.6
New York	561	548	500	514	539	5.7	5.5	5.0	5.1	5.4
North Carolina	344	362	336	356	360	6.9	7.0	6.5	6.9	6.9
North Dakota	33	33	29	31	26	7.3	7.2	6.3	6.7	5.7
Ohio	420	442	369	384	364	7.2	7.5	6.3	6.5	6.2
Oklahoma	124	128	121	122	123	7.0	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.8
Oregon	152	137	129	123	135	7.4	6.5	6.1	5.9	6.4
Pennsylvania	388	388	362	357	361	6.3	6.1	5.7	5.6	5.7
Rhode Island	38	40	35	34	35	7.3	7.5	6.6	6.4	6.6
South Carolina	185	176	172	166	168	7.9	7.3	7.1	6.9	7.0
South Dakota	36	34	32	32	28	7.5	7.0	6.6	6.6	5.8
Tennessee	238	264	247	252	245	7.0	7.5	7.1	7.2	7.0
Texas	932	983	930	1,000	869	6.7	6.8	6.4	6.9	6.0
Utah	125	114	111	112	109	7.1	6.4	6.2	6.3	6.1
Vermont	24	24	23	24	23	7.5	7.4	7.1	7.4	7.1
Virginia	283	339	317	351	330	6.6	7.7	7.2	7.9	7.4
Washington	226	223	204	220	236	6.2	6.0	5.5	5.9	6.2
West Virginia	58	62	60	54	57	7.8	8.1	7.8	7.1	7.4
Wisconsin	218	217	194	219	221	7.0	6.9	6.2	6.9	7.0
Wyoming	24	20	27	26	22	7.9	6.6	8.6	8.3	7.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,460	6,238	6,334	6,096	6,012	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9
Alabama	101	99	94	104	116	4.9	4.7	4.5	5.0	5.5
Alaska	19	17	25	26	20	6.0	5.4	7.9	8.1	6.2
Arizona	128	147	116	133	142	4.3	4.8	3.8	4.3	4.6
Arkansas	62	59	53	51	59	4.8	4.5	4.0	3.9	4.5
California	661	604	639	555	640	3.9	3.4	3.6	3.1	3.6
Colorado	129	120	128	136	136	4.6	4.2	4.4	4.7	4.7
Connecticut	55	81	59	55	45	3.4	4.9	3.5	3.3	2.7
Delaware	22	21	27	25	24	4.9	4.5	5.8	5.4	5.2
District of Columbia	22	22	24	24	27	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.5
Florida	460	376	407	409	355	5.1	4.0	4.3	4.3	3.7
Georgia	253	263	275	257	241	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.3	5.0
Hawaii	33	28	30	30	22	5.6	4.6	4.9	4.9	3.6
Idaho	38	39	49	47	39	4.7	4.7	5.9	5.7	4.7
Illinois	261	248	272	260	242	4.4	4.1	4.5	4.3	4.0
Indiana	141	126	142	143	135	4.5	4.0	4.5	4.5	4.2
Iowa	63	69	70	55	58	4.1	4.4	4.4	3.5	3.7
Kansas	54	55	53	50	59	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.6	4.2
Kentucky	106	102	100	102	92	5.5	5.3	5.1	5.2	4.7
Louisiana	105	94	91	93	104	5.6	4.9	4.7	4.8	5.4
Maine	27	27	29	29	21	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.5	3.3
Maryland	106	109	127	104	105	4.0	4.0	4.6	3.8	3.8
Massachusetts	129	135	123	135	127	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.6	3.4
Michigan	190	178	178	165	171	4.5	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.9
Minnesota	100	112	120	106	110	3.5	3.8	4.1	3.6	3.7
Mississippi	56	53	58	50	50	4.9	4.6	5.0	4.3	4.3
Missouri	114	113	123	107	104	4.0	3.9	4.2	3.7	3.5
Montana	26	26	31	29	28	5.2	5.1	6.1	5.7	5.5
Nebraska	37	40	41	37	40	3.7	3.9	4.0	3.6	3.9
Nevada	80	73	72	76	73	5.6	5.0	4.9	5.2	5.0
New Hampshire	32	27	25	32	24	4.8	4.0	3.7	4.7	3.5
New Jersey	157	143	135	147	130	3.8	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.1
New Mexico	37	38	31	37	40	4.5	4.5	3.6	4.3	4.7
New York	294	284	289	280	260	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.7
North Carolina	224	233	219	226	225	4.8	4.9	4.6	4.7	4.7
North Dakota	20	20	20	17	17	4.8	4.7	4.7	3.9	3.9
Ohio	222	230	240	194	222	4.1	4.2	4.4	3.5	4.0
Oklahoma	84	81	77	77	73	5.1	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.3
Oregon	83	81	89	84	82	4.4	4.1	4.5	4.2	4.1
Pennsylvania	261	175	201	180	180	4.5	2.9	3.4	3.0	3.0
Rhode Island	24	22	23	21	15	5.0	4.4	4.6	4.2	3.0
South Carolina	115	114	107	108	99	5.3	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.4
South Dakota	18	22	21	20	19	4.1	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.2
Tennessee	160	153	151	152	156	5.1	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
Texas	602	613	612	561	546	4.7	4.5	4.5	4.1	4.0
Utah	72	69	74	79	71	4.4	4.1	4.4	4.7	4.2
Vermont	14	12	13	13	10	4.7	4.0	4.3	4.3	3.3
Virginia	160	185	162	173	158	4.0	4.5	4.0	4.2	3.9
Washington	130	137	119	139	138	3.8	3.9	3.4	3.9	3.9
West Virginia	38	34	34	32	32	5.5	4.8	4.8	4.5	4.5
Wisconsin	121	113	117	114	112	4.2	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8
Wyoming	13	14	19	18	17	4.6	4.9	6.7	6.3	6.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 3. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,852	5,794	6,058	5,665	5,683	4.0	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.7
Alabama	96	91	99	87	100	4.7	4.4	4.7	4.2	4.8
Alaska	14	21	21	15	21	4.4	6.7	6.6	4.7	6.5
Arizona	122	135	147	149	149	4.1	4.4	4.8	4.8	4.8
Arkansas	62	52	64	61	56	4.8	3.9	4.8	4.6	4.2
California	573	518	578	547	547	3.4	2.9	3.3	3.1	3.1
Colorado	139	119	113	105	111	5.0	4.2	3.9	3.6	3.8
Connecticut	52	61	51	49	43	3.2	3.7	3.1	2.9	2.6
Delaware	20	20	21	20	22	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.3	4.7
District of Columbia	23	22	22	24	23	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.0
Florida	386	388	437	356	366	4.2	4.1	4.6	3.7	3.8
Georgia	215	271	288	239	241	4.6	5.6	6.0	4.9	5.0
Hawaii	23	21	23	22	23	3.9	3.4	3.8	3.6	3.7
Idaho	37	50	42	33	38	4.6	6.1	5.1	4.0	4.6
Illinois	205	203	183	248	228	3.5	3.3	3.0	4.1	3.7
Indiana	135	118	123	134	137	4.3	3.7	3.9	4.2	4.3
Iowa	58	59	58	60	59	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.7
Kansas	54	52	49	60	55	3.9	3.7	3.5	4.3	3.9
Kentucky	99	88	100	100	80	5.2	4.5	5.1	5.1	4.0
Louisiana	87	91	96	92	91	4.6	4.7	5.0	4.7	4.7
Maine	23	28	26	20	23	3.7	4.4	4.1	3.1	3.6
Maryland	93	96	100	99	102	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.7
Massachusetts	119	132	123	111	104	3.3	3.6	3.3	3.0	2.8
Michigan	180	147	140	155	154	4.2	3.4	3.2	3.6	3.5
Minnesota	89	107	104	103	104	3.1	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5
Mississippi	58	58	62	57	60	5.0	5.0	5.4	4.9	5.2
Missouri	113	122	113	114	108	4.0	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.7
Montana	27	27	30	22	26	5.4	5.3	5.9	4.3	5.1
Nebraska	41	39	41	41	39	4.1	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.8
Nevada	67	61	64	64	69	4.7	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.7
New Hampshire	27	31	34	26	28	4.0	4.5	5.0	3.8	4.1
New Jersey	138	144	147	125	120	3.4	3.4	3.5	2.9	2.8
New Mexico	32	36	34	37	36	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.2
New York	260	232	260	262	241	2.8	2.4	2.7	2.8	2.5
North Carolina	231	227	220	203	210	5.0	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.4
North Dakota	21	19	18	18	17	5.0	4.4	4.2	4.2	3.9
Ohio	202	220	210	226	206	3.8	4.0	3.8	4.1	3.7
Oklahoma	75	77	84	79	75	4.5	4.5	5.0	4.7	4.4
Oregon	79	74	91	72	79	4.2	3.8	4.6	3.6	4.0
Pennsylvania	219	204	201	169	168	3.8	3.4	3.4	2.8	2.8
Rhode Island	19	21	21	17	18	3.9	4.2	4.2	3.4	3.6
South Carolina	109	102	113	102	98	5.1	4.6	5.0	4.5	4.4
South Dakota	17	17	16	15	18	3.8	3.8	3.5	3.3	4.0
Tennessee	140	148	159	158	181	4.5	4.6	4.9	4.9	5.5
Texas	562	524	602	491	506	4.3	3.9	4.4	3.6	3.7
Utah	70	75	84	66	68	4.3	4.5	5.0	3.9	4.0
Vermont	14	16	17	11	11	4.7	5.3	5.6	3.6	3.6
Virginia	141	160	146	146	162	3.5	3.9	3.6	3.6	4.0
Washington	125	116	115	116	118	3.7	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3
West Virginia	34	32	32	30	31	4.9	4.5	4.5	4.2	4.4
Wisconsin	111	105	114	96	98	3.8	3.6	3.9	3.3	3.3
Wyoming	14	16	23	10	15	5.0	5.6	8.1	3.5	5.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 4. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	4,132	4,058	4,184	4,060	4,026	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6
Alabama	65	66	73	65	76	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.1	3.6
Alaska	10	14	14	12	15	3.2	4.5	4.4	3.7	4.7
Arizona	93	107	105	107	109	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.5
Arkansas	41	37	45	45	41	3.2	2.8	3.4	3.4	3.1
California	402	394	383	376	376	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1
Colorado	98	83	70	70	72	3.5	2.9	2.4	2.4	2.5
Connecticut	32	40	34	36	28	2.0	2.4	2.0	2.2	1.7
Delaware	14	14	15	15	16	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.2	3.5
District of Columbia	15	14	15	17	15	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.0
Florida	277	267	295	260	290	3.0	2.8	3.1	2.7	3.0
Georgia	143	194	191	186	173	3.1	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.6
Hawaii	17	14	14	17	16	2.9	2.3	2.3	2.8	2.6
Idaho	27	25	28	25	25	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.0	3.0
Illinois	145	135	120	178	153	2.5	2.2	2.0	2.9	2.5
Indiana	105	88	89	97	93	3.4	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.9
Iowa	38	41	40	45	42	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.8	2.7
Kansas	40	38	34	44	39	2.9	2.7	2.4	3.1	2.8
Kentucky	62	63	72	75	59	3.2	3.2	3.7	3.8	3.0
Louisiana	63	66	67	66	66	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.4
Maine	17	19	17	14	16	2.7	3.0	2.7	2.2	2.5
Maryland	62	65	67	74	70	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.7	2.6
Massachusetts	83	98	87	80	74	2.3	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.0
Michigan	115	105	91	112	112	2.7	2.4	2.1	2.6	2.6
Minnesota	64	71	71	75	76	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.6
Mississippi	41	39	42	42	43	3.6	3.4	3.6	3.6	3.7
Missouri	84	99	85	88	80	2.9	3.4	2.9	3.0	2.7
Montana	19	18	19	17	18	3.8	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.6
Nebraska	28	27	29	28	28	2.8	2.6	2.8	2.7	2.7
Nevada	49	42	42	47	45	3.5	2.9	2.9	3.2	3.1
New Hampshire	18	20	19	16	16	2.7	2.9	2.8	2.3	2.3
New Jersey	94	86	102	86	81	2.3	2.0	2.4	2.0	1.9
New Mexico	22	23	24	26	25	2.7	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.9
New York	171	160	161	163	162	1.9	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
North Carolina	159	152	152	150	156	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.2
North Dakota	13	13	12	12	13	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.8	3.0
Ohio	147	127	141	139	136	2.7	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.5
Oklahoma	52	53	62	59	53	3.1	3.1	3.7	3.5	3.1
Oregon	58	48	61	54	57	3.1	2.4	3.1	2.7	2.9
Pennsylvania	146	134	144	125	118	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.1	2.0
Rhode Island	13	14	13	12	12	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.4	2.4
South Carolina	77	76	77	77	70	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.1
South Dakota	12	12	11	11	13	2.7	2.7	2.4	2.4	2.9
Tennessee	93	105	110	118	117	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.6	3.6
Texas	445	394	479	355	372	3.4	2.9	3.5	2.6	2.7
Utah	51	48	60	49	49	3.1	2.9	3.6	2.9	2.9
Vermont	10	11	12	8	7	3.4	3.6	4.0	2.7	2.3
Virginia	100	115	103	106	120	2.5	2.8	2.5	2.6	2.9
Washington	89	73	77	83	81	2.6	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3
West Virginia	21	24	24	22	23	3.0	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.2
Wisconsin	79	75	78	69	70	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.4
Wyoming	10	10	11	7	11	3.6	3.5	3.9	2.4	3.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	July 2022	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,342	1,390	1,490	1,329	1,387	0.9	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9
Alabama	25	20	20	17	21	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.0
Alaska	3	5	6	3	5	0.9	1.6	1.9	0.9	1.6
Arizona	24	21	31	34	31	0.8	0.7	1.0	1.1	1.0
Arkansas	15	12	15	13	13	1.2	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.0
California	126	94	167	147	136	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.8	0.8
Colorado	34	24	34	26	34	1.2	0.8	1.2	0.9	1.2
Connecticut	16	18	13	9	13	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.5	0.8
Delaware	5	5	5	4	5	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1
District of Columbia	6	6	6	5	7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9
Florida	94	98	100	79	62	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.8	0.6
Georgia	55	67	86	43	60	1.2	1.4	1.8	0.9	1.2
Hawaii	5	5	7	4	5	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.8
Idaho	8	20	12	6	10	1.0	2.4	1.5	0.7	1.2
Illinois	52	62	52	61	58	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
Indiana	25	24	31	30	37	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.9	1.2
Iowa	16	15	14	12	12	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.8
Kansas	11	11	12	13	12	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8
Kentucky	29	20	21	21	18	1.5	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.9
Louisiana	19	20	22	20	21	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1
Maine	5	8	7	5	6	0.8	1.3	1.1	0.8	0.9
Maryland	23	25	25	21	27	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.0
Massachusetts	26	28	27	25	27	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Michigan	47	31	33	38	35	1.1	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8
Minnesota	20	31	29	24	22	0.7	1.1	1.0	0.8	0.7
Mississippi	14	16	15	12	14	1.2	1.4	1.3	1.0	1.2
Missouri	23	18	21	22	22	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8
Montana	6	6	8	5	6	1.2	1.2	1.6	1.0	1.2
Nebraska	10	10	10	10	9	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9
Nevada	16	15	18	13	20	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.9	1.4
New Hampshire	7	9	9	8	10	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.5
New Jersey	35	53	31	36	35	0.9	1.3	0.7	0.8	0.8
New Mexico	7	8	8	9	9	0.8	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.1
New York	71	51	79	84	66	0.8	0.5	0.8	0.9	0.7
North Carolina	52	63	45	44	48	1.1	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.0
North Dakota	7	5	5	5	4	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.9
Ohio	43	83	59	80	60	0.8	1.5	1.1	1.5	1.1
Oklahoma	17	20	17	17	19	1.0	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1
Oregon	17	15	22	14	18	0.9	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.9
Pennsylvania	60	58	47	35	42	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.6	0.7
Rhode Island	5	6	6	4	5	1.0	1.2	1.2	0.8	1.0
South Carolina	25	20	25	21	24	1.2	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.1
South Dakota	4	4	4	4	4	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9
Tennessee	37	37	40	34	58	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.8
Texas	85	102	114	111	113	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
Utah	15	14	19	14	16	0.9	0.8	1.1	0.8	1.0
Vermont	3	4	4	2	3	1.0	1.3	1.3	0.7	1.0
Virginia	31	36	34	31	37	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.9
Washington	26	28	28	25	31	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.9
West Virginia	10	6	7	6	7	1.5	0.8	1.0	0.8	1.0
Wisconsin	26	29	30	20	23	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.7	0.8
Wyoming	3	4	10	3	4	1.1	1.4	3.5	1.0	1.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 6. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	11,596	10,700	10,752	7.2	6.5	6.5
Alabama	160	142	162	7.2	6.3	7.1
Alaska	25	40	22	7.4	10.9	6.5
Arizona	244	217	246	7.5	6.5	7.3
Arkansas	88	96	99	6.3	6.8	6.9
California	1,271	1,157	1,285	6.9	6.2	6.7
Colorado	210	218	209	7.0	7.0	6.7
Connecticut	103	108	102	5.9	6.1	5.7
Delaware	33	36	39	6.7	7.2	7.7
District of Columbia	44	52	49	5.5	6.3	6.0
Florida	756	611	581	7.7	6.1	5.7
Georgia	429	404	402	8.4	7.7	7.6
Hawaii	61	42	36	9.3	6.3	5.5
Idaho	64	63	57	7.3	7.0	6.4
Illinois	466	451	382	7.3	6.9	5.8
Indiana	254	210	222	7.5	6.2	6.4
Iowa	129	120	111	7.7	7.1	6.5
Kansas	105	95	101	7.0	6.3	6.6
Kentucky	163	158	147	7.8	7.4	6.9
Louisiana	165	139	185	8.0	6.7	8.7
Maine	41	46	39	6.1	6.6	5.7
Maryland	237	193	181	8.1	6.6	6.2
Massachusetts	315	275	274	8.0	6.9	6.8
Michigan	388	338	305	8.3	7.2	6.5
Minnesota	259	211	230	8.2	6.7	7.2
Mississippi	87	89	84	7.0	7.2	6.8
Missouri	249	201	198	8.0	6.4	6.3
Montana	43	44	38	7.9	7.8	7.0
Nebraska	81	70	68	7.3	6.3	6.1
Nevada	126	96	112	8.1	6.2	7.0
New Hampshire	47	50	47	6.5	6.8	6.4
New Jersey	304	255	272	6.9	5.6	6.0
New Mexico	75	63	79	8.2	6.8	8.4
New York	568	492	546	5.8	4.9	5.4
North Carolina	368	359	385	7.3	7.0	7.3
North Dakota	35	33	27	7.6	7.1	5.8
Ohio	445	387	380	7.6	6.6	6.4
Oklahoma	133	128	131	7.4	7.0	7.2
Oregon	160	124	144	7.7	5.9	6.7
Pennsylvania	419	347	379	6.7	5.5	5.9
Rhode Island	39	33	35	7.3	6.2	6.6
South Carolina	194	163	177	8.2	6.8	7.3
South Dakota	39	34	30	8.0	6.8	6.2
Tennessee	238	253	244	7.0	7.2	6.9
Texas	965	1,028	898	6.9	7.1	6.2
Utah	130	110	114	7.4	6.1	6.3
Vermont	24	22	23	7.4	6.9	7.0
Virginia	288	359	329	6.7	8.1	7.4
Washington	227	217	243	6.2	5.8	6.4
West Virginia	57	62	56	7.6	8.0	7.3
Wisconsin	226	230	228	7.2	7.2	7.1
Wyoming	21	27	18	6.8	8.6	5.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 7. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,948	6,164	6,354	4.7	4.0	4.1
Alabama	110	105	126	5.3	5.0	6.0
Alaska	15	30	14	4.8	9.1	4.4
Arizona	146	143	157	4.8	4.6	5.0
Arkansas	67	56	64	5.1	4.3	4.8
California	765	559	746	4.5	3.2	4.2
Colorado	129	128	136	4.6	4.4	4.7
Connecticut	58	54	44	3.5	3.2	2.6
Delaware	24	24	26	5.2	5.1	5.6
District of Columbia	25	29	30	3.2	3.8	3.9
Florida	528	394	403	5.8	4.2	4.2
Georgia	264	257	247	5.7	5.3	5.1
Hawaii	39	29	25	6.5	4.6	4.0
Idaho	40	49	39	5.0	5.9	4.6
Illinois	278	259	252	4.7	4.2	4.1
Indiana	143	145	133	4.5	4.5	4.1
Iowa	67	56	59	4.3	3.5	3.7
Kansas	57	50	63	4.1	3.6	4.4
Kentucky	109	103	93	5.7	5.2	4.7
Louisiana	116	89	122	6.2	4.6	6.3
Maine	25	27	20	4.0	4.1	3.1
Maryland	110	112	106	4.1	4.1	3.9
Massachusetts	135	154	130	3.7	4.2	3.5
Michigan	193	165	173	4.5	3.8	3.9
Minnesota	109	100	117	3.8	3.4	3.9
Mississippi	63	50	54	5.4	4.4	4.6
Missouri	122	106	108	4.2	3.6	3.6
Montana	26	31	26	5.2	6.1	5.1
Nebraska	41	36	43	4.1	3.5	4.1
Nevada	88	75	81	6.2	5.1	5.5
New Hampshire	31	29	23	4.7	4.2	3.3
New Jersey	172	167	136	4.2	3.9	3.2
New Mexico	39	36	44	4.7	4.2	5.1
New York	327	300	275	3.5	3.2	2.9
North Carolina	246	221	240	5.3	4.6	4.9
North Dakota	21	18	17	4.9	4.2	3.9
Ohio	227	190	221	4.2	3.5	4.0
Oklahoma	94	81	78	5.6	4.8	4.6
Oregon	90	88	87	4.7	4.5	4.3
Pennsylvania	253	178	172	4.3	3.0	2.8
Rhode Island	26	20	17	5.3	4.1	3.4
South Carolina	128	102	110	5.9	4.6	4.9
South Dakota	19	20	18	4.2	4.3	4.0
Tennessee	167	145	163	5.3	4.4	5.0
Texas	633	565	559	4.9	4.2	4.1
Utah	80	79	76	4.9	4.7	4.5
Vermont	14	13	10	4.5	4.4	3.2
Virginia	184	171	174	4.6	4.2	4.2
Washington	136	147	143	4.0	4.1	4.0
West Virginia	38	35	32	5.5	4.9	4.4
Wisconsin	121	119	110	4.1	4.0	3.7
Wyoming	13	21	14	4.5	7.1	5.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 8. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,915	5,981	5,671	4.0	3.9	3.7
Alabama	95	90	102	4.6	4.3	4.8
Alaska	19	21	28	6.0	6.3	8.8
Arizona	108	141	132	3.6	4.5	4.2
Arkansas	62	61	55	4.8	4.6	4.1
California	566	567	527	3.3	3.2	3.0
Colorado	145	118	115	5.2	4.1	4.0
Connecticut	53	56	42	3.2	3.4	2.5
Delaware	22	20	25	4.8	4.3	5.3
District of Columbia	24	21	23	3.1	2.8	3.0
Florida	374	340	340	4.1	3.6	3.6
Georgia	209	241	225	4.5	5.0	4.6
Hawaii	21	23	21	3.5	3.8	3.4
Idaho	43	37	43	5.3	4.5	5.1
Illinois	214	262	237	3.6	4.3	3.9
Indiana	131	143	138	4.2	4.5	4.3
Iowa	61	63	62	3.9	4.0	3.9
Kansas	54	66	56	3.9	4.7	3.9
Kentucky	108	100	81	5.6	5.0	4.1
Louisiana	84	96	86	4.5	4.9	4.4
Maine	26	23	25	4.1	3.6	3.8
Maryland	94	107	104	3.5	3.9	3.8
Massachusetts	125	147	108	3.5	4.0	2.9
Michigan	188	175	166	4.4	4.0	3.8
Minnesota	88	111	106	3.1	3.8	3.5
Mississippi	53	58	55	4.6	5.1	4.8
Missouri	109	122	105	3.8	4.2	3.6
Montana	30	24	29	6.0	4.8	5.8
Nebraska	42	42	41	4.2	4.0	3.9
Nevada	66	69	69	4.6	4.7	4.7
New Hampshire	27	30	28	4.0	4.4	4.0
New Jersey	154	157	129	3.7	3.7	3.0
New Mexico	31	40	34	3.7	4.7	4.0
New York	267	292	243	2.9	3.1	2.5
North Carolina	236	202	210	5.1	4.2	4.3
North Dakota	24	18	19	5.7	4.1	4.4
Ohio	208	245	215	3.8	4.5	3.9
Oklahoma	76	79	75	4.6	4.7	4.4
Oregon	80	78	82	4.2	3.9	4.1
Pennsylvania	221	176	163	3.8	2.9	2.7
Rhode Island	21	20	19	4.2	4.0	3.8
South Carolina	116	104	101	5.4	4.7	4.5
South Dakota	20	19	22	4.5	4.0	4.7
Tennessee	136	158	178	4.3	4.8	5.4
Texas	554	517	480	4.3	3.8	3.5
Utah	69	69	66	4.2	4.1	3.9
Vermont	13	11	10	4.3	3.7	3.1
Virginia	142	155	167	3.6	3.8	4.0
Washington	141	122	136	4.1	3.4	3.8
West Virginia	36	29	32	5.2	4.1	4.5
Wisconsin	113	101	98	3.9	3.4	3.3
Wyoming	16	12	18	5.7	4.2	6.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 9. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	4,220	4,285	4,045	2.8	2.8	2.6
Alabama	66	67	79	3.2	3.2	3.7
Alaska	13	15	20	4.2	4.7	6.4
Arizona	82	103	96	2.7	3.3	3.1
Arkansas	42	45	40	3.2	3.4	3.0
California	406	403	372	2.4	2.3	2.1
Colorado	104	83	75	3.7	2.9	2.6
Connecticut	34	38	29	2.1	2.3	1.7
Delaware	15	15	18	3.4	3.3	3.9
District of Columbia	16	16	16	2.1	2.0	2.0
Florida	267	245	269	2.9	2.6	2.8
Georgia	143	187	163	3.1	3.9	3.4
Hawaii	16	18	15	2.6	2.9	2.4
Idaho	31	29	28	3.9	3.4	3.4
Illinois	158	192	164	2.7	3.1	2.7
Indiana	104	105	93	3.3	3.3	2.9
Iowa	39	46	44	2.5	2.9	2.8
Kansas	40	47	40	2.9	3.3	2.8
Kentucky	68	75	59	3.5	3.8	3.0
Louisiana	61	68	63	3.2	3.5	3.2
Maine	19	15	18	3.0	2.3	2.7
Maryland	66	79	73	2.4	2.9	2.6
Massachusetts	88	95	78	2.4	2.6	2.1
Michigan	124	123	122	2.9	2.8	2.8
Minnesota	65	82	78	2.3	2.8	2.6
Mississippi	38	43	40	3.3	3.7	3.4
Missouri	84	96	78	2.9	3.3	2.6
Montana	21	18	20	4.2	3.6	3.9
Nebraska	30	29	29	3.0	2.8	2.8
Nevada	47	53	44	3.3	3.6	3.0
New Hampshire	18	18	16	2.7	2.6	2.3
New Jersey	106	104	87	2.6	2.4	2.0
New Mexico	21	28	23	2.5	3.3	2.7
New York	165	174	157	1.8	1.8	1.6
North Carolina	166	147	162	3.5	3.1	3.3
North Dakota	14	12	14	3.2	2.8	3.1
Ohio	151	156	142	2.8	2.8	2.6
Oklahoma	53	60	52	3.2	3.5	3.0
Oregon	59	59	59	3.1	3.0	3.0
Pennsylvania	148	129	116	2.5	2.1	1.9
Rhode Island	14	13	13	2.9	2.6	2.6
South Carolina	85	80	72	3.9	3.6	3.2
South Dakota	14	13	16	3.1	2.8	3.5
Tennessee	93	120	115	2.9	3.7	3.5
Texas	452	377	365	3.5	2.8	2.7
Utah	48	54	44	2.9	3.2	2.6
Vermont	9	8	7	3.2	2.5	2.2
Virginia	103	109	123	2.6	2.7	3.0
Washington	103	91	94	3.0	2.6	2.7
West Virginia	23	21	23	3.3	3.0	3.2
Wisconsin	79	73	69	2.7	2.5	2.3
Wyoming	12	9	12	4.1	3.1	4.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 10. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,349	1,426	1,378	0.9	0.9	0.9
Alabama	23	18	19	1.1	0.9	0.9
Alaska	5	4	6	1.5	1.3	2.0
Arizona	22	30	29	0.7	1.0	0.9
Arkansas	15	13	13	1.2	1.0	0.9
California	119	141	123	0.7	0.8	0.7
Colorado	34	27	36	1.2	0.9	1.2
Connecticut	15	15	11	0.9	0.9	0.7
Delaware	5	4	6	1.2	0.9	1.3
District of Columbia	5	4	6	0.7	0.6	0.8
Florida	93	81	58	1.0	0.9	0.6
Georgia	53	43	55	1.1	0.9	1.1
Hawaii	5	4	5	0.8	0.7	0.8
Idaho	10	7	12	1.3	0.9	1.4
Illinois	51	62	59	0.9	1.0	1.0
Indiana	22	32	38	0.7	1.0	1.2
Iowa	18	13	14	1.2	0.8	0.9
Kansas	10	16	12	0.7	1.1	0.8
Kentucky	32	21	19	1.7	1.1	0.9
Louisiana	17	22	19	0.9	1.2	1.0
Maine	6	7	6	0.9	1.0	1.0
Maryland	21	24	27	0.8	0.9	1.0
Massachusetts	27	45	28	0.8	1.2	0.7
Michigan	49	47	38	1.1	1.1	0.9
Minnesota	18	23	21	0.6	0.8	0.7
Mississippi	12	12	13	1.0	1.1	1.1
Missouri	20	22	21	0.7	0.8	0.7
Montana	7	5	8	1.5	1.0	1.5
Nebraska	9	10	9	0.9	1.0	0.9
Nevada	17	13	23	1.2	0.9	1.5
New Hampshire	7	11	11	1.0	1.6	1.6
New Jersey	39	49	37	1.0	1.1	0.9
New Mexico	7	10	9	0.9	1.2	1.0
New York	88	105	76	0.9	1.1	0.8
North Carolina	48	45	42	1.0	0.9	0.9
North Dakota	10	5	5	2.3	1.1	1.0
Ohio	47	81	64	0.9	1.5	1.1
Oklahoma	17	16	20	1.0	0.9	1.2
Oregon	18	16	19	0.9	0.8	1.0
Pennsylvania	63	38	40	1.1	0.6	0.7
Rhode Island	5	6	6	1.1	1.1	1.1
South Carolina	24	21	25	1.1	0.9	1.1
South Dakota	5	5	5	1.1	1.0	1.0
Tennessee	35	31	58	1.1	1.0	1.8
Texas	71	114	97	0.5	0.8	0.7
Utah	17	12	18	1.1	0.7	1.1
Vermont	3	3	3	0.9	1.0	0.8
Virginia	30	36	39	0.8	0.9	0.9
Washington	30	25	36	0.9	0.7	1.0
West Virginia	11	6	8	1.6	0.9	1.1
Wisconsin	27	21	23	0.9	0.7	0.8
Wyoming	4	3	5	1.4	1.0	1.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary