Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	Apr. 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024(p)	Apr. 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024(p)	Apr. 2023	Mar. 2024	Apr. 2024(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	9,904	8,355	8,059	5,951	5,617	5,640	5,569	5,330	5,372
Total private	8,864	7,397	7,174	5,567	5,232	5,272	5,217	5,000	5,011
Mining and logging	35	30	27	23	20	17	20	21	20
Construction	363	346	338	364	374	353	367	352	361
Manufacturing	647	546	516	389	319	387	391	332	385
Durable goods	388	355	340	209	182	234	198	185	234
Nondurable goods	259	191	175	180	137	153	193	147	152
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,678	1,039	1,054	1,220	1,032	1,124	1,198	999	1,036
Wholesale trade	284	197	189	177	134	165	178	130	152
Retail trade	860	507	528	721	654	672	718	636	624
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	534	335	337	322	244	287	303	232	260
Information	151	152	109	81	86	75	72	77	69
Financial activities	500	494	492	215	194	198	190	184	198
Finance and insurance	399	321	336	139	115	124	123	117	124
Real estate and rental and leasing	100	173	155	76	79	74	67	67	74
Professional and business services	1,767	1,390	1,512	1,190	1,113	1,049	1,040	1,097	957
Private education and health services	1,954	1,908	1,754	825	876	902	747	772	831
Private educational services	151	163	213	95	91	92	77	92	85
Health care and social assistance	1,803	1,745	1,541	730	786	810	670	680	746
Leisure and hospitality	1,377	1,193	1,084	1,060	1,038	964	1,001	1,018	959
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	211	159	147	165	193	148	146	183	155
Accommodation and food services	1,166	1,034	937	894	845	815	855	834	804
Other services	392	299	289	199	180	204	190	150	194
Government	1,040	957	885	384	385	369	351	330	361
Federal	152	144	139	45	44	36	38	35	35
State and local	888	813	746	339	341	332	313	295	326
State and local education	311	325	266	170	167	179	157	154	173
State and local, excluding education	577	487	480	169	174	154	156	141	153



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	6.0	5.0	4.8	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.4
Total private	6.3	5.2	5.0	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.7	3.7
Mining and logging	5.2	4.5	4.0	3.7	3.1	2.6	3.2	3.2	3.1
Construction	4.4	4.0	3.9	4.6	4.6	4.3	4.6	4.3	4.4
Manufacturing	4.8	4.0	3.8	3.0	2.5	3.0	3.0	2.6	3.0
Durable goods	4.6	4.2	4.0	2.6	2.2	2.9	2.4	2.3	2.9
Nondurable goods	5.1	3.8	3.5	3.7	2.9	3.2	4.0	3.0	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	5.5	3.5	3.5	4.2	3.6	3.9	4.2	3.4	3.6
Wholesale trade	4.4	3.1	3.0	2.9	2.2	2.7	2.9	2.1	2.5
Retail trade	5.2	3.1	3.3	4.6	4.2	4.3	4.6	4.1	4.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	6.9	4.5	4.5	4.5	3.4	4.0	4.2	3.3	3.6
Information	4.7	4.8	3.5	2.7	2.9	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.3
Financial activities	5.2	5.1	5.1	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.1
Finance and insurance	5.6	4.6	4.8	2.1	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.9	6.5	5.8	3.1	3.2	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.9
Professional and business services	7.2	5.7	6.2	5.2	4.9	4.6	4.6	4.8	4.2
Private education and health services	7.2	6.8	6.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.0	3.2
Private educational services	3.8	4.1	5.2	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.0	2.4	2.2
Health care and social assistance	7.8	7.3	6.5	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.1	3.1	3.3
Leisure and hospitality	7.7	6.6	6.0	6.4	6.1	5.7	6.1	6.0	5.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	7.8	5.7	5.3	6.6	7.3	5.6	5.9	6.9	5.9
Accommodation and food services	7.7	6.8	6.2	6.4	5.9	5.7	6.1	5.9	5.6
Other services	6.3	4.8	4.7	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.3	2.5	3.3
Government	4.4	4.0	3.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5
Federal	5.0	4.6	4.4	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2
State and local	4.3	3.9	3.5	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6
State and local education	2.9	2.9	2.4	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.6
State and local, excluding education	5.9	4.9	4.8	1.8	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.5	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: June 04, 2024