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State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release


For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Wednesday, October 19, 2022	USDL-22-2037
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                          STATE JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2022

Job openings rates decreased in 26 states and increased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the 
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 3 states. 
Total separations rates increased in 8 states and decreased in 3 states. Nationally, the job openings rate 
decreased in August, the hires rate was unchanged, and the total separations rate changed little.  

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 August, job openings rates decreased in 26 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 22 
states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Michigan  
(-2.4 percentage points), Ohio (-2.0 points), and Indiana (-1.9 points). The increases in job openings 
rates occurred in Alaska (+4.0 percentage points) and Wyoming (+2.3 points). Over the month, the 
national job openings rate decreased (-0.6 point). (See table A.)

The number of job openings decreased in 26 states, increased in 2 states, and was little changed in 22 
states and the District of Columbia in August. The largest decreases in the job openings level occurred in 
Ohio (-122,000), Michigan (-118,000), and California (-106,000). The increases in the job openings 
level occurred in Alaska (+16,000) and Wyoming (+8,000). Nationally, the number of job openings 
decreased over the month (-1.1 million). (See table A.)

Hires

In August, hires rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little changed in 41 states 
and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in hires rates occurred in Alaska (+4.7 percentage 
points) and Wyoming (+1.8 points) as well as in Delaware and Idaho (+1.3 points each). The decreases 
occurred in Connecticut (-1.6 percentage points), Arizona (-1.0 point), and New Mexico (-0.9 point). 
The national hires rate was unchanged over the month. (See table B.)

The number of hires increased in 6 states, decreased in 3 states, and was little changed in 41 states and 
the District of Columbia in August. The largest increases in the hires level occurred in Maryland  
(+25,000), Alaska (+15,000), and Idaho (+10,000). The decreases occurred in Arizona (-31,000), 
Connecticut (-26,000), and New Mexico (-7,000). Nationally, the number of hires was little changed 
over the month. (See table B.)

Total Separations

In August, total separations rates increased in 8 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little changed in 
39 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in total separations rates occurred in 
Wyoming (+2.1 percentage points), Arkansas (+1.0 point), and Oklahoma (+0.8 point). Decreases 
occurred in Idaho (-1.1 percentage points), North Dakota (-0.7 point), and Connecticut (-0.6 point). The 
national total separations rate was little changed over the month. (See table C.)

In August, the number of total separations increased in 8 states, decreased in 2 states, and was little 
changed in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in the total separations level 
occurred in Texas (+80,000), Florida (+39,000), and South Carolina (+16,000). The decreases in the 
total separations level occurred in Connecticut (-10,000) and Idaho (-9,000). Nationally, the number of 
total separations was little changed in August. (See table C.)
 
Quits

In August, quits rates increased in 8 states, decreased in 5 states, and were little changed in 37 states 
and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in quits rates occurred in Oklahoma (+0.9 percentage 
point), in Oregon (+0.7 point), and in Arkansas and Utah (+0.6 point each). The decreases in quits rates 
occurred in North Dakota (-0.7 percentage point) and Missouri (-0.6 point), as well as in Kansas, 
Michigan, and South Dakota (-0.5 point each). Over the month, the national quits rate was unchanged. 
(See table D.)

The number of quits increased in 8 states, decreased in 4 states, and was little changed in 38 states and 
the District of Columbia in August. The largest increases in the quits level occurred in Texas (+71,000), 
Florida (+39,000), and New Jersey (+16,000). The largest decreases in the quits level occurred in 
Michigan (-23,000), Missouri (-18,000), and Kansas (-7,000). Nationally, the number of quits was little 
changed over the month. (See table D.)
 
Layoffs and Discharges

In August, layoffs and discharges rates decreased in 5 states, increased in 4 states, and were little 
changed in 41 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in layoffs and discharges rates 
occurred in Idaho (-1.2 percentage points), in New Jersey (-0.6 point), and in Connecticut and Ohio  
(-0.4 point each). The largest increases in layoffs and discharges rates occurred in Wyoming  
(+1.8 percentage points) and in California and Georgia (+0.4 point each). The national layoffs and 
discharges rate was little changed. (See table E.)

The number of layoffs and discharges decreased in 4 states, increased in 4 states, and was little 
changed in 42 states and the District of Columbia in August. The largest decreases in the layoffs and 
discharges level occurred in New Jersey (-22,000), Ohio (-20,000), and North Carolina (-17,000). The 
largest increases in the layoffs and discharges level occurred in California (+58,000), Georgia (+19,000), 
and South Carolina (+8,000). 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 September 2022 are scheduled 
to be released on Thursday, November 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
    

Table A: States with significant changes in job openings from Jul 2022 to Aug 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Jul   |   Aug  | Over-the-month |   Jul  |   Aug  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............|11,170  |10,053  |   -1,117       |   6.8  |   6.2  |     -0.6        
Alabama................|   157  |   143  |      -14       |   7.0  |   6.4  |     -0.6
Alaska.................|    27  |    43  |       16       |   7.9  |  11.9  |      4.0
California.............|  1269  |  1163  |     -106       |   6.7  |   6.2  |     -0.5
Georgia................|   432  |   388  |      -44       |   8.2  |   7.4  |     -0.8
Hawaii.................|    50  |    43  |       -7       |   7.6  |   6.6  |     -1.0
Illinois...............|   461  |   396  |      -65       |   7.1  |   6.1  |     -1.0
Indiana................|   238  |   169  |      -69       |   6.9  |   5.0  |     -1.9
Iowa...................|   114  |    97  |      -17       |   6.8  |   5.8  |     -1.0
Kansas.................|    98  |    76  |      -22       |   6.5  |   5.2  |     -1.3
Kentucky...............|   171  |   161  |      -10*      |   8.1  |   7.6  |     -0.5
Louisiana..............|   155  |   140  |      -15       |   7.5  |   6.8  |     -0.7
Massachusetts..........|   302  |   278  |      -24       |   7.6  |   7.0  |     -0.6
Michigan...............|   328  |   210  |     -118       |   7.0  |   4.6  |     -2.4
Minnesota..............|   226  |   192  |      -34       |   7.2  |   6.2  |     -1.0
Missouri...............|   217  |   154  |      -63       |   6.9  |   5.0  |     -1.9
Nebraska...............|    78  |    56  |      -22       |   7.0  |   5.2  |     -1.8
New Mexico.............|    66  |    55  |      -11       |   7.2  |   6.1  |     -1.1
New York...............|   548  |   501  |      -47       |   5.5  |   5.0  |     -0.5
North Carolina.........|   362  |   322  |      -40       |   7.0  |   6.3  |     -0.7
North Dakota...........|    33  |    25  |       -8       |   7.2  |   5.5  |     -1.7
Ohio...................|   442  |   320  |     -122       |   7.5  |   5.5  |     -2.0
Rhode Island...........|    40  |    34  |       -6       |   7.5  |   6.4  |     -1.1
South Dakota...........|    34  |    28  |       -6       |   7.0  |   5.8  |     -1.2
Tennessee..............|   264  |   243  |      -21       |   7.5  |   7.0  |     -0.5
Texas..................|   983  |   936  |      -47       |   6.8  |   6.5  |     -0.3*
Virginia...............|   339  |   318  |      -21       |   7.7  |   7.2  |     -0.5
Washington.............|   223  |   206  |      -17       |   6.0  |   5.5  |     -0.5
Wisconsin..............|   217  |   167  |      -50       |   6.9  |   5.4  |     -1.5
Wyoming................|    20  |    28  |        8       |   6.6  |   8.9  |      2.3
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table B: States with significant changes in hires from Jul 2022 to Aug 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Jul   |   Aug  | Over-the-month |   Jul  |   Aug  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 6,238  | 6,277  |       39       |   4.1  |   4.1  |      0.0        
Alaska.................|    17  |    32  |       15       |   5.4  |  10.1  |      4.7
Arizona................|   147  |   116  |      -31       |   4.8  |   3.8  |     -1.0
Connecticut............|    81  |    55  |      -26       |   4.9  |   3.3  |     -1.6
Delaware...............|    21  |    27  |        6       |   4.5  |   5.8  |      1.3
Idaho..................|    39  |    49  |       10       |   4.7  |   6.0  |      1.3
Maryland...............|   109  |   134  |       25       |   4.0  |   4.9  |      0.9
Montana................|    26  |    30  |        4       |   5.1  |   5.9  |      0.8
New Mexico.............|    38  |    31  |       -7       |   4.5  |   3.6  |     -0.9
Wyoming................|    14  |    19  |        5       |   4.9  |   6.7  |      1.8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table C: States with significant changes in total separations from Jul 2022 to Aug 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Jul   |   Aug  | Over-the-month |   Jul  |   Aug  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 5,794  | 5,976  |      182       |   3.8  |   3.9  |      0.1        
Arkansas...............|    52  |    65  |       13       |   3.9  |   4.9  |      1.0
Connecticut............|    61  |    51  |      -10       |   3.7  |   3.1  |     -0.6
Florida................|   388  |   427  |       39       |   4.1  |   4.5  |      0.4
Idaho..................|    50  |    41  |       -9       |   6.1  |   5.0  |     -1.1
Kentucky...............|    88  |   103  |       15       |   4.5  |   5.2  |      0.7
North Dakota...........|    19  |    16  |       -3*      |   4.4  |   3.7  |     -0.7
Oklahoma...............|    77  |    90  |       13       |   4.5  |   5.3  |      0.8
Oregon.................|    74  |    87  |       13       |   3.8  |   4.4  |      0.6
South Carolina.........|   102  |   118  |       16       |   4.6  |   5.3  |      0.7
Texas..................|   524  |   604  |       80       |   3.9  |   4.5  |      0.6
Wyoming................|    16  |    22  |        6       |   5.6  |   7.7  |      2.1
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table D: States with significant changes in quits from Jul 2022 to Aug 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Jul   |   Aug  | Over-the-month |   Jul  |   Aug  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 4,058  | 4,158  |      100       |   2.7  |   2.7  |      0.0        
Arkansas...............|    37  |    45  |        8       |   2.8  |   3.4  |      0.6
Florida................|   267  |   306  |       39       |   2.8  |   3.2  |      0.4
Kansas.................|    38  |    31  |       -7       |   2.7  |   2.2  |     -0.5
Kentucky...............|    63  |    72  |        9       |   3.2  |   3.7  |      0.5
Michigan...............|   105  |    82  |      -23       |   2.4  |   1.9  |     -0.5
Missouri...............|    99  |    81  |      -18       |   3.4  |   2.8  |     -0.6
New Jersey.............|    86  |   102  |       16       |   2.0  |   2.4  |      0.4
North Dakota...........|    13  |    10  |       -3       |   3.0  |   2.3  |     -0.7
Oklahoma...............|    53  |    67  |       14       |   3.1  |   4.0  |      0.9
Oregon.................|    48  |    61  |       13       |   2.4  |   3.1  |      0.7
South Dakota...........|    12  |    10  |       -2*      |   2.7  |   2.2  |     -0.5
Texas..................|   394  |   465  |       71       |   2.9  |   3.4  |      0.5
Utah...................|    48  |    59  |       11       |   2.9  |   3.5  |      0.6
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table E: States with significant changes in layoffs and discharges from Jul 2022 to Aug 2022, seasonally adjusted
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Jul   |   Aug  | Over-the-month |   Jul  |   Aug  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 1,390  | 1,460  |       70       |   0.9  |   1.0  |      0.1        
California.............|    94  |   152  |       58       |   0.5  |   0.9  |      0.4
Colorado...............|    24  |    31  |        7*      |   0.8  |   1.1  |      0.3
Connecticut............|    18  |    12  |       -6*      |   1.1  |   0.7  |     -0.4
Georgia................|    67  |    86  |       19       |   1.4  |   1.8  |      0.4
Idaho..................|    20  |    10  |      -10       |   2.4  |   1.2  |     -1.2
New Jersey.............|    53  |    31  |      -22       |   1.3  |   0.7  |     -0.6
North Carolina.........|    63  |    46  |      -17       |   1.3  |   1.0  |     -0.3
Ohio...................|    83  |    63  |      -20       |   1.5  |   1.1  |     -0.4
South Carolina.........|    20  |    28  |        8       |   0.9  |   1.2  |      0.3*
Wyoming................|     4  |     9  |        5       |   1.4  |   3.2  |      1.8
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (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
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

10,629 11,303 11,040 11,170 10,053 6.7 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.2


Alabama

147 146 152 157 143 6.7 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.4

Alaska

42 29 28 27 43 12.0 8.5 8.3 7.9 11.9

Arizona

215 218 219 233 218 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.6

Arkansas

83 96 100 93 87 6.1 6.9 7.1 6.6 6.2

California

1,098 1,345 1,192 1,269 1,163 6.1 7.1 6.4 6.7 6.2

Colorado

217 236 221 231 222 7.3 7.6 7.2 7.5 7.2

Connecticut

106 119 113 115 114 6.1 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.4

Delaware

38 33 33 33 36 7.8 6.7 6.7 6.7 7.2

District of Columbia

48 45 49 45 45 6.0 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.6

Florida

669 621 623 635 605 6.9 6.3 6.2 6.3 6.0

Georgia

420 376 440 432 388 8.4 7.3 8.4 8.2 7.4

Hawaii

43 46 44 50 43 6.7 7.1 6.8 7.6 6.6

Idaho

73 61 61 64 65 8.3 7.0 6.9 7.2 7.3

Illinois

414 449 450 461 396 6.6 6.9 6.9 7.1 6.1

Indiana

220 225 223 238 169 6.6 6.6 6.6 6.9 5.0

Iowa

107 118 110 114 97 6.5 7.0 6.5 6.8 5.8

Kansas

79 98 101 98 76 5.4 6.6 6.7 6.5 5.2

Kentucky

169 167 171 171 161 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.1 7.6

Louisiana

133 163 159 155 140 6.6 7.9 7.7 7.5 6.8

Maine

55 48 50 47 47 8.1 7.0 7.3 6.9 6.9

Maryland

208 224 208 205 204 7.2 7.6 7.1 7.0 6.9

Massachusetts

275 347 317 302 278 7.2 8.7 8.0 7.6 7.0

Michigan

369 345 301 328 210 8.0 7.4 6.5 7.0 4.6

Minnesota

186 228 223 226 192 6.1 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.2

Mississippi

80 87 85 83 83 6.6 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.7

Missouri

200 232 215 217 154 6.5 7.4 6.9 6.9 5.0

Montana

46 45 42 45 46 8.5 8.2 7.6 8.2 8.3

Nebraska

69 79 78 78 56 6.4 7.1 7.0 7.0 5.2

Nevada

116 108 101 105 108 7.7 7.0 6.5 6.7 6.9

New Hampshire

55 53 51 50 48 7.6 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.6

New Jersey

298 277 281 263 245 6.9 6.2 6.3 5.9 5.5

New Mexico

58 65 62 66 55 6.6 7.1 6.8 7.2 6.1

New York

546 541 557 548 501 5.7 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.0

North Carolina

367 380 360 362 322 7.4 7.4 7.0 7.0 6.3

North Dakota

30 32 32 33 25 6.7 7.0 7.0 7.2 5.5

Ohio

342 414 447 442 320 5.9 7.0 7.5 7.5 5.5

Oklahoma

100 125 133 128 124 5.7 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.8

Oregon

138 138 127 137 131 6.8 6.6 6.1 6.5 6.2

Pennsylvania

433 482 437 388 371 7.0 7.5 6.8 6.1 5.8

Rhode Island

36 41 39 40 34 6.9 7.6 7.3 7.5 6.4

South Carolina

183 179 168 176 174 7.8 7.5 7.0 7.3 7.2

South Dakota

32 33 33 34 28 6.7 6.8 6.9 7.0 5.8

Tennessee

219 252 240 264 243 6.5 7.3 6.9 7.5 7.0

Texas

923 974 1,019 983 936 6.7 6.8 7.0 6.8 6.5

Utah

121 116 103 114 112 6.9 6.5 5.8 6.4 6.3

Vermont

25 26 26 24 23 7.8 8.0 8.0 7.4 7.1

Virginia

293 312 330 339 318 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.7 7.2

Washington

209 225 187 223 206 5.8 6.1 5.1 6.0 5.5

West Virginia

56 57 59 62 60 7.5 7.4 7.7 8.1 7.8

Wisconsin

209 224 220 217 167 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.9 5.4

Wyoming

30 23 20 20 28 9.7 7.5 6.6 6.6 8.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,362 6,507 6,456 6,238 6,277 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1


Alabama

104 88 97 99 95 5.1 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.6

Alaska

31 20 20 17 32 10.0 6.4 6.4 5.4 10.1

Arizona

106 151 152 147 116 3.6 5.0 5.0 4.8 3.8

Arkansas

53 61 64 59 54 4.1 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.1

California

637 629 639 604 637 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6

Colorado

141 139 131 120 127 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.4

Connecticut

61 71 66 81 55 3.8 4.3 4.0 4.9 3.3

Delaware

28 23 22 21 27 6.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 5.8

District of Columbia

22 25 26 22 25 2.9 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.3

Florida

431 462 465 376 407 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.3

Georgia

255 270 269 263 275 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.7

Hawaii

29 31 29 28 29 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.8

Idaho

47 43 42 39 49 5.9 5.3 5.1 4.7 6.0

Illinois

233 271 243 248 259 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.3

Indiana

146 140 142 126 131 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.1

Iowa

64 65 64 69 66 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.2

Kansas

53 52 52 55 50 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.6

Kentucky

99 98 95 102 101 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.1

Louisiana

88 96 96 94 92 4.7 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8

Maine

31 26 26 27 28 5.0 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.4

Maryland

105 110 113 109 134 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.9

Massachusetts

127 136 129 135 127 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.4

Michigan

222 160 187 178 170 5.3 3.7 4.3 4.1 3.9

Minnesota

106 102 109 112 114 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9

Mississippi

54 55 58 53 59 4.7 4.8 5.0 4.6 5.1

Missouri

112 122 125 113 120 3.9 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.1

Montana

32 30 27 26 30 6.5 6.0 5.3 5.1 5.9

Nebraska

45 41 45 40 37 4.5 4.0 4.4 3.9 3.6

Nevada

91 98 72 73 70 6.5 6.8 5.0 5.0 4.8

New Hampshire

26 34 31 27 24 3.9 5.0 4.6 4.0 3.5

New Jersey

162 165 166 143 133 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.1

New Mexico

33 39 35 38 31 4.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 3.6

New York

313 320 290 284 293 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.1

North Carolina

229 222 235 233 223 5.0 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.6

North Dakota

22 18 20 20 18 5.3 4.2 4.7 4.7 4.2

Ohio

223 240 260 230 230 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.2

Oklahoma

71 86 86 81 80 4.3 5.1 5.1 4.8 4.7

Oregon

83 84 87 81 84 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2

Pennsylvania

182 194 188 175 194 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.2

Rhode Island

21 23 25 22 21 4.3 4.6 5.0 4.4 4.2

South Carolina

111 117 109 114 108 5.1 5.3 4.9 5.1 4.8

South Dakota

21 18 20 22 20 4.7 4.0 4.5 4.9 4.4

Tennessee

157 147 157 153 151 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.7

Texas

609 648 602 613 600 4.8 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.4

Utah

70 69 69 69 74 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4

Vermont

14 13 11 12 14 4.7 4.3 3.7 4.0 4.6

Virginia

172 170 169 185 171 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.2

Washington

125 130 130 137 122 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.5

West Virginia

32 34 34 34 35 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0

Wisconsin

109 109 106 113 114 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.9

Wyoming

22 17 17 14 19 7.9 6.0 6.0 4.9 6.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

5,913 6,017 6,009 5,794 5,976 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9


Alabama

93 96 94 91 101 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.8

Alaska

19 22 19 21 22 6.1 7.0 6.1 6.7 6.9

Arizona

124 134 144 135 142 4.2 4.4 4.7 4.4 4.6

Arkansas

63 61 62 52 65 4.9 4.7 4.7 3.9 4.9

California

616 682 591 518 547 3.6 3.9 3.4 2.9 3.1

Colorado

164 129 111 119 116 5.9 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.0

Connecticut

48 55 56 61 51 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.1

Delaware

20 21 24 20 21 4.4 4.6 5.2 4.3 4.5

District of Columbia

16 23 23 22 22 2.1 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9

Florida

388 468 420 388 427 4.3 5.0 4.5 4.1 4.5

Georgia

268 256 316 271 286 5.8 5.4 6.6 5.6 5.9

Hawaii

20 22 22 21 21 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4

Idaho

41 42 41 50 41 5.1 5.2 5.0 6.1 5.0

Illinois

238 187 229 203 192 4.1 3.1 3.8 3.3 3.2

Indiana

141 115 120 118 119 4.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7

Iowa

58 64 56 59 54 3.8 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.4

Kansas

54 49 50 52 45 3.9 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2

Kentucky

105 97 107 88 103 5.5 5.0 5.5 4.5 5.2

Louisiana

86 95 97 91 97 4.6 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.0

Maine

25 24 29 28 26 4.0 3.8 4.6 4.4 4.1

Maryland

80 102 94 96 105 3.0 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.8

Massachusetts

118 99 154 132 128 3.3 2.7 4.2 3.6 3.5

Michigan

188 191 149 147 131 4.5 4.4 3.4 3.4 3.0

Minnesota

106 100 96 107 97 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.3

Mississippi

57 53 60 58 62 5.0 4.6 5.2 5.0 5.4

Missouri

118 126 137 122 111 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.2 3.8

Montana

27 29 26 27 29 5.5 5.8 5.1 5.3 5.7

Nebraska

44 41 36 39 39 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.8 3.8

Nevada

59 58 62 61 62 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.2

New Hampshire

31 30 27 31 32 4.6 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.7

New Jersey

141 144 135 144 146 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.4

New Mexico

34 41 34 36 33 4.1 4.8 4.0 4.2 3.9

New York

262 275 251 232 237 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.5

North Carolina

234 214 238 227 229 5.1 4.5 5.0 4.7 4.8

North Dakota

19 18 17 19 16 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 3.7

Ohio

206 201 216 220 206 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8

Oklahoma

74 76 93 77 90 4.5 4.5 5.5 4.5 5.3

Oregon

75 73 73 74 87 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.8 4.4

Pennsylvania

182 199 159 204 195 3.1 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.3

Rhode Island

19 18 20 21 21 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.2

South Carolina

91 105 110 102 118 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.6 5.3

South Dakota

17 19 16 17 15 3.8 4.2 3.6 3.8 3.3

Tennessee

151 144 155 148 157 4.8 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.8

Texas

497 511 540 524 604 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.5

Utah

68 70 60 75 81 4.2 4.2 3.6 4.5 4.8

Vermont

20 12 14 16 18 6.8 4.0 4.7 5.3 6.0

Virginia

153 158 152 160 155 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8

Washington

98 115 117 116 113 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2

West Virginia

32 32 34 32 33 4.7 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.7

Wisconsin

112 105 107 105 107 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

Wyoming

16 16 15 16 22 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.6 7.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 4. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

4,126 4,274 4,253 4,058 4,158 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7


Alabama

64 62 70 66 74 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.5

Alaska

13 15 12 14 15 4.2 4.8 3.9 4.5 4.7

Arizona

90 102 113 107 104 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.4

Arkansas

45 42 46 37 45 3.5 3.2 3.5 2.8 3.4

California

405 467 401 394 377 2.4 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.1

Colorado

93 87 76 83 75 3.4 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.6

Connecticut

35 36 39 40 35 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.1

Delaware

14 15 18 14 15 3.1 3.3 3.9 3.0 3.2

District of Columbia

10 15 15 14 15 1.3 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0

Florida

282 349 303 267 306 3.1 3.7 3.2 2.8 3.2

Georgia

200 184 245 194 188 4.3 3.8 5.1 4.0 3.9

Hawaii

14 14 15 14 14 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3

Idaho

29 29 28 25 28 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.4

Illinois

171 154 155 135 127 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.1

Indiana

104 97 89 88 84 3.4 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6

Iowa

41 44 41 41 37 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.3

Kansas

40 35 35 38 31 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.2

Kentucky

78 71 80 63 72 4.1 3.7 4.1 3.2 3.7

Louisiana

63 63 70 66 68 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.4 3.5

Maine

16 15 19 19 18 2.6 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.8

Maryland

56 73 71 65 72 2.1 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.6

Massachusetts

74 73 78 98 93 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.7 2.5

Michigan

123 121 102 105 82 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.4 1.9

Minnesota

75 69 71 71 67 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3

Mississippi

41 39 44 39 42 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.6

Missouri

86 95 86 99 81 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.4 2.8

Montana

19 19 18 18 20 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.6 4.0

Nebraska

31 28 26 27 26 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.5

Nevada

40 40 43 42 42 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9

New Hampshire

19 21 18 20 19 2.8 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.8

New Jersey

95 78 91 86 102 2.3 1.9 2.2 2.0 2.4

New Mexico

22 23 24 23 24 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8

New York

184 177 168 160 150 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6

North Carolina

147 158 178 152 160 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.3

North Dakota

13 13 11 13 10 3.1 3.1 2.6 3.0 2.3

Ohio

144 132 132 127 134 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4

Oklahoma

52 53 73 53 67 3.2 3.2 4.3 3.1 4.0

Oregon

55 53 53 48 61 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.4 3.1

Pennsylvania

122 155 109 134 137 2.1 2.6 1.8 2.2 2.3

Rhode Island

13 12 12 14 14 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.8

South Carolina

64 81 84 76 81 3.0 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.6

South Dakota

11 13 11 12 10 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.2

Tennessee

107 107 114 105 109 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.4

Texas

366 394 415 394 465 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.4

Utah

47 45 41 48 59 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.5

Vermont

14 8 9 11 12 4.7 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.0

Virginia

106 110 111 115 108 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.6

Washington

76 82 83 73 77 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.2

West Virginia

24 23 26 24 24 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.4 3.4

Wisconsin

84 70 70 75 72 2.9 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4

Wyoming

10 11 10 10 11 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.5 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
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

1,404 1,416 1,400 1,390 1,460 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0


Alabama

20 29 18 20 22 1.0 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.1

Alaska

5 5 6 5 5 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.6

Arizona

26 24 23 21 27 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9

Arkansas

14 14 13 12 15 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1

California

162 172 152 94 152 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.9

Colorado

68 31 27 24 31 2.5 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.1

Connecticut

9 16 13 18 12 0.6 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.7

Delaware

5 5 5 5 5 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1

District of Columbia

4 6 5 6 6 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Florida

75 100 87 98 97 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0

Georgia

50 66 52 67 86 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.8

Hawaii

5 6 6 5 5 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8

Idaho

9 10 11 20 10 1.1 1.2 1.3 2.4 1.2

Illinois

55 19 64 62 53 0.9 0.3 1.1 1.0 0.9

Indiana

29 11 26 24 33 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.8 1.0

Iowa

14 16 12 15 15 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0

Kansas

11 12 12 11 12 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9

Kentucky

23 21 20 20 22 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1

Louisiana

17 27 21 20 22 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.1

Maine

7 6 8 8 7 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1

Maryland

20 23 15 25 26 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.0

Massachusetts

36 22 70 28 26 1.0 0.6 1.9 0.8 0.7

Michigan

53 64 39 31 34 1.3 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.8

Minnesota

24 26 21 31 27 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.1 0.9

Mississippi

13 11 12 16 16 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.4

Missouri

26 24 45 18 22 0.9 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.8

Montana

7 8 6 6 7 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4

Nebraska

9 10 8 10 10 0.9 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0

Nevada

16 15 15 15 16 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

New Hampshire

9 7 8 9 7 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0

New Jersey

36 59 37 53 31 0.9 1.4 0.9 1.3 0.7

New Mexico

9 15 8 8 7 1.1 1.8 0.9 0.9 0.8

New York

61 81 71 51 67 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.7

North Carolina

76 47 49 63 46 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.0

North Dakota

5 5 5 5 5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Ohio

49 56 67 83 63 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.1

Oklahoma

17 18 15 20 18 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1

Oregon

17 14 15 15 18 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9

Pennsylvania

44 34 44 58 50 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.8

Rhode Island

6 5 6 6 6 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2

South Carolina

21 19 20 20 28 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.2

South Dakota

4 5 4 4 4 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9

Tennessee

32 30 33 37 41 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.3

Texas

101 93 94 102 122 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9

Utah

16 21 15 14 17 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.0

Vermont

4 4 4 4 4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Virginia

37 41 29 36 37 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.9

Washington

17 25 27 28 26 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7

West Virginia

6 7 6 6 7 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0

Wisconsin

21 29 32 29 28 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0

Wyoming

5 4 4 4 9 1.8 1.4 1.4 1.4 3.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 6. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

10,924 12,140 10,166 6.9 7.4 6.2


Alabama

149 172 140 6.8 7.6 6.3

Alaska

41 32 41 11.1 8.7 10.9

Arizona

237 251 233 7.4 7.7 7.0

Arkansas

90 100 91 6.6 7.0 6.4

California

1,126 1,395 1,168 6.2 7.4 6.2

Colorado

229 261 228 7.6 8.3 7.3

Connecticut

108 121 117 6.3 6.8 6.6

Delaware

34 40 34 7.0 7.9 6.7

District of Columbia

44 50 41 5.6 6.1 5.1

Florida

665 667 587 6.9 6.7 5.9

Georgia

422 451 391 8.4 8.6 7.5

Hawaii

44 58 42 6.9 8.7 6.5

Idaho

72 69 64 8.2 7.6 7.1

Illinois

414 496 390 6.6 7.5 6.0

Indiana

230 261 173 6.9 7.6 5.1

Iowa

103 129 92 6.3 7.6 5.5

Kansas

81 104 78 5.5 7.0 5.3

Kentucky

173 184 163 8.3 8.7 7.7

Louisiana

143 173 148 7.1 8.3 7.1

Maine

56 54 48 8.1 7.5 6.8

Maryland

205 225 196 7.1 7.6 6.7

Massachusetts

279 318 275 7.2 7.9 6.9

Michigan

394 339 226 8.5 7.2 4.9

Minnesota

189 246 186 6.1 7.7 5.9

Mississippi

93 87 95 7.6 7.0 7.6

Missouri

201 227 155 6.6 7.2 5.0

Montana

49 51 48 8.9 9.0 8.5

Nebraska

68 82 56 6.3 7.4 5.2

Nevada

124 117 113 8.2 7.4 7.2

New Hampshire

58 52 50 7.9 7.0 6.8

New Jersey

305 272 249 7.0 6.0 5.5

New Mexico

67 81 59 7.5 8.7 6.4

New York

564 609 501 5.9 6.0 5.0

North Carolina

373 396 319 7.5 7.7 6.2

North Dakota

31 34 26 6.9 7.3 5.6

Ohio

347 461 329 6.0 7.7 5.6

Oklahoma

104 141 127 6.0 7.8 7.0

Oregon

145 156 132 7.1 7.3 6.2

Pennsylvania

442 398 367 7.1 6.2 5.8

Rhode Island

39 41 36 7.5 7.5 6.7

South Carolina

183 199 173 7.8 8.2 7.2

South Dakota

36 37 30 7.4 7.4 6.2

Tennessee

234 288 253 7.0 8.2 7.2

Texas

970 1,115 974 7.1 7.6 6.7

Utah

121 128 110 6.9 7.1 6.2

Vermont

25 28 23 7.8 8.3 7.1

Virginia

297 365 323 7.0 8.2 7.3

Washington

219 269 207 6.1 7.1 5.5

West Virginia

57 67 61 7.6 8.7 8.0

Wisconsin

212 222 170 6.8 7.0 5.4

Wyoming

31 23 29 9.9 7.3 9.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 7. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

7,120 6,914 6,995 4.8 4.5 4.6


Alabama

117 110 109 5.7 5.3 5.2

Alaska

31 20 31 9.3 6.1 9.1

Arizona

135 163 135 4.5 5.4 4.4

Arkansas

71 66 69 5.5 5.0 5.3

California

737 645 733 4.4 3.7 4.2

Colorado

153 134 136 5.5 4.7 4.7

Connecticut

65 89 58 4.1 5.4 3.5

Delaware

26 26 27 5.8 5.5 5.8

District of Columbia

22 28 26 3.0 3.6 3.4

Florida

477 363 442 5.3 3.9 4.7

Georgia

289 293 314 6.3 6.1 6.5

Hawaii

32 32 32 5.4 5.3 5.2

Idaho

49 43 51 6.1 5.2 6.2

Illinois

254 263 280 4.3 4.3 4.6

Indiana

169 138 150 5.4 4.4 4.7

Iowa

67 81 70 4.4 5.1 4.5

Kansas

62 62 57 4.5 4.5 4.1

Kentucky

122 109 123 6.4 5.6 6.3

Louisiana

101 103 105 5.4 5.4 5.5

Maine

30 35 27 4.8 5.2 4.2

Maryland

103 135 135 3.8 4.9 4.9

Massachusetts

125 168 122 3.5 4.5 3.3

Michigan

238 179 183 5.6 4.1 4.2

Minnesota

120 125 131 4.2 4.2 4.4

Mississippi

68 55 75 6.0 4.8 6.5

Missouri

122 123 132 4.3 4.2 4.5

Montana

36 30 35 7.2 5.8 6.7

Nebraska

51 41 42 5.0 4.0 4.1

Nevada

100 80 80 7.2 5.5 5.5

New Hampshire

32 33 27 4.7 4.8 3.9

New Jersey

160 162 126 4.0 3.8 3.0

New Mexico

44 44 39 5.4 5.2 4.5

New York

327 374 295 3.6 3.9 3.1

North Carolina

266 256 255 5.8 5.4 5.3

North Dakota

24 21 20 5.7 4.8 4.7

Ohio

242 244 250 4.5 4.4 4.5

Oklahoma

85 88 93 5.2 5.3 5.5

Oregon

89 97 89 4.7 4.9 4.5

Pennsylvania

190 202 203 3.3 3.4 3.4

Rhode Island

22 27 20 4.5 5.4 4.0

South Carolina

126 126 123 5.8 5.7 5.5

South Dakota

25 23 24 5.6 5.1 5.2

Tennessee

187 164 181 6.0 5.1 5.6

Texas

709 673 702 5.6 5.0 5.2

Utah

80 77 86 5.0 4.6 5.1

Vermont

14 16 14 4.9 5.3 4.6

Virginia

209 205 214 5.3 5.0 5.2

Washington

145 159 139 4.3 4.5 3.9

West Virginia

38 39 42 5.5 5.6 5.9

Wisconsin

112 126 119 3.8 4.2 4.0

Wyoming

23 14 23 8.1 4.9 7.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 8. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

7,032 6,407 7,092 4.8 4.2 4.6


Alabama

104 104 117 5.1 5.0 5.6

Alaska

28 18 32 8.4 5.3 9.4

Arizona

135 163 156 4.6 5.4 5.1

Arkansas

73 61 78 5.7 4.6 5.9

California

716 600 637 4.2 3.4 3.6

Colorado

215 138 157 7.7 4.8 5.4

Connecticut

60 67 62 3.7 4.0 3.7

Delaware

24 20 25 5.3 4.3 5.4

District of Columbia

20 24 27 2.7 3.1 3.5

Florida

422 432 467 4.7 4.6 5.0

Georgia

302 307 318 6.6 6.4 6.6

Hawaii

25 26 27 4.3 4.2 4.4

Idaho

51 56 53 6.3 6.7 6.4

Illinois

290 218 231 5.0 3.6 3.8

Indiana

181 145 149 5.8 4.6 4.7

Iowa

79 64 71 5.1 4.1 4.5

Kansas

69 57 58 5.0 4.1 4.1

Kentucky

120 101 118 6.3 5.2 6.0

Louisiana

99 95 112 5.3 5.0 5.8

Maine

31 31 33 4.9 4.6 5.0

Maryland

94 103 124 3.5 3.8 4.5

Massachusetts

149 134 158 4.2 3.6 4.3

Michigan

239 170 162 5.6 3.9 3.7

Minnesota

123 108 113 4.3 3.6 3.8

Mississippi

68 61 75 5.9 5.3 6.5

Missouri

142 134 131 5.0 4.6 4.5

Montana

33 29 38 6.6 5.7 7.3

Nebraska

51 40 45 5.1 3.9 4.4

Nevada

70 67 72 5.0 4.6 5.0

New Hampshire

36 33 38 5.4 4.7 5.5

New Jersey

169 163 174 4.2 3.8 4.1

New Mexico

42 45 41 5.1 5.3 4.8

New York

341 253 307 3.8 2.7 3.2

North Carolina

266 238 260 5.8 5.0 5.4

North Dakota

23 19 20 5.6 4.3 4.7

Ohio

253 242 250 4.7 4.4 4.5

Oklahoma

84 85 102 5.1 5.0 6.1

Oregon

90 91 104 4.8 4.6 5.2

Pennsylvania

217 216 229 3.8 3.6 3.8

Rhode Island

21 21 23 4.4 4.2 4.6

South Carolina

104 112 134 4.8 5.0 6.0

South Dakota

22 16 19 5.0 3.6 4.1

Tennessee

171 168 181 5.5 5.2 5.6

Texas

582 578 722 4.6 4.3 5.4

Utah

77 79 101 4.8 4.7 6.0

Vermont

22 16 23 7.6 5.2 7.6

Virginia

184 169 188 4.6 4.1 4.6

Washington

125 131 140 3.7 3.7 4.0

West Virginia

37 36 39 5.4 5.1 5.5

Wisconsin

132 107 125 4.5 3.6 4.2

Wyoming

19 17 26 6.8 5.9 8.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 9. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

5,141 4,665 5,122 3.5 3.1 3.4


Alabama

74 77 87 3.6 3.7 4.2

Alaska

20 12 22 6.0 3.5 6.6

Arizona

106 127 119 3.6 4.2 3.9

Arkansas

54 46 56 4.2 3.5 4.2

California

513 465 460 3.0 2.7 2.6

Colorado

130 99 107 4.7 3.4 3.7

Connecticut

44 47 43 2.7 2.9 2.6

Delaware

17 15 17 3.8 3.2 3.7

District of Columbia

14 17 19 1.9 2.2 2.5

Florida

308 306 332 3.4 3.3 3.5

Georgia

236 218 221 5.1 4.6 4.6

Hawaii

19 17 19 3.2 2.8 3.1

Idaho

39 30 39 4.9 3.6 4.7

Illinois

226 155 171 3.9 2.5 2.8

Indiana

138 115 105 4.4 3.6 3.3

Iowa

58 47 51 3.8 3.0 3.3

Kansas

52 44 41 3.8 3.1 3.0

Kentucky

91 75 86 4.8 3.9 4.4

Louisiana

74 72 80 4.0 3.7 4.2

Maine

21 22 23 3.3 3.4 3.6

Maryland

69 75 89 2.6 2.7 3.3

Massachusetts

91 103 112 2.5 2.8 3.0

Michigan

178 128 114 4.2 2.9 2.6

Minnesota

92 76 82 3.2 2.6 2.8

Mississippi

50 40 52 4.4 3.5 4.5

Missouri

108 114 100 3.8 3.9 3.4

Montana

25 20 28 5.0 3.8 5.4

Nebraska

39 29 33 3.8 2.8 3.2

Nevada

52 47 53 3.7 3.2 3.6

New Hampshire

23 23 23 3.4 3.4 3.4

New Jersey

113 105 124 2.8 2.5 2.9

New Mexico

29 29 30 3.6 3.4 3.6

New York

244 187 205 2.7 2.0 2.2

North Carolina

174 164 184 3.8 3.5 3.8

North Dakota

17 14 15 4.2 3.3 3.4

Ohio

184 150 170 3.4 2.7 3.1

Oklahoma

60 61 76 3.7 3.6 4.5

Oregon

71 59 78 3.7 3.0 3.9

Pennsylvania

157 152 172 2.7 2.5 2.9

Rhode Island

15 16 16 3.1 3.1 3.2

South Carolina

75 83 94 3.5 3.7 4.2

South Dakota

17 12 14 3.7 2.7 3.0

Tennessee

126 126 129 4.0 3.9 4.0

Texas

442 441 570 3.5 3.3 4.2

Utah

58 52 79 3.6 3.1 4.7

Vermont

16 11 17 5.6 3.8 5.5

Virginia

132 128 134 3.3 3.1 3.3

Washington

102 91 101 3.0 2.6 2.8

West Virginia

28 28 29 4.1 3.9 4.1

Wisconsin

103 84 88 3.5 2.8 3.0

Wyoming

14 11 16 5.0 3.9 5.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 10. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

1,483 1,359 1,574 1.0 0.9 1.0


Alabama

21 23 23 1.0 1.1 1.1

Alaska

6 4 7 1.8 1.3 2.1

Arizona

24 24 28 0.8 0.8 0.9

Arkansas

15 12 17 1.2 0.9 1.3

California

156 94 164 0.9 0.5 0.9

Colorado

80 25 41 2.9 0.9 1.4

Connecticut

12 16 14 0.7 0.9 0.9

Delaware

5 4 6 1.1 0.9 1.2

District of Columbia

5 6 6 0.6 0.7 0.7

Florida

82 104 109 0.9 1.1 1.2

Georgia

44 79 84 1.0 1.7 1.7

Hawaii

5 6 6 0.8 1.0 1.0

Idaho

9 21 11 1.1 2.5 1.3

Illinois

51 57 47 0.9 0.9 0.8

Indiana

34 25 41 1.1 0.8 1.3

Iowa

16 13 16 1.0 0.9 1.0

Kansas

12 11 13 0.8 0.8 0.9

Kentucky

24 20 22 1.3 1.0 1.1

Louisiana

19 20 24 1.0 1.0 1.2

Maine

8 7 7 1.3 1.0 1.1

Maryland

21 22 28 0.8 0.8 1.0

Massachusetts

51 24 37 1.4 0.6 1.0

Michigan

45 28 29 1.1 0.7 0.7

Minnesota

24 26 28 0.8 0.9 1.0

Mississippi

14 17 19 1.3 1.5 1.6

Missouri

28 16 24 1.0 0.6 0.8

Montana

7 7 8 1.4 1.3 1.5

Nebraska

9 9 9 0.9 0.9 0.9

Nevada

16 15 16 1.1 1.0 1.1

New Hampshire

11 7 9 1.6 1.1 1.3

New Jersey

47 48 36 1.2 1.1 0.8

New Mexico

10 9 8 1.3 1.0 1.0

New York

80 44 81 0.9 0.5 0.8

North Carolina

83 64 49 1.8 1.3 1.0

North Dakota

4 4 5 1.1 0.9 1.1

Ohio

53 83 69 1.0 1.5 1.2

Oklahoma

19 20 20 1.2 1.2 1.2

Oregon

17 16 19 0.9 0.8 1.0

Pennsylvania

41 51 46 0.7 0.8 0.8

Rhode Island

5 4 6 1.1 0.8 1.1

South Carolina

23 22 29 1.1 1.0 1.3

South Dakota

4 3 4 0.9 0.7 0.9

Tennessee

32 36 43 1.0 1.1 1.3

Texas

98 110 126 0.8 0.8 0.9

Utah

15 13 17 0.9 0.8 1.0

Vermont

5 3 5 1.6 1.1 1.5

Virginia

43 32 43 1.1 0.8 1.1

Washington

19 25 29 0.6 0.7 0.8

West Virginia

7 7 8 1.0 0.9 1.1

Wisconsin

22 21 29 0.7 0.7 1.0

Wyoming

4 4 9 1.6 1.4 3.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Last Modified Date: October 19, 2022