State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, December 17, 2021	USDL-21-2148
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		    STATE JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – OCTOBER 2021

Job openings rates increased in 16 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 32 states and 
the District of Columbia on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 
reported today. Hires rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 45 states 
and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states, increased in 2 states, and 
were little changed in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and 
total separations rates were little changed in October. (See tables A-E.)

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 increased in 16 states and decreased in 2 states. The largest increases in 
job openings rates occurred in Hawaii (+3.5 percentage points), Minnesota (+1.9 points), and Kentucky 
(+1.2 points). The decreases in job openings rates occurred in Maine (-1.0 percentage point) and 
Virginia (-0.7 point). The national job openings rate was little changed. (See table A.)

The number of job openings increased in 15 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of 
October. The largest increases occurred in Florida (+74,000), Texas (+70,000), and Minnesota  
(+ 64,000). The decreases in the job openings level occurred in Virginia (-28,000) and Maine (-7,000). 
Nationally, the number of job openings increased (+431,000). (See table A.)

Hires

In October, hires rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state. The largest decreases in hires rates 
occurred in Alaska (-0.8 percentage point), and Mississippi and Virginia (-0.7 point each). The hires rate 
increased in Hawaii (+2.6 percentage points). The national hires rate was unchanged. (See table B.)
The number of hires decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state in October. The largest decreases 
occurred in Virginia (-29,000), Arizona (-18,000), and Mississippi (-8,000). The hires level increased in 
Hawaii (+15,000). Nationally, the number of hires was little changed. (See table B.)

Total Separations

In October, total separations rates decreased in 10 states and increased in 2 states. The largest 
decreases occurred in Hawaii (-5.4 percentage points), Alaska (-1.4 points), and Illinois  
(-1.1 points). The increases in the total separations rates occurred in North Dakota and Pennsylvania 
(+0.7 percentage point each). The national total separations rate was little changed over the month. (See 
table C.)

The number of total separations decreased in 8 states and increased in 1 state in October. The largest 
decreases occurred in Illinois (-59,000), Georgia (-40,000), and Ohio (-32,000). The total separations 
level increased in Pennsylvania (+43,000). Nationally, the number of total separations edged down  
(-255,000). (See table C.)
 
Quits

In October, quits rates decreased in 12 states and increased in 1 state. The largest decreases in quits 
rates occurred in Hawaii (-3.8 percentage points), New Hampshire (-1.1 points), and Montana (-0.9 
point). The quits rate increased in Kansas (+0.5 percentage point). Over the month, the national quits 
rate decreased (-0.2 percentage point). (See table D.)

The number of quits decreased in 11 states and increased in 1 state in October. The largest decreases in 
the quits level occurred in Illinois (-34,000), Georgia (-31,000), and Hawaii (-22,000). The quits level 
increased in Kansas (+6,000). Nationally, the number of quits decreased over the month (-205,000). (See 
table D.)
 
Layoffs and Discharges

In October, layoffs and discharges rates decreased in 5 states and increased in 5 states. The largest 
decreases in layoffs and discharges rates occurred in Hawaii (-1.1 percentage points), and Alaska and 
Ohio (-0.6 point each). The largest increases in layoffs and discharges rates occurred in North Dakota 
(+0.8 percentage point), Pennsylvania (+0.6 point), and Oregon and Colorado (+0.4 point each). The 
national layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged. (See table E.)

The number of layoffs and discharges decreased in 5 states and increased in 4 states in October. The 
largest decreases in layoffs and discharges were in Ohio (-31,000), Massachusetts (-16,000), and New 
Jersey (-12,000). The largest increases in layoffs and discharges levels were in Pennsylvania (+37,000), 
Colorado (+13,000), and Oregon (+8,000). Nationally, the number of layoffs and discharges was little 
changed over the month. (See table E.)

For more information, please see the 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 2021 are scheduled 
to be released on Friday, January 21, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (ET).



Table A: States with significant changes in job openings from Sep 2021 to Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)   |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............|10,602  |11,033  |      431       |   6.7  |   6.9  |      0.2        
Alabama................|   143  |   159  |       16       |   6.5  |   7.2  |      0.7
Colorado...............|   192  |   207  |       15       |   6.5  |   7.0  |      0.5
Florida................|   656  |   730  |       74       |   6.9  |   7.6  |      0.7
Hawaii.................|    27  |    50  |       23       |   4.5  |   8.0  |      3.5
Kansas.................|    86  |    94  |        8       |   5.8  |   6.3  |      0.5
Kentucky...............|   145  |   173  |       28       |   7.2  |   8.4  |      1.2
Louisiana..............|   138  |   156  |       18       |   7.0  |   7.8  |      0.8
Maine..................|    50  |    43  |       -7       |   7.5  |   6.5  |     -1.0
Michigan...............|   366  |   388  |       22       |   8.0  |   8.4  |      0.4
Minnesota..............|   194  |   258  |       64       |   6.3  |   8.2  |      1.9
Mississippi............|    84  |    93  |        9       |   6.9  |   7.5  |      0.6
Missouri...............|   205  |   235  |       30       |   6.7  |   7.6  |      0.9
Montana................|    38  |    42  |        4       |   7.3  |   8.0  |      0.7
New Jersey.............|   294  |   310  |       16*      |   6.8  |   7.2  |      0.4
North Carolina.........|   329  |   357  |       28       |   6.8  |   7.3  |      0.5
Tennessee..............|   227  |   248  |       21       |   6.8  |   7.4  |      0.6
Texas..................|   837  |   907  |       70       |   6.1  |   6.6  |      0.5
Virginia...............|   336  |   308  |      -28       |   7.9  |   7.2  |     -0.7
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.


Table B: States with significant changes in hires from Sep 2021 to Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)   |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 6,546  | 6,464  |      -82       |   4.4  |   4.4  |      0.0        
Alaska.................|    21  |    19  |       -2*      |   6.9  |   6.1  |     -0.8
Arizona................|   139  |   121  |      -18       |   4.7  |   4.1  |     -0.6
Hawaii.................|    22  |    37  |       15       |   3.8  |   6.4  |      2.6
Mississippi............|    66  |    58  |       -8       |   5.8  |   5.1  |     -0.7
Virginia...............|   182  |   153  |      -29       |   4.6  |   3.9  |     -0.7
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   
   
Table C: States with significant changes in total separations from Sep 2021 to Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)   |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 6,147  | 5,892  |     -255       |   4.2  |   4.0  |     -0.2        
Alabama................|   102  |    92  |      -10*      |   5.0  |   4.5  |     -0.5
Alaska.................|    18  |    14  |       -4       |   5.9  |   4.5  |     -1.4
Georgia................|   264  |   224  |      -40       |   5.8  |   4.9  |     -0.9
Hawaii.................|    54  |    23  |      -31       |   9.4  |   4.0  |     -5.4
Illinois...............|   265  |   206  |      -59       |   4.6  |   3.5  |     -1.1
Louisiana..............|    97  |    86  |      -11*      |   5.3  |   4.6  |     -0.7
Massachusetts..........|   152  |   126  |      -26       |   4.3  |   3.6  |     -0.7
Nevada.................|    80  |    67  |      -13       |   5.9  |   4.9  |     -1.0
New Hampshire..........|    35  |    29  |       -6       |   5.3  |   4.4  |     -0.9
North Dakota...........|    21  |    24  |        3*      |   5.0  |   5.7  |      0.7
Ohio...................|   244  |   212  |      -32       |   4.6  |   3.9  |     -0.7
Pennsylvania...........|   187  |   230  |       43       |   3.3  |   4.0  |      0.7
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   
   
Table D: States with significant changes in quits from Sep 2021 to Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)   |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 4,362  | 4,157  |     -205       |   3.0  |   2.8  |     -0.2        
Connecticut............|    43  |    36  |       -7       |   2.7  |   2.2  |     -0.5
Georgia................|   185  |   154  |      -31       |   4.0  |   3.3  |     -0.7
Hawaii.................|    38  |    16  |      -22       |   6.6  |   2.8  |     -3.8
Illinois...............|   189  |   155  |      -34       |   3.3  |   2.6  |     -0.7
Kansas.................|    35  |    41  |        6       |   2.5  |   3.0  |      0.5
Louisiana..............|    71  |    62  |       -9       |   3.9  |   3.3  |     -0.6
Massachusetts..........|    90  |    82  |       -8*      |   2.6  |   2.3  |     -0.3
Montana................|    21  |    17  |       -4       |   4.4  |   3.5  |     -0.9
Nevada.................|    57  |    48  |       -9       |   4.2  |   3.5  |     -0.7
New Hampshire..........|    25  |    18  |       -7       |   3.8  |   2.7  |     -1.1
Oregon.................|    67  |    56  |      -11       |   3.6  |   3.0  |     -0.6
Utah...................|    57  |    47  |      -10       |   3.5  |   2.9  |     -0.6
West Virginia..........|    26  |    22  |       -4       |   3.8  |   3.2  |     -0.6
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   
   
Table E: States with significant changes in layoffs and discharges from Sep 2021 to Oct 2021, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Sep   |   Oct  | Over-the-month |   Sep  |   Oct  | Over-the-month
                       |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)   |  2021  | 2021(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............| 1,396  | 1,361  |      -35       |   0.9  |   0.9  |      0.0        
Alaska.................|     5  |     3  |       -2       |   1.6  |   1.0  |     -0.6
Colorado...............|    24  |    37  |       13       |   0.9  |   1.3  |      0.4
Hawaii.................|    12  |     6  |       -6       |   2.1  |   1.0  |     -1.1
Massachusetts..........|    50  |    34  |      -16       |   1.4  |   1.0  |     -0.4
New Jersey.............|    51  |    39  |      -12       |   1.3  |   1.0  |     -0.3
New York...............|    65  |    83  |       18*      |   0.7  |   0.9  |      0.2
North Dakota...........|     6  |     9  |        3       |   1.4  |   2.2  |      0.8
Ohio...................|    78  |    47  |      -31       |   1.5  |   0.9  |     -0.6
Oregon.................|    11  |    19  |        8       |   0.6  |   1.0  |      0.4
Pennsylvania...........|    39  |    76  |       37       |   0.7  |   1.3  |      0.6
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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

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 
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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,873	11,098	10,629	10,602	11,033	4.6	7.0	6.7	6.7	6.9
Alabama	108	141	146	143	159	5.1	6.5	6.7	6.5	7.2
Alaska	21	36	30	30	28	6.5	10.6	8.9	8.9	8.3
Arizona	161	221	242	214	221	5.3	6.9	7.5	6.7	6.9
Arkansas	58	89	98	95	95	4.4	6.5	7.2	7.0	6.9
California	703	1,054	1,123	1,157	1,153	4.2	6.0	6.3	6.5	6.4
Colorado	113	228	210	192	207	4.1	7.7	7.1	6.5	7.0
Connecticut	65	106	103	100	103	4.0	6.2	6.0	5.8	6.0
Delaware	23	35	33	31	33	4.9	7.2	6.8	6.4	6.8
District of Columbia	29	46	39	39	41	3.8	5.8	4.9	4.9	5.1
Florida	402	715	685	656	730	4.5	7.5	7.2	6.9	7.6
Georgia	251	383	416	417	432	5.4	7.7	8.4	8.3	8.6
Hawaii	30	46	33	27	50	5.4	7.3	5.4	4.5	8.0
Idaho	39	67	59	54	58	4.8	7.8	7.0	6.4	6.9
Illinois	252	429	387	436	422	4.3	6.9	6.3	7.0	6.7
Indiana	153	227	230	230	243	4.8	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.3
Iowa	73	103	98	113	113	4.6	6.3	6.0	6.8	6.8
Kansas	66	87	82	86	94	4.6	5.9	5.6	5.8	6.3
Kentucky	97	170	170	145	173	5.0	8.4	8.3	7.2	8.4
Louisiana	105	132	136	138	156	5.5	6.7	6.9	7.0	7.8
Maine	30	56	47	50	43	4.8	8.3	7.1	7.5	6.5
Maryland	148	227	212	210	220	5.4	7.9	7.4	7.3	7.6
Massachusetts	157	286	280	281	289	4.5	7.6	7.4	7.4	7.5
Michigan	200	377	364	366	388	4.7	8.3	8.0	8.0	8.4
Minnesota	122	206	190	194	258	4.2	6.7	6.2	6.3	8.2
Mississippi	60	84	87	84	93	5.1	6.9	7.1	6.9	7.5
Missouri	128	201	211	205	235	4.4	6.6	6.9	6.7	7.6
Montana	26	40	39	38	42	5.2	7.6	7.5	7.3	8.0
Nebraska	47	70	67	71	72	4.5	6.5	6.2	6.5	6.6
Nevada	77	156	119	109	109	5.7	10.4	8.1	7.5	7.4
New Hampshire	33	60	56	54	50	4.9	8.3	7.8	7.5	7.0
New Jersey	215	323	306	294	310	5.3	7.5	7.1	6.8	7.2
New Mexico	41	61	64	66	66	4.9	7.0	7.3	7.5	7.5
New York	338	693	554	553	539	3.7	7.2	5.8	5.8	5.6
North Carolina	247	354	360	329	357	5.3	7.2	7.4	6.8	7.3
North Dakota	19	27	29	32	32	4.4	6.1	6.5	7.1	7.1
Ohio	254	409	343	378	381	4.6	7.1	6.0	6.6	6.6
Oklahoma	85	108	101	123	127	5.0	6.2	5.8	6.9	7.1
Oregon	96	178	152	142	141	5.0	8.7	7.5	7.0	7.0
Pennsylvania	292	448	427	412	392	4.9	7.2	6.9	6.7	6.4
Rhode Island	26	38	37	38	39	5.3	7.4	7.2	7.3	7.5
South Carolina	123	180	181	182	186	5.6	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9
South Dakota	23	30	27	34	36	5.1	6.4	5.8	7.2	7.6
Tennessee	145	221	227	227	248	4.6	6.7	6.8	6.8	7.4
Texas	582	928	887	837	907	4.5	6.8	6.5	6.1	6.6
Utah	69	131	120	110	117	4.3	7.5	6.9	6.4	6.7
Vermont	15	21	24	25	23	5.0	6.5	7.4	7.8	7.2
Virginia	208	320	303	336	308	5.1	7.6	7.2	7.9	7.2
Washington	133	231	210	224	224	3.9	6.4	5.8	6.1	6.1
West Virginia	47	69	54	60	60	6.5	9.1	7.2	8.0	8.0
Wisconsin	125	230	211	219	210	4.2	7.4	6.8	7.1	6.8
Wyoming	15	24	23	20	21	5.2	8.1	7.8	6.8	7.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,035	6,761	6,497	6,546	6,464	4.2	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4
Alabama	107	96	102	106	106	5.4	4.7	5.0	5.2	5.1
Alaska	18	24	21	21	19	5.9	7.9	6.9	6.9	6.1
Arizona	122	135	138	139	121	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.1
Arkansas	58	61	65	66	61	4.7	4.8	5.1	5.2	4.8
California	655	624	661	656	691	4.1	3.8	4.0	3.9	4.1
Colorado	115	142	140	141	134	4.3	5.2	5.1	5.1	4.9
Connecticut	55	58	60	64	60	3.5	3.6	3.7	4.0	3.7
Delaware	21	24	24	23	21	4.7	5.3	5.3	5.1	4.6
District of Columbia	18	23	22	20	21	2.4	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.8
Florida	345	422	431	420	432	4.1	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.9
Georgia	215	240	255	268	261	4.9	5.3	5.6	5.8	5.7
Hawaii	35	26	23	22	37	6.7	4.5	4.0	3.8	6.4
Idaho	40	44	44	40	37	5.2	5.6	5.6	5.1	4.7
Illinois	221	351	235	261	250	3.9	6.1	4.0	4.5	4.3
Indiana	109	161	157	150	145	3.6	5.3	5.1	4.9	4.7
Iowa	58	66	57	64	63	3.8	4.3	3.7	4.2	4.1
Kansas	49	63	55	49	55	3.6	4.6	4.0	3.5	4.0
Kentucky	102	105	107	100	97	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.3	5.1
Louisiana	94	92	95	94	102	5.2	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.5
Maine	27	27	26	32	29	4.5	4.4	4.2	5.2	4.7
Maryland	94	119	104	104	100	3.6	4.5	3.9	3.9	3.7
Massachusetts	121	152	127	145	142	3.6	4.3	3.6	4.1	4.0
Michigan	185	230	220	198	202	4.5	5.5	5.3	4.7	4.8
Minnesota	92	119	97	89	100	3.3	4.2	3.4	3.1	3.5
Mississippi	57	58	57	66	58	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.8	5.1
Missouri	116	136	123	121	116	4.2	4.8	4.3	4.2	4.1
Montana	25	29	27	28	25	5.3	6.0	5.6	5.8	5.2
Nebraska	38	48	45	40	38	3.8	4.7	4.4	3.9	3.7
Nevada	74	120	98	85	79	5.8	9.0	7.3	6.3	5.8
New Hampshire	27	31	30	32	34	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.8	5.1
New Jersey	223	195	167	177	167	5.8	4.9	4.2	4.4	4.1
New Mexico	36	43	40	41	37	4.6	5.3	4.9	5.0	4.5
New York	304	321	337	321	323	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.6
North Carolina	239	236	235	234	221	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.2	4.9
North Dakota	17	21	24	20	20	4.2	5.0	5.8	4.8	4.8
Ohio	220	237	208	232	227	4.2	4.4	3.9	4.3	4.2
Oklahoma	74	91	73	78	84	4.6	5.6	4.5	4.7	5.1
Oregon	79	98	96	88	84	4.3	5.2	5.1	4.7	4.5
Pennsylvania	191	195	189	222	231	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.9	4.0
Rhode Island	25	23	22	24	26	5.4	4.8	4.6	5.0	5.4
South Carolina	103	111	116	111	116	4.9	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.4
South Dakota	17	21	19	20	18	4.0	4.8	4.3	4.6	4.1
Tennessee	142	163	157	152	158	4.7	5.3	5.1	4.9	5.1
Texas	550	573	600	605	568	4.5	4.5	4.7	4.7	4.4
Utah	71	79	75	71	71	4.6	4.9	4.6	4.4	4.4
Vermont	13	13	14	15	15	4.5	4.3	4.7	5.1	5.1
Virginia	160	179	184	182	153	4.1	4.6	4.7	4.6	3.9
Washington	122	150	139	138	139	3.7	4.4	4.1	4.0	4.0
West Virginia	36	42	31	35	38	5.3	6.1	4.5	5.1	5.5
Wisconsin	109	127	107	120	120	3.9	4.4	3.7	4.2	4.2
Wyoming	13	16	16	15	14	4.8	5.9	5.9	5.5	5.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,427	5,792	6,032	6,147	5,892	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.0
Alabama	85	92	90	102	92	4.3	4.5	4.4	5.0	4.5
Alaska	9	19	19	18	14	3.0	6.2	6.2	5.9	4.5
Arizona	101	124	124	123	114	3.5	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.8
Arkansas	51	53	55	63	60	4.1	4.2	4.3	5.0	4.7
California	566	551	577	561	569	3.5	3.3	3.5	3.4	3.4
Colorado	102	144	172	142	153	3.8	5.3	6.3	5.2	5.6
Connecticut	50	58	50	63	58	3.2	3.6	3.1	3.9	3.6
Delaware	19	20	21	20	20	4.3	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.4
District of Columbia	22	20	19	22	24	3.0	2.7	2.5	2.9	3.2
Florida	380	356	395	383	353	4.5	4.1	4.5	4.3	4.0
Georgia	175	228	254	264	224	4.0	5.0	5.6	5.8	4.9
Hawaii	18	29	28	54	23	3.4	5.0	4.9	9.4	4.0
Idaho	32	33	44	39	38	4.2	4.2	5.6	5.0	4.8
Illinois	241	236	259	265	206	4.3	4.1	4.5	4.6	3.5
Indiana	120	138	148	133	130	4.0	4.5	4.8	4.3	4.2
Iowa	62	58	73	62	57	4.1	3.8	4.8	4.0	3.7
Kansas	50	56	60	51	56	3.7	4.1	4.3	3.7	4.0
Kentucky	87	86	108	93	86	4.7	4.6	5.7	4.9	4.6
Louisiana	69	78	75	97	86	3.8	4.2	4.1	5.3	4.6
Maine	24	29	27	26	26	4.0	4.7	4.4	4.2	4.2
Maryland	81	94	92	102	97	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.8	3.6
Massachusetts	155	119	139	152	126	4.6	3.4	4.0	4.3	3.6
Michigan	181	191	201	203	197	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.7
Minnesota	78	103	108	107	97	2.8	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.4
Mississippi	49	43	53	59	56	4.4	3.8	4.7	5.2	4.9
Missouri	101	119	127	120	114	3.6	4.2	4.5	4.2	4.0
Montana	20	22	25	28	25	4.2	4.5	5.2	5.8	5.2
Nebraska	38	45	45	43	42	3.8	4.4	4.4	4.2	4.1
Nevada	57	72	72	80	67	4.5	5.4	5.4	5.9	4.9
New Hampshire	30	29	28	35	29	4.7	4.4	4.2	5.3	4.4
New Jersey	181	152	150	154	144	4.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.6
New Mexico	29	33	41	33	34	3.7	4.1	5.1	4.1	4.2
New York	256	292	271	268	274	2.9	3.3	3.0	3.0	3.0
North Carolina	203	245	232	223	229	4.6	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.0
North Dakota	19	20	21	21	24	4.7	4.8	5.0	5.0	5.7
Ohio	206	213	216	244	212	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.6	3.9
Oklahoma	62	77	72	73	71	3.8	4.7	4.4	4.4	4.3
Oregon	66	70	84	86	80	3.6	3.7	4.5	4.6	4.2
Pennsylvania	167	204	192	187	230	3.0	3.6	3.3	3.3	4.0
Rhode Island	18	20	19	23	21	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.8	4.4
South Carolina	94	89	88	99	107	4.5	4.2	4.1	4.6	5.0
South Dakota	17	17	21	18	18	4.0	3.9	4.8	4.1	4.1
Tennessee	118	127	147	139	132	3.9	4.1	4.7	4.5	4.3
Texas	489	488	480	554	572	4.0	3.8	3.8	4.3	4.4
Utah	52	67	64	75	67	3.4	4.2	4.0	4.6	4.1
Vermont	12	15	13	15	15	4.2	5.0	4.4	5.1	5.1
Virginia	160	140	157	147	146	4.1	3.6	4.0	3.7	3.7
Washington	92	123	111	115	122	2.8	3.6	3.2	3.3	3.5
West Virginia	32	34	32	36	32	4.8	4.9	4.6	5.2	4.6
Wisconsin	88	107	122	115	111	3.1	3.7	4.2	4.0	3.9
Wyoming	11	13	16	13	13	4.0	4.8	5.9	4.7	4.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	3,352	4,028	4,270	4,362	4,157	2.4	2.7	2.9	3.0	2.8
Alabama	60	58	62	69	63	3.0	2.9	3.0	3.4	3.1
Alaska	6	13	12	11	10	2.0	4.3	3.9	3.6	3.2
Arizona	70	94	87	91	85	2.5	3.2	2.9	3.1	2.8
Arkansas	36	39	40	44	40	2.9	3.1	3.2	3.5	3.1
California	303	421	403	400	396	1.9	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4
Colorado	61	91	94	106	104	2.3	3.3	3.4	3.9	3.8
Connecticut	27	38	36	43	36	1.7	2.4	2.2	2.7	2.2
Delaware	13	14	14	14	13	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9
District of Columbia	14	13	13	15	15	1.9	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.0
Florida	260	269	269	277	260	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.9
Georgia	124	157	195	185	154	2.8	3.4	4.3	4.0	3.3
Hawaii	11	19	19	38	16	2.1	3.3	3.3	6.6	2.8
Idaho	21	24	30	30	27	2.7	3.0	3.8	3.8	3.4
Illinois	121	169	197	189	155	2.1	2.9	3.4	3.3	2.6
Indiana	73	98	113	101	101	2.4	3.2	3.7	3.3	3.3
Iowa	37	41	53	39	38	2.4	2.7	3.5	2.5	2.5
Kansas	32	40	43	35	41	2.4	2.9	3.1	2.5	3.0
Kentucky	60	58	83	63	57	3.2	3.1	4.4	3.3	3.0
Louisiana	47	56	55	71	62	2.6	3.0	3.0	3.9	3.3
Maine	13	18	18	20	18	2.2	2.9	2.9	3.3	2.9
Maryland	55	69	66	64	65	2.1	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.4
Massachusetts	61	78	89	90	82	1.8	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.3
Michigan	118	139	137	129	129	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.1
Minnesota	51	74	74	67	70	1.8	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.4
Mississippi	34	30	38	43	40	3.0	2.6	3.4	3.8	3.5
Missouri	64	88	94	91	87	2.3	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.1
Montana	13	15	16	21	17	2.7	3.1	3.3	4.4	3.5
Nebraska	25	30	33	30	30	2.5	3.0	3.2	2.9	2.9
Nevada	33	42	46	57	48	2.6	3.1	3.4	4.2	3.5
New Hampshire	13	19	18	25	18	2.0	2.9	2.7	3.8	2.7
New Jersey	107	100	106	94	96	2.8	2.5	2.7	2.3	2.4
New Mexico	18	22	25	23	22	2.3	2.7	3.1	2.8	2.7
New York	131	199	197	184	173	1.5	2.2	2.2	2.0	1.9
North Carolina	131	149	151	156	157	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4
North Dakota	11	13	13	13	13	2.7	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
Ohio	131	140	158	156	153	2.5	2.6	3.0	2.9	2.8
Oklahoma	44	57	51	54	51	2.7	3.5	3.1	3.3	3.1
Oregon	40	49	55	67	56	2.2	2.6	2.9	3.6	3.0
Pennsylvania	92	118	133	135	142	1.6	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.5
Rhode Island	10	11	12	16	14	2.2	2.3	2.5	3.3	2.9
South Carolina	69	64	61	69	76	3.3	3.0	2.8	3.2	3.5
South Dakota	10	11	15	12	13	2.3	2.5	3.4	2.7	3.0
Tennessee	81	81	104	99	93	2.7	2.6	3.4	3.2	3.0
Texas	340	360	370	440	455	2.8	2.8	2.9	3.4	3.5
Utah	36	43	42	57	47	2.3	2.7	2.6	3.5	2.9
Vermont	7	9	8	9	10	2.4	3.0	2.7	3.1	3.4
Virginia	91	98	111	115	108	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.9	2.7
Washington	59	80	82	81	87	1.8	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5
West Virginia	21	24	23	26	22	3.1	3.5	3.3	3.8	3.2
Wisconsin	61	77	95	88	82	2.2	2.7	3.3	3.1	2.9
Wyoming	8	9	9	9	9	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)					Rates
	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,728	1,423	1,385	1,396	1,361	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9
Alabama	18	28	17	26	22	0.9	1.4	0.8	1.3	1.1
Alaska	3	5	5	5	3	1.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.0
Arizona	25	24	27	21	24	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.8
Arkansas	12	10	12	15	14	1.0	0.8	0.9	1.2	1.1
California	226	97	129	121	131	1.4	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8
Colorado	28	49	72	24	37	1.1	1.8	2.6	0.9	1.3
Connecticut	19	15	8	15	19	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.9	1.2
Delaware	5	5	5	4	5	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.1
District of Columbia	6	6	5	5	7	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.9
Florida	103	70	97	86	79	1.2	0.8	1.1	1.0	0.9
Georgia	41	65	42	60	57	0.9	1.4	0.9	1.3	1.2
Hawaii	6	9	8	12	6	1.1	1.5	1.4	2.1	1.0
Idaho	9	8	11	7	9	1.2	1.0	1.4	0.9	1.1
Illinois	104	57	52	58	44	1.8	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.8
Indiana	41	30	28	26	23	1.4	1.0	0.9	0.8	0.7
Iowa	22	14	15	19	15	1.5	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.0
Kansas	14	12	12	12	11	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8
Kentucky	20	21	20	25	23	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.2
Louisiana	17	17	15	21	18	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.0
Maine	9	8	6	4	6	1.5	1.3	1.0	0.7	1.0
Maryland	18	19	20	31	24	0.7	0.7	0.7	1.2	0.9
Massachusetts	89	25	41	50	34	2.7	0.7	1.2	1.4	1.0
Michigan	53	45	51	63	53	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.3
Minnesota	23	22	27	25	22	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8
Mississippi	13	10	11	12	12	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.0
Missouri	33	24	27	24	21	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.8	0.7
Montana	6	6	7	6	6	1.3	1.2	1.5	1.2	1.2
Nebraska	11	11	9	10	9	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.0	0.9
Nevada	21	29	22	19	16	1.7	2.2	1.6	1.4	1.2
New Hampshire	15	8	7	8	8	2.3	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2
New Jersey	65	42	34	51	39	1.7	1.1	0.9	1.3	1.0
New Mexico	9	9	13	8	8	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.0	1.0
New York	103	79	58	65	83	1.2	0.9	0.6	0.7	0.9
North Carolina	49	86	70	55	49	1.1	1.9	1.5	1.2	1.1
North Dakota	7	6	6	6	9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.4	2.2
Ohio	65	60	47	78	47	1.2	1.1	0.9	1.5	0.9
Oklahoma	15	15	15	15	14	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.8
Oregon	22	19	24	11	19	1.2	1.0	1.3	0.6	1.0
Pennsylvania	66	70	42	39	76	1.2	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.3
Rhode Island	7	6	6	6	6	1.5	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.3
South Carolina	21	19	20	24	24	1.0	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.1
South Dakota	5	5	5	4	4	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.9	0.9
Tennessee	32	37	30	30	30	1.1	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.0
Texas	116	97	91	88	88	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Utah	13	21	17	13	16	0.8	1.3	1.0	0.8	1.0
Vermont	5	4	3	5	4	1.7	1.3	1.0	1.7	1.4
Virginia	60	27	38	28	28	1.5	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.7
Washington	26	36	23	25	25	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.7
West Virginia	9	8	7	7	8	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.2
Wisconsin	23	24	21	19	21	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Wyoming	3	4	6	3	3	1.1	1.5	2.2	1.1	1.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	7,249	10,658	11,476	4.8	6.7	7.1
Alabama	107	144	166	5.1	6.6	7.4
Alaska	16	26	23	5.1	7.7	6.9
Arizona	175	209	232	5.7	6.6	7.2
Arkansas	59	105	97	4.5	7.6	7.0
California	784	1,170	1,230	4.7	6.5	6.8
Colorado	112	192	204	4.1	6.5	6.9
Connecticut	70	99	104	4.2	5.8	6.0
Delaware	23	30	34	4.9	6.2	6.9
District of Columbia	31	40	45	4.0	5.0	5.5
Florida	415	650	766	4.7	6.9	7.9
Georgia	253	414	443	5.4	8.3	8.7
Hawaii	33	31	56	5.9	5.2	8.8
Idaho	39	52	58	4.8	6.2	6.8
Illinois	278	437	452	4.6	6.9	7.1
Indiana	155	229	250	4.9	6.9	7.4
Iowa	80	116	124	5.0	7.0	7.3
Kansas	73	86	103	5.1	5.8	6.8
Kentucky	97	149	175	4.9	7.3	8.4
Louisiana	110	136	170	5.7	7.0	8.3
Maine	30	48	43	4.7	7.1	6.4
Maryland	157	207	233	5.7	7.2	7.9
Massachusetts	173	281	305	4.9	7.4	7.8
Michigan	205	362	394	4.7	7.9	8.4
Minnesota	133	195	267	4.5	6.3	8.4
Mississippi	61	88	96	5.1	7.2	7.6
Missouri	131	202	241	4.5	6.6	7.7
Montana	25	38	40	4.9	7.2	7.6
Nebraska	52	73	78	4.9	6.7	7.0
Nevada	84	110	115	6.2	7.5	7.7
New Hampshire	32	50	48	4.7	7.0	6.7
New Jersey	224	298	320	5.5	6.9	7.3
New Mexico	44	67	68	5.2	7.6	7.6
New York	351	553	543	3.8	5.8	5.6
North Carolina	264	333	377	5.6	6.9	7.6
North Dakota	21	33	34	4.7	7.2	7.4
Ohio	267	374	404	4.8	6.5	6.9
Oklahoma	88	128	136	5.1	7.2	7.5
Oregon	102	149	145	5.3	7.3	7.1
Pennsylvania	324	420	410	5.4	6.8	6.6
Rhode Island	26	39	39	5.2	7.4	7.4
South Carolina	131	182	196	5.9	7.8	8.3
South Dakota	24	33	37	5.2	7.0	7.7
Tennessee	147	227	255	4.6	6.8	7.5
Texas	620	848	949	4.8	6.2	6.8
Utah	71	107	118	4.4	6.2	6.7
Vermont	16	24	23	5.2	7.5	7.2
Virginia	214	344	319	5.2	8.0	7.4
Washington	130	220	217	3.8	6.0	5.9
West Virginia	47	71	61	6.5	9.3	8.1
Wisconsin	134	223	217	4.5	7.2	7.0
Wyoming	13	19	19	4.5	6.2	6.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,481	6,621	6,858	4.5	4.5	4.6
Alabama	109	104	110	5.4	5.1	5.3
Alaska	14	18	14	4.8	5.7	4.6
Arizona	143	155	136	5.0	5.2	4.5
Arkansas	62	74	64	4.9	5.8	5.0
California	755	680	805	4.7	4.1	4.8
Colorado	121	135	130	4.6	4.9	4.7
Connecticut	58	67	61	3.7	4.1	3.7
Delaware	23	21	23	5.2	4.6	4.9
District of Columbia	22	25	24	2.9	3.3	3.1
Florida	388	404	476	4.6	4.6	5.3
Georgia	229	263	272	5.2	5.7	5.9
Hawaii	37	21	38	7.0	3.7	6.6
Idaho	43	39	38	5.5	4.9	4.9
Illinois	240	256	269	4.2	4.4	4.5
Indiana	116	145	142	3.8	4.7	4.6
Iowa	63	69	65	4.1	4.4	4.2
Kansas	52	51	57	3.8	3.6	4.0
Kentucky	103	101	98	5.5	5.4	5.2
Louisiana	103	92	114	5.6	5.1	6.1
Maine	25	29	27	4.2	4.7	4.4
Maryland	101	106	108	3.9	4.0	4.0
Massachusetts	124	163	144	3.7	4.6	4.0
Michigan	195	207	205	4.7	4.9	4.8
Minnesota	104	89	114	3.7	3.1	3.9
Mississippi	60	66	60	5.3	5.8	5.2
Missouri	122	123	121	4.3	4.3	4.2
Montana	26	28	25	5.4	5.8	5.1
Nebraska	43	40	41	4.3	3.9	4.0
Nevada	80	85	84	6.2	6.3	6.1
New Hampshire	25	29	33	3.9	4.3	5.0
New Jersey	232	204	172	6.0	5.1	4.2
New Mexico	39	40	38	4.9	4.9	4.6
New York	321	335	337	3.6	3.7	3.7
North Carolina	262	223	237	5.9	4.9	5.2
North Dakota	18	21	20	4.3	5.1	4.8
Ohio	221	236	228	4.1	4.4	4.2
Oklahoma	79	80	91	4.8	4.9	5.5
Oregon	86	93	86	4.7	5.0	4.5
Pennsylvania	193	214	241	3.4	3.7	4.1
Rhode Island	24	25	27	5.2	5.1	5.6
South Carolina	113	105	128	5.4	4.9	5.9
South Dakota	17	20	18	4.0	4.5	4.0
Tennessee	150	146	169	4.9	4.7	5.4
Texas	577	619	586	4.7	4.8	4.5
Utah	81	70	78	5.2	4.3	4.8
Vermont	13	14	15	4.5	4.6	4.9
Virginia	195	177	184	5.0	4.5	4.6
Washington	124	143	136	3.8	4.1	3.9
West Virginia	35	38	39	5.1	5.5	5.5
Wisconsin	104	121	119	3.6	4.2	4.1
Wyoming	13	13	12	4.6	4.8	4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,508	6,544	6,027	3.8	4.4	4.0
Alabama	83	109	92	4.1	5.4	4.4
Alaska	18	30	20	6.1	9.7	6.6
Arizona	96	120	109	3.4	4.0	3.6
Arkansas	53	60	63	4.2	4.7	4.9
California	567	604	582	3.5	3.6	3.4
Colorado	102	170	164	3.8	6.2	5.9
Connecticut	49	70	58	3.1	4.3	3.6
Delaware	21	22	22	4.6	5.0	4.8
District of Columbia	22	22	26	3.0	2.9	3.3
Florida	369	379	350	4.3	4.3	3.9
Georgia	179	274	227	4.0	6.0	4.9
Hawaii	17	56	21	3.2	9.8	3.6
Idaho	38	48	44	4.9	6.0	5.6
Illinois	257	273	214	4.5	4.7	3.6
Indiana	120	139	125	4.0	4.5	4.0
Iowa	67	69	61	4.4	4.5	3.9
Kansas	48	54	54	3.5	3.9	3.9
Kentucky	93	94	93	5.0	5.0	4.9
Louisiana	66	96	84	3.6	5.3	4.5
Maine	26	35	29	4.2	5.6	4.6
Maryland	83	110	101	3.2	4.1	3.7
Massachusetts	156	191	130	4.6	5.4	3.6
Michigan	186	213	200	4.5	5.1	4.7
Minnesota	78	113	95	2.8	3.9	3.3
Mississippi	46	59	53	4.1	5.1	4.6
Missouri	98	125	109	3.5	4.4	3.8
Montana	24	35	30	5.0	7.3	6.1
Nebraska	42	43	44	4.2	4.2	4.3
Nevada	57	81	67	4.4	5.9	4.9
New Hampshire	29	40	29	4.4	6.1	4.3
New Jersey	196	191	158	5.0	4.8	3.9
New Mexico	29	33	33	3.7	4.0	4.0
New York	258	289	283	2.9	3.2	3.1
North Carolina	206	222	234	4.6	4.9	5.1
North Dakota	20	21	25	4.9	5.0	6.0
Ohio	216	249	214	4.1	4.6	3.9
Oklahoma	65	74	74	4.0	4.5	4.5
Oregon	67	97	83	3.7	5.1	4.3
Pennsylvania	145	193	217	2.5	3.3	3.7
Rhode Island	19	26	22	4.1	5.4	4.6
South Carolina	100	105	119	4.8	4.9	5.5
South Dakota	19	23	20	4.4	5.2	4.6
Tennessee	119	137	133	3.9	4.4	4.3
Texas	478	587	576	3.9	4.6	4.4
Utah	53	80	70	3.4	4.9	4.2
Vermont	11	18	14	3.7	6.0	4.6
Virginia	165	159	152	4.2	4.0	3.8
Washington	111	125	142	3.4	3.6	4.1
West Virginia	34	35	35	5.0	5.1	5.0
Wisconsin	92	127	111	3.2	4.4	3.8
Wyoming	15	19	17	5.6	6.7	6.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

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

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	3,450	4,621	4,276	2.4	3.1	2.9
Alabama	61	72	64	3.1	3.5	3.1
Alaska	11	20	13	3.7	6.3	4.2
Arizona	68	96	83	2.4	3.2	2.7
Arkansas	37	43	42	3.0	3.3	3.3
California	318	447	415	2.0	2.7	2.5
Colorado	64	128	112	2.4	4.7	4.1
Connecticut	29	45	37	1.8	2.8	2.3
Delaware	15	15	15	3.3	3.4	3.4
District of Columbia	15	15	17	2.1	1.9	2.2
Florida	257	270	257	3.0	3.1	2.9
Georgia	124	185	151	2.8	4.0	3.3
Hawaii	10	41	15	1.9	7.2	2.6
Idaho	25	36	31	3.3	4.6	3.9
Illinois	136	197	166	2.4	3.4	2.8
Indiana	71	104	98	2.3	3.4	3.1
Iowa	39	41	39	2.6	2.6	2.5
Kansas	30	37	41	2.2	2.6	2.9
Kentucky	65	64	63	3.5	3.4	3.3
Louisiana	46	69	62	2.5	3.8	3.3
Maine	14	25	20	2.3	4.0	3.1
Maryland	57	66	68	2.2	2.5	2.5
Massachusetts	65	109	85	1.9	3.1	2.4
Michigan	124	135	134	3.0	3.2	3.1
Minnesota	51	73	70	1.8	2.5	2.4
Mississippi	32	42	39	2.8	3.7	3.4
Missouri	62	95	85	2.2	3.3	3.0
Montana	16	26	20	3.2	5.3	4.2
Nebraska	27	30	31	2.7	2.9	3.0
Nevada	30	59	46	2.3	4.4	3.4
New Hampshire	13	28	18	2.0	4.2	2.7
New Jersey	119	115	105	3.1	2.9	2.6
New Mexico	18	24	22	2.3	2.9	2.6
New York	126	195	163	1.4	2.2	1.8
North Carolina	139	151	168	3.1	3.3	3.7
North Dakota	11	14	14	2.8	3.3	3.3
Ohio	133	169	154	2.5	3.1	2.8
Oklahoma	45	53	52	2.8	3.2	3.1
Oregon	43	75	59	2.3	4.0	3.1
Pennsylvania	84	140	138	1.5	2.4	2.4
Rhode Island	10	18	15	2.2	3.6	3.0
South Carolina	75	75	87	3.6	3.5	4.0
South Dakota	11	16	14	2.6	3.6	3.2
Tennessee	85	97	95	2.8	3.1	3.1
Texas	339	450	465	2.8	3.5	3.6
Utah	34	63	47	2.2	3.9	2.9
Vermont	6	9	10	2.0	3.2	3.2
Virginia	96	119	115	2.5	3.0	2.9
Washington	71	93	102	2.2	2.7	2.9
West Virginia	23	26	24	3.3	3.7	3.4
Wisconsin	60	94	81	2.1	3.2	2.8
Wyoming	10	13	12	3.5	4.7	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. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,738	1,533	1,392	1.2	1.0	0.9
Alabama	15	31	22	0.8	1.5	1.0
Alaska	6	9	6	2.0	2.9	1.9
Arizona	23	15	22	0.8	0.5	0.7
Arkansas	12	15	16	1.0	1.1	1.2
California	214	116	126	1.3	0.7	0.7
Colorado	26	30	39	1.0	1.1	1.4
Connecticut	17	20	18	1.1	1.3	1.1
Delaware	5	6	5	1.1	1.2	1.1
District of Columbia	5	6	6	0.7	0.8	0.8
Florida	95	92	80	1.1	1.0	0.9
Georgia	46	72	65	1.0	1.6	1.4
Hawaii	5	12	5	1.1	2.1	0.8
Idaho	11	9	11	1.4	1.1	1.4
Illinois	108	58	43	1.9	1.0	0.7
Indiana	42	30	21	1.4	1.0	0.7
Iowa	25	23	17	1.6	1.5	1.1
Kansas	14	13	10	1.0	1.0	0.7
Kentucky	21	25	25	1.1	1.3	1.3
Louisiana	15	22	17	0.8	1.2	0.9
Maine	10	8	7	1.6	1.3	1.2
Maryland	19	38	25	0.7	1.4	0.9
Massachusetts	88	69	36	2.6	1.9	1.0
Michigan	51	68	51	1.2	1.6	1.2
Minnesota	23	24	20	0.8	0.8	0.7
Mississippi	12	14	12	1.0	1.2	1.0
Missouri	32	24	18	1.1	0.8	0.6
Montana	7	8	8	1.6	1.6	1.7
Nebraska	12	10	10	1.2	1.0	1.0
Nevada	24	18	18	1.8	1.3	1.3
New Hampshire	14	10	9	2.2	1.5	1.3
New Jersey	67	64	42	1.7	1.6	1.0
New Mexico	9	7	8	1.2	0.9	1.0
New York	112	71	103	1.3	0.8	1.1
North Carolina	45	60	44	1.0	1.3	1.0
North Dakota	8	6	10	2.0	1.3	2.4
Ohio	75	69	50	1.4	1.3	0.9
Oklahoma	17	16	16	1.0	1.0	1.0
Oregon	21	16	19	1.1	0.8	1.0
Pennsylvania	52	42	69	0.9	0.7	1.2
Rhode Island	8	7	6	1.6	1.5	1.3
South Carolina	20	24	25	1.0	1.1	1.2
South Dakota	7	6	5	1.5	1.4	1.1
Tennessee	30	30	29	1.0	1.0	0.9
Texas	110	106	82	0.9	0.8	0.6
Utah	16	13	19	1.0	0.8	1.1
Vermont	4	8	3	1.5	2.6	1.1
Virginia	61	35	27	1.6	0.9	0.7
Washington	34	24	31	1.0	0.7	0.9
West Virginia	10	7	9	1.5	1.0	1.3
Wisconsin	27	25	23	1.0	0.9	0.8
Wyoming	5	5	4	1.8	1.7	1.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary