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

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category Job openings Hires Total separations
Dec.
2022
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023(p)
Dec.
2022
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023(p)
Dec.
2022
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

11,234 8,925 9,026 6,251 5,554 5,621 5,906 5,401 5,365

Total private

10,126 7,911 8,010 5,809 5,191 5,208 5,502 5,064 5,012

Mining and logging

39 32 32 22 20 15 20 23 19

Construction

488 470 449 380 363 368 335 345 341

Manufacturing

797 553 601 405 349 327 384 343 318

Durable goods

519 379 408 234 197 182 206 189 173

Nondurable goods

278 174 192 171 151 145 178 154 144

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,763 1,382 1,315 1,289 1,098 1,118 1,277 1,130 1,116

Wholesale trade

265 307 224 175 154 182 165 144 183

Retail trade

964 612 662 753 623 634 765 663 607

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

534 463 429 361 321 302 347 323 326

Information

106 162 127 97 71 73 99 79 61

Financial activities

610 419 457 213 201 217 198 207 210

Finance and insurance

445 292 303 132 129 133 129 135 128

Real estate and rental and leasing

165 128 154 82 72 84 69 71 82

Professional and business services

2,087 1,480 1,719 1,155 980 1,036 1,125 994 1,055

Education and health services

2,080 1,945 2,018 904 921 806 825 824 737

Educational services

181 178 189 98 99 103 89 85 90

Health care and social assistance

1,899 1,767 1,830 806 822 703 736 738 647

Leisure and hospitality

1,859 1,126 995 1,107 975 1,040 1,010 933 970

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

180 159 150 161 139 169 130 137 155

Accommodation and food services

1,679 967 846 947 837 870 880 796 815

Other services

297 342 296 237 213 208 228 188 186

Government

1,109 1,014 1,016 442 364 413 404 336 353

Federal

156 169 183 45 38 44 45 39 37

State and local

953 845 833 397 325 369 359 297 317

State and local education

325 297 272 175 168 176 166 155 154

State and local, excluding education

628 548 561 222 158 193 193 143 162




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

6.8 5.4 5.4 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.4

Total private

7.1 5.6 5.6 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.8 3.7

Mining and logging

5.8 4.7 4.7 3.5 3.1 2.4 3.2 3.5 2.9

Construction

5.8 5.5 5.3 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.2

Manufacturing

5.8 4.1 4.4 3.1 2.7 2.5 3.0 2.6 2.4

Durable goods

6.0 4.4 4.8 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.1

Nondurable goods

5.4 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.1 3.0 3.6 3.2 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

5.8 4.6 4.4 4.5 3.8 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.9

Wholesale trade

4.2 4.8 3.5 2.9 2.5 3.0 2.7 2.4 3.0

Retail trade

5.9 3.8 4.1 4.9 4.0 4.1 4.9 4.3 3.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

6.8 6.0 5.6 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.8 4.5 4.5

Information

3.3 5.1 4.0 3.1 2.3 2.4 3.2 2.6 2.0

Financial activities

6.3 4.4 4.8 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3

Finance and insurance

6.2 4.2 4.3 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

6.4 5.0 5.9 3.4 3.0 3.4 2.9 2.9 3.4

Professional and business services

8.4 6.1 7.0 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.9 4.3 4.6

Education and health services

7.7 7.0 7.2 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.2 2.8

Educational services

4.5 4.3 4.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.3

Health care and social assistance

8.3 7.5 7.7 3.8 3.8 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

10.2 6.3 5.6 6.8 5.8 6.2 6.2 5.6 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

7.0 6.0 5.6 6.7 5.6 6.7 5.4 5.5 6.2

Accommodation and food services

10.8 6.4 5.6 6.8 5.9 6.1 6.3 5.6 5.7

Other services

4.9 5.5 4.8 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.2 3.1

Government

4.7 4.2 4.2 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5

Federal

5.1 5.4 5.8 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.2

State and local

4.7 4.1 4.0 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.6

State and local education

3.1 2.7 2.5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5

State and local, excluding education

6.4 5.5 5.6 2.4 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.5 1.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: January 30, 2024