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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
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

9,307 7,861 7,443 5,851 5,435 5,558 5,522 5,168 5,196

Total private

8,342 6,912 6,626 5,488 5,067 5,211 5,220 4,847 4,890

Mining and logging

29 24 25 22 19 22 21 18 19

Construction

422 328 288 308 348 336 313 313 312

Manufacturing

607 491 481 396 306 356 378 325 369

Durable goods

354 321 327 216 171 209 212 194 223

Nondurable goods

253 170 155 179 135 147 166 131 146

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,313 1,131 997 1,190 987 1,031 1,135 945 980

Wholesale trade

229 192 170 152 139 129 148 138 139

Retail trade

668 592 534 755 571 609 718 539 568

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

416 347 293 283 276 293 269 267 273

Information

109 119 132 78 78 88 74 87 99

Financial activities

689 374 467 201 219 223 199 195 224

Finance and insurance

509 264 349 119 153 156 120 132 153

Real estate and rental and leasing

180 109 118 82 66 67 78 62 71

Professional and business services

1,582 1,454 1,531 1,055 1,062 1,051 1,038 1,092 1,026

Private education and health services

1,925 1,636 1,461 858 832 875 753 737 757

Private educational services

163 152 155 96 102 112 91 88 100

Health care and social assistance

1,762 1,484 1,306 762 730 763 663 649 657

Leisure and hospitality

1,350 1,059 948 1,165 976 975 1,109 893 873

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

204 142 133 160 163 163 175 146 169

Accommodation and food services

1,146 917 815 1,005 812 813 934 747 704

Other services

316 295 295 215 240 255 201 242 232

Government

965 949 817 363 368 346 302 321 307

Federal

166 142 114 44 35 32 40 34 31

State and local

799 807 703 320 333 314 262 286 276

State and local education

309 304 279 165 171 160 132 144 131

State and local, excluding education

491 503 424 155 162 154 131 143 145




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

5.6 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3

Total private

5.9 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6

Mining and logging

4.3 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.0

Construction

5.0 3.8 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8

Manufacturing

4.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.9

Durable goods

4.2 3.8 3.9 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.8

Nondurable goods

5.0 3.4 3.1 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

4.3 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.4

Wholesale trade

3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.2

Retail trade

4.1 3.6 3.3 4.8 3.6 3.9 4.6 3.4 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

5.5 4.6 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.8

Information

3.5 3.8 4.2 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.9 3.3

Financial activities

7.0 3.9 4.8 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.4

Finance and insurance

7.0 3.8 4.9 1.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.0 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

6.8 4.2 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.7 3.2 2.5 2.8

Professional and business services

6.5 6.0 6.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.5

Private education and health services

7.0 5.8 5.2 3.4 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.9

Private educational services

4.1 3.8 3.8 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6

Health care and social assistance

7.5 6.2 5.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

7.5 5.9 5.3 7.0 5.7 5.7 6.6 5.3 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

7.4 5.1 4.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.9 5.5 6.3

Accommodation and food services

7.5 6.0 5.4 7.1 5.7 5.6 6.6 5.2 4.9

Other services

5.1 4.8 4.8 3.7 4.1 4.3 3.4 4.1 3.9

Government

4.0 3.9 3.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3

Federal

5.3 4.5 3.7 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0

State and local

3.9 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3

State and local education

2.8 2.7 2.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2

State and local, excluding education

5.0 5.0 4.2 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5

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: October 29, 2024