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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program produces data on job openings, hires, and separations.

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Latest Job Openings Level: 10,103,000(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

Latest Job Openings Rate: 6.1%(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

Latest Hires Rate: 3.9%(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

Latest Total Separations Rate: 3.7%(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

Latest Quits Rate: 2.4%(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

Latest Layoffs/Discharges Rate: 1.0%(p) in Apr 2023 Historical Data

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News Releases

April job openings edge up; total separations and layoffs and discharges decrease

05/31/2023

The number of job openings edged up to 10.1 million on the last business day of April. The number of hires was little changed at 6.1 million. Total separations and layoffs and discharges decreased to 5.7 million and 1.6 million, respectively.
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March job openings rates down in 15 states, up in 1 and DC; hires down in 5, up in 2

05/17/2023

March job openings rates fell in 15 states and rose in 1 and the District of Columbia. Hires rates fell in 5 states and rose in 2. Total separations rates rose in 5 states and fell in 2; quits rates fell in 4 and the District of Columbia and rose in 3, and layoffs and discharges rates rose in 5.
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Next Release

Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for May 2023 are scheduled to be released July 6, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
State Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for April 2023 are scheduled to be released June 21, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

Publications

The Economics Daily

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0.3 unemployed per job opening in the Dakotas, 1.0 in New York and Washington, in February 2023

In February 2023, there were 5.9 million people classified as unemployed and 9.9 million job openings. This yielded a ratio of 0.6 unemployed people per job opening. In both North Dakota and South Dakota, the ratio of unemployed people to job openings was 0.3, indicating the number of unemployed people was roughly one third the number of job openings. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

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Texas: job openings and labor turnover state spotlight

This Beyond the Numbers article will examine these labor market trends in Texas. Using JOLTS total nonfarm state estimates from December 2005 to December 2021, we compare Texas to states with similarly sized economies—California, Florida, and New York—as well as to the United States during the two most recent recessions. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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The “Great Resignation” in perspective

This article examines recent trends in job quit rates, placing them in historical perspective. read more »