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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces monthly and annual estimates of job openings, hires, and separations for the nation. The JOLTS program also produces monthly state estimates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia at the total nonfarm industry level.

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Job openings, hires, and separations levels, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Month	Total nonfarm job openings	Total nonfarm hires	Total nonfarm separations	Total private job openings	Total private hires	Total private separations	Government job openings	Government hires	Government separations
Nov 2009	2,503	4,024	4,002	2,152	3,736	3,721	351	288	281
Dec 2009	2,568	4,004	4,099	2,239	3,753	3,809	330	251	290
Jan 2010	2,837	3,904	3,940	2,432	3,615	3,654	404	289	286
Feb 2010	2,666	3,864	4,011	2,324	3,580	3,708	343	284	303
Mar 2010	2,679	4,302	4,089	2,271	3,959	3,786	408	344	303
Apr 2010	3,153	4,159	3,945	2,530	3,820	3,638	623	338	307
May 2010	2,988	4,420	3,924	2,603	3,686	3,612	385	735	311
June 2010	2,801	4,111	4,311	2,500	3,833	3,759	301	278	552
July 2010	3,082	4,163	4,269	2,758	3,882	3,828	324	281	440
Aug 2010	2,999	4,046	4,054	2,653	3,780	3,628	346	266	425
Sept 2010	2,918	4,034	4,045	2,582	3,784	3,641	337	250	404
Oct 2010	3,235	4,173	3,884	2,890	3,865	3,622	345	309	262
Nov 2010	3,211	4,182	4,067	2,874	3,903	3,773	337	279	295
Dec 2010	3,058	4,299	4,142	2,659	4,013	3,844	399	285	299
Jan 2011	3,104	4,000	4,001	2,766	3,714	3,716	338	286	286
Feb 2011	3,226	4,231	4,037	2,910	4,003	3,766	316	227	272
Mar 2011	3,261	4,430	4,142	2,939	4,179	3,868	323	251	274
Apr 2011	3,259	4,296	3,991	2,917	4,028	3,697	341	268	294
May 2011	3,179	4,261	4,189	2,880	4,022	3,887	298	239	302
June 2011	3,455	4,366	4,173	3,095	4,075	3,903	359	291	270
July 2011	3,623	4,261	4,153	3,291	4,020	3,839	332	242	314
Aug 2011	3,329	4,298	4,173	3,000	4,057	3,881	329	241	293
Sept 2011	3,774	4,429	4,208	3,377	4,159	3,922	397	270	286
Oct 2011	3,619	4,370	4,150	3,252	4,101	3,889	367	269	260
Nov 2011	3,565	4,365	4,267	3,208	4,093	3,962	357	272	305
Dec 2011	3,768	4,356	4,084	3,404	4,062	3,764	364	294	320
Jan 2012	3,909	4,457	4,158	3,561	4,172	3,864	349	285	294
Feb 2012	3,616	4,560	4,349	3,221	4,260	4,044	395	300	305
Mar 2012	3,979	4,575	4,277	3,582	4,279	3,968	396	296	310
Apr 2012	3,793	4,389	4,333	3,426	4,098	4,017	367	291	316
May 2012	3,835	4,533	4,437	3,438	4,228	4,107	397	306	331
June 2012	3,911	4,440	4,382	3,524	4,121	4,085	387	319	297
July 2012	3,735	4,327	4,151	3,356	4,032	3,853	379	295	298
Aug 2012	3,809	4,450	4,318	3,389	4,136	4,014	420	315	304
Sept 2012	3,882	4,302	4,092	3,500	4,022	3,826	383	280	266
Oct 2012	3,775	4,389	4,261	3,394	4,120	3,960	380	269	302
Nov 2012	3,878	4,489	4,347	3,513	4,213	4,054	364	276	292
Dec 2012	3,970	4,452	4,118	3,563	4,162	3,829	408	290	290
Jan 2013	3,923	4,487	4,347	3,467	4,204	4,048	456	283	298
Feb 2013	4,004	4,571	4,293	3,584	4,275	4,002	421	296	291
Mar 2013	4,076	4,369	4,241	3,681	4,100	3,944	395	270	296
Apr 2013	3,988	4,572	4,422	3,566	4,282	4,125	421	290	297
May 2013	4,145	4,663	4,442	3,736	4,376	4,145	410	288	297
June 2013	4,150	4,440	4,307	3,749	4,196	4,020	400	244	287
July 2013	3,885	4,561	4,421	3,509	4,291	4,130	376	270	291
Aug 2013	4,085	4,730	4,493	3,692	4,430	4,220	393	299	273
Sept 2013	4,128	4,726	4,519	3,732	4,433	4,234	396	293	285
Oct 2013	4,222	4,518	4,350	3,827	4,237	4,057	395	281	294
Nov 2013	4,119	4,622	4,367	3,714	4,326	4,084	405	296	283
Dec 2013	4,121	4,614	4,392	3,775	4,333	4,093	347	280	299
Jan 2014	4,127	4,626	4,435	3,738	4,336	4,143	389	289	292
Feb 2014	4,373	4,696	4,549	3,971	4,405	4,261	402	291	288
Mar 2014	4,388	4,763	4,518	3,962	4,456	4,213	425	307	305
Apr 2014	4,566	4,880	4,597	4,131	4,582	4,317	435	298	280
May 2014	4,747	4,808	4,572	4,307	4,522	4,273	441	285	298
June 2014	4,982	4,925	4,612	4,468	4,600	4,340	514	326	272
July 2014	4,846	5,008	4,748	4,371	4,721	4,469	475	287	280
Aug 2014	5,349	4,810	4,623	4,911	4,542	4,318	438	267	305
Sept 2014	4,914	5,149	4,855	4,446	4,815	4,558	468	334	298
Oct 2014	5,012	5,111	4,937	4,577	4,806	4,639	435	306	298
Nov 2014	4,843	4,978	4,682	4,372	4,682	4,402	472	296	280
Dec 2014	5,130	5,192	4,827	4,626	4,874	4,517	505	318	310
Jan 2015	5,344	5,061	4,886	4,818	4,744	4,577	526	316	309
Feb 2015	5,466	5,127	4,869	4,950	4,807	4,557	515	320	312
Mar 2015	5,210	5,126	5,102	4,709	4,797	4,765	501	328	337
Apr 2015	5,598	5,196	4,944	5,077	4,847	4,626	521	349	318
May 2015	5,563	5,142	4,825	5,040	4,819	4,504	523	323	321
June 2015	5,248	5,125	4,978	4,778	4,789	4,635	471	336	343
July 2015	6,056	5,150	4,848	5,507	4,798	4,531	548	352	317
Aug 2015	5,467	5,163	5,032	4,973	4,822	4,708	494	341	324
Sept 2015	5,488	5,287	5,110	5,018	4,964	4,774	470	323	335
Oct 2015	5,773	5,338	5,032	5,246	4,978	4,688	527	360	344
Nov 2015	5,708	5,358	5,089	5,185	5,007	4,759	523	352	331
Dec 2015	5,845	5,540	5,225	5,304	5,168	4,878	541	371	347
Jan 2016	6,012	5,220	5,099	5,497	4,867	4,762	515	353	337
Feb 2016	5,770	5,470	5,265	5,282	5,126	4,940	488	344	325
Mar 2016	6,129	5,359	5,133	5,633	4,995	4,807	496	364	326
Apr 2016	5,803	5,294	5,110	5,301	4,952	4,777	502	342	333
May 2016	5,777	5,197	5,176	5,239	4,838	4,826	538	359	350
June 2016	5,742	5,281	5,118	5,262	4,929	4,714	479	353	404
July 2016	5,962	5,426	5,065	5,375	5,021	4,783	587	405	283
Aug 2016	5,677	5,327	5,204	5,166	4,977	4,816	511	351	388
Sept 2016	5,868	5,306	4,985	5,340	4,912	4,645	527	395	340
Oct 2016	5,591	5,210	5,125	5,107	4,895	4,783	484	315	342
Nov 2016	5,971	5,308	5,139	5,394	4,976	4,803	577	332	335
Dec 2016	5,964	5,343	5,071	5,404	5,011	4,768	560	332	303
Jan 2017	5,617	5,499	5,320	5,120	5,147	4,980	497	352	340
Feb 2017	5,923	5,350	5,176	5,418	5,004	4,816	505	346	360
Mar 2017	5,811	5,395	5,280	5,305	5,058	4,948	506	336	333
Apr 2017	6,091	5,272	5,091	5,547	4,937	4,756	543	335	336
May 2017	5,826	5,477	5,270	5,275	5,127	4,917	551	349	352
June 2017	6,305	5,635	5,463	5,731	5,295	5,130	574	339	333
July 2017	6,238	5,497	5,338	5,690	5,148	5,013	548	348	325
Aug 2017	6,276	5,519	5,334	5,774	5,210	4,980	503	309	354
Sept 2017	6,320	5,450	5,289	5,757	5,095	4,955	563	355	335
Oct 2017	6,408	5,581	5,397	5,855	5,227	5,072	553	355	325
Nov 2017	6,271	5,494	5,283	5,736	5,125	4,941	535	370	341
Dec 2017	6,336	5,421	5,249	5,758	5,062	4,890	578	360	359
Jan 2018	6,621	5,512	5,288	6,029	5,185	4,953	591	327	336
Feb 2018	6,552	5,624	5,319	5,956	5,271	4,984	596	353	335
Mar 2018	6,818	5,623	5,500	6,191	5,282	5,153	628	340	347
Apr 2018	6,877	5,590	5,441	6,284	5,240	5,098	593	350	343
May 2018	7,016	5,859	5,492	6,420	5,504	5,152	596	354	340
June 2018	7,230	5,760	5,566	6,584	5,373	5,215	646	387	352
July 2018	7,190	5,649	5,577	6,544	5,303	5,202	646	346	374
Aug 2018	7,208	5,815	5,543	6,483	5,426	5,214	725	389	329
Sept 2018	7,411	5,625	5,494	6,794	5,287	5,147	617	338	348
Oct 2018	7,304	5,907	5,602	6,688	5,562	5,246	616	346	356
Nov 2018	7,594	5,826	5,793	6,919	5,461	5,422	676	365	371
Dec 2018	7,489	5,768	5,554	6,809	5,400	5,220	680	368	334
Jan 2019	7,502	5,786	5,549	6,808	5,411	5,150	693	376	398
Feb 2019	7,066	5,704	5,653	6,380	5,345	5,286	687	359	368
Mar 2019	7,317	5,689	5,543	6,601	5,332	5,202	715	357	341
Apr 2019	7,272	6,016	5,777	6,537	5,644	5,429	735	372	348
May 2019	7,275	5,686	5,556	6,600	5,362	5,197	674	324	359
June 2019	7,194	5,801	5,574	6,449	5,434	5,254	745	367	320
July 2019	7,042	5,871	5,839	6,392	5,524	5,483	649	347	356
Aug 2019	7,178	5,900	5,657	6,431	5,488	5,322	747	412	334
Sept 2019	7,124	5,963	5,755	6,384	5,598	5,404	740	365	351
Oct 2019	7,289	5,781	5,631	6,504	5,411	5,264	785	370	367
Nov 2019	6,888	5,847	5,675	6,124	5,459	5,328	764	388	348
Dec 2019	6,699	5,951	5,771	5,951	5,589	5,413	748	362	358
Jan 2020	7,170	5,968	5,742	6,347	5,568	5,395	823	400	347
Feb 2020	6,974	5,997	5,736	6,196	5,590	5,397	778	406	340
Mar 2020	5,924	5,195	16,805	5,220	4,802	16,279	704	393	526
Apr 2020	4,637	4,016	11,499	3,995	3,790	10,984	642	226	515
May 2020	5,593	8,136	4,723	4,974	7,871	4,276	619	265	447
June 2020	6,156	7,461	5,152	5,489	7,213	4,699	667	248	453
July 2020	6,491	6,304	5,219	5,673	5,972	4,821	818	332	398
Aug 2020	6,369	5,993	4,815	5,656	5,459	4,437	713	534	378
Sept 2020	6,505	5,974	5,097	5,789	5,632	4,678	716	342	419
Oct 2020	6,838	6,090	5,349	6,105	5,743	4,809	733	347	540
Nov 2020	6,857	5,883	5,710	6,140	5,545	5,290	718	338	420
Dec 2020	6,758	5,573	5,620	6,085	5,245	5,284	672	328	336
Jan 2021	7,185	5,607	5,212	6,413	5,208	4,935	772	399	277
Feb 2021	7,818	5,832	5,400	7,120	5,520	5,076	698	312	324
Mar 2021	8,519	6,161	5,464	7,670	5,781	5,155	849	380	309
Apr 2021	9,282	6,178	5,702	8,331	5,815	5,383	951	363	320
May 2021	9,905	6,021	5,543	8,992	5,701	5,242	912	320	301
June 2021	10,317	6,581	5,678	9,355	6,182	5,383	963	399	295
July 2021	10,991	6,723	5,826	10,055	6,335	5,480	936	388	346
Aug 2021	10,884	6,374	5,884	10,072	6,022	5,540	812	352	344
Sept 2021	10,875	6,644	6,093	9,912	6,286	5,737	964	358	356
Oct 2021	11,365	6,682	5,813	10,391	6,304	5,408	974	378	405
Nov 2021	11,178	6,816	6,221	10,189	6,422	5,837	989	394	385
Dec 2021	11,511	6,618	6,080	10,406	6,224	5,708	1,105	394	372
Jan 2022	11,243	6,421	6,258	10,219	6,035	5,871	1,024	386	387
Feb 2022	11,700	6,862	6,040	10,622	6,449	5,634	1,078	413	406
Mar 2022	12,182	6,619	6,193	11,165	6,233	5,798	1,017	386	395
Apr 2022	11,773	6,576	6,176	10,730	6,179	5,807	1,043	397	369
May 2022	11,473	6,465	6,128	10,398	6,061	5,767	1,076	404	361
June 2022	11,204	6,449	5,980	10,225	6,048	5,583	979	400	397
July 2022	11,537	6,457	5,852	10,350	6,027	5,548	1,187	430	304
Aug 2022	10,119	6,453	6,181	9,147	6,055	5,783	971	398	398
Sept 2022	10,784	6,188	5,831	9,728	5,786	5,452	1,056	402	379
Oct 2022	10,526	6,118	5,779	9,538	5,722	5,429	988	396	350
Nov 2022	10,702	6,106	5,884	9,657	5,679	5,525	1,045	427	359
Dec 2022	11,000	6,143	5,943	9,951	5,728	5,556	1,049	415	387
Jan 2023	10,425	6,374	6,017	9,348	5,932	5,671	1,077	442	347
Feb 2023	9,849	6,058	5,833	8,831	5,666	5,501	1,018	392	332
Mar 2023	9,623	5,955	5,917	8,576	5,563	5,571	1,047	392	346
Apr 2023	9,904	5,951	5,569	8,864	5,567	5,217	1,040	384	351
May 2023	9,311	6,171	5,846	8,240	5,766	5,496	1,070	405	350
June 2023	9,125	5,895	5,639	8,021	5,513	5,311	1,104	382	328
July 2023	8,805	5,733	5,646	7,820	5,372	5,284	985	361	362
Aug 2023	9,358	5,888	5,609	8,269	5,494	5,277	1,089	394	332
Sept 2023	9,307	5,851	5,522	8,342	5,488	5,220	965	363	302
Oct 2023	8,685	5,814	5,630	7,718	5,429	5,325	967	385	305
Nov 2023	8,931	5,569	5,413	7,932	5,205	5,075	999	364	338
Dec 2023	8,889	5,787	5,419	7,884	5,384	5,060	1,005	403	360
Jan 2024	8,748	5,698	5,449	7,903	5,309	5,124	846	390	325
Feb 2024	8,813	5,781	5,539	7,894	5,382	5,203	919	399	336
Mar 2024	8,355	5,617	5,330	7,397	5,232	5,000	957	385	330
Apr 2024	7,919	5,615	5,337	7,013	5,245	4,985	906	370	353
May 2024	8,230	5,655	5,397	7,192	5,291	5,050	1,038	365	347
June 2024	7,910	5,248	5,084	6,894	4,900	4,776	1,016	347	307
July 2024	7,711	5,416	5,314	6,839	5,068	4,972	871	347	343
Aug 2024	7,861	5,435	5,168	6,912	5,067	4,847	949	368	321
Sept 2024	7,372	5,582	5,196	6,501	5,221	4,884	871	361	311
Oct 2024	7,839	5,394	5,306	6,949	5,029	4,991	890	365	315
Nov 2024	8,098	5,269	5,126	7,205	4,915	4,807	893	354	319

Latest Numbers

Latest Job Openings Level: 8,098,000(p) in Nov 2024

Latest Job Openings Rate: 4.8%(p) in Nov 2024

Latest Hires Rate: 3.3%(p) in Nov 2024

Latest Total Separations Rate: 3.2%(p) in Nov 2024

Latest Quits Rate: 1.9%(p) in Nov 2024

Latest Layoffs/Discharges Rate: 1.1%(p) in Nov 2024

News Releases

November job openings, hires, and total separations change little; quits decrease

01/07/2025

The number of job openings was little changed at 8.1 million on the last business day of November. Hires changed little at 5.3 million. Total separations were little changed at 5.1 million. Quits decreased to 3.1 million, while layoffs and discharges changed little at 1.8 million.
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November job openings rates up in 2 states, down in 2; hires rates down in 6 states

01/17/2025

November job openings rates rose in 2 states and fell in 2. Hires rates fell in 6 states and rose in 1. Total separations rates fell in 3 states; quits rates fell in 5, and layoffs and discharges rates fell in 3 and rose in 3.
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Next Release

Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for December 2024 are scheduled to be released February 4, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

State Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for December 2024 are scheduled to be released February 19, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

Publications

The Economics Daily

Quits rate decreased to 1.9 percent in November 2024

The total nonfarm quits rate (the total number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of employment) decreased to 1.9 percent in November 2024. The quits rate two months prior, in September 2024, matched that of November and was the only other month since June 2020 when the rate was below 2.0 percent. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Job openings and hires decline in 2023 as the labor market cools

This article discusses national trends for job openings, hires, and separations throughout 2023. Separations are broken down further into quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Among industries, churn rates and job openings rates are examined and analyzed. Next, establishment size class data are presented at the total private level, and the article concludes with a brief look at state data, specifically state job openings compared with unemployment. read more »

Handbook Of Methods

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Overview

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 »

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