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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.
Notices
- Upcoming Changes to the National Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Data and Press Release Tables in 2023. Read More »
Latest Numbers
Latest Job Openings Level:
11,012,000(p) in Dec 2022
Latest Job Openings Rate:
6.7%(p) in Dec 2022
Latest Hires Rate:
4.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Latest Turnover Rate:
3.8%(p) in Dec 2022
Latest Quits Rate:
2.7%(p) in Dec 2022
Latest Layoffs/Discharges Rate:
1.0%(p) in Dec 2022
Historical Data
News Release
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News Releases
Number of job openings increase in December; hires and total separations change little
02/01/2023
The number of job openings increased to 11.0 million on the last business day of December. The number
of hires and total separations changed little at 6.2 million and 5.9 million, respectively.
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November job openings rates and layoffs and discharges rates down in 8 states
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01/20/2023
November job openings rates decreased in 8 states and increased in 7. Hires rates rose in 4 states and
fell in 3. Total separations rates rose in 6 states and fell in 2; quits rates rose in 5 and fell in 1, and layoffs
and discharges rates fell in 8 and rose in 2.
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Next Release
Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for January 2023 are scheduled to be released March 8, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
State Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for December 2022 are scheduled to be released February 15, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Publications
The Economics Daily
Louisiana had the highest job openings rate in November 2022
Louisiana had the highest job openings rate in November 2022, at 8.5 percent, while New York had the lowest, at 4.5 percent. Twenty-seven states had an openings rate greater than the national rate of 6.4 percent. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
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
The “Great Resignation” in perspective
This article examines recent trends in job quit rates, placing them in historical perspective. read more »