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State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Thursday, November 17, 2022	USDL-22-2179
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			STATE JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – SEPTEMBER 2022

Job openings rates increased in 8 states on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 9 states and increased in 2 states. Total separations 
rates decreased in 16 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings and hires rates were 
little changed in September, while the total separations rate decreased.  

This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, total separations, quits, and 
layoffs and discharges for the total nonfarm sector and for all states and the District of Columbia. 

Job Openings

In September, job openings rates increased in 8 states and were little changed in 42 states and the 
District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Michigan and New 
Hampshire (+1.1 percentage points each), as well as in Alaska and Missouri (+1.0 point each). Over the 
month, the national job openings rate was little changed. (See table A.)

The number of job openings increased in 10 states, decreased in 1 state, and was little changed in 39 
states and the District of Columbia in September. The largest increases in the job openings level 
occurred in Texas (+96,000), Michigan (+58,000), and Virginia (+40,000). The decrease in the job 
openings level occurred in West Virginia (-5,000). Nationally, the number of job openings increased 
over the month (+437,000). (See table A.)

Hires

In September, hires rates decreased in 9 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 39 states 
and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in hires rates occurred in Iowa (-1.1 percentage 
points), Ohio (-0.9 point), and North Dakota (-0.8 point). The increases occurred in New Hampshire 
(+1.0 point) and Arizona (+0.8 point). The national hires rate was little changed over the month. (See 
table B.)

The number of hires decreased in 8 states, increased in 2 states, and was little changed in 40 states and 
the District of Columbia in September. The largest decreases in the hires level occurred in California 
(-91,000), Texas (-57,000), and Ohio (-47,000). The increases occurred in Arizona (+25,000) and New 
Hampshire (+7,000). Nationally, the number of hires edged down over the month. (See table B.)

Total Separations

In September, total separations rates decreased in 16 states, increased in 2 states, and were little 
changed in 32 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in total separations rates 
occurred in Wyoming (-4.6 percentage points), Vermont (-1.6 points), and Alaska (-1.5 points). 
Increases occurred in Illinois (+1.0 point) and Kansas (+0.7 point). The national total separations rate 
decreased over the month (-0.3 point). (See table C.)

In September, the number of total separations decreased in 16 states, increased in 2 states, and was 
little changed in 32 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in the total separations 
level occurred in Texas (-98,000), Florida (-69,000), and Georgia (-64,000). The increases in the total 
separations level occurred in Illinois (+62,000) and Kansas (+10,000). Nationally, the number of total 
separations decreased in September (-370,000). (See table C.)
 
Quits

In September, quits rates decreased in 8 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 39 states 
and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in quits rates occurred in Wyoming (-1.5 percentage 
points), Vermont (-1.0 point), and Texas (-0.8 point). The increases in quits rates occurred in Illinois 
(+0.8 point), Kansas (+0.7 point), and Michigan (+0.5 point). Over the month, the national quits rate was 
unchanged. (See table D.)

The number of quits decreased in 11 states, increased in 3 states, and was little changed in 36 states and 
the District of Columbia in September. The largest decreases in the quits level occurred in Texas		 
(-111,000) and Florida (-28,000), as well as in Georgia and Pennsylvania (-19,000 each). The increases 
in the quits level occurred in Illinois (+50,000), Michigan (+21,000), and Kansas (+9,000). Nationally, 
the number of quits was little changed over the month. (See table D.)
 
Layoffs and Discharges

In September, layoffs and discharges rates decreased in 9 states, increased in 2 states, and were little 
changed in 39 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in layoffs and discharges rates 
occurred in Wyoming (-2.5 percentage points) and in Alaska and Georgia (-1.0 point each). The 
increases in layoffs and discharges rates occurred in Ohio (+0.4 point) and in Illinois (+0.2 point). The 
national layoffs and discharges rate was little changed. (See table E.)

The number of layoffs and discharges decreased in 8 states, increased in 1 state, and was little changed 
in 41 states and the District of Columbia in September. The largest decreases in the layoffs and 
discharges level occurred in Georgia (-45,000), Wisconsin (-10,000), and Oregon (-8,000). The increase 
in the layoffs and discharges level occurred in Ohio (+22,000). Nationally, the number of layoffs and 
discharges edged down over the month. (See table E.)

For more information, please see the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) interactive 
charts at www.bls.gov/charts/state-job-openings-and-labor-turnover/state-job-openings-rates.htm#.  
	
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey State estimates for October 2022 are scheduled to 
be released on Thursday, December 15, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


Table A: States with significant changes in job openings from Aug 2022 to Sep 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Aug   |   Sep  | Over-the-month |   Aug  |   Sep  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
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Total U.S..............|10,280  |10,717  |      437       |   6.3  |   6.5  |      0.2        
Alaska.................|    38  |    42  |        4       |  10.7  |  11.7  |      1.0
Massachusetts..........|   269  |   289  |       20       |   6.8  |   7.3  |      0.5
Michigan...............|   276  |   334  |       58       |   6.0  |   7.1  |      1.1
Mississippi............|    82  |    90  |        8       |   6.6  |   7.2  |      0.6
Missouri...............|   173  |   206  |       33       |   5.6  |   6.6  |      1.0
New Hampshire..........|    46  |    55  |        9       |   6.3  |   7.4  |      1.1
New Mexico.............|    57  |    63  |        6       |   6.3  |   6.9  |      0.6*
Texas..................|   930  |  1026  |       96       |   6.4  |   7.0  |      0.6
Virginia...............|   317  |   357  |       40       |   7.2  |   8.0  |      0.8
West Virginia..........|    60  |    55  |       -5       |   7.8  |   7.2  |     -0.6*
Wisconsin..............|   194  |   210  |       16       |   6.2  |   6.6  |      0.4*
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   

Table B: States with significant changes in hires from Aug 2022 to Sep 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Aug   |   Sep  | Over-the-month |   Aug  |   Sep  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 6,334  | 6,082  |     -252       |   4.1  |   4.0  |     -0.1        
Arizona................|   116  |   141  |       25       |   3.8  |   4.6  |      0.8
California.............|   639  |   548  |      -91       |   3.6  |   3.1  |     -0.5
Illinois...............|   272  |   245  |      -27       |   4.5  |   4.0  |     -0.5
Iowa...................|    70  |    52  |      -18       |   4.4  |   3.3  |     -1.1
Maryland...............|   127  |   106  |      -21       |   4.6  |   3.9  |     -0.7
Mississippi............|    58  |    50  |       -8       |   5.0  |   4.3  |     -0.7
Missouri...............|   123  |   104  |      -19       |   4.2  |   3.6  |     -0.6
New Hampshire..........|    25  |    32  |        7       |   3.7  |   4.7  |      1.0
North Dakota...........|    20  |    17  |       -3*      |   4.7  |   3.9  |     -0.8
Ohio...................|   240  |   193  |      -47       |   4.4  |   3.5  |     -0.9
Texas..................|   612  |   555  |      -57       |   4.5  |   4.1  |     -0.4
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   

Table C: States with significant changes in total separations from Aug 2022 to Sep 2022, seasonally adjusted
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Aug   |   Sep  | Over-the-month |   Aug  |   Sep  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 6,058  | 5,688  |     -370       |   4.0  |   3.7  |     -0.3        
Alabama................|    99  |    86  |      -13       |   4.7  |   4.1  |     -0.6
Alaska.................|    21  |    16  |       -5       |   6.6  |   5.1  |     -1.5
Florida................|   437  |   368  |      -69       |   4.6  |   3.9  |     -0.7
Georgia................|   288  |   224  |      -64       |   6.0  |   4.6  |     -1.4
Idaho..................|    42  |    35  |       -7       |   5.1  |   4.2  |     -0.9
Illinois...............|   183  |   245  |       62       |   3.0  |   4.0  |      1.0
Kansas.................|    49  |    59  |       10       |   3.5  |   4.2  |      0.7
Maine..................|    26  |    21  |       -5       |   4.1  |   3.3  |     -0.8*
Montana................|    30  |    23  |       -7       |   5.9  |   4.5  |     -1.4
New Hampshire..........|    34  |    27  |       -7       |   5.0  |   3.9  |     -1.1
New Jersey.............|   147  |   127  |      -20       |   3.5  |   3.0  |     -0.5
North Carolina.........|   220  |   198  |      -22*      |   4.6  |   4.1  |     -0.5
Oregon.................|    91  |    74  |      -17       |   4.6  |   3.7  |     -0.9
Pennsylvania...........|   201  |   171  |      -30       |   3.4  |   2.9  |     -0.5
Texas..................|   602  |   504  |      -98       |   4.4  |   3.7  |     -0.7
Utah...................|    84  |    66  |      -18       |   5.0  |   3.9  |     -1.1
Vermont................|    17  |    12  |       -5       |   5.6  |   4.0  |     -1.6
Wisconsin..............|   114  |    98  |      -16       |   3.9  |   3.3  |     -0.6
Wyoming................|    23  |    10  |      -13       |   8.1  |   3.5  |     -4.6
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.   
   

Table D: States with significant changes in quits from Aug 2022 to Sep 2022, seasonally adjusted
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                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Aug   |   Sep  | Over-the-month |   Aug  |   Sep  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 4,184  | 4,061  |     -123       |   2.7  |   2.7  |      0.0        
Alabama................|    73  |    64  |       -9       |   3.5  |   3.1  |     -0.4*
Alaska.................|    14  |    12  |       -2       |   4.4  |   3.8  |     -0.6
Florida................|   295  |   267  |      -28       |   3.1  |   2.8  |     -0.3
Georgia................|   191  |   172  |      -19       |   4.0  |   3.6  |     -0.4
Illinois...............|   120  |   170  |       50       |   2.0  |   2.8  |      0.8
Kansas.................|    34  |    43  |        9       |   2.4  |   3.1  |      0.7
Massachusetts..........|    87  |    76  |      -11       |   2.4  |   2.1  |     -0.3*
Michigan...............|    91  |   112  |       21       |   2.1  |   2.6  |      0.5
New Jersey.............|   102  |    88  |      -14       |   2.4  |   2.1  |     -0.3*
Pennsylvania...........|   144  |   125  |      -19       |   2.4  |   2.1  |     -0.3
Texas..................|   479  |   368  |     -111       |   3.5  |   2.7  |     -0.8
Utah...................|    60  |    49  |      -11       |   3.6  |   2.9  |     -0.7
Vermont................|    12  |     9  |       -3       |   4.0  |   3.0  |     -1.0
Wyoming................|    11  |     7  |       -4       |   3.9  |   2.4  |     -1.5
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   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.
   

Table E: States with significant changes in layoffs and discharges from Aug 2022 to Sep 2022, seasonally adjusted
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                       |     Levels (in thousands)        |                  Rates                          
                       |----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------
         State         |  Aug   |   Sep  | Over-the-month |   Aug  |   Sep  | Over-the-month
                       |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)   |  2022  | 2022(p)|    change(p)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total U.S..............| 1,490  | 1,328  |     -162       |   1.0  |   0.9  |     -0.1        
Alaska.................|     6  |     3  |       -3       |   1.9  |   0.9  |     -1.0
Florida................|   100  |    83  |      -17*      |   1.1  |   0.9  |     -0.2
Georgia................|    86  |    41  |      -45       |   1.8  |   0.8  |     -1.0
Idaho..................|    12  |     7  |       -5       |   1.5  |   0.8  |     -0.7
Illinois...............|    52  |    65  |       13*      |   0.9  |   1.1  |      0.2
Montana................|     8  |     5  |       -3       |   1.6  |   1.0  |     -0.6
Ohio...................|    59  |    81  |       22       |   1.1  |   1.5  |      0.4
Oregon.................|    22  |    14  |       -8       |   1.1  |   0.7  |     -0.4
Vermont................|     4  |     2  |       -2       |   1.3  |   0.7  |     -0.6
Wisconsin..............|    30  |    20  |      -10       |   1.0  |   0.7  |     -0.3
Wyoming................|    10  |     3  |       -7       |   3.5  |   1.0  |     -2.5
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   (p) = preliminary.
   * Not significant.

Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The JOLTS program 
provides information on labor demand and turnover. Additional information about the JOLTS program can be found at 
www.bls.gov/jlt/. Estimates are published for job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and separations. 
The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as civilian federal, state, and local government 
entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Industries are classified in accordance with the North American 
Industry Classification System. 

Definitions and Methodology (National/State). Shared definitions and procedures for National and State JOLTS Estimates 
can be found at: www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.tn.htm.

Data Element Definitions

Employment. Employment includes persons on the payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period that 
includes the 12th day of the reference month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, and 
hourly employees are included, as are employees on paid vacation or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners of 
unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or employees on strike for the entire pay period, and employees 
on leave without pay for the entire pay period are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies, 
employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by 
the establishment where they are working. JOLTS does not publish employment estimates but uses the reported 
employment for validation of the other reported data elements.

Job Openings. Job openings include all positions that are open on the last business day of the reference month.

A job is open only if it meets all three of these conditions: 
* A specific position exists and there is work available for that position. The position can be full-time or part-
time, and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal. 
* The job could start within 30 days, whether or not the employer can find a suitable candidate during that time. 
* The employer is actively recruiting workers from outside the establishment to fill the position. Active 
recruiting means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a position. It may include advertising in 
newspapers, on television, or on the radio; posting Internet notices, posting “help wanted” signs, 
networking or making “word-of-mouth” announcements; accepting applications; interviewing candidates; 
contacting employment agencies; or soliciting employees at job fairs, state or local employment offices, or 
similar sources.

Excluded are positions open only to internal transfers, promotions or demotions, or recall from layoffs. Also 
excluded are openings for positions with start dates more than 30 days in the future, positions for which employees 
have been hired but the employees have not yet reported for work, and positions to be filled by employees of 
temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is 
computed by dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and job openings and multiplying that 
quotient by 100.

Hires. Hires include all additions to the payroll during the entire reference month, including newly hired and 
rehired employees; full-time and part-time employees; permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees; employees 
who were recalled to a job at the location following a layoff (formal suspension from pay status) lasting more than 7 
days; on-call or intermittent employees who returned to work after having been formally separated; workers who 
were hired and separated during the month, and transfers from other locations. Excluded are transfers or promotions 
within the reporting location, employees returning from strike, employees of temporary help agencies, employee 
leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of hires by 
employment and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Separations. Total Separations include all separations from the payroll during the entire reference month and is 
reported by type of separation:  quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits include employees who 
left voluntarily with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs and discharges includes 
involuntary separations initiated by the employer including layoffs with no intent to rehire; layoffs (formal 
suspensions from pay status) lasting or expected to last more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 
downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for cause; terminations of permanent or short-term employees; 
and terminations of seasonal employees (whether or not they are expected to return the next season). Other 
separations include retirements, transfers to other locations, separations due to employee disability; and deaths. 
Excluded from other separations are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; employees of temporary 
help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The other separations component is 
not published for states due to its comparatively high error, and because it comprises less than 8% of total 
separations. The separations rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by employment and multiplying 
that quotient by 100. The quits and layoffs and discharges rates are computed similarly.

State Estimates Methodology

The JOLTS sample of 21,000 establishments does not directly support the production of sample based state estimates. 
However, state estimates have been produced by combining the available sample with model-based estimates. 

These estimates consist of four major estimating models; the Composite Regional model, the Synthetic model, the 
Composite Synthetic model, and the Extended Composite Synthetic model. The Composite Regional model uses JOLTS 
microdata, JOLTS regional published estimates, and Current Employment Statistics (CES) employment data. The Composite 
Synthetic model uses JOLTS microdata and Synthetic model estimates derived from monthly employment changes in 
microdata from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), and JOLTS published regional data. The Extended 
Composite Synthetic extends the Composite Synthetic estimates by ratio-adjusting the Composite Synthetic by the 
ratio of the current Composite Regional model estimate to the Composite Regional model estimate from one year ago. 

The Extended Composite Synthetic model (and its major component—the Composite Regional model) is used to extend 
the Composite Synthetic estimates because all of the inputs required by this model are available at the time 
monthly estimate are produced. In contrast, the Composite Synthetic model (and its major component—the Synthetic 
model) can only be produced when the latest QCEW data are available. The current model uses the Extended Composite 
Synthetic model estimates to extend the Composite Synthetic model estimates during the annual JOLTS re-tabulation 
process. The extension of the Composite Synthetic model using current data-based Composite Regional model estimates 
will ensure that the Composite Synthetic model estimates reflect current economic trends. 

The Composite Regional model calculates state-level JOLTS estimates from JOLTS microdata using sample weights, and 
the adjustments for non-response (NRAF). The Composite Regional estimate is then benchmarked to CES state-supersector 
employment to produce state-supersector estimates. The JOLTS sample, by itself, cannot ensure a reasonably sized 
sample for each state-supersector cell. The small JOLTS sample results in quite a number of state-supersector cells 
that lack enough data to produce a reasonable estimate. To overcome this issue, the state-level estimates derived 
directly from the JOLTS sample are augmented using JOLTS regional estimates when the number of respondents is low 
(that is, less than 30). This approach is known as a composite estimate which leverages the small JOLTS sample 
to the greatest extent possible and supplements that with a model-based estimate. 

In this approach, the JOLTS microdata-based estimate is used, without model augmentation, in all state-supersector 
cells that have 30 or more respondents. The JOLTS regional estimate will be used, without a sample-based component, 
in all state-supersector cells that have fewer than five respondents. In all state-supersector cells with 5–30 
respondents an estimate is calculated that is a composition of a weighted estimate of the microdata-based estimate 
and a weighted estimate of the JOLTS regional estimate. The weight assigned to the JOLTS data in those cells is 
proportional the number of JOLTS respondents in the cell (weight=n/30, where n is the number of respondents). 

Benchmarking. The JOLTS State estimates utilize and leverage data from three BLS programs; JOLTS, CES, and QCEW. 
These state estimates are published as a historical series comprised of an historical annually 
revised benchmark component for the Composite Synthetic model and a current component Extended Composite Synthetic 
model which provides monthly "real-time" estimates between lagged benchmarks.

Seasonal adjustment. BLS uses X-13 ARIMA for seasonal adjustment. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology 
is used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and 
including current month data. JOLTS state seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative models 
and REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at the 
beginning and end of the series and to detect and adjust for outliers in the series. The seasonally adjusted CES 
over-the-month employment trends are applied to the seasonally adjusted JOLTS state implied employment trends 
(hires minus separations) forcing them to be approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality of the 
JOLTS data.

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. Sampling error occurs when a sample is 
surveyed rather than the entire population. There is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true 
population values they represent. The difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample 
selected. This variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted 
at the 90-percent level of confidence. That means that there is a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that 
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because 
of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available on the JOLTS Median Standard Errors page: 
www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons including: 
the failure to include a segment of the population; the inability to obtain data from all units in the sample; 
the inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide data on a timely basis; mistakes made by respondents; 
errors made in the collection or processing of the data; and errors from the employment benchmark data used in 
estimation.

The JOLTS State variance estimates account for both sampling error and the error attributable to modeling. A small 
area domain model uses a Bayesian model to develop estimates of JOLTS State variance. The small area model uses QCEW-
based JOLTS synthetic model data to generate a Bayesian prior distribution, then updates the prior distribution using 
JOLTS microdata and sample-based variance estimates at the State and US Census Regional level to generate a Bayesian 
posterior distribution. Once the Bayesian posterior distribution has been generated, an estimate of JOLTS State variance 
estimates is made by drawing 2,500 estimates from the Bayesian posterior distribution. This Bayesian approach thus 
indirectly accounts for sampling error and directly for model error.

Other information

Detailed information the JOLTS State methodology can be found at:   

www.bls.gov/jlt/jlt_statedata_methodology.htm

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

10,673 11,040 11,170 10,280 10,717 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.3 6.5


Alabama

144 152 157 144 144 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.4

Alaska

50 28 27 38 42 13.9 8.3 7.9 10.7 11.7

Arizona

214 219 233 216 223 6.7 6.7 7.0 6.5 6.7

Arkansas

84 100 93 87 92 6.1 7.1 6.6 6.2 6.5

California

1,137 1,192 1,269 1,129 1,154 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.0 6.1

Colorado

201 221 231 214 214 6.8 7.2 7.5 6.9 6.9

Connecticut

93 113 115 111 114 5.4 6.4 6.5 6.3 6.4

Delaware

34 33 33 37 35 7.0 6.7 6.7 7.4 7.1

District of Columbia

47 49 45 45 47 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.6 5.8

Florida

671 623 635 621 606 6.9 6.2 6.3 6.2 6.0

Georgia

410 440 432 391 402 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.5 7.7

Hawaii

41 44 50 42 44 6.5 6.8 7.6 6.4 6.7

Idaho

66 61 64 64 64 7.6 6.9 7.2 7.2 7.2

Illinois

435 450 461 424 437 6.9 6.9 7.1 6.5 6.7

Indiana

231 223 238 194 201 6.9 6.6 6.9 5.7 5.9

Iowa

107 110 114 110 112 6.5 6.5 6.8 6.5 6.6

Kansas

89 101 98 90 91 6.1 6.7 6.5 6.0 6.1

Kentucky

151 171 171 162 163 7.4 8.1 8.1 7.6 7.6

Louisiana

139 159 155 139 148 7.0 7.7 7.5 6.7 7.1

Maine

49 50 47 48 49 7.3 7.3 6.9 7.0 7.1

Maryland

210 208 205 202 200 7.3 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.8

Massachusetts

282 317 302 269 289 7.4 8.0 7.6 6.8 7.3

Michigan

363 301 328 276 334 7.9 6.5 7.0 6.0 7.1

Minnesota

199 223 226 216 215 6.5 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.8

Mississippi

79 85 83 82 90 6.5 6.8 6.7 6.6 7.2

Missouri

197 215 217 173 206 6.5 6.9 6.9 5.6 6.6

Montana

43 42 45 44 43 8.0 7.6 8.2 8.0 7.8

Nebraska

70 78 78 68 70 6.5 7.0 7.0 6.2 6.3

Nevada

106 101 105 103 101 7.1 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.5

New Hampshire

57 51 50 46 55 7.9 7.0 6.8 6.3 7.4

New Jersey

288 281 263 240 253 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.4 5.6

New Mexico

63 62 66 57 63 7.1 6.8 7.2 6.3 6.9

New York

558 557 548 500 528 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.3

North Carolina

341 360 362 336 342 6.9 7.0 7.0 6.5 6.6

North Dakota

32 32 33 29 31 7.1 7.0 7.2 6.3 6.7

Ohio

403 447 442 369 387 7.0 7.5 7.5 6.3 6.6

Oklahoma

122 133 128 121 123 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.8

Oregon

122 127 137 129 123 6.0 6.1 6.5 6.1 5.9

Pennsylvania

405 437 388 362 372 6.5 6.8 6.1 5.7 5.8

Rhode Island

36 39 40 35 35 6.9 7.3 7.5 6.6 6.6

South Carolina

177 168 176 172 166 7.6 7.0 7.3 7.1 6.9

South Dakota

36 33 34 32 32 7.5 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.6

Tennessee

227 240 264 247 257 6.8 6.9 7.5 7.1 7.3

Texas

855 1,019 983 930 1,026 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.4 7.0

Utah

111 103 114 111 113 6.4 5.8 6.4 6.2 6.3

Vermont

25 26 24 23 24 7.8 8.0 7.4 7.1 7.4

Virginia

345 330 339 317 357 8.0 7.5 7.7 7.2 8.0

Washington

218 187 223 204 211 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.5 5.6

West Virginia

49 59 62 60 55 6.7 7.7 8.1 7.8 7.2

Wisconsin

234 220 217 194 210 7.5 7.0 6.9 6.2 6.6

Wyoming

29 20 20 27 27 9.4 6.6 6.6 8.6 8.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,504 6,456 6,238 6,334 6,082 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.0


Alabama

106 97 99 94 104 5.2 4.7 4.7 4.5 5.0

Alaska

31 20 17 25 27 10.0 6.4 5.4 7.9 8.5

Arizona

136 152 147 116 141 4.6 5.0 4.8 3.8 4.6

Arkansas

58 64 59 53 52 4.5 4.9 4.5 4.0 3.9

California

630 639 604 639 548 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.1

Colorado

132 131 120 128 137 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.4 4.8

Connecticut

59 66 81 59 56 3.6 4.0 4.9 3.5 3.4

Delaware

27 22 21 27 25 6.0 4.8 4.5 5.8 5.4

District of Columbia

25 26 22 24 25 3.3 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.3

Florida

439 465 376 407 424 4.9 5.0 4.0 4.3 4.5

Georgia

266 269 263 275 264 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.5

Hawaii

28 29 28 30 31 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.9 5.0

Idaho

44 42 39 49 47 5.5 5.1 4.7 5.9 5.7

Illinois

271 243 248 272 245 4.6 4.0 4.1 4.5 4.0

Indiana

156 142 126 142 136 5.0 4.5 4.0 4.5 4.3

Iowa

61 64 69 70 52 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 3.3

Kansas

51 52 55 53 48 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.4

Kentucky

103 95 102 100 104 5.4 4.9 5.3 5.1 5.2

Louisiana

92 96 94 91 93 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.8

Maine

36 26 27 29 29 5.8 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.5

Maryland

105 113 109 127 106 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.6 3.9

Massachusetts

139 129 135 123 134 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.3 3.6

Michigan

188 187 178 178 159 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.6

Minnesota

96 109 112 120 106 3.4 3.7 3.8 4.1 3.6

Mississippi

57 58 53 58 50 5.0 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.3

Missouri

115 125 113 123 104 4.0 4.3 3.9 4.2 3.6

Montana

29 27 26 31 29 5.9 5.3 5.1 6.1 5.7

Nebraska

38 45 40 41 36 3.8 4.4 3.9 4.0 3.5

Nevada

78 72 73 72 76 5.6 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.2

New Hampshire

35 31 27 25 32 5.2 4.6 4.0 3.7 4.7

New Jersey

167 166 143 135 149 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.5

New Mexico

38 35 38 31 37 4.6 4.1 4.5 3.6 4.3

New York

307 290 284 289 272 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.9

North Carolina

237 235 233 219 223 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.6

North Dakota

20 20 20 20 17 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 3.9

Ohio

231 260 230 240 193 4.3 4.7 4.2 4.4 3.5

Oklahoma

80 86 81 77 78 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.6 4.6

Oregon

75 87 81 89 83 4.0 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.2

Pennsylvania

205 188 175 201 189 3.5 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.2

Rhode Island

22 25 22 23 20 4.5 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.0

South Carolina

108 109 114 107 110 5.0 4.9 5.1 4.8 4.9

South Dakota

23 20 22 21 19 5.2 4.5 4.9 4.6 4.2

Tennessee

152 157 153 151 156 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8

Texas

624 602 613 612 555 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1

Utah

68 69 69 74 78 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.6

Vermont

15 11 12 13 14 5.1 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.6

Virginia

192 169 185 162 177 4.8 4.2 4.5 4.0 4.3

Washington

131 130 137 119 135 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.8

West Virginia

31 34 34 34 32 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 4.5

Wisconsin

124 106 113 117 110 4.3 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.7

Wyoming

20 17 14 19 19 7.2 6.0 4.9 6.7 6.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,008 6,009 5,794 6,058 5,688 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.7


Alabama

99 94 91 99 86 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.1

Alaska

13 19 21 21 16 4.2 6.1 6.7 6.6 5.1

Arizona

146 144 135 147 154 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.8 5.0

Arkansas

69 62 52 64 62 5.4 4.7 3.9 4.8 4.7

California

609 591 518 578 550 3.6 3.4 2.9 3.3 3.1

Colorado

123 111 119 113 108 4.4 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.7

Connecticut

58 56 61 51 52 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.1 3.1

Delaware

18 24 20 21 20 4.0 5.2 4.3 4.5 4.3

District of Columbia

21 23 22 22 24 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1

Florida

393 420 388 437 368 4.3 4.5 4.1 4.6 3.9

Georgia

258 316 271 288 224 5.6 6.6 5.6 6.0 4.6

Hawaii

23 22 21 23 23 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.8 3.7

Idaho

33 41 50 42 35 4.1 5.0 6.1 5.1 4.2

Illinois

249 229 203 183 245 4.3 3.8 3.3 3.0 4.0

Indiana

138 120 118 123 134 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.2

Iowa

63 56 59 58 60 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8

Kansas

56 50 52 49 59 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.5 4.2

Kentucky

114 107 88 100 101 6.0 5.5 4.5 5.1 5.1

Louisiana

89 97 91 96 92 4.8 5.1 4.7 5.0 4.8

Maine

20 29 28 26 21 3.2 4.6 4.4 4.1 3.3

Maryland

95 94 96 100 99 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6

Massachusetts

138 154 132 123 108 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.3 2.9

Michigan

189 149 147 140 158 4.5 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.6

Minnesota

98 96 107 104 104 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5

Mississippi

65 60 58 62 57 5.7 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.9

Missouri

119 137 122 113 115 4.2 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.9

Montana

22 26 27 30 23 4.4 5.1 5.3 5.9 4.5

Nebraska

40 36 39 41 42 4.0 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.1

Nevada

84 62 61 64 64 6.0 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.4

New Hampshire

26 27 31 34 27 3.9 4.0 4.5 5.0 3.9

New Jersey

118 135 144 147 127 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.0

New Mexico

39 34 36 34 38 4.7 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.4

New York

268 251 232 260 250 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.7 2.6

North Carolina

224 238 227 220 198 4.9 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.1

North Dakota

18 17 19 18 18 4.3 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.2

Ohio

242 216 220 210 227 4.5 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Oklahoma

75 93 77 84 79 4.6 5.5 4.5 5.0 4.7

Oregon

69 73 74 91 74 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.6 3.7

Pennsylvania

190 159 204 201 171 3.3 2.7 3.4 3.4 2.9

Rhode Island

19 20 21 21 18 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.6

South Carolina

96 110 102 113 102 4.5 5.0 4.6 5.0 4.6

South Dakota

14 16 17 16 15 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.3

Tennessee

153 155 148 159 158 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.9 4.9

Texas

544 540 524 602 504 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.4 3.7

Utah

71 60 75 84 66 4.4 3.6 4.5 5.0 3.9

Vermont

13 14 16 17 12 4.4 4.7 5.3 5.6 4.0

Virginia

148 152 160 146 148 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6

Washington

101 117 116 115 114 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2

West Virginia

32 34 32 32 30 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.2

Wisconsin

93 107 105 114 98 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.3

Wyoming

9 15 16 23 10 3.2 5.3 5.6 8.1 3.5

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 4. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

4,253 4,253 4,058 4,184 4,061 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7


Alabama

64 70 66 73 64 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.1

Alaska

9 12 14 14 12 2.9 3.9 4.5 4.4 3.8

Arizona

111 113 107 105 110 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.6

Arkansas

49 46 37 45 45 3.8 3.5 2.8 3.4 3.4

California

431 401 394 383 380 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2

Colorado

93 76 83 70 72 3.4 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.5

Connecticut

40 39 40 34 39 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.3

Delaware

13 18 14 15 15 2.9 3.9 3.0 3.2 3.3

District of Columbia

15 15 14 15 17 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2

Florida

282 303 267 295 267 3.1 3.2 2.8 3.1 2.8

Georgia

178 245 194 191 172 3.9 5.1 4.0 4.0 3.6

Hawaii

17 15 14 14 17 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.8

Idaho

26 28 25 28 26 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.1

Illinois

173 155 135 120 170 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.0 2.8

Indiana

103 89 88 89 96 3.3 2.8 2.8 2.8 3.0

Iowa

40 41 41 40 44 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.8

Kansas

38 35 38 34 43 2.8 2.5 2.7 2.4 3.1

Kentucky

75 80 63 72 74 3.9 4.1 3.2 3.7 3.7

Louisiana

64 70 66 67 66 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.4

Maine

15 19 19 17 15 2.4 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.3

Maryland

58 71 65 67 73 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.7

Massachusetts

84 78 98 87 76 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.4 2.1

Michigan

120 102 105 91 112 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.6

Minnesota

63 71 71 71 74 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5

Mississippi

47 44 39 42 41 4.1 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.6

Missouri

89 86 99 85 88 3.1 3.0 3.4 2.9 3.0

Montana

16 18 18 19 17 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.4

Nebraska

27 26 27 29 28 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.7

Nevada

62 43 42 42 48 4.4 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.3

New Hampshire

18 18 20 19 17 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.5

New Jersey

73 91 86 102 88 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.1

New Mexico

29 24 23 24 27 3.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 3.2

New York

188 168 160 161 162 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7

North Carolina

157 178 152 152 143 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.0

North Dakota

12 11 13 12 12 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.8

Ohio

155 132 127 141 138 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.5

Oklahoma

53 73 53 62 59 3.2 4.3 3.1 3.7 3.5

Oregon

57 53 48 61 56 3.0 2.7 2.4 3.1 2.8

Pennsylvania

133 109 134 144 125 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.1

Rhode Island

13 12 14 13 12 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.4

South Carolina

67 84 76 77 78 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.5

South Dakota

10 11 12 11 11 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.4

Tennessee

107 114 105 110 118 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.6

Texas

431 415 394 479 368 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.5 2.7

Utah

56 41 48 60 49 3.5 2.5 2.9 3.6 2.9

Vermont

8 9 11 12 9 2.7 3.0 3.6 4.0 3.0

Virginia

110 111 115 103 109 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.7

Washington

72 83 73 77 83 2.1 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4

West Virginia

24 26 24 24 22 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.1

Wisconsin

71 70 75 78 71 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.4

Wyoming

7 10 10 11 7 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 2.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

1,405 1,400 1,390 1,490 1,328 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9


Alabama

30 18 20 20 17 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8

Alaska

3 6 5 6 3 1.0 1.9 1.6 1.9 0.9

Arizona

23 23 21 31 36 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.2

Arkansas

17 13 12 15 13 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.0

California

135 152 94 167 145 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.9 0.8

Colorado

26 27 24 34 28 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.2 1.0

Connecticut

14 13 18 13 10 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.6

Delaware

5 5 5 5 4 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9

District of Columbia

5 5 6 6 5 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7

Florida

89 87 98 100 83 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9

Georgia

63 52 67 86 41 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.8 0.8

Hawaii

5 6 5 7 5 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.8

Idaho

5 11 20 12 7 0.6 1.3 2.4 1.5 0.8

Illinois

56 64 62 52 65 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1

Indiana

28 26 24 31 31 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0

Iowa

17 12 15 14 12 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8

Kansas

14 12 11 12 13 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9

Kentucky

35 20 20 21 22 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1

Louisiana

20 21 20 22 20 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0

Maine

4 8 8 7 5 0.6 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8

Maryland

32 15 25 25 21 1.2 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.8

Massachusetts

44 70 28 27 26 1.2 1.9 0.8 0.7 0.7

Michigan

60 39 31 33 39 1.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9

Minnesota

22 21 31 29 24 0.8 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.8

Mississippi

15 12 16 15 12 1.3 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.0

Missouri

24 45 18 21 23 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.7 0.8

Montana

5 6 6 8 5 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.0

Nebraska

10 8 10 10 11 1.0 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1

Nevada

19 15 15 18 13 1.4 1.0 1.0 1.2 0.9

New Hampshire

7 8 9 9 9 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3

New Jersey

40 37 53 31 35 1.0 0.9 1.3 0.7 0.8

New Mexico

8 8 8 8 9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1

New York

60 71 51 79 74 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.8

North Carolina

55 49 63 45 42 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.9 0.9

North Dakota

5 5 5 5 5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Ohio

80 67 83 59 81 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.5

Oklahoma

18 15 20 17 16 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.0 0.9

Oregon

8 15 15 22 14 0.4 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.7

Pennsylvania

46 44 58 47 36 0.8 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.6

Rhode Island

5 6 6 6 5 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0

South Carolina

24 20 20 25 20 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.9

South Dakota

3 4 4 4 4 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9

Tennessee

37 33 37 40 32 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0

Texas

92 94 102 114 111 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

Utah

11 15 14 19 14 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.8

Vermont

4 4 4 4 2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.7

Virginia

31 29 36 34 30 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.7

Washington

22 27 28 28 24 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7

West Virginia

7 6 6 7 6 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.8

Wisconsin

15 32 29 30 20 0.5 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.7

Wyoming

2 4 4 10 3 0.7 1.4 1.4 3.5 1.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 6. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

10,747 10,389 10,695 6.8 6.4 6.5


Alabama

145 143 142 6.6 6.4 6.3

Alaska

41 40 40 11.4 10.7 11.0

Arizona

209 230 215 6.5 7.0 6.5

Arkansas

90 90 97 6.5 6.4 6.8

California

1,153 1,131 1,144 6.4 6.0 6.1

Colorado

201 220 206 6.7 7.1 6.7

Connecticut

91 114 111 5.3 6.4 6.2

Delaware

35 34 36 7.2 6.9 7.2

District of Columbia

51 41 53 6.4 5.1 6.4

Florida

653 610 581 6.8 6.1 5.8

Georgia

408 393 398 8.2 7.5 7.6

Hawaii

42 41 41 6.6 6.3 6.3

Idaho

65 62 63 7.5 7.0 7.1

Illinois

441 422 442 7.0 6.5 6.7

Indiana

242 196 207 7.2 5.8 6.1

Iowa

112 106 117 6.7 6.3 6.9

Kansas

91 89 92 6.2 6.0 6.1

Kentucky

148 164 159 7.2 7.7 7.4

Louisiana

138 147 147 7.0 7.1 7.1

Maine

47 49 46 6.9 6.9 6.6

Maryland

212 195 198 7.4 6.6 6.7

Massachusetts

279 267 282 7.3 6.7 7.1

Michigan

369 291 342 8.0 6.2 7.2

Minnesota

203 217 215 6.6 6.8 6.8

Mississippi

81 94 93 6.6 7.5 7.5

Missouri

196 171 201 6.4 5.5 6.4

Montana

44 46 43 8.2 8.2 7.8

Nebraska

71 67 70 6.6 6.1 6.3

Nevada

104 108 96 6.9 6.9 6.2

New Hampshire

52 48 50 7.2 6.5 6.7

New Jersey

295 244 260 6.8 5.4 5.8

New Mexico

62 61 62 7.0 6.7 6.7

New York

547 502 510 5.7 5.0 5.1

North Carolina

344 336 341 7.0 6.6 6.6

North Dakota

34 30 33 7.5 6.5 7.1

Ohio

405 360 387 7.0 6.1 6.6

Oklahoma

129 123 129 7.2 6.8 7.1

Oregon

129 130 125 6.4 6.2 5.9

Pennsylvania

413 359 365 6.6 5.7 5.7

Rhode Island

37 37 34 7.1 6.9 6.4

South Carolina

175 171 162 7.5 7.1 6.8

South Dakota

37 35 34 7.7 7.0 6.8

Tennessee

228 258 257 6.8 7.4 7.3

Texas

867 971 1,055 6.3 6.7 7.2

Utah

108 109 109 6.2 6.1 6.1

Vermont

23 23 22 7.3 7.0 6.9

Virginia

354 324 365 8.2 7.4 8.2

Washington

218 205 208 6.0 5.5 5.6

West Virginia

58 62 63 7.7 8.0 8.1

Wisconsin

243 195 220 7.7 6.2 6.9

Wyoming

28 29 29 9.1 9.0 8.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 7. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,621 7,153 6,127 4.5 4.7 4.0


Alabama

106 107 105 5.2 5.1 5.0

Alaska

28 31 29 8.6 9.3 8.8

Arizona

151 137 154 5.0 4.5 5.0

Arkansas

66 68 57 5.1 5.2 4.3

California

653 740 551 3.9 4.2 3.1

Colorado

127 139 130 4.6 4.8 4.5

Connecticut

58 61 55 3.6 3.7 3.3

Delaware

25 27 24 5.5 5.7 5.1

District of Columbia

30 25 29 3.9 3.3 3.8

Florida

426 448 404 4.7 4.8 4.3

Georgia

267 318 259 5.8 6.6 5.4

Hawaii

27 33 29 4.6 5.4 4.7

Idaho

46 53 49 5.7 6.4 5.8

Illinois

267 297 242 4.6 4.9 4.0

Indiana

156 164 138 5.0 5.1 4.3

Iowa

63 75 54 4.1 4.8 3.4

Kansas

53 62 48 3.8 4.4 3.4

Kentucky

103 123 104 5.4 6.3 5.2

Louisiana

90 105 90 4.9 5.5 4.7

Maine

31 29 26 4.9 4.4 4.0

Maryland

114 128 114 4.3 4.7 4.2

Massachusetts

155 118 151 4.4 3.2 4.1

Michigan

195 200 159 4.6 4.6 3.6

Minnesota

96 141 102 3.4 4.8 3.4

Mississippi

59 76 51 5.2 6.6 4.4

Missouri

116 135 104 4.1 4.6 3.5

Montana

32 37 31 6.3 7.2 6.1

Nebraska

38 46 35 3.8 4.5 3.4

Nevada

77 83 75 5.5 5.7 5.1

New Hampshire

31 27 29 4.6 3.9 4.2

New Jersey

186 127 165 4.6 3.0 3.9

New Mexico

37 39 35 4.5 4.6 4.1

New York

330 300 282 3.6 3.2 3.0

North Carolina

233 253 216 5.1 5.3 4.5

North Dakota

21 22 18 5.1 5.2 4.1

Ohio

235 263 192 4.4 4.8 3.5

Oklahoma

85 90 81 5.1 5.3 4.8

Oregon

83 97 88 4.4 4.9 4.4

Pennsylvania

200 217 187 3.4 3.6 3.1

Rhode Island

23 24 20 4.6 4.7 3.9

South Carolina

103 123 105 4.8 5.5 4.7

South Dakota

22 26 19 5.0 5.6 4.1

Tennessee

145 183 149 4.6 5.7 4.6

Texas

637 727 567 5.0 5.4 4.2

Utah

68 87 78 4.2 5.2 4.7

Vermont

14 14 13 4.6 4.5 4.4

Virginia

186 202 174 4.7 5.0 4.2

Washington

143 137 143 4.2 3.9 4.0

West Virginia

36 41 35 5.2 5.8 5.0

Wisconsin

127 124 114 4.4 4.2 3.9

Wyoming

21 23 21 7.2 8.0 7.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 8. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

6,378 7,221 5,993 4.3 4.7 3.9


Alabama

106 115 90 5.2 5.5 4.3

Alaska

20 32 21 6.1 9.6 6.3

Arizona

134 161 146 4.5 5.2 4.7

Arkansas

66 77 62 5.1 5.8 4.6

California

645 675 566 3.8 3.8 3.2

Colorado

142 157 121 5.1 5.4 4.2

Connecticut

65 63 60 4.0 3.8 3.6

Delaware

20 25 20 4.4 5.4 4.4

District of Columbia

19 26 21 2.6 3.5 2.8

Florida

386 478 353 4.3 5.1 3.7

Georgia

267 323 222 5.8 6.7 4.6

Hawaii

24 28 24 4.0 4.7 3.9

Idaho

38 54 39 4.7 6.5 4.7

Illinois

257 226 260 4.4 3.7 4.3

Indiana

144 155 144 4.6 4.9 4.5

Iowa

67 75 63 4.3 4.8 4.0

Kansas

60 62 65 4.4 4.4 4.6

Kentucky

110 114 100 5.8 5.8 5.0

Louisiana

92 110 96 5.0 5.7 5.0

Maine

25 34 24 4.0 5.1 3.7

Maryland

104 117 107 3.9 4.3 3.9

Massachusetts

184 155 142 5.2 4.2 3.8

Michigan

208 174 179 4.9 4.0 4.1

Minnesota

105 121 113 3.7 4.1 3.8

Mississippi

67 75 58 5.9 6.5 5.0

Missouri

127 133 124 4.5 4.6 4.2

Montana

27 38 25 5.3 7.5 4.9

Nebraska

40 49 42 4.0 4.7 4.1

Nevada

87 74 71 6.2 5.1 4.8

New Hampshire

30 42 31 4.5 6.0 4.5

New Jersey

151 176 157 3.7 4.1 3.7

New Mexico

41 42 42 4.9 4.9 4.9

New York

295 338 273 3.2 3.6 2.9

North Carolina

227 251 196 4.9 5.2 4.1

North Dakota

18 22 18 4.3 5.1 4.1

Ohio

249 254 246 4.6 4.6 4.5

Oklahoma

76 97 79 4.6 5.8 4.7

Oregon

79 108 81 4.2 5.5 4.1

Pennsylvania

204 240 176 3.5 4.0 2.9

Rhode Island

22 23 20 4.5 4.6 4.1

South Carolina

101 125 105 4.7 5.6 4.7

South Dakota

17 20 19 3.9 4.3 4.1

Tennessee

151 183 160 4.8 5.6 4.9

Texas

577 723 534 4.5 5.4 3.9

Utah

76 104 68 4.7 6.2 4.1

Vermont

15 24 12 5.2 7.8 3.8

Virginia

160 175 158 4.0 4.3 3.9

Washington

107 144 120 3.1 4.1 3.4

West Virginia

32 38 29 4.6 5.4 4.1

Wisconsin

101 138 102 3.5 4.6 3.4

Wyoming

12 26 12 4.3 9.1 4.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 9. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

4,510 5,143 4,285 3.1 3.4 2.8


Alabama

68 86 68 3.3 4.1 3.2

Alaska

13 21 15 4.2 6.4 4.7

Arizona

106 120 107 3.6 3.9 3.4

Arkansas

46 55 45 3.6 4.1 3.4

California

475 468 404 2.8 2.7 2.3

Colorado

110 101 84 4.0 3.5 2.9

Connecticut

42 42 41 2.6 2.5 2.5

Delaware

14 17 15 3.1 3.7 3.3

District of Columbia

13 19 16 1.8 2.5 2.1

Florida

275 318 253 3.1 3.4 2.7

Georgia

182 225 170 4.0 4.7 3.5

Hawaii

18 19 18 3.0 3.1 2.9

Idaho

31 38 30 3.8 4.6 3.6

Illinois

184 166 183 3.1 2.7 3.0

Indiana

108 112 103 3.5 3.5 3.2

Iowa

40 54 45 2.6 3.4 2.8

Kansas

41 44 45 3.0 3.1 3.2

Kentucky

73 85 75 3.8 4.3 3.8

Louisiana

66 78 68 3.6 4.1 3.5

Maine

18 22 16 2.8 3.4 2.4

Maryland

61 81 78 2.3 3.0 2.8

Massachusetts

97 106 88 2.7 2.9 2.4

Michigan

131 125 123 3.1 2.9 2.8

Minnesota

69 86 82 2.4 2.9 2.8

Mississippi

48 52 43 4.2 4.5 3.8

Missouri

97 103 95 3.4 3.5 3.2

Montana

20 27 19 4.0 5.2 3.6

Nebraska

28 36 29 2.8 3.5 2.8

Nevada

65 53 54 4.6 3.6 3.7

New Hampshire

20 23 18 3.0 3.3 2.6

New Jersey

90 125 104 2.2 2.9 2.4

New Mexico

30 29 30 3.6 3.4 3.5

New York

201 217 172 2.2 2.3 1.8

North Carolina

156 176 139 3.4 3.7 2.9

North Dakota

12 16 12 2.9 3.7 2.8

Ohio

170 178 155 3.1 3.2 2.8

Oklahoma

53 72 60 3.2 4.3 3.5

Oregon

63 77 62 3.3 3.9 3.1

Pennsylvania

138 181 128 2.4 3.0 2.1

Rhode Island

15 15 13 3.0 3.0 2.7

South Carolina

71 87 81 3.3 3.9 3.6

South Dakota

12 14 13 2.8 3.1 2.8

Tennessee

107 130 122 3.4 4.0 3.7

Texas

457 584 393 3.6 4.3 2.9

Utah

62 79 53 3.8 4.7 3.2

Vermont

8 17 8 2.7 5.5 2.6

Virginia

115 126 114 2.9 3.1 2.8

Washington

80 99 91 2.3 2.8 2.6

West Virginia

23 28 22 3.4 4.0 3.0

Wisconsin

77 97 75 2.7 3.3 2.5

Wyoming

9 15 9 3.3 5.2 3.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Table 10. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted
State Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)
Sept.
2021
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022(p)

TOTAL U.S.

1,527 1,656 1,412 1.0 1.1 0.9


Alabama

34 22 17 1.7 1.1 0.8

Alaska

5 8 4 1.6 2.4 1.2

Arizona

19 31 32 0.6 1.0 1.0

Arkansas

17 17 13 1.3 1.3 1.0

California

129 183 138 0.8 1.0 0.8

Colorado

29 47 29 1.0 1.6 1.0

Connecticut

20 16 15 1.2 1.0 0.9

Delaware

5 6 4 1.1 1.2 0.8

District of Columbia

4 6 4 0.6 0.7 0.6

Florida

94 116 85 1.0 1.2 0.9

Georgia

68 87 42 1.5 1.8 0.9

Hawaii

5 7 5 0.8 1.2 0.8

Idaho

6 12 7 0.7 1.5 0.9

Illinois

55 47 67 0.9 0.8 1.1

Indiana

30 40 34 1.0 1.3 1.1

Iowa

21 17 13 1.4 1.1 0.8

Kansas

15 14 15 1.1 1.0 1.1

Kentucky

33 22 21 1.7 1.1 1.0

Louisiana

21 24 22 1.2 1.3 1.1

Maine

6 9 7 1.0 1.4 1.0

Maryland

38 27 24 1.4 1.0 0.9

Massachusetts

74 39 46 2.1 1.1 1.2

Michigan

67 29 48 1.6 0.7 1.1

Minnesota

22 32 24 0.8 1.1 0.8

Mississippi

16 19 11 1.4 1.6 1.0

Missouri

24 23 24 0.8 0.8 0.8

Montana

6 9 5 1.2 1.8 1.0

Nebraska

9 10 10 0.9 1.0 1.0

Nevada

20 18 13 1.4 1.2 0.9

New Hampshire

8 13 11 1.2 1.9 1.6

New Jersey

54 38 47 1.3 0.9 1.1

New Mexico

9 10 10 1.1 1.1 1.2

New York

72 101 88 0.8 1.1 0.9

North Carolina

59 51 42 1.3 1.1 0.9

North Dakota

4 5 5 1.1 1.1 1.1

Ohio

71 65 82 1.3 1.2 1.5

Oklahoma

18 19 16 1.1 1.1 0.9

Oregon

13 24 16 0.7 1.2 0.8

Pennsylvania

56 46 38 1.0 0.8 0.6

Rhode Island

6 6 6 1.3 1.3 1.1

South Carolina

25 27 19 1.2 1.2 0.9

South Dakota

4 4 5 0.9 1.0 1.0

Tennessee

36 43 30 1.1 1.3 0.9

Texas

94 120 114 0.7 0.9 0.8

Utah

11 19 12 0.6 1.2 0.7

Vermont

7 5 3 2.2 1.7 1.0

Virginia

38 39 35 1.0 1.0 0.9

Washington

21 33 23 0.6 0.9 0.6

West Virginia

7 8 6 1.0 1.1 0.9

Wisconsin

17 34 21 0.6 1.1 0.7

Wyoming

2 10 3 0.8 3.3 0.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


Last Modified Date: November 17, 2022