State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, December 2, 2025	USDL-25-1527
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			STATE JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2025

Job openings rates increased in 2 states in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 
Over the month, hires rates decreased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 6 states and 
increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no 
change in August.

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 include all positions that are open on the last business day of the month. Hires and separations 
include all changes to the payroll during the entire month.

Job Openings

Job openings rates increased in 2 states and were little changed in 48 states and the District of 
Columbia in August. The increases in job openings rates occurred in Florida and Illinois  
(+0.6 percentage point each). Over the month, the national job openings rate was unchanged.  
(See table 1.)

The number of job openings increased in 2 states, decreased in 1 state, and changed little in 47 states 
and the District of Columbia in August. The increases in the job openings level occurred in Florida  
(+71,000) and in Illinois (+39,000). The decrease occurred in Pennsylvania (-37,000). Nationally, the 
number of job openings was unchanged. (See table 1.)

Hires

In August, hires rates decreased in 1 state and were little changed in 49 states and the District of 
Columbia. The decrease occurred in Texas (-0.5 percentage point). The national hires rate was little 
changed over the month. (See table 2.)

The number of hires decreased in 1 state and was little changed in 49 states and the District of 
Columbia in August. The decrease in the hires level occurred in Texas (-80,000). Nationally, the number 
of hires changed little over the month. (See table 2.)

Total Separations

In August, total separations rates decreased in 6 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 
42 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in total separations rates occurred in 
Delaware (-1.3 percentage points), Idaho (-1.2 points), and Iowa (-0.7 point). The increases occurred in 
Connecticut (+1.0 point) and in New York (+0.5 point). Over the month, the national total separations 
rate changed little. (See table 3.)

The number of total separations decreased in 6 states, increased in 2 states, and changed little in 42 
states and the District of Columbia in August. The largest decreases in the total separations level 
occurred in Texas (-84,000), New Jersey (-25,000), and Indiana (-19,000). The increases occurred in 
New York (+44,000) and in Connecticut (+18,000). Nationally, the number of total separations changed 
little over the month. (See table 3.)
 
Quits

In August, quits rates decreased in 6 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 43 states and 
the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in quits rates occurred in Idaho (-1.4 percentage points), 
Colorado (-0.6 point), and Indiana (-0.5 point). The increase occurred in California (+0.3 point). Over 
the month, the national quits rate was little changed. (See table 4.)

The number of quits decreased in 6 states, increased in 1 state, and was little changed in 43 states and 
the District of Columbia in August. The largest decreases in the quits level occurred in Texas (-59,000), 
New York (-27,000), and Pennsylvania (-26,000). The increase occurred in California (+49,000). 
Nationally, the number of quits changed little over the month. (See table 4.)

Layoffs and Discharges 

In August, layoffs and discharges rates decreased in 3 states, increased in 2 states, and were little 
changed in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The decreases occurred in Delaware  
(-1.0 percentage point) as well as in California and New Jersey (-0.4 point each). The increases occurred 
in Connecticut and New York (+0.6 point each). Over the month, the national layoffs and discharges 
rate was unchanged. (See table 5.)

The number of layoffs and discharges decreased in 4 states, increased in 2 states, and changed little in 
44 states and the District of Columbia in August. The largest decreases in the layoffs and discharges 
level occurred in California (-73,000), Florida (-27,000), and Tennessee (-16,000). The increases 
occurred in New York (+61,000) and in Connecticut (+10,000). Nationally, the number of layoffs and 
discharges changed little over the month. (See table 5.)

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#.  

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|The State Job Openings and Labor Turnover news release will move from a monthly news release to an 	|
|annual news release. The last monthly news release will occur with the December 2025 data published 	|
|in February 2026. The first annual news release will be in July 2026. Going forward, monthly estimates	| 
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|news release will incorporate benchmark revisions to JOLTS national estimates, updated Current 	|
|Employment Statistics (CES) employment estimates, and updated Quarterly Census of Employment and 	|
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|to the lapse, BLS could not complete data processing and review until appropriations resumed.  	|
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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/. State estimates are published for job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and 
total 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. Starting with data for January 2023, 
industries are classified in accordance with the 2022 North American Industry Classification System.

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. 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, such as 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. 
Other separations comprise less than 8 percent of total separations. Other separations rates are generally very low, 
and other separations variance estimates are relatively high. Consequently, the other separations component is not 
published for states. 

Excluded from separations are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; employees of temporary help 
agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 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 Estimation Method

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of approximately 21,000 nonfarm business and 
government establishments. The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment size 
class. 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.

The state estimates consist of four major estimating models; the Composite Regional model (an unpublished 
intermediate model), the Synthetic model (an unpublished intermediate model), the Composite Synthetic model 
(published historical series through the most current benchmark year), and the Extended Composite Synthetic model 
(published current-year monthly series). 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 model extends the Composite Synthetic estimates by ratio-adjusting the Composite Synthetic 
model by the ratio of the current Composite Regional model estimate to the Composite Regional model estimate 
from the previous year.

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 Extended Composite 
Synthetic model estimates are used to extend the Composite Synthetic model estimates during the annual JOLTS
retabulation process. The extension of the Composite Synthetic model using current data-based Composite Regional 
model estimates ensures that the Composite Synthetic model estimates reflect current economic trends.

The Composite Regional approach calculates state-level JOLTS estimates from JOLTS microdata using sample 
weights and the adjustments for non-response. 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 several 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. Previous research 
has found that regional industry estimates are a good proxy at finer levels of geographical detail. That is, one can 
make a reliable prediction of JOLTS estimates at the regional-level using only national industry-level JOLTS rates. 
The assumption in this approach is that one can make a good prediction of JOLTS estimates at the state-level using 
only regional industry-level JOLTS rates.)

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 to 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 to the number of JOLTS respondents in the cell (weight=n/30, where n is the number of 
respondents). The sum of state estimates within a region is made equal to the aligned regional JOLTS published 
regional estimates.

Seasonal adjustment. BLS uses the seasonal adjustment program (X-13ARIMA-SEATS) to seasonally adjust 
the JOLTS series. Each month, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology uses all relevant data, up to and 
including the current month, to calculate new seasonal adjustment factors. Moving averages are used as seasonal 
filters in seasonal adjustment. JOLTS seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative models, as well 
as regression with autocorrelated errors (REGARIMA) 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. 

Annual estimates and 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 made up of a 
historical annually revised benchmark component of the Composite Synthetic model and a current component of the 
Extended Composite Synthetic model that provides monthly "real-time" estimates between lagged benchmarks.

The JOLTS employment levels are ratio-adjusted to the CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are 
applied to all JOLTS data elements.

The seasonally adjusted estimates are recalculated for the most recent 5 years to reflect updated seasonal 
adjustment factors. These annual updates result in revisions to both the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 
adjusted JOLTS data series for the period since the last benchmark was established.

Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are the sum of the 
12 published monthly levels. 

Annual average levels for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 published monthly levels 
by 12. 

Annual average rates for hires, total separations quits, and layoffs and discharges are calculated by dividing the 
sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published levels for each data element by the sum of the 12 monthly CES published 
employment levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

Annual average rates for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published 
levels by the sum of the 12 monthly CES published employment levels plus the sum of the 12 monthly job openings 
levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.)

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to two types of error:  sampling error and nonsampling error.

Sampling error can result when a sample, rather than an entire population, is surveyed. There is a chance that 
the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling 
error, varies with the sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS 
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. This means that there is a 90-percent chance 
that the true population mean will fall into the interval created by the sample mean plus or minus 1.65 standard 
errors. Estimates of median standard errors are released monthly as part of the significant change tables on the 
JOLTS webpage. Standard errors are updated annually with the most recent 5 years of data. For sampling error 
estimates, see www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

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 program uses quality control procedures to reduce 
nonsampling error in the survey's design. 

The JOLTS state variance estimates account for both sampling error and the error attributable to modeling. A 
small area domain model uses a Bayesian approach 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, 
estimates of JOLTS state variances are 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.

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	7,649	7,712	7,357	7,208	7,227	19	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
Alabama	121	123	113	110	105	-5	5.2	5.3	4.9	4.7	4.5	-0.2
Alaska	21	15	17	18	18	0	5.9	4.3	4.8	5.1	5.0	-0.1
Arizona	160	142	143	158	137	-21	4.7	4.2	4.2	4.6	4.0	-0.6
Arkansas	79	78	70	70	68	-2	5.5	5.4	4.8	4.8	4.7	-0.1
California	627	629	677	731	708	-23	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.9	3.8	-0.1
Colorado	157	129	125	123	130	7	5.0	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.2	0.2
Connecticut	79	77	75	69	67	-2	4.4	4.3	4.2	3.9	3.7	-0.2
Delaware	26	25	23	23	24	1	5.0	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.6	0.1
District of Columbia	34	34	32	27	31	4	4.2	4.2	4.0	3.4	3.9	0.5
Florida	468	484	467	392	463	71	4.5	4.6	4.4	3.8	4.4	0.6
Georgia	277	328	281	285	286	1	5.3	6.2	5.3	5.4	5.4	0.0
Hawaii	26	27	25	26	26	0	3.9	4.0	3.7	3.8	3.8	0.0
Idaho	41	41	41	43	41	-2	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.7	4.4	-0.3
Illinois	298	298	281	279	318	39	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.3	4.9	0.6
Indiana	146	142	143	137	147	10	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.0	4.3	0.3
Iowa	76	70	71	74	73	-1	4.5	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	0.0
Kansas	74	73	69	69	67	-2	4.8	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.4	-0.1
Kentucky	138	117	99	104	98	-6	6.3	5.4	4.6	4.8	4.5	-0.3
Louisiana	105	111	100	105	98	-7	5.0	5.3	4.8	5.0	4.7	-0.3
Maine	34	39	39	33	32	-1	4.9	5.6	5.6	4.8	4.6	-0.2
Maryland	163	142	136	142	126	-16	5.4	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.2	-0.5
Massachusetts	182	193	186	166	155	-11	4.7	4.9	4.8	4.3	4.0	-0.3
Michigan	213	226	243	252	252	0	4.5	4.8	5.1	5.3	5.3	0.0
Minnesota	178	182	163	157	160	3	5.6	5.6	5.1	4.9	5.0	0.1
Mississippi	63	68	61	60	60	0	5.0	5.4	4.8	4.8	4.7	-0.1
Missouri	169	151	150	145	147	2	5.4	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	0.0
Montana	28	28	28	27	28	1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.0	0.2
Nebraska	48	47	48	46	46	0	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.1	0.0
Nevada	67	69	62	65	64	-1	4.1	4.2	3.8	4.0	3.9	-0.1
New Hampshire	35	38	37	33	33	0	4.7	5.1	5.0	4.4	4.5	0.1
New Jersey	200	212	205	214	198	-16	4.4	4.6	4.5	4.7	4.3	-0.4
New Mexico	51	48	49	48	50	2	5.4	5.0	5.1	5.0	5.2	0.2
New York	482	588	530	454	456	2	4.7	5.6	5.0	4.3	4.4	0.1
North Carolina	260	285	281	261	271	10	4.9	5.3	5.2	4.9	5.0	0.1
North Dakota	23	22	23	23	23	0	4.9	4.7	4.9	4.9	4.9	0.0
Ohio	286	289	281	260	255	-5	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.3	4.3	0.0
Oklahoma	109	110	98	105	100	-5	5.8	5.8	5.2	5.5	5.3	-0.2
Oregon	97	87	85	84	83	-1	4.6	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	0.0
Pennsylvania	295	272	245	262	225	-37	4.6	4.2	3.8	4.0	3.5	-0.5
Rhode Island	28	28	27	26	24	-2	5.2	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.5	-0.3
South Carolina	151	144	139	126	129	3	6.0	5.6	5.4	4.9	5.0	0.1
South Dakota	22	23	21	22	21	-1	4.5	4.7	4.3	4.5	4.3	-0.2
Tennessee	170	165	170	145	144	-1	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.1	4.1	0.0
Texas	631	650	560	566	600	34	4.3	4.3	3.8	3.8	4.0	0.2
Utah	78	68	74	75	74	-1	4.3	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.0	-0.1
Vermont	16	18	16	15	15	0	4.9	5.4	4.8	4.6	4.6	0.0
Virginia	271	238	217	221	222	1	6.0	5.3	4.8	4.9	4.9	0.0
Washington	138	136	137	139	133	-6	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	-0.1
West Virginia	47	47	43	41	42	1	6.2	6.1	5.6	5.4	5.5	0.1
Wisconsin	145	142	137	140	138	-2	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.3	-0.1
Wyoming	15	14	14	15	14	-1	4.8	4.5	4.5	4.8	4.5	-0.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 2. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,230	5,465	5,267	5,240	5,126	-114	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	-0.1
Alabama	79	73	73	74	73	-1	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0
Alaska	17	20	17	15	17	2	5.1	5.9	5.0	4.4	5.0	0.6
Arizona	99	146	120	121	104	-17	3.1	4.5	3.7	3.7	3.2	-0.5
Arkansas	47	48	53	47	46	-1	3.4	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.3	-0.1
California	505	531	564	565	567	2	2.8	2.9	3.1	3.1	3.1	0.0
Colorado	107	130	96	111	105	-6	3.6	4.4	3.2	3.7	3.5	-0.2
Connecticut	54	65	51	50	48	-2	3.2	3.8	3.0	2.9	2.8	-0.1
Delaware	19	17	18	18	18	0	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.7	3.6	-0.1
District of Columbia	19	18	17	13	16	3	2.5	2.3	2.2	1.7	2.1	0.4
Florida	407	354	367	361	340	-21	4.1	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.4	-0.2
Georgia	187	164	144	173	161	-12	3.8	3.3	2.9	3.5	3.2	-0.3
Hawaii	19	27	21	21	20	-1	3.0	4.1	3.2	3.2	3.1	-0.1
Idaho	36	49	35	39	35	-4	4.1	5.6	4.0	4.4	4.0	-0.4
Illinois	181	206	199	199	199	0	2.9	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.2	0.0
Indiana	109	125	124	130	122	-8	3.3	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.7	-0.3
Iowa	44	55	51	50	51	1	2.8	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.2	0.1
Kansas	46	48	46	45	45	0	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.1	3.1	0.0
Kentucky	74	81	75	72	73	1	3.6	3.9	3.6	3.5	3.5	0.0
Louisiana	72	72	67	74	76	2	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.7	3.8	0.1
Maine	26	25	24	23	24	1	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.7	0.2
Maryland	99	85	88	89	85	-4	3.5	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.0	-0.1
Massachusetts	133	99	97	86	98	12	3.6	2.7	2.6	2.3	2.6	0.3
Michigan	163	173	157	179	166	-13	3.6	3.8	3.5	4.0	3.7	-0.3
Minnesota	84	97	85	85	89	4	2.8	3.2	2.8	2.8	2.9	0.1
Mississippi	41	42	41	42	40	-2	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.3	-0.2
Missouri	91	90	88	87	95	8	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.1	0.2
Montana	23	28	27	24	24	0	4.4	5.3	5.1	4.5	4.5	0.0
Nebraska	30	33	30	33	32	-1	2.8	3.1	2.8	3.1	3.0	-0.1
Nevada	58	65	65	56	54	-2	3.7	4.1	4.1	3.6	3.4	-0.2
New Hampshire	26	27	25	24	24	0	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.4	3.4	0.0
New Jersey	123	153	163	141	148	7	2.8	3.5	3.7	3.2	3.4	0.2
New Mexico	27	38	36	31	31	0	3.0	4.2	4.0	3.4	3.4	0.0
New York	284	301	298	288	291	3	2.9	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	0.0
North Carolina	163	162	157	179	187	8	3.3	3.2	3.1	3.5	3.7	0.2
North Dakota	14	19	16	16	16	0	3.1	4.2	3.5	3.6	3.6	0.0
Ohio	185	215	193	196	187	-9	3.3	3.8	3.4	3.4	3.3	-0.1
Oklahoma	73	63	61	63	61	-2	4.1	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.4	-0.1
Oregon	61	92	73	64	71	7	3.1	4.6	3.6	3.2	3.5	0.3
Pennsylvania	189	192	166	152	152	0	3.1	3.1	2.7	2.4	2.4	0.0
Rhode Island	21	25	20	19	21	2	4.1	4.8	3.9	3.7	4.1	0.4
South Carolina	97	98	94	95	103	8	4.1	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.2	0.3
South Dakota	14	16	15	16	15	-1	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.4	3.2	-0.2
Tennessee	130	119	128	130	131	1	3.9	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.8	0.0
Texas	495	443	518	492	412	-80	3.5	3.1	3.6	3.4	2.9	-0.5
Utah	64	78	65	64	59	-5	3.7	4.4	3.7	3.6	3.3	-0.3
Vermont	12	14	11	11	11	0	3.8	4.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.0
Virginia	148	188	143	142	144	2	3.5	4.4	3.3	3.3	3.4	0.1
Washington	108	120	110	101	102	1	3.0	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.8	0.0
West Virginia	29	29	28	28	28	0	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	0.0
Wisconsin	87	92	92	92	95	3	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	0.1
Wyoming	12	17	14	14	13	-1	4.1	5.7	4.7	4.7	4.4	-0.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 3. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,170	5,213	5,341	5,221	5,111	-110	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	-0.1
Alabama	67	77	65	65	67	2	3.1	3.5	2.9	2.9	3.0	0.1
Alaska	15	18	19	17	15	-2	4.5	5.3	5.6	5.0	4.4	-0.6
Arizona	101	133	126	115	116	1	3.1	4.1	3.9	3.5	3.6	0.1
Arkansas	46	45	44	41	42	1	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.0	0.0
California	536	537	652	560	524	-36	3.0	3.0	3.6	3.1	2.9	-0.2
Colorado	108	118	107	107	102	-5	3.6	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.4	-0.2
Connecticut	51	48	64	53	71	18	3.0	2.8	3.7	3.1	4.1	1.0
Delaware	17	18	16	22	16	-6	3.5	3.6	3.2	4.5	3.2	-1.3
District of Columbia	22	19	17	18	19	1	2.9	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.5	0.1
Florida	354	348	319	335	322	-13	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.2	-0.1
Georgia	182	167	131	147	151	4	3.7	3.3	2.6	2.9	3.0	0.1
Hawaii	18	21	23	20	19	-1	2.8	3.2	3.5	3.1	2.9	-0.2
Idaho	35	37	39	47	36	-11	4.0	4.2	4.4	5.3	4.1	-1.2
Illinois	217	200	189	200	214	14	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.2	3.5	0.3
Indiana	112	136	140	125	106	-19	3.4	4.1	4.3	3.8	3.2	-0.6
Iowa	51	51	57	60	50	-10	3.2	3.2	3.6	3.8	3.1	-0.7
Kansas	50	46	50	46	46	0	3.4	3.1	3.4	3.2	3.2	0.0
Kentucky	64	72	69	69	69	0	3.1	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	-0.1
Louisiana	62	69	66	66	61	-5	3.1	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.0	-0.3
Maine	24	25	26	24	25	1	3.6	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.8	0.1
Maryland	87	82	77	90	84	-6	3.1	2.9	2.7	3.2	3.0	-0.2
Massachusetts	98	108	111	100	102	2	2.6	2.9	3.0	2.7	2.7	0.0
Michigan	175	159	174	154	164	10	3.9	3.5	3.8	3.4	3.6	0.2
Minnesota	98	89	102	101	96	-5	3.3	2.9	3.3	3.3	3.1	-0.2
Mississippi	38	39	46	36	38	2	3.2	3.2	3.8	3.0	3.2	0.2
Missouri	102	95	100	90	97	7	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.0	3.2	0.2
Montana	21	25	25	26	26	0	4.0	4.7	4.7	4.9	4.9	0.0
Nebraska	38	36	37	34	34	0	3.6	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.2	0.0
Nevada	59	60	64	60	66	6	3.8	3.8	4.1	3.8	4.2	0.4
New Hampshire	22	23	25	28	29	1	3.1	3.2	3.5	4.0	4.1	0.1
New Jersey	117	127	141	136	111	-25	2.7	2.9	3.2	3.1	2.5	-0.6
New Mexico	27	31	32	33	33	0	3.0	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.6	0.0
New York	277	279	279	305	349	44	2.8	2.8	2.8	3.0	3.5	0.5
North Carolina	130	151	174	189	206	17	2.6	3.0	3.4	3.7	4.0	0.3
North Dakota	18	17	19	18	18	0	4.0	3.8	4.2	4.0	4.0	0.0
Ohio	201	207	232	179	185	6	3.6	3.6	4.1	3.1	3.2	0.1
Oklahoma	64	63	59	58	55	-3	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.1	-0.1
Oregon	64	68	71	71	81	10	3.2	3.4	3.5	3.5	4.0	0.5
Pennsylvania	208	185	157	163	141	-22	3.4	3.0	2.5	2.6	2.3	-0.3
Rhode Island	21	19	23	20	22	2	4.1	3.7	4.5	3.9	4.3	0.4
South Carolina	95	88	86	86	82	-4	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.4	-0.1
South Dakota	17	17	19	17	17	0	3.6	3.6	4.0	3.6	3.6	0.0
Tennessee	127	109	134	125	112	-13	3.8	3.2	3.9	3.7	3.3	-0.4
Texas	487	474	479	524	440	-84	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.1	-0.6
Utah	65	70	72	67	66	-1	3.7	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.7	-0.1
Vermont	11	12	12	11	13	2	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.5	4.1	0.6
Virginia	131	152	126	137	137	0	3.1	3.6	3.0	3.2	3.2	0.0
Washington	109	108	104	101	99	-2	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	-0.1
West Virginia	24	26	25	24	24	0	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.3	0.0
Wisconsin	94	96	100	90	98	8	3.1	3.1	3.3	2.9	3.2	0.3
Wyoming	11	12	14	15	15	0	3.7	4.0	4.7	5.0	5.0	0.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 4. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	3,177	3,270	3,209	3,166	3,091	-75	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	-0.1
Alabama	42	54	40	43	44	1	1.9	2.4	1.8	1.9	2.0	0.1
Alaska	10	11	11	10	9	-1	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.0	2.7	-0.3
Arizona	66	81	81	71	66	-5	2.1	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.0	-0.2
Arkansas	25	30	23	25	25	0	1.8	2.2	1.7	1.8	1.8	0.0
California	324	314	353	324	373	49	1.8	1.7	2.0	1.8	2.1	0.3
Colorado	70	68	64	72	54	-18	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.4	1.8	-0.6
Connecticut	30	26	39	23	25	2	1.8	1.5	2.3	1.3	1.5	0.2
Delaware	11	13	10	12	11	-1	2.2	2.6	2.0	2.4	2.2	-0.2
District of Columbia	13	12	10	10	12	2	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.3	1.6	0.3
Florida	258	243	204	208	221	13	2.6	2.4	2.0	2.1	2.2	0.1
Georgia	107	115	76	90	98	8	2.2	2.3	1.5	1.8	2.0	0.2
Hawaii	11	13	14	13	12	-1	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.0	1.8	-0.2
Idaho	23	22	22	33	20	-13	2.6	2.5	2.5	3.7	2.3	-1.4
Illinois	131	126	110	121	131	10	2.1	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.1	0.1
Indiana	69	93	92	77	60	-17	2.1	2.8	2.8	2.3	1.8	-0.5
Iowa	30	31	36	37	30	-7	1.9	1.9	2.3	2.3	1.9	-0.4
Kansas	31	29	31	28	23	-5	2.1	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.6	-0.3
Kentucky	36	42	39	41	37	-4	1.8	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.8	-0.2
Louisiana	32	45	43	42	41	-1	1.6	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	-0.1
Maine	15	14	14	12	12	0	2.3	2.1	2.1	1.8	1.8	0.0
Maryland	51	48	47	54	53	-1	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.0
Massachusetts	60	58	61	48	50	2	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.3	0.0
Michigan	108	106	109	86	96	10	2.4	2.3	2.4	1.9	2.1	0.2
Minnesota	64	55	57	59	57	-2	2.1	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0
Mississippi	24	26	30	23	25	2	2.0	2.2	2.5	1.9	2.1	0.2
Missouri	66	65	67	55	59	4	2.2	2.2	2.2	1.8	2.0	0.2
Montana	13	15	15	16	15	-1	2.5	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.8	-0.2
Nebraska	23	22	24	21	19	-2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.8	-0.2
Nevada	34	36	35	34	35	1	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.0
New Hampshire	13	13	14	14	14	0	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
New Jersey	65	69	84	67	59	-8	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.5	1.3	-0.2
New Mexico	16	20	18	20	19	-1	1.8	2.2	2.0	2.2	2.1	-0.1
New York	158	164	151	176	149	-27	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.8	1.5	-0.3
North Carolina	86	98	108	134	152	18	1.7	1.9	2.1	2.6	3.0	0.4
North Dakota	10	11	11	9	9	0	2.2	2.4	2.4	2.0	2.0	0.0
Ohio	118	137	162	116	105	-11	2.1	2.4	2.8	2.0	1.8	-0.2
Oklahoma	41	43	39	36	37	1	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.1	0.1
Oregon	41	43	44	45	45	0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	0.0
Pennsylvania	122	112	97	89	63	-26	2.0	1.8	1.6	1.4	1.0	-0.4
Rhode Island	13	11	12	10	10	0	2.5	2.1	2.3	1.9	1.9	0.0
South Carolina	61	60	55	58	56	-2	2.6	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.3	-0.1
South Dakota	11	11	11	10	10	0	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.1	2.1	0.0
Tennessee	78	70	72	76	78	2	2.3	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	0.1
Texas	297	301	306	355	296	-59	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.1	-0.4
Utah	38	42	40	40	39	-1	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	-0.1
Vermont	6	7	7	6	7	1	1.9	2.2	2.2	1.9	2.2	0.3
Virginia	87	100	80	79	91	12	2.1	2.3	1.9	1.8	2.1	0.3
Washington	60	62	57	64	58	-6	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	-0.1
West Virginia	15	18	16	15	16	1	2.1	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.2	0.1
Wisconsin	60	60	61	52	55	3	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.8	0.1
Wyoming	7	8	9	9	10	1	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.0	3.4	0.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	May 2025	June 2025	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Change from: July 2025 - Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,697	1,611	1,796	1,787	1,725	-62	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0
Alabama	21	19	21	20	21	1	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0
Alaska	4	6	7	6	5	-1	1.2	1.8	2.1	1.8	1.5	-0.3
Arizona	32	40	37	35	42	7	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.3	0.2
Arkansas	20	12	15	15	15	0	1.5	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0
California	173	192	249	196	123	-73	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.1	0.7	-0.4
Colorado	32	42	39	30	40	10	1.1	1.4	1.3	1.0	1.3	0.3
Connecticut	18	18	21	26	36	10	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.5	2.1	0.6
Delaware	5	4	5	9	4	-5	1.0	0.8	1.0	1.8	0.8	-1.0
District of Columbia	7	4	5	6	5	-1	0.9	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Florida	84	90	99	117	90	-27	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.2	0.9	-0.3
Georgia	69	44	45	51	48	-3	1.4	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.0
Hawaii	6	7	8	6	5	-1	0.9	1.1	1.2	0.9	0.8	-0.1
Idaho	11	12	15	12	12	0	1.3	1.4	1.7	1.4	1.4	0.0
Illinois	77	64	73	73	70	-3	1.3	1.0	1.2	1.2	1.1	-0.1
Indiana	36	37	40	39	41	2	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	0.0
Iowa	18	17	18	17	17	0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	0.0
Kansas	17	13	15	15	20	5	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.4	0.4
Kentucky	19	25	25	25	29	4	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.4	0.2
Louisiana	27	20	19	21	18	-3	1.4	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Maine	8	10	10	9	11	2	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.7	0.3
Maryland	31	24	23	33	26	-7	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.9	-0.3
Massachusetts	25	42	38	43	45	2	0.7	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2	0.0
Michigan	61	48	58	62	61	-1	1.4	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Minnesota	22	27	38	36	32	-4	0.7	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.0	-0.2
Mississippi	12	10	14	11	12	1	1.0	0.8	1.2	0.9	1.0	0.1
Missouri	32	25	27	29	31	2	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.0
Montana	7	9	9	9	8	-1	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.5	-0.2
Nebraska	13	12	11	11	13	2	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.2
Nevada	21	21	26	22	25	3	1.3	1.3	1.7	1.4	1.6	0.2
New Hampshire	8	9	9	11	12	1	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.7	0.1
New Jersey	43	50	46	60	46	-14	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.4	1.0	-0.4
New Mexico	9	8	12	10	10	0	1.0	0.9	1.3	1.1	1.1	0.0
New York	104	102	100	112	173	61	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.7	0.6
North Carolina	38	44	57	47	47	0	0.8	0.9	1.1	0.9	0.9	0.0
North Dakota	7	6	7	8	7	-1	1.6	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.6	-0.2
Ohio	73	61	58	54	70	16	1.3	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.2	0.3
Oklahoma	19	17	16	20	16	-4	1.1	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Oregon	20	20	22	21	23	2	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.1
Pennsylvania	75	62	52	67	73	6	1.2	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.1
Rhode Island	7	8	9	8	10	2	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.6	1.9	0.3
South Carolina	30	22	25	25	23	-2	1.3	0.9	1.0	1.0	0.9	-0.1
South Dakota	6	5	6	6	6	0	1.3	1.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0
Tennessee	42	32	55	45	29	-16	1.2	0.9	1.6	1.3	0.9	-0.4
Texas	162	126	152	157	129	-28	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Utah	25	22	29	23	21	-2	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.3	1.2	-0.1
Vermont	4	4	5	5	5	0	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0
Virginia	34	36	37	51	40	-11	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.9	-0.3
Washington	44	40	41	31	31	0	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.0
West Virginia	8	7	7	7	7	0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0
Wisconsin	29	31	34	32	38	6	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.2
Wyoming	4	4	5	5	4	-1	1.4	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.3	-0.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 6. Job openings levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	7,651	7,779	7,235	4.6	4.7	4.3
Alabama	123	117	108	5.3	5.0	4.6
Alaska	20	23	18	5.4	6.0	4.7
Arizona	175	171	143	5.2	5.1	4.2
Arkansas	79	70	69	5.5	4.8	4.8
California	617	799	698	3.3	4.3	3.7
Colorado	142	129	120	4.5	4.1	3.8
Connecticut	78	78	64	4.4	4.3	3.6
Delaware	22	35	20	4.3	6.5	3.9
District of Columbia	28	31	26	3.6	3.8	3.3
Florida	458	416	462	4.4	4.0	4.4
Georgia	282	299	291	5.4	5.7	5.5
Hawaii	25	33	26	3.8	4.9	3.9
Idaho	38	50	37	4.2	5.3	4.0
Illinois	287	296	318	4.5	4.6	4.9
Indiana	146	144	149	4.3	4.2	4.3
Iowa	71	81	70	4.3	4.9	4.2
Kansas	73	73	66	4.8	4.8	4.4
Kentucky	143	110	104	6.6	5.1	4.8
Louisiana	109	119	101	5.2	5.7	4.8
Maine	33	39	31	4.7	5.5	4.4
Maryland	150	177	115	5.0	5.8	3.9
Massachusetts	182	187	153	4.7	4.7	3.9
Michigan	212	258	257	4.5	5.4	5.4
Minnesota	174	168	154	5.4	5.2	4.8
Mississippi	71	63	68	5.7	5.0	5.4
Missouri	175	151	153	5.6	4.8	4.8
Montana	27	29	27	4.8	5.1	4.7
Nebraska	48	47	46	4.4	4.3	4.2
Nevada	68	69	65	4.2	4.2	4.0
New Hampshire	36	37	34	4.8	5.0	4.6
New Jersey	195	245	189	4.3	5.3	4.1
New Mexico	57	50	56	6.0	5.2	5.9
New York	496	483	467	4.8	4.6	4.5
North Carolina	254	285	263	4.8	5.3	4.9
North Dakota	24	24	24	5.1	5.1	5.0
Ohio	280	281	250	4.7	4.7	4.2
Oklahoma	113	118	102	6.0	6.2	5.4
Oregon	94	92	79	4.5	4.4	3.8
Pennsylvania	293	265	218	4.6	4.1	3.4
Rhode Island	31	26	26	5.6	4.8	4.8
South Carolina	154	136	127	6.1	5.3	5.0
South Dakota	23	21	22	4.7	4.3	4.5
Tennessee	179	155	149	5.1	4.4	4.2
Texas	662	605	642	4.5	4.1	4.3
Utah	76	80	71	4.2	4.3	3.9
Vermont	16	17	15	4.9	5.1	4.5
Virginia	264	243	222	5.9	5.4	4.9
Washington	136	151	128	3.6	3.9	3.4
West Virginia	46	42	41	6.1	5.6	5.4
Wisconsin	147	148	138	4.6	4.6	4.3
Wyoming	14	17	14	4.5	5.2	4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 7. Hires levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	5,862	5,758	5,654	3.7	3.6	3.5
Alabama	87	77	80	4.0	3.5	3.6
Alaska	16	19	15	4.5	5.3	4.3
Arizona	126	142	126	4.0	4.4	3.9
Arkansas	61	48	58	4.5	3.5	4.2
California	562	632	626	3.1	3.5	3.5
Colorado	104	118	95	3.5	3.9	3.2
Connecticut	59	55	52	3.5	3.2	3.0
Delaware	17	24	16	3.5	4.9	3.2
District of Columbia	17	16	14	2.2	2.0	1.9
Florida	468	347	380	4.7	3.5	3.8
Georgia	216	202	185	4.4	4.1	3.7
Hawaii	20	27	21	3.2	4.1	3.3
Idaho	36	45	34	4.1	5.1	3.8
Illinois	203	213	221	3.3	3.4	3.6
Indiana	127	144	137	3.9	4.4	4.1
Iowa	44	54	51	2.8	3.4	3.2
Kansas	55	46	52	3.8	3.2	3.6
Kentucky	96	72	94	4.7	3.5	4.5
Louisiana	82	82	87	4.2	4.1	4.4
Maine	25	30	24	3.7	4.4	3.6
Maryland	91	121	75	3.2	4.2	2.6
Massachusetts	135	102	103	3.6	2.7	2.7
Michigan	177	201	177	3.9	4.4	3.9
Minnesota	89	91	91	3.0	3.0	3.0
Mississippi	52	48	49	4.4	4.0	4.1
Missouri	103	92	108	3.5	3.0	3.6
Montana	23	25	23	4.2	4.7	4.3
Nebraska	36	36	36	3.4	3.3	3.4
Nevada	66	57	59	4.2	3.6	3.8
New Hampshire	30	29	27	4.2	4.1	3.9
New Jersey	115	147	136	2.6	3.3	3.1
New Mexico	39	35	41	4.4	3.9	4.6
New York	295	365	303	3.0	3.6	3.0
North Carolina	181	194	210	3.6	3.8	4.1
North Dakota	16	17	18	3.6	3.7	3.9
Ohio	216	203	213	3.8	3.5	3.7
Oklahoma	87	69	73	4.9	3.9	4.1
Oregon	66	79	74	3.3	4.0	3.7
Pennsylvania	219	161	174	3.6	2.6	2.8
Rhode Island	23	20	24	4.5	4.0	4.7
South Carolina	106	100	112	4.5	4.1	4.6
South Dakota	17	16	18	3.5	3.3	3.7
Tennessee	147	136	149	4.4	4.0	4.4
Texas	616	525	513	4.4	3.7	3.6
Utah	69	71	60	3.9	4.0	3.4
Vermont	12	13	11	4.0	4.2	3.6
Virginia	168	149	163	4.0	3.5	3.8
Washington	112	115	101	3.1	3.1	2.8
West Virginia	33	30	31	4.6	4.2	4.3
Wisconsin	90	101	100	2.9	3.3	3.2
Wyoming	12	16	12	4.0	5.2	4.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 8. Total separations levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	6,231	5,722	6,171	3.9	3.6	3.9
Alabama	80	75	80	3.7	3.4	3.6
Alaska	21	14	21	5.9	4.0	6.0
Arizona	109	137	121	3.4	4.3	3.7
Arkansas	56	54	51	4.1	4.0	3.7
California	634	599	623	3.5	3.3	3.5
Colorado	133	118	122	4.5	3.9	4.1
Connecticut	63	59	91	3.7	3.4	5.3
Delaware	20	25	19	4.1	5.0	3.8
District of Columbia	30	22	27	3.9	2.8	3.6
Florida	383	361	344	3.9	3.6	3.4
Georgia	214	171	180	4.3	3.4	3.6
Hawaii	25	21	26	3.9	3.3	4.0
Idaho	46	50	45	5.3	5.6	5.1
Illinois	249	192	256	4.0	3.1	4.2
Indiana	137	141	130	4.2	4.3	3.9
Iowa	70	65	68	4.4	4.1	4.3
Kansas	67	46	65	4.6	3.2	4.5
Kentucky	74	80	78	3.6	3.9	3.8
Louisiana	77	75	74	3.9	3.8	3.7
Maine	28	19	31	4.2	2.8	4.6
Maryland	106	109	102	3.7	3.8	3.6
Massachusetts	129	96	135	3.5	2.5	3.6
Michigan	210	169	195	4.7	3.7	4.3
Minnesota	113	103	112	3.7	3.4	3.7
Mississippi	48	40	46	4.0	3.4	3.8
Missouri	122	99	119	4.1	3.3	3.9
Montana	27	28	31	5.0	5.1	5.7
Nebraska	47	36	43	4.4	3.4	4.0
Nevada	68	69	76	4.4	4.4	4.9
New Hampshire	26	27	36	3.7	3.7	5.0
New Jersey	134	159	121	3.1	3.6	2.7
New Mexico	35	40	41	4.0	4.4	4.6
New York	342	341	426	3.5	3.4	4.2
North Carolina	171	214	247	3.4	4.2	4.8
North Dakota	24	20	24	5.3	4.4	5.4
Ohio	251	201	241	4.4	3.5	4.2
Oklahoma	78	66	67	4.4	3.7	3.7
Oregon	79	87	98	4.0	4.4	4.9
Pennsylvania	255	193	196	4.2	3.1	3.1
Rhode Island	24	20	26	4.7	3.8	5.1
South Carolina	111	99	97	4.7	4.1	4.0
South Dakota	22	16	22	4.7	3.4	4.6
Tennessee	142	142	127	4.2	4.2	3.7
Texas	607	552	545	4.3	3.9	3.8
Utah	75	72	73	4.3	4.1	4.1
Vermont	12	9	16	3.8	2.9	5.1
Virginia	156	143	166	3.7	3.3	3.9
Washington	142	113	124	3.9	3.1	3.4
West Virginia	30	32	28	4.2	4.5	3.9
Wisconsin	114	87	121	3.7	2.8	3.9
Wyoming	14	15	20	4.6	4.9	6.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 9. Quits levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	4,037	3,666	3,914	2.6	2.3	2.5
Alabama	54	51	55	2.4	2.3	2.5
Alaska	14	9	13	4.0	2.5	3.7
Arizona	74	91	71	2.3	2.9	2.2
Arkansas	33	35	32	2.4	2.6	2.3
California	373	361	441	2.1	2.0	2.5
Colorado	93	85	69	3.1	2.8	2.3
Connecticut	40	29	35	2.3	1.7	2.1
Delaware	14	15	14	2.7	3.1	2.8
District of Columbia	19	13	19	2.5	1.7	2.5
Florida	289	234	249	2.9	2.4	2.5
Georgia	130	107	119	2.6	2.1	2.4
Hawaii	15	14	16	2.4	2.2	2.4
Idaho	32	36	28	3.7	4.1	3.1
Illinois	168	122	172	2.7	2.0	2.8
Indiana	89	90	75	2.7	2.7	2.3
Iowa	43	42	42	2.7	2.7	2.6
Kansas	43	31	34	3.0	2.1	2.4
Kentucky	46	51	45	2.3	2.5	2.2
Louisiana	47	50	55	2.4	2.5	2.8
Maine	19	10	17	2.8	1.5	2.6
Maryland	66	73	68	2.3	2.5	2.4
Massachusetts	83	49	73	2.2	1.3	1.9
Michigan	143	101	121	3.2	2.2	2.7
Minnesota	76	64	68	2.5	2.1	2.2
Mississippi	32	27	32	2.7	2.2	2.7
Missouri	81	64	72	2.7	2.1	2.4
Montana	17	18	18	3.2	3.2	3.4
Nebraska	30	24	25	2.8	2.3	2.3
Nevada	42	42	44	2.7	2.7	2.8
New Hampshire	17	14	19	2.3	2.0	2.6
New Jersey	80	88	70	1.8	2.0	1.6
New Mexico	23	26	25	2.6	2.8	2.8
New York	211	206	206	2.1	2.0	2.1
North Carolina	117	158	188	2.3	3.1	3.7
North Dakota	14	10	13	3.2	2.3	2.9
Ohio	152	137	137	2.7	2.4	2.4
Oklahoma	52	43	46	3.0	2.4	2.6
Oregon	53	57	57	2.6	2.8	2.8
Pennsylvania	164	110	102	2.7	1.8	1.6
Rhode Island	16	11	13	3.1	2.1	2.5
South Carolina	75	68	69	3.2	2.8	2.8
South Dakota	15	10	13	3.2	2.2	2.7
Tennessee	94	92	94	2.8	2.7	2.8
Texas	404	390	392	2.9	2.7	2.7
Utah	45	47	45	2.6	2.6	2.5
Vermont	7	5	9	2.4	1.6	2.9
Virginia	110	90	119	2.6	2.1	2.8
Washington	78	76	74	2.1	2.1	2.0
West Virginia	20	22	20	2.8	3.1	2.8
Wisconsin	76	56	67	2.5	1.8	2.2
Wyoming	9	10	13	3.0	3.2	4.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 10. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

State	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)	Aug. 2024	July 2025	Aug. 2025(p)
TOTAL U.S.	1,857	1,751	1,911	1.2	1.1	1.2
Alabama	22	22	22	1.0	1.0	1.0
Alaska	6	4	6	1.8	1.2	1.8
Arizona	32	34	42	1.0	1.1	1.3
Arkansas	21	17	17	1.5	1.2	1.3
California	215	185	147	1.2	1.0	0.8
Colorado	34	27	43	1.1	0.9	1.4
Connecticut	19	25	44	1.1	1.5	2.6
Delaware	6	8	4	1.1	1.7	0.9
District of Columbia	8	7	6	1.0	1.0	0.8
Florida	81	115	84	0.8	1.2	0.8
Georgia	75	59	54	1.5	1.2	1.1
Hawaii	9	5	7	1.4	0.8	1.1
Idaho	13	11	13	1.4	1.3	1.5
Illinois	71	62	70	1.1	1.0	1.1
Indiana	40	39	49	1.2	1.2	1.5
Iowa	22	15	23	1.4	0.9	1.4
Kansas	22	12	27	1.5	0.8	1.9
Kentucky	18	25	29	0.9	1.2	1.4
Louisiana	26	22	17	1.3	1.1	0.8
Maine	8	7	12	1.2	1.0	1.7
Maryland	31	32	26	1.1	1.1	0.9
Massachusetts	32	37	54	0.9	1.0	1.4
Michigan	62	59	67	1.4	1.3	1.5
Minnesota	23	33	34	0.7	1.1	1.1
Mississippi	12	12	12	1.0	1.0	1.0
Missouri	36	28	40	1.2	0.9	1.3
Montana	8	8	9	1.5	1.5	1.7
Nebraska	14	10	15	1.4	0.9	1.5
Nevada	22	24	26	1.4	1.6	1.7
New Hampshire	8	10	14	1.1	1.4	2.0
New Jersey	44	60	44	1.0	1.4	1.0
New Mexico	10	11	12	1.2	1.2	1.3
New York	118	120	189	1.2	1.2	1.9
North Carolina	46	49	50	0.9	1.0	1.0
North Dakota	8	8	10	1.9	1.8	2.2
Ohio	86	55	91	1.5	1.0	1.6
Oklahoma	20	21	16	1.1	1.2	0.9
Oregon	23	24	28	1.2	1.2	1.4
Pennsylvania	78	74	86	1.3	1.2	1.4
Rhode Island	7	7	10	1.4	1.4	2.0
South Carolina	32	27	25	1.4	1.1	1.0
South Dakota	7	4	8	1.4	0.9	1.7
Tennessee	41	45	29	1.2	1.3	0.8
Texas	169	151	134	1.2	1.1	0.9
Utah	28	22	23	1.6	1.2	1.3
Vermont	4	3	6	1.1	1.1	1.8
Virginia	34	46	40	0.8	1.1	0.9
Washington	59	31	39	1.6	0.8	1.1
West Virginia	8	9	7	1.1	1.2	0.9
Wisconsin	32	25	47	1.0	0.8	1.5
Wyoming	4	4	5	1.4	1.5	1.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary