Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, June 2, 2026      USDL-26-0783
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			    JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – APRIL 2026

The number of job openings increased to 7.6 million in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 
reported today. Over the month, hires and total separations decreased to 5.1 million and 5.0 million, 
respectively. Within separations, both quits (3.0 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.7 million) were 
little changed.  

This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the 
total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. 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

The number and rate of job openings increased to 7.6 million (+731,000) and 4.6 percent, respectively, 
in April. Job openings increased over the year by 520,000. In April, the number of job openings 
increased in professional and business services (+668,000), but decreased in finance and insurance
(-135,000). (See table 1.) 

Hires

The number and rate of hires decreased to 5.1 million (-419,000) and 3.2 percent, respectively, in April. 
Hires were little changed in all industries. (See table 2.)

Separations

Total separations include quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits are generally 
voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of 
workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated 
by the employer. Other separations include separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers 
to other locations of the same firm.

In April, the number and rate of total separations decreased to 5.0 million (-399,000) and 3.1 percent, 
respectively. Total separations decreased in retail trade (-136,000). (See table 3.) 

In April, the number and rate of quits were little changed at 3.0 million and 1.9 percent, respectively. 
Quits were little changed in all industries. (See table 4.)

The number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.7 million and 1.1 percent, 
respectively, in April. Layoffs and discharges decreased in retail trade (-88,000). (See table 5.)

The number of other separations was little changed at 310,000 in April. (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

In April, for establishments with 1 to 9 employees, hires and separations rates showed little change, 
while the job openings rate increased. For establishments with 5,000 or more employees, the job 
openings, hires, layoffs and discharges, and total separations rates showed little or no change, while the 
quits rate increased. (See table 7.)

March 2026 Revisions

The number of job openings for March was revised up by 21,000 to 6.9 million, the number of hires was 
revised down by 19,000 to 5.5 million, and the number of total separations was revised down by 1,000 
to 5.4 million. Within separations, the number of quits was revised down by 11,000 to 3.2 million, and 
the number of layoffs and discharges was revised up by 17,000 to 1.9 million. (Monthly revisions result 
from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published 
estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)
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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for May 2026 are scheduled to be 
released on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)
Total	7,098	6,887	7,618	5,391	5,535	5,116	5,270	5,377	4,978
Total private	6,281	6,157	6,841	5,047	5,217	4,794	4,932	5,065	4,652
Mining and logging	23	20	22	24	20	22	21	20	19
Construction	207	234	259	349	306	323	344	304	295
Manufacturing	376	450	474	317	304	284	317	274	276
Durable goods	249	296	321	185	163	168	182	142	156
Nondurable goods	126	153	153	132	141	116	136	132	120
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,012	1,160	1,165	956	1,203	1,069	947	1,172	990
Wholesale trade	184	155	170	121	158	146	114	154	143
Retail trade	562	704	661	573	680	599	552	693	557
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	267	301	335	262	365	324	281	325	290
Information	134	83	87	83	89	78	80	94	87
Financial activities	424	501	367	212	205	175	234	206	191
Finance and insurance	290	435	300	142	131	116	162	139	125
Real estate and rental and leasing	134	66	67	70	74	59	72	67	67
Professional and business services	1,339	1,047	1,715	1,092	1,064	933	1,047	1,068	921
Private education and health services	1,683	1,486	1,582	843	796	729	783	747	717
Private educational services	159	108	115	97	101	90	94	100	93
Health care and social assistance	1,525	1,378	1,467	746	695	639	690	647	624
Leisure and hospitality	827	882	815	951	994	967	943	946	965
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	161	129	135	163	139	164	174	159	160
Accommodation and food services	666	753	679	788	855	803	768	788	805
Other services	254	294	356	220	236	214	216	232	191
Government	817	730	777	344	317	322	337	312	326
Federal	122	78	95	32	21	23	45	35	32
State and local	694	652	682	313	296	299	292	277	294
State and local education	238	234	249	156	138	140	150	130	141
State and local, excluding education	456	418	433	156	158	158	142	148	152
RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)
Total	4.3	4.2	4.6	3.4	3.5	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.1
Total private	4.4	4.4	4.8	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.4
Mining and logging	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.1
Construction	2.4	2.7	3.0	4.2	3.7	3.9	4.2	3.7	3.5
Manufacturing	2.9	3.4	3.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.2
Durable goods	3.1	3.7	3.9	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.3	1.8	2.0
Nondurable goods	2.6	3.1	3.1	2.7	3.0	2.4	2.8	2.8	2.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.4	3.9	3.9	3.3	4.2	3.7	3.3	4.1	3.4
Wholesale trade	2.9	2.5	2.7	2.0	2.6	2.4	1.9	2.5	2.4
Retail trade	3.5	4.4	4.1	3.7	4.4	3.9	3.6	4.5	3.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3.5	4.0	4.4	3.6	5.1	4.5	3.9	4.5	4.0
Information	4.5	2.9	3.1	2.9	3.2	2.8	2.8	3.4	3.1
Financial activities	4.4	5.2	3.9	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.3	2.1
Finance and insurance	4.1	6.1	4.3	2.1	2.0	1.7	2.4	2.1	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.2	2.6	2.7	2.8	3.0	2.4	2.9	2.8	2.7
Professional and business services	5.6	4.5	7.1	4.9	4.7	4.2	4.7	4.8	4.1
Private education and health services	5.8	5.1	5.4	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.9	2.7	2.6
Private educational services	3.8	2.6	2.8	2.4	2.5	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.3
Health care and social assistance	6.2	5.5	5.8	3.2	2.9	2.7	3.0	2.7	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	4.7	4.9	4.6	5.6	5.9	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.7	4.6	4.8	6.1	5.2	6.1	6.5	5.9	5.9
Accommodation and food services	4.5	5.0	4.5	5.6	6.0	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.6
Other services	4.1	4.7	5.6	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.9	3.2
Government	3.3	3.0	3.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Federal	4.0	2.8	3.4	1.1	0.8	0.9	1.5	1.3	1.2
State and local	3.3	3.1	3.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
State and local education	2.1	2.1	2.2	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3
State and local, excluding education	4.5	4.1	4.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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, other 
separations, 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, 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 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—that is, all filled and unfilled 
jobs—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, 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 separations measures are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; and 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, 
layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates are computed similarly.

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 sampling frame is made up of establishments from two sources: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program (QCEW) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). 
The QCEW database contains establishments that cover approximately 95 percent of nonfarm payroll jobs in the 
United States. This database is a compilation of administrative data from state unemployment insurance (UI) 
programs and federal government establishments covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees (UCFE) program. A frame of railroad establishments is provided by the FRA. This is added to the 
QCEW database to complete the JOLTS sampling frame. 

The JOLTS estimation method involves the following processes: unit nonresponse adjustment, item 
nonresponse adjustment, monthly benchmarking and estimation, automatic outlier detection, birth and death model 
estimation, estimates review and outlier selection, alignment, seasonal adjustment, and variance estimates. 
Establishment size class levels are also produced. Detailed information about the estimation method can be found in 
the Handbook of Methods at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/jlt/home.htm.

Monthly benchmarking is the process through which the JOLTS weighted employment for each estimation cell 
is adjusted. JOLTS estimation cells are benchmarked monthly to the current employment level from the BLS 
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The sampled weight is benchmarked to ensure that JOLTS weighted 
employment is equal to CES employment.

Birth/death model. The time lag from the start up, or birth, of an establishment until its appearance on the 
sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, many new establishments fail within the first year, referred 
to as a death. Because new and short-lived universe establishments cannot be reflected in the sampling frame 
immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and separations from these establishments 
during their early existence. BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses establishment birth and death activity 
from previous years as collected by the QCEW and projects forward to the present using over-the-year change in the 
CES. The birth/death model also uses historical JOLTS data to calculate the amount of churn (meaning the rates of 
hires and separations) that exists in establishments of various sizes. The model then combines the calculated churn 
with the projected employment change to estimate the number of hires and separations that take place in these 
establishments that cannot be measured through sampling. The estimates of job openings, hires, and separations 
produced by the birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates produced from the survey to arrive at the 
estimates for job openings, hires, and separations.

Alignment. The JOLTS figure for hires minus separations can be used to derive a measure of net employment 
change. This change should be comparable to the net employment change from the much larger CES survey. 
However, definitional differences between the two surveys, as well as sampling and nonsampling errors, historically 
caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit the divergence and improve the quality of the JOLTS hires 
and separations series, BLS implemented the monthly alignment method. There are four steps to this method: 
seasonally adjust, align, back out the seasonal adjustment factors, and seasonally adjust again.

Seasonal adjustment. After alignment, the seasonal adjustment program (X-13ARIMA-SEATS) is used 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 estimates are revised annually with the issuance of data for 
January. Five years of data are subject to revision. The revised estimates incorporate: 1) benchmarks based on CES 
employment estimates newly benchmarked to QCEW, 2) revised seasonal adjustment factors, and 3) any needed 
special adjustments.

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, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations 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. Sampling error 
estimates are available at 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.

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	7,098	7,240	6,922	6,887	7,618	731	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.6	0.4
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,281	6,488	6,197	6,157	6,841	684	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.8	0.4
Mining and logging	23	29	17	20	22	2	3.6	4.6	2.7	3.3	3.5	0.2
Construction	207	230	201	234	259	25	2.4	2.7	2.4	2.7	3.0	0.3
Manufacturing	376	510	443	450	474	24	2.9	3.9	3.4	3.4	3.6	0.2
Durable goods	249	330	291	296	321	25	3.1	4.1	3.6	3.7	3.9	0.2
Nondurable goods	126	180	152	153	153	0	2.6	3.6	3.1	3.1	3.1	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,012	1,157	1,136	1,160	1,165	5	3.4	3.9	3.8	3.9	3.9	0.0
Wholesale trade	184	169	153	155	170	15	2.9	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.7	0.2
Retail trade	562	677	685	704	661	-43	3.5	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.1	-0.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	267	311	298	301	335	34	3.5	4.2	4.0	4.0	4.4	0.4
Information	134	100	80	83	87	4	4.5	3.4	2.8	2.9	3.1	0.2
Financial activities	424	429	391	501	367	-134	4.4	4.5	4.1	5.2	3.9	-1.3
Finance and insurance	290	340	330	435	300	-135	4.1	4.8	4.7	6.1	4.3	-1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	134	89	61	66	67	1	5.2	3.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	0.1
Professional and business services	1,339	1,196	1,303	1,047	1,715	668	5.6	5.1	5.5	4.5	7.1	2.6
Private education and health services	1,683	1,453	1,360	1,486	1,582	96	5.8	5.0	4.7	5.1	5.4	0.3
Private educational services	159	123	90	108	115	7	3.8	2.9	2.2	2.6	2.8	0.2
Health care and social assistance	1,525	1,330	1,270	1,378	1,467	89	6.2	5.3	5.1	5.5	5.8	0.3
Leisure and hospitality	827	1,119	952	882	815	-67	4.7	6.2	5.3	4.9	4.6	-0.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	161	128	133	129	135	6	5.7	4.6	4.7	4.6	4.8	0.2
Accommodation and food services	666	991	818	753	679	-74	4.5	6.5	5.4	5.0	4.5	-0.5
Other services	254	263	315	294	356	62	4.1	4.2	5.0	4.7	5.6	0.9
Government	817	752	725	730	777	47	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.2	0.2
Federal	122	92	92	78	95	17	4.0	3.3	3.3	2.8	3.4	0.6
State and local	694	660	633	652	682	30	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.1	3.2	0.1
State and local education	238	263	237	234	249	15	2.1	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.2	0.1
State and local, excluding education	456	397	396	418	433	15	4.5	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.2	0.1
REGION(3)
Northeast	1,353	1,251	1,132	1,190	1,323	133	4.6	4.2	3.9	4.0	4.5	0.5
South	2,768	2,962	2,799	2,720	2,891	171	4.4	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.6	0.3
Midwest	1,501	1,572	1,539	1,502	1,491	-11	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	0.0
West	1,475	1,455	1,452	1,475	1,914	439	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.9	1.1
Footnotes (1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. (2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	5,391	5,347	4,899	5,535	5,116	-419	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.2	-0.3
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,047	5,026	4,567	5,217	4,794	-423	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.9	3.5	-0.4
Mining and logging	24	14	19	20	22	2	3.9	2.4	3.2	3.4	3.7	0.3
Construction	349	362	294	306	323	17	4.2	4.4	3.5	3.7	3.9	0.2
Manufacturing	317	290	282	304	284	-20	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.3	-0.1
Durable goods	185	164	157	163	168	5	2.4	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	0.0
Nondurable goods	132	126	125	141	116	-25	2.7	2.6	2.6	3.0	2.4	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	956	1,001	971	1,203	1,069	-134	3.3	3.5	3.4	4.2	3.7	-0.5
Wholesale trade	121	141	131	158	146	-12	2.0	2.3	2.2	2.6	2.4	-0.2
Retail trade	573	582	611	680	599	-81	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.4	3.9	-0.5
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	262	277	229	365	324	-41	3.6	3.9	3.2	5.1	4.5	-0.6
Information	83	91	71	89	78	-11	2.9	3.2	2.5	3.2	2.8	-0.4
Financial activities	212	157	187	205	175	-30	2.3	1.7	2.0	2.2	1.9	-0.3
Finance and insurance	142	101	128	131	116	-15	2.1	1.5	1.9	2.0	1.7	-0.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	70	56	59	74	59	-15	2.8	2.3	2.4	3.0	2.4	-0.6
Professional and business services	1,092	1,018	904	1,064	933	-131	4.9	4.5	4.0	4.7	4.2	-0.5
Private education and health services	843	811	716	796	729	-67	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.9	2.6	-0.3
Private educational services	97	88	91	101	90	-11	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.5	2.2	-0.3
Health care and social assistance	746	723	625	695	639	-56	3.2	3.0	2.6	2.9	2.7	-0.2
Leisure and hospitality	951	1,081	913	994	967	-27	5.6	6.4	5.4	5.9	5.7	-0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	163	154	148	139	164	25	6.1	5.8	5.5	5.2	6.1	0.9
Accommodation and food services	788	927	765	855	803	-52	5.6	6.5	5.4	6.0	5.6	-0.4
Other services	220	202	210	236	214	-22	3.7	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.5	-0.4
Government	344	321	332	317	322	5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	0.0
Federal	32	28	26	21	23	2	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.1
State and local	313	293	306	296	299	3	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4	0.0
State and local education	156	144	148	138	140	2	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	0.0
State and local, excluding education	156	149	158	158	158	0	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.0
REGION(3)
Northeast	830	899	856	808	739	-69	2.9	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.6	-0.3
South	2,121	2,082	1,877	2,229	2,029	-200	3.5	3.5	3.1	3.7	3.4	-0.3
Midwest	1,239	1,100	1,056	1,167	1,165	-2	3.7	3.3	3.2	3.5	3.5	0.0
West	1,201	1,266	1,109	1,331	1,183	-148	3.2	3.4	3.0	3.6	3.2	-0.4
Footnotes (1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month. (2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	5,270	5,144	5,022	5,377	4,978	-399	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.1	-0.3
INDUSTRY
Total private	4,932	4,820	4,697	5,065	4,652	-413	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.4	-0.3
Mining and logging	21	17	17	20	19	-1	3.4	2.9	2.9	3.4	3.1	-0.3
Construction	344	315	290	304	295	-9	4.2	3.8	3.5	3.7	3.5	-0.2
Manufacturing	317	295	288	274	276	2	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	0.0
Durable goods	182	165	161	142	156	14	2.3	2.1	2.1	1.8	2.0	0.2
Nondurable goods	136	130	127	132	120	-12	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.5	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	947	993	1,084	1,172	990	-182	3.3	3.5	3.8	4.1	3.4	-0.7
Wholesale trade	114	143	121	154	143	-11	1.9	2.4	2.0	2.5	2.4	-0.1
Retail trade	552	579	675	693	557	-136	3.6	3.8	4.4	4.5	3.6	-0.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	281	270	287	325	290	-35	3.9	3.8	4.0	4.5	4.0	-0.5
Information	80	95	96	94	87	-7	2.8	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.1	-0.3
Financial activities	234	181	179	206	191	-15	2.5	2.0	2.0	2.3	2.1	-0.2
Finance and insurance	162	124	125	139	125	-14	2.4	1.8	1.9	2.1	1.9	-0.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	72	57	53	67	67	0	2.9	2.3	2.2	2.8	2.7	-0.1
Professional and business services	1,047	1,002	884	1,068	921	-147	4.7	4.5	3.9	4.8	4.1	-0.7
Private education and health services	783	689	713	747	717	-30	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.6	-0.1
Private educational services	94	75	93	100	93	-7	2.3	1.8	2.3	2.5	2.3	-0.2
Health care and social assistance	690	615	620	647	624	-23	3.0	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.6	-0.1
Leisure and hospitality	943	1,035	947	946	965	19	5.6	6.1	5.6	5.6	5.7	0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	174	160	150	159	160	1	6.5	6.0	5.6	5.9	5.9	0.0
Accommodation and food services	768	876	797	788	805	17	5.4	6.1	5.6	5.5	5.6	0.1
Other services	216	197	200	232	191	-41	3.6	3.3	3.3	3.9	3.2	-0.7
Government	337	324	325	312	326	14	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.1
Federal	45	47	34	35	32	-3	1.5	1.7	1.3	1.3	1.2	-0.1
State and local	292	277	291	277	294	17	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.1
State and local education	150	140	153	130	141	11	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3	0.1
State and local, excluding education	142	137	138	148	152	4	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	0.1
REGION(3)
Northeast	858	895	847	860	721	-139	3.0	3.2	3.0	3.0	2.5	-0.5
South	2,076	1,855	1,872	2,074	2,013	-61	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.5	3.4	-0.1
Midwest	1,128	1,116	1,091	1,197	1,057	-140	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.6	3.2	-0.4
West	1,207	1,277	1,213	1,246	1,187	-59	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.4	3.2	-0.2
Footnotes (1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month. (2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	3,144	3,131	3,046	3,160	2,977	-183	2.0	2.0	1.9	2.0	1.9	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	2,958	2,952	2,867	2,986	2,782	-204	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1	-0.1
Mining and logging	12	12	13	13	13	0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0
Construction	156	129	134	139	145	6	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.7	0.0
Manufacturing	180	159	169	164	163	-1	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	0.0
Durable goods	104	96	88	82	91	9	1.3	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.1
Nondurable goods	76	63	82	82	73	-9	1.6	1.3	1.7	1.7	1.5	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	577	661	704	723	640	-83	2.0	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.2	-0.3
Wholesale trade	76	101	76	85	81	-4	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.4	1.3	-0.1
Retail trade	367	426	469	460	412	-48	2.4	2.8	3.0	3.0	2.7	-0.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	134	134	158	178	148	-30	1.8	1.9	2.2	2.5	2.1	-0.4
Information	31	40	42	31	26	-5	1.1	1.4	1.5	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Financial activities	128	104	99	139	109	-30	1.4	1.1	1.1	1.5	1.2	-0.3
Finance and insurance	84	69	70	93	71	-22	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.4	1.1	-0.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	44	35	29	46	38	-8	1.8	1.4	1.2	1.9	1.6	-0.3
Professional and business services	519	495	441	450	419	-31	2.3	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.9	-0.1
Private education and health services	536	471	479	529	505	-24	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	-0.1
Private educational services	53	47	54	56	54	-2	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	0.0
Health care and social assistance	483	423	426	473	450	-23	2.1	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.9	-0.1
Leisure and hospitality	671	744	643	653	635	-18	4.0	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.7	-0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	71	67	57	60	60	0	2.6	2.5	2.1	2.2	2.2	0.0
Accommodation and food services	600	677	586	593	576	-17	4.2	4.7	4.1	4.2	4.0	-0.2
Other services	147	137	143	145	126	-19	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.1	-0.3
Government	185	178	179	174	195	21	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.1
Federal	15	20	15	17	15	-2	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.0
State and local	170	159	164	158	180	22	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.1
State and local education	90	80	88	78	94	16	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.2
State and local, excluding education	80	78	76	80	86	6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.1
REGION(3)
Northeast	475	509	462	442	348	-94	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.2	-0.4
South	1,202	1,180	1,216	1,294	1,257	-37	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.1	-0.1
Midwest	716	682	680	709	652	-57	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.0	-0.1
West	751	760	688	715	720	5	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0
Footnotes (1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month. (2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	1,818	1,660	1,714	1,884	1,692	-192	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.1	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,740	1,591	1,637	1,811	1,617	-194	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	-0.1
Mining and logging	7	4	4	5	5	0	1.1	0.7	0.6	0.9	0.8	-0.1
Construction	175	162	150	150	128	-22	2.1	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.5	-0.3
Manufacturing	119	116	98	92	97	5	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.1
Durable goods	66	58	61	49	56	7	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.1
Nondurable goods	53	58	37	43	42	-1	1.1	1.2	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	312	278	329	381	282	-99	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.3	1.0	-0.3
Wholesale trade	34	29	41	58	55	-3	0.6	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Retail trade	154	126	175	187	99	-88	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.2	0.6	-0.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	125	123	114	136	128	-8	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.8	-0.1
Information	39	50	53	60	60	0	1.4	1.8	1.9	2.2	2.1	-0.1
Financial activities	85	57	49	44	57	13	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.1
Finance and insurance	61	40	35	26	31	5	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	24	17	14	18	25	7	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.3
Professional and business services	480	411	428	561	449	-112	2.1	1.8	1.9	2.5	2.0	-0.5
Private education and health services	211	181	191	182	184	2	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.0
Private educational services	31	24	29	33	32	-1	0.8	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.0
Health care and social assistance	180	157	162	149	152	3	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	248	278	285	271	299	28	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.8	0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	100	89	89	91	98	7	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.4	3.6	0.2
Accommodation and food services	148	189	196	180	202	22	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.4	0.1
Other services	64	52	49	64	57	-7	1.1	0.9	0.8	1.1	0.9	-0.2
Government	79	70	77	74	74	0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Federal	6	6	6	6	6	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
State and local	72	63	71	68	69	1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
State and local education	35	38	38	32	31	-1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
State and local, excluding education	37	26	33	36	37	1	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.0
REGION(3)
Northeast	337	329	331	350	300	-50	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.1	-0.1
South	757	555	565	649	647	-2	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.1	0.0
Midwest	348	376	364	442	346	-96	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.0	-0.3
West	376	401	453	444	398	-46	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.1	-0.1
Footnotes (1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month. (2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
Total	307	352	263	333	310	-23	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	234	277	193	269	253	-16	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
Mining and logging	2	1	1	2	1	-1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Construction	13	24	6	15	22	7	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.1
Manufacturing	18	20	20	17	16	-1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Durable goods	12	11	12	10	10	0	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Nondurable goods	7	9	8	7	6	-1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	58	53	50	68	68	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Wholesale trade	5	13	4	11	8	-3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.1
Retail trade	31	28	31	46	46	0	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	22	13	15	11	14	3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Information	10	5	1	4	2	-2	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Financial activities	20	20	30	23	25	2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Finance and insurance	17	15	20	20	22	2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	3	5	11	3	3	0	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0
Professional and business services	48	96	15	58	54	-4	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Private education and health services	37	37	42	36	28	-8	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Private educational services	9	3	10	12	6	-6	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Health care and social assistance	27	35	32	24	21	-3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	24	14	19	22	30	8	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4	4	3	8	3	-5	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.1	-0.2
Accommodation and food services	20	10	16	14	28	14	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Other services	4	7	8	23	7	-16	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.1	-0.3
Government	74	76	70	64	57	-7	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Federal	24	21	14	12	12	0	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
State and local	50	55	56	52	45	-7	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	-0.1
State and local education	25	22	27	20	16	-4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	-0.1
State and local, excluding education	25	33	29	32	29	-3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
REGION(3)
Northeast	47	57	53	68	74	6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1
South	117	120	90	132	109	-23	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Midwest	64	59	47	46	59	13	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
West	79	116	72	87	68	-19	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Footnotes (1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month. (2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero. NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 7. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, seasonally adjusted

Establishment size class	Levels (in thousands)						Rates
	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Jan. 2026	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Change from: Mar. 2026 - Apr. 2026(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	6,281	6,488	6,197	6,157	6,841	684	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.8	0.4
1 to 9 employees	1,231	1,213	787	905	1,530	625	5.2	5.3	3.5	4.1	5.9	1.8
10 to 49 employees	1,705	2,063	2,036	1,940	1,996	56	3.9	4.8	4.7	4.6	4.6	0.0
50 to 249 employees	1,900	1,817	1,884	1,814	1,739	-75	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.3	4.2	-0.1
250 to 999 employees	821	745	791	829	850	21	4.5	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.6	0.5
1,000 to 4,999 employees	447	453	467	442	497	55	5.4	5.0	4.9	4.6	5.9	1.3
5,000 or more employees	176	197	232	227	230	3	4.0	4.4	4.8	4.5	5.1	0.6
HIRES
Total private	5,047	5,026	4,567	5,217	4,794	-423	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.9	3.5	-0.4
1 to 9 employees	730	735	646	777	731	-46	3.3	3.4	3.0	3.6	3.0	-0.6
10 to 49 employees	1,588	1,856	1,522	1,521	1,414	-107	3.8	4.5	3.7	3.8	3.4	-0.4
50 to 249 employees	1,755	1,510	1,449	1,852	1,641	-211	4.3	3.6	3.6	4.6	4.2	-0.4
250 to 999 employees	642	576	597	687	640	-47	3.7	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.6	0.1
1,000 to 4,999 employees	259	273	277	293	278	-15	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.5	0.3
5,000 or more employees	72	78	76	87	89	2	1.7	1.8	1.6	1.8	2.1	0.3
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	4,932	4,820	4,697	5,065	4,652	-413	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.4	-0.3
1 to 9 employees	851	563	677	753	736	-17	3.8	2.6	3.1	3.5	3.0	-0.5
10 to 49 employees	1,485	1,713	1,498	1,605	1,428	-177	3.5	4.2	3.6	4.0	3.4	-0.6
50 to 249 employees	1,573	1,540	1,541	1,619	1,573	-46	3.8	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.0	0.0
250 to 999 employees	667	675	659	703	564	-139	3.9	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.2	-0.4
1,000 to 4,999 employees	295	273	258	300	279	-21	3.8	3.1	2.8	3.3	3.5	0.2
5,000 or more employees	61	56	64	85	72	-13	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.8	1.7	-0.1
QUITS
Total private	2,958	2,952	2,867	2,986	2,782	-204	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.1	-0.1
1 to 9 employees	409	266	351	383	423	40	1.8	1.2	1.6	1.8	1.7	-0.1
10 to 49 employees	937	1,164	956	975	793	-182	2.2	2.8	2.3	2.4	1.9	-0.5
50 to 249 employees	1,039	992	1,003	1,024	1,030	6	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	0.1
250 to 999 employees	377	357	380	409	350	-59	2.2	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.0	-0.1
1,000 to 4,999 employees	164	143	142	159	149	-10	2.1	1.7	1.5	1.7	1.9	0.2
5,000 or more employees	32	30	36	35	37	2	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.9	0.2
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	1,740	1,591	1,637	1,811	1,617	-194	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	-0.1
1 to 9 employees	409	209	294	304	278	-26	1.8	1.0	1.3	1.4	1.1	-0.3
10 to 49 employees	474	473	482	550	542	-8	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.3	-0.1
50 to 249 employees	468	487	486	528	473	-55	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.2	-0.1
250 to 999 employees	260	290	256	263	183	-80	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.0	-0.3
1,000 to 4,999 employees	110	114	102	126	114	-12	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.4	1.4	0.0
5,000 or more employees	18	17	18	39	28	-11	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.8	0.7	-0.1
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	234	277	193	269	253	-16	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
1 to 9 employees	34	88	32	66	35	-31	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.1	-0.2
10 to 49 employees	73	76	60	80	93	13	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
50 to 249 employees	66	61	53	67	69	2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
250 to 999 employees	30	28	24	30	31	1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	20	15	14	15	16	1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
5,000 or more employees	10	9	9	11	7	-4	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only. NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment. NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	7,667	6,677	8,176	4.6	4.1	4.9
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,840	5,956	7,381	4.8	4.3	5.2
Mining and logging	26	21	26	4.1	3.3	4.1
Construction	220	247	270	2.6	3.0	3.2
Manufacturing	373	459	477	2.9	3.5	3.7
Durable goods	244	302	320	3.0	3.7	3.9
Nondurable goods	129	157	157	2.6	3.2	3.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,038	1,075	1,198	3.5	3.6	4.0
Wholesale trade	211	159	197	3.4	2.6	3.1
Retail trade	565	638	662	3.6	4.0	4.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	262	277	339	3.5	3.8	4.6
Information	152	81	98	5.0	2.8	3.4
Financial activities	473	491	396	4.9	5.1	4.2
Finance and insurance	320	430	322	4.5	6.1	4.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	154	61	74	5.9	2.5	3.0
Professional and business services	1,387	982	1,767	5.8	4.2	7.3
Private education and health services	1,869	1,427	1,792	6.4	4.9	6.0
Private educational services	168	103	124	3.8	2.4	2.9
Health care and social assistance	1,701	1,324	1,668	6.9	5.3	6.6
Leisure and hospitality	1,035	883	962	5.8	5.1	5.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	226	164	192	8.0	6.1	6.8
Accommodation and food services	809	719	770	5.4	4.9	5.1
Other services	268	293	396	4.3	4.7	6.2
Government	827	721	795	3.3	3.0	3.3
Federal	131	78	101	4.2	2.8	3.6
State and local	696	643	694	3.2	3.0	3.2
State and local education	224	225	241	1.9	2.0	2.1
State and local, excluding education	472	417	453	4.7	4.1	4.5
REGION(3)
Northeast	1,427	1,167	1,412	4.8	4.0	4.7
South	2,993	2,604	3,112	4.8	4.2	4.9
Midwest	1,663	1,508	1,611	4.8	4.3	4.6
West	1,583	1,398	2,041	4.1	3.7	5.2
Footnotes (1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. (2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 9. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	5,834	5,220	5,470	3.7	3.3	3.4
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,564	4,984	5,215	4.1	3.7	3.9
Mining and logging	26	21	25	4.2	3.6	4.2
Construction	422	311	402	5.2	3.8	4.9
Manufacturing	337	283	310	2.7	2.3	2.5
Durable goods	202	160	192	2.6	2.1	2.5
Nondurable goods	135	123	117	2.8	2.6	2.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	919	1,056	1,035	3.2	3.7	3.6
Wholesale trade	139	149	170	2.3	2.5	2.8
Retail trade	576	658	602	3.8	4.3	3.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	204	248	263	2.8	3.5	3.7
Information	84	87	78	2.9	3.1	2.8
Financial activities	257	188	205	2.8	2.1	2.3
Finance and insurance	169	121	131	2.5	1.8	2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	88	68	73	3.6	2.8	3.0
Professional and business services	1,245	1,159	1,037	5.5	5.2	4.6
Private education and health services	890	693	744	3.3	2.5	2.7
Private educational services	74	73	62	1.7	1.8	1.5
Health care and social assistance	817	620	681	3.5	2.6	2.9
Leisure and hospitality	1,154	970	1,163	6.9	5.9	6.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	248	142	248	9.5	5.7	9.4
Accommodation and food services	907	827	915	6.4	5.9	6.4
Other services	228	216	217	3.8	3.6	3.6
Government	270	236	255	1.1	1.0	1.1
Federal	31	19	22	1.0	0.7	0.8
State and local	239	217	232	1.1	1.0	1.1
State and local education	80	78	72	0.7	0.7	0.6
State and local, excluding education	159	139	160	1.6	1.4	1.6
REGION(3)
Northeast	904	788	770	3.2	2.8	2.7
South	2,280	2,095	2,169	3.8	3.5	3.6
Midwest	1,324	1,104	1,248	4.0	3.3	3.7
West	1,327	1,233	1,283	3.6	3.3	3.5
Footnotes (1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month. (2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 10. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	5,164	4,764	4,831	3.3	3.0	3.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	4,912	4,531	4,583	3.7	3.4	3.4
Mining and logging	21	19	19	3.4	3.2	3.2
Construction	329	247	284	4.0	3.1	3.4
Manufacturing	359	271	308	2.8	2.2	2.5
Durable goods	216	144	186	2.8	1.8	2.4
Nondurable goods	143	127	122	3.0	2.7	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	906	1,029	939	3.2	3.6	3.3
Wholesale trade	133	150	161	2.2	2.5	2.7
Retail trade	544	606	542	3.5	4.0	3.5
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	228	273	236	3.2	3.9	3.3
Information	76	86	84	2.7	3.1	3.0
Financial activities	239	195	197	2.6	2.2	2.2
Finance and insurance	166	133	125	2.5	2.0	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	73	62	72	3.0	2.6	3.0
Professional and business services	1,052	987	907	4.7	4.4	4.0
Private education and health services	830	663	747	3.0	2.4	2.7
Private educational services	73	69	74	1.7	1.7	1.8
Health care and social assistance	757	594	673	3.3	2.5	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	883	797	908	5.3	4.8	5.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	132	99	122	5.1	3.9	4.6
Accommodation and food services	751	699	786	5.3	5.0	5.5
Other services	217	236	190	3.6	3.9	3.2
Government	252	233	248	1.1	1.0	1.0
Federal	43	30	30	1.4	1.1	1.1
State and local	210	204	219	1.0	1.0	1.0
State and local education	91	77	87	0.8	0.7	0.8
State and local, excluding education	119	127	131	1.2	1.3	1.3
REGION(3)
Northeast	839	702	698	3.0	2.5	2.5
South	2,038	1,935	1,995	3.4	3.3	3.3
Midwest	1,069	1,070	961	3.2	3.2	2.9
West	1,218	1,056	1,177	3.3	2.9	3.2
Footnotes (1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month. (2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 11. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	3,199	2,914	2,982	2.0	1.8	1.9
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,053	2,773	2,823	2.3	2.1	2.1
Mining and logging	13	12	14	2.1	1.9	2.3
Construction	164	125	160	2.0	1.5	1.9
Manufacturing	203	166	183	1.6	1.3	1.5
Durable goods	125	84	111	1.6	1.1	1.4
Nondurable goods	78	82	72	1.6	1.7	1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	596	664	638	2.1	2.3	2.2
Wholesale trade	96	87	97	1.6	1.4	1.6
Retail trade	373	415	405	2.4	2.7	2.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	127	162	135	1.8	2.3	1.9
Information	29	22	20	1.0	0.8	0.7
Financial activities	137	133	115	1.5	1.5	1.3
Finance and insurance	90	90	73	1.3	1.4	1.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	48	42	42	1.9	1.8	1.7
Professional and business services	539	440	420	2.4	2.0	1.9
Private education and health services	568	500	535	2.1	1.8	1.9
Private educational services	46	42	47	1.1	1.0	1.1
Health care and social assistance	522	457	489	2.3	1.9	2.1
Leisure and hospitality	651	551	608	3.9	3.3	3.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	54	38	43	2.1	1.5	1.6
Accommodation and food services	597	513	565	4.2	3.7	4.0
Other services	152	162	130	2.5	2.7	2.2
Government	146	141	159	0.6	0.6	0.7
Federal	15	15	15	0.5	0.6	0.5
State and local	131	126	145	0.6	0.6	0.7
State and local education	57	51	63	0.5	0.5	0.6
State and local, excluding education	74	75	82	0.8	0.8	0.8
REGION(3)
Northeast	491	389	363	1.7	1.4	1.3
South	1,233	1,242	1,268	2.1	2.1	2.1
Midwest	706	643	619	2.1	1.9	1.9
West	770	640	731	2.1	1.7	2.0
Footnotes (1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month. (2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 12. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	1,668	1,548	1,549	1.1	1.0	1.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,620	1,507	1,505	1.2	1.1	1.1
Mining and logging	6	5	4	1.0	0.9	0.7
Construction	152	110	102	1.9	1.4	1.2
Manufacturing	135	89	108	1.1	0.7	0.9
Durable goods	78	50	65	1.0	0.6	0.8
Nondurable goods	57	39	43	1.2	0.8	0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	252	292	231	0.9	1.0	0.8
Wholesale trade	34	51	58	0.6	0.8	1.0
Retail trade	140	142	89	0.9	0.9	0.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	78	99	84	1.1	1.4	1.2
Information	37	60	62	1.3	2.2	2.2
Financial activities	83	44	57	0.9	0.5	0.6
Finance and insurance	61	27	31	0.9	0.4	0.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	23	17	27	0.9	0.7	1.1
Professional and business services	460	492	429	2.0	2.2	1.9
Private education and health services	224	139	188	0.8	0.5	0.7
Private educational services	20	20	23	0.5	0.5	0.5
Health care and social assistance	203	119	165	0.9	0.5	0.7
Leisure and hospitality	209	225	270	1.3	1.4	1.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	74	54	77	2.8	2.1	2.9
Accommodation and food services	135	171	193	1.0	1.2	1.4
Other services	61	51	54	1.0	0.9	0.9
Government	48	41	44	0.2	0.2	0.2
Federal	5	4	3	0.2	0.1	0.1
State and local	43	38	41	0.2	0.2	0.2
State and local education	20	18	16	0.2	0.2	0.1
State and local, excluding education	23	20	24	0.2	0.2	0.2
REGION(3)
Northeast	310	252	268	1.1	0.9	0.9
South	687	575	616	1.1	1.0	1.0
Midwest	304	390	285	0.9	1.2	0.9
West	366	331	380	1.0	0.9	1.0
Footnotes (1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month. (2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 13. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
Total	297	301	300	0.2	0.2	0.2
INDUSTRY
Total private	239	251	255	0.2	0.2	0.2
Mining and logging	2	2	1	0.3	0.3	0.2
Construction	12	13	21	0.2	0.2	0.3
Manufacturing	21	17	17	0.2	0.1	0.1
Durable goods	12	10	10	0.2	0.1	0.1
Nondurable goods	8	6	7	0.2	0.1	0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	58	74	71	0.2	0.3	0.2
Wholesale trade	3	12	6	0.1	0.2	0.1
Retail trade	31	50	48	0.2	0.3	0.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	24	12	17	0.3	0.2	0.2
Information	10	3	2	0.4	0.1	0.1
Financial activities	19	19	25	0.2	0.2	0.3
Finance and insurance	16	16	22	0.2	0.2	0.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	3	3	3	0.1	0.1	0.1
Professional and business services	53	54	58	0.2	0.2	0.3
Private education and health services	38	25	24	0.1	0.1	0.1
Private educational services	7	7	4	0.2	0.2	0.1
Health care and social assistance	31	17	20	0.1	0.1	0.1
Leisure and hospitality	22	22	30	0.1	0.1	0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3	7	2	0.1	0.3	0.1
Accommodation and food services	19	15	27	0.1	0.1	0.2
Other services	4	23	7	0.1	0.4	0.1
Government	58	50	45	0.2	0.2	0.2
Federal	23	11	12	0.8	0.4	0.4
State and local	35	40	33	0.2	0.2	0.2
State and local education	14	9	8	0.1	0.1	0.1
State and local, excluding education	22	31	25	0.2	0.3	0.3
REGION(3)
Northeast	38	61	66	0.1	0.2	0.2
South	117	118	111	0.2	0.2	0.2
Midwest	59	38	57	0.2	0.1	0.2
West	82	85	66	0.2	0.2	0.2
Footnotes (1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month. (2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero. NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Table 14. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, not seasonally adjusted

Establishment size class	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)	Apr. 2025	Mar. 2026	Apr. 2026(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	6,840	5,956	7,381	4.8	4.3	5.2
1 to 9 employees	1,462	749	1,748	6.2	3.4	6.7
10 to 49 employees	1,909	1,869	2,211	4.3	4.5	5.0
50 to 249 employees	2,049	1,803	1,839	4.8	4.3	4.5
250 to 999 employees	825	839	870	4.6	4.2	4.7
1,000 to 4,999 employees	421	457	483	5.2	4.8	5.8
5,000 or more employees	174	239	230	4.0	4.8	5.1
HIRES
Total private	5,564	4,984	5,215	4.1	3.7	3.9
1 to 9 employees	933	730	930	4.2	3.4	3.8
10 to 49 employees	1,930	1,476	1,669	4.6	3.7	4.0
50 to 249 employees	1,836	1,781	1,721	4.5	4.5	4.4
250 to 999 employees	593	638	591	3.5	3.3	3.4
1,000 to 4,999 employees	215	275	230	2.8	3.0	2.9
5,000 or more employees	56	83	74	1.4	1.7	1.7
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	4,912	4,531	4,583	3.7	3.4	3.4
1 to 9 employees	889	678	792	4.0	3.2	3.3
10 to 49 employees	1,567	1,337	1,470	3.7	3.4	3.5
50 to 249 employees	1,529	1,470	1,508	3.7	3.7	3.8
250 to 999 employees	632	675	519	3.7	3.5	3.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	242	292	230	3.1	3.2	2.9
5,000 or more employees	52	77	64	1.2	1.6	1.5
QUITS
Total private	3,053	2,773	2,823	2.3	2.1	2.1
1 to 9 employees	425	370	456	1.9	1.7	1.9
10 to 49 employees	1,066	846	874	2.5	2.1	2.1
50 to 249 employees	1,036	964	1,012	2.5	2.4	2.6
250 to 999 employees	352	393	315	2.1	2.0	1.8
1,000 to 4,999 employees	144	166	131	1.9	1.8	1.7
5,000 or more employees	29	34	36	0.7	0.7	0.8
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	1,620	1,507	1,505	1.2	1.1	1.1
1 to 9 employees	422	255	297	1.9	1.2	1.2
10 to 49 employees	423	416	500	1.0	1.1	1.2
50 to 249 employees	426	439	424	1.0	1.1	1.1
250 to 999 employees	251	251	175	1.5	1.3	1.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	84	112	86	1.1	1.2	1.1
5,000 or more employees	13	33	22	0.3	0.7	0.5
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	239	251	255	0.2	0.2	0.2
1 to 9 employees	42	53	39	0.2	0.3	0.2
10 to 49 employees	78	75	96	0.2	0.2	0.2
50 to 249 employees	67	66	72	0.2	0.2	0.2
250 to 999 employees	28	31	29	0.2	0.2	0.2
1,000 to 4,999 employees	14	14	12	0.2	0.2	0.2
5,000 or more employees	9	11	6	0.2	0.2	0.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only. NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment. NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.