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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, June 3, 2025       USDL-25-0924
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                          JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – APRIL 2025

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.4 million in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics reported today. Over the month, both hires and total separations were little changed at 5.6 
million and 5.3 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.2 million) and layoffs and discharges 
(1.8 million) changed little. 

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 were little changed at 7.4 million and 4.4 percent, in April. The 
number of job openings decreased in accommodation and food services (-135,000) and in state and local 
government, education (-51,000). The number of job openings increased in arts, entertainment, and 
recreation (+43,000) and in mining and logging (+10,000). (See table 1.)

Hires

In April, the number and rate of hires were little changed at 5.6 million and 3.5 percent, respectively. 
The number of hires was little changed in all industries in April. (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.

The number of total separations in April was little changed at 5.3 million. The total separations rate 
remained unchanged at 3.3 percent. Total separations increased in federal government (+9,000).        
(See table 3.)

In April, the number and rate of quits were little changed at 3.2 million and 2.0 percent, respectively. 
The number of quits was down by 220,000 over the year. (See table 4.)

In April, the number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.8 million and             
1.1 percent, respectively. Layoffs and discharges increased in health care and social assistance (+52,000) 
but decreased in state and local government, excluding education (-14,000) and in federal government  
(-4,000). (See table 5.)

The number of other separations was little changed at 308,000 in April. (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

In April, establishments with 1 to 9 employees and establishments with 5,000 or more employees 
showed little or no change in job openings, hires, and separations rates. (See table 7.)

March 2025 Revisions

The number of job openings for March was revised up by 8,000 to 7.2 million, the number of hires was 
revised down by 7,000 to 5.4 million, and the number of total separations was revised up by 46,000 to 
5.2 million. Within separations, the number of quits was revised up by 12,000 to 3.3 million, and the 
number of layoffs and discharges was revised up by 32,000 to 1.6 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.)
____________
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for May 2025 are scheduled to be 
released on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

7,619 7,200 7,391 5,584 5,404 5,573 5,388 5,183 5,288

Total private

6,764 6,342 6,544 5,229 5,055 5,215 5,025 4,845 4,954

Mining and logging

21 13 23 14 19 21 20 22 20

Construction

326 251 248 328 306 348 347 322 339

Manufacturing

491 397 381 384 319 330 376 311 325

Durable goods

324 261 245 230 186 203 223 184 194

Nondurable goods

166 136 136 154 134 128 153 127 131

Trade, transportation, and utilities

988 1,036 1,090 1,095 1,073 1,008 1,051 1,070 938

Wholesale trade

171 213 202 153 146 129 143 145 115

Retail trade

501 538 584 657 632 579 643 652 564

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

315 284 303 285 294 300 265 274 259

Information

95 154 181 75 83 85 72 76 75

Financial activities

445 428 426 192 244 212 213 223 222

Finance and insurance

312 305 293 126 170 139 138 151 154

Real estate and rental and leasing

133 123 133 66 75 73 75 72 68

Professional and business services

1,289 1,249 1,420 1,025 1,042 1,111 943 988 1,049

Private education and health services

1,769 1,512 1,627 937 824 854 843 742 790

Private educational services

227 144 157 98 94 92 90 86 85

Health care and social assistance

1,541 1,368 1,470 839 731 762 753 656 705

Leisure and hospitality

1,042 960 868 978 919 1,031 963 880 978

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

144 135 178 153 174 179 157 172 169

Accommodation and food services

898 825 690 825 746 852 806 708 809

Other services

299 341 281 201 226 216 196 211 217

Government

855 858 847 355 349 358 364 337 334

Federal

137 121 134 37 29 31 36 32 41

State and local

719 737 712 318 320 327 327 305 293

State and local education

253 291 240 170 160 167 172 149 154

State and local, excluding education

466 446 472 148 160 160 155 156 140




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

4.6 4.3 4.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.3

Total private

4.8 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6

Mining and logging

3.3 2.1 3.5 2.3 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.2

Construction

3.8 2.9 2.9 4.0 3.7 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.1

Manufacturing

3.7 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.5

Durable goods

3.9 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.3 2.5

Nondurable goods

3.3 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.7 2.6 3.2 2.6 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

3.3 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2

Wholesale trade

2.7 3.3 3.2 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.9

Retail trade

3.1 3.3 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.2 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

4.2 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.5

Information

3.1 5.0 5.8 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.6

Financial activities

4.6 4.4 4.4 2.1 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4

Finance and insurance

4.5 4.3 4.2 1.9 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

5.1 4.7 5.0 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7

Professional and business services

5.4 5.2 5.9 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.2 4.4 4.6

Private education and health services

6.3 5.3 5.6 3.6 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.7 2.9

Private educational services

5.4 3.5 3.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1

Health care and social assistance

6.4 5.6 6.0 3.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 2.8 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

5.9 5.4 4.9 5.8 5.4 6.1 5.7 5.2 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

5.2 4.8 6.2 5.9 6.5 6.6 6.0 6.4 6.3

Accommodation and food services

6.0 5.5 4.6 5.8 5.2 6.0 5.7 5.0 5.7

Other services

4.8 5.4 4.4 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6

Government

3.5 3.5 3.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4

Federal

4.4 3.9 4.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.4

State and local

3.4 3.5 3.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4

State and local education

2.3 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4

State and local, excluding education

4.6 4.4 4.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4

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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

7,619 7,762 7,480 7,200 7,391 191 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.4 0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

6,764 6,860 6,588 6,342 6,544 202 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 0.1

Mining and logging

21 16 20 13 23 10 3.3 2.6 3.1 2.1 3.5 1.4

Construction

326 242 286 251 248 -3 3.8 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.9 0.0

Manufacturing

491 513 445 397 381 -16 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.9 -0.1

Durable goods

324 369 313 261 245 -16 3.9 4.5 3.8 3.2 3.0 -0.2

Nondurable goods

166 144 131 136 136 0 3.3 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.7 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

988 1,234 1,036 1,036 1,090 54 3.3 4.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 0.2

Wholesale trade

171 226 163 213 202 -11 2.7 3.5 2.6 3.3 3.2 -0.1

Retail trade

501 656 528 538 584 46 3.1 4.0 3.3 3.3 3.6 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

315 352 345 284 303 19 4.2 4.6 4.5 3.7 3.9 0.2

Information

95 130 131 154 181 27 3.1 4.2 4.2 5.0 5.8 0.8

Financial activities

445 516 431 428 426 -2 4.6 5.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 0.0

Finance and insurance

312 350 271 305 293 -12 4.5 4.9 3.9 4.3 4.2 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

133 166 160 123 133 10 5.1 6.3 6.0 4.7 5.0 0.3

Professional and business services

1,289 1,211 1,336 1,249 1,420 171 5.4 5.1 5.6 5.2 5.9 0.7

Private education and health services

1,769 1,650 1,570 1,512 1,627 115 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.6 0.3

Private educational services

227 152 165 144 157 13 5.4 3.7 4.0 3.5 3.8 0.3

Health care and social assistance

1,541 1,498 1,405 1,368 1,470 102 6.4 6.1 5.7 5.6 6.0 0.4

Leisure and hospitality

1,042 1,057 1,030 960 868 -92 5.9 5.9 5.7 5.4 4.9 -0.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

144 156 130 135 178 43 5.2 5.5 4.6 4.8 6.2 1.4

Accommodation and food services

898 901 900 825 690 -135 6.0 5.9 5.9 5.5 4.6 -0.9

Other services

299 291 304 341 281 -60 4.8 4.6 4.8 5.4 4.4 -1.0

Government

855 902 892 858 847 -11 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5 0.0

Federal

137 132 134 121 134 13 4.4 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.3 0.4

State and local

719 770 759 737 712 -25 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 -0.2

State and local education

253 282 279 291 240 -51 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.2 -0.4

State and local, excluding education

466 489 480 446 472 26 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.6 0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,334 1,366 1,401 1,278 1,394 116 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.7 0.4

South

3,161 3,060 2,839 2,719 2,846 127 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.5 0.2

Midwest

1,578 1,665 1,642 1,688 1,603 -85 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.5 -0.3

West

1,547 1,670 1,599 1,514 1,547 33 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.0 0.1

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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

5,584 5,371 5,370 5,404 5,573 169 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,229 5,000 5,020 5,055 5,215 160 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 0.1

Mining and logging

14 17 23 19 21 2 2.3 2.7 3.6 3.0 3.4 0.4

Construction

328 346 347 306 348 42 4.0 4.2 4.2 3.7 4.2 0.5

Manufacturing

384 332 318 319 330 11 3.0 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 0.1

Durable goods

230 194 192 186 203 17 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 0.2

Nondurable goods

154 138 127 134 128 -6 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6 -0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,095 1,092 1,078 1,073 1,008 -65 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.5 -0.2

Wholesale trade

153 156 169 146 129 -17 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.1 -0.3

Retail trade

657 637 601 632 579 -53 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.1 3.7 -0.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

285 298 308 294 300 6 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.1 0.1

Information

75 80 79 83 85 2 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 0.1

Financial activities

192 201 217 244 212 -32 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.3 -0.3

Finance and insurance

126 133 147 170 139 -31 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.1 -0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

66 68 70 75 73 -2 2.7 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.9 -0.1

Professional and business services

1,025 962 1,056 1,042 1,111 69 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.6 4.9 0.3

Private education and health services

937 833 799 824 854 30 3.6 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.1 0.1

Private educational services

98 90 90 94 92 -2 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 0.0

Health care and social assistance

839 743 709 731 762 31 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

978 901 888 919 1,031 112 5.8 5.3 5.2 5.4 6.1 0.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

153 159 177 174 179 5 5.9 5.9 6.6 6.5 6.6 0.1

Accommodation and food services

825 742 711 746 852 106 5.8 5.2 5.0 5.2 6.0 0.8

Other services

201 238 215 226 216 -10 3.4 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Government

355 371 350 349 358 9 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0

Federal

37 34 30 29 31 2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

State and local

318 337 320 320 327 7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0

State and local education

170 176 166 160 167 7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0

State and local, excluding education

148 161 154 160 160 0 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

784 830 848 883 818 -65 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 -0.2

South

2,352 2,224 2,196 2,099 2,240 141 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.7 0.2

Midwest

1,202 1,137 1,138 1,222 1,234 12 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.7 0.1

West

1,246 1,180 1,187 1,200 1,282 82 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 0.2

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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

5,388 5,272 5,316 5,183 5,288 105 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,025 4,959 4,966 4,845 4,954 109 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

Mining and logging

20 20 19 22 20 -2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.2 -0.3

Construction

347 333 348 322 339 17 4.2 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.1 0.2

Manufacturing

376 337 323 311 325 14 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 0.1

Durable goods

223 202 194 184 194 10 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.5 0.2

Nondurable goods

153 135 129 127 131 4 3.2 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.7 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,051 1,084 1,089 1,070 938 -132 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.2 -0.5

Wholesale trade

143 165 144 145 115 -30 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.9 -0.4

Retail trade

643 597 645 652 564 -88 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.6 -0.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

265 322 301 274 259 -15 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.7 3.5 -0.2

Information

72 81 85 76 75 -1 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 0.0

Financial activities

213 181 190 223 222 -1 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.4 0.0

Finance and insurance

138 125 124 151 154 3 2.1 1.9 1.8 2.2 2.3 0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

75 56 66 72 68 -4 3.0 2.3 2.7 2.9 2.7 -0.2

Professional and business services

943 1,038 1,023 988 1,049 61 4.2 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.6 0.2

Private education and health services

843 747 736 742 790 48 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.9 0.2

Private educational services

90 83 82 86 85 -1 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.0

Health care and social assistance

753 664 654 656 705 49 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.0 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

963 892 939 880 978 98 5.7 5.3 5.5 5.2 5.8 0.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

157 147 175 172 169 -3 6.0 5.5 6.5 6.4 6.3 -0.1

Accommodation and food services

806 745 765 708 809 101 5.7 5.2 5.4 5.0 5.7 0.7

Other services

196 247 214 211 217 6 3.3 4.1 3.6 3.5 3.6 0.1

Government

364 313 350 337 334 -3 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 0.0

Federal

36 29 41 32 41 9 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.4 0.3

State and local

327 284 309 305 293 -12 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 -0.1

State and local education

172 140 176 149 154 5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.0

State and local, excluding education

155 144 133 156 140 -16 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.4 -0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

845 808 859 790 840 50 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.0 0.2

South

2,111 2,046 2,158 2,018 2,069 51 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.4 0.0

Midwest

1,176 1,171 1,109 1,136 1,116 -20 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 -0.1

West

1,256 1,247 1,191 1,237 1,262 25 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.4 0.1

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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

3,414 3,256 3,250 3,344 3,194 -150 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 -0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,194 3,078 3,054 3,159 3,011 -148 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 -0.1

Mining and logging

13 14 11 14 13 -1 2.1 2.2 1.8 2.3 2.1 -0.2

Construction

183 164 180 166 147 -19 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.8 -0.2

Manufacturing

219 185 179 184 186 2 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 0.1

Durable goods

129 110 108 110 113 3 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0

Nondurable goods

90 75 71 74 72 -2 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

698 669 674 707 584 -123 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.0 -0.4

Wholesale trade

85 105 87 95 69 -26 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.1 -0.4

Retail trade

464 395 404 473 393 -80 3.0 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.5 -0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

149 169 183 139 121 -18 2.1 2.3 2.5 1.9 1.6 -0.3

Information

40 43 30 35 36 1 1.3 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.0

Financial activities

108 123 116 138 127 -11 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 -0.1

Finance and insurance

71 73 76 94 88 -6 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.4 1.3 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

38 50 39 44 39 -5 1.5 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.6 -0.2

Professional and business services

504 589 576 558 529 -29 2.2 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3 -0.2

Private education and health services

591 509 489 536 544 8 2.2 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 0.0

Private educational services

51 52 51 53 48 -5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 -0.1

Health care and social assistance

539 457 438 483 497 14 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

695 607 641 673 701 28 4.1 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

84 71 77 71 68 -3 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.5 -0.1

Accommodation and food services

611 536 564 602 633 31 4.3 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.4 0.2

Other services

143 175 157 148 144 -4 2.4 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 -0.1

Government

220 178 197 186 183 -3 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0

Federal

17 13 12 14 14 0 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.0

State and local

203 165 185 172 169 -3 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.0

State and local education

113 81 107 91 92 1 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.0

State and local, excluding education

90 84 77 80 77 -3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

492 472 473 477 460 -17 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 -0.1

South

1,451 1,340 1,372 1,339 1,234 -105 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Midwest

741 702 711 755 715 -40 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 -0.1

West

730 741 695 773 786 13 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

1,587 1,674 1,780 1,590 1,786 196 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,505 1,596 1,680 1,490 1,709 219 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.2

Mining and logging

5 4 6 7 6 -1 0.8 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.0 -0.2

Construction

153 149 149 150 176 26 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.1 0.3

Manufacturing

130 132 121 106 120 14 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.1

Durable goods

76 80 72 60 69 9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.1

Nondurable goods

53 52 49 47 51 4 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

290 361 379 324 305 -19 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 -0.1

Wholesale trade

48 48 47 43 38 -5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 -0.1

Retail trade

141 171 229 162 140 -22 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.9 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

101 143 103 119 126 7 1.4 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.7 0.1

Information

28 30 47 33 29 -4 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.1 1.0 -0.1

Financial activities

76 35 54 65 74 9 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.1

Finance and insurance

47 32 31 41 50 9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

29 4 23 24 24 0 1.2 0.2 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.0

Professional and business services

334 379 412 394 476 82 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.1 0.4

Private education and health services

210 189 192 152 205 53 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.2

Private educational services

35 26 28 27 27 0 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0

Health care and social assistance

175 163 164 125 177 52 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.3

Leisure and hospitality

242 246 266 196 253 57 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.2 1.5 0.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

70 71 94 96 97 1 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.6 3.6 0.0

Accommodation and food services

172 175 172 99 156 57 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.4

Other services

36 71 54 62 65 3 0.6 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.1

Government

82 78 100 100 76 -24 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 -0.1

Federal

7 4 19 8 4 -4 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.1 -0.2

State and local

75 73 81 92 73 -19 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local education

37 39 43 42 37 -5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 -0.1

State and local, excluding education

38 34 38 50 36 -14 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 -0.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

300 280 338 256 324 68 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.9 1.1 0.2

South

513 595 671 599 724 125 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.2

Midwest

367 404 350 324 340 16 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0

West

407 394 421 411 399 -12 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0

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 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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

Total

386 342 286 248 308 60 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

325 285 232 197 233 36 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Mining and logging

2 2 1 1 1 0 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Construction

11 19 18 5 15 10 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

28 20 23 21 19 -2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Durable goods

18 13 15 15 12 -3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods

10 7 9 7 8 1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

63 54 36 40 49 9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Wholesale trade

10 13 9 6 8 2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Retail trade

38 31 12 17 30 13 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

14 10 15 16 11 -5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Information

5 8 7 8 10 2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1

Financial activities

28 22 21 19 21 2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Finance and insurance

21 20 16 15 16 1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

8 3 4 4 5 1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Professional and business services

105 70 35 36 44 8 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private education and health services

42 49 55 53 41 -12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Private educational services

3 5 4 5 10 5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance

38 44 51 48 31 -17 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Leisure and hospitality

26 39 33 12 24 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 5 4 5 4 -1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Accommodation and food services

23 35 29 7 20 13 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1

Other services

17 0 3 2 9 7 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2

Government

61 57 53 51 75 24 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Federal

12 12 10 10 23 13 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.5

State and local

49 45 43 41 52 11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

State and local education

21 19 25 16 25 9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

State and local, excluding education

27 26 18 25 27 2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

54 55 47 58 57 -1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

146 111 115 81 112 31 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Midwest

68 64 48 57 61 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

119 112 75 53 77 24 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

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.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Change from:
Mar. 2025 -
Apr. 2025(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

6,764 6,860 6,588 6,342 6,544 202 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.6 0.1

1 to 9 employees

1,194 1,233 1,160 1,089 1,273 184 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.1 5.1 0.0

10 to 49 employees

2,107 2,150 2,069 2,013 1,941 -72 4.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.4 -0.2

50 to 249 employees

1,881 2,005 1,867 1,720 1,931 211 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.1 4.5 0.4

250 to 999 employees

858 815 808 812 770 -42 4.5 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.4 0.4

1,000 to 4,999 employees

480 443 472 484 452 -32 5.8 4.9 4.8 5.1 5.6 0.5

5,000 or more employees

245 213 212 225 177 -48 5.0 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 -0.2

HIRES

Total private

5,229 5,000 5,020 5,055 5,215 160 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 0.1

1 to 9 employees

736 828 743 777 816 39 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.5 -0.3

10 to 49 employees

1,754 1,551 1,619 1,796 1,691 -105 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.0 -0.3

50 to 249 employees

1,611 1,611 1,618 1,433 1,743 310 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.2 0.6

250 to 999 employees

709 670 673 680 628 -52 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.7 0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

323 261 276 282 267 -15 4.2 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.5 0.4

5,000 or more employees

95 80 90 87 69 -18 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 0.0

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

5,025 4,959 4,966 4,845 4,954 109 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

1 to 9 employees

702 744 687 689 816 127 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 0.1

10 to 49 employees

1,697 1,574 1,581 1,750 1,594 -156 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.8 -0.4

50 to 249 employees

1,583 1,607 1,637 1,379 1,568 189 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.8 0.4

250 to 999 employees

676 662 690 672 634 -38 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.8 0.4

1,000 to 4,999 employees

282 293 290 276 278 2 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.6 0.5

5,000 or more employees

85 79 81 80 64 -16 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 -0.1

QUITS

Total private

3,194 3,078 3,054 3,159 3,011 -148 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 -0.1

1 to 9 employees

363 528 348 437 457 20 1.8 2.4 1.7 2.1 1.9 -0.2

10 to 49 employees

1,175 954 1,059 1,194 978 -216 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.9 2.3 -0.6

50 to 249 employees

1,036 1,005 1,058 939 1,023 84 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.5 0.2

250 to 999 employees

408 394 390 389 361 -28 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

162 153 159 152 158 6 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.1 0.4

5,000 or more employees

50 44 40 46 35 -11 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 -0.1

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,505 1,596 1,680 1,490 1,709 219 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.2

1 to 9 employees

234 155 328 234 319 85 1.1 0.7 1.6 1.1 1.4 0.3

10 to 49 employees

425 533 444 491 543 52 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.1

50 to 249 employees

480 533 506 385 482 97 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.2

250 to 999 employees

238 238 268 255 248 -7 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.5 0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

102 110 103 99 97 -2 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 0.2

5,000 or more employees

26 26 30 25 19 -6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.0

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

325 285 232 197 233 36 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

1 to 9 employees

105 61 11 17 40 23 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

10 to 49 employees

96 86 78 65 73 8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

50 to 249 employees

67 69 73 55 63 8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

250 to 999 employees

30 29 32 28 25 -3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

1,000 to 4,999 employees

18 29 28 24 23 -1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

5,000 or more employees

10 10 10 8 10 2 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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

8,170 6,986 7,964 4.9 4.2 4.8

INDUSTRY

Total private

7,326 6,136 7,131 5.2 4.4 5.0

Mining and logging

22 14 24 3.4 2.2 3.7

Construction

349 258 272 4.1 3.1 3.2

Manufacturing

483 402 369 3.6 3.1 2.8

Durable goods

320 263 235 3.9 3.2 2.9

Nondurable goods

163 139 134 3.3 2.8 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,003 918 1,111 3.4 3.1 3.7

Wholesale trade

188 222 221 3.0 3.5 3.5

Retail trade

487 430 584 3.1 2.7 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

328 266 307 4.4 3.5 4.0

Information

102 160 206 3.4 5.2 6.6

Financial activities

490 402 466 5.1 4.2 4.8

Finance and insurance

341 291 320 4.9 4.2 4.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

149 111 147 5.8 4.3 5.6

Professional and business services

1,352 1,195 1,500 5.6 5.1 6.2

Private education and health services

1,941 1,438 1,800 6.8 5.0 6.2

Private educational services

236 137 163 5.4 3.2 3.8

Health care and social assistance

1,705 1,302 1,637 7.1 5.3 6.6

Leisure and hospitality

1,260 1,008 1,086 7.0 5.7 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

185 188 232 6.8 6.9 8.1

Accommodation and food services

1,075 821 854 7.1 5.5 5.7

Other services

324 340 297 5.2 5.4 4.7

Government

845 850 833 3.5 3.4 3.4

Federal

143 123 139 4.6 3.9 4.4

State and local

702 728 695 3.3 3.4 3.2

State and local education

236 274 225 2.1 2.4 2.0

State and local, excluding education

465 454 470 4.7 4.5 4.6

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,365 1,270 1,448 4.7 4.3 4.9

South

3,416 2,619 3,120 5.4 4.2 4.9

Midwest

1,759 1,674 1,778 5.0 4.8 5.0

West

1,631 1,423 1,618 4.2 3.7 4.2

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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

5,857 4,902 5,914 3.7 3.1 3.7

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,587 4,649 5,641 4.2 3.5 4.2

Mining and logging

15 20 23 2.5 3.2 3.8

Construction

397 324 413 4.9 4.0 5.0

Manufacturing

386 289 339 3.0 2.3 2.7

Durable goods

230 176 210 2.9 2.2 2.7

Nondurable goods

156 114 128 3.2 2.4 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,054 920 948 3.7 3.2 3.3

Wholesale trade

178 137 149 2.9 2.2 2.4

Retail trade

655 595 568 4.3 3.9 3.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

221 189 230 3.1 2.6 3.2

Information

71 75 81 2.4 2.6 2.8

Financial activities

226 204 251 2.5 2.2 2.7

Finance and insurance

146 141 160 2.2 2.1 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

81 62 91 3.3 2.5 3.7

Professional and business services

1,130 1,036 1,268 5.0 4.6 5.6

Private education and health services

954 700 886 3.6 2.6 3.2

Private educational services

73 56 64 1.8 1.4 1.5

Health care and social assistance

882 643 821 4.0 2.8 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

1,139 889 1,208 6.8 5.4 7.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

220 178 259 8.6 7.0 9.9

Accommodation and food services

919 712 949 6.5 5.1 6.7

Other services

214 192 224 3.6 3.2 3.7

Government

270 252 273 1.1 1.1 1.1

Federal

35 25 30 1.2 0.8 1.0

State and local

234 228 243 1.1 1.1 1.2

State and local education

88 88 86 0.8 0.8 0.8

State and local, excluding education

147 140 158 1.5 1.5 1.6

REGION(3)

Northeast

853 829 862 3.1 2.9 3.0

South

2,420 1,887 2,329 4.1 3.2 3.9

Midwest

1,251 1,125 1,319 3.8 3.4 3.9

West

1,333 1,060 1,404 3.6 2.9 3.8

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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

5,295 4,578 5,217 3.4 2.9 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,022 4,329 4,966 3.8 3.2 3.7

Mining and logging

20 21 20 3.2 3.4 3.2

Construction

313 274 315 3.9 3.4 3.8

Manufacturing

418 309 367 3.3 2.4 2.9

Durable goods

257 192 230 3.2 2.4 2.9

Nondurable goods

160 117 137 3.3 2.4 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,061 919 921 3.7 3.2 3.2

Wholesale trade

175 143 141 2.9 2.3 2.3

Retail trade

654 552 559 4.2 3.6 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

232 225 220 3.3 3.1 3.0

Information

75 71 75 2.6 2.4 2.6

Financial activities

219 210 238 2.4 2.3 2.6

Finance and insurance

142 148 167 2.1 2.2 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

77 62 71 3.2 2.5 2.9

Professional and business services

973 927 1,058 4.3 4.1 4.7

Private education and health services

844 658 815 3.2 2.4 3.0

Private educational services

68 57 63 1.7 1.4 1.5

Health care and social assistance

776 601 752 3.5 2.6 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

911 740 944 5.5 4.5 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

120 120 133 4.7 4.8 5.1

Accommodation and food services

791 620 811 5.6 4.4 5.7

Other services

189 201 214 3.2 3.4 3.6

Government

273 249 251 1.2 1.0 1.0

Federal

35 29 40 1.2 1.0 1.3

State and local

238 220 211 1.2 1.1 1.0

State and local education

104 91 92 0.9 0.8 0.8

State and local, excluding education

134 129 119 1.4 1.3 1.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

813 645 824 2.9 2.3 2.9

South

2,088 1,880 2,037 3.5 3.2 3.4

Midwest

1,126 995 1,073 3.4 3.0 3.2

West

1,269 1,058 1,283 3.4 2.9 3.4

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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

3,496 3,064 3,265 2.2 1.9 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,325 2,916 3,123 2.5 2.2 2.3

Mining and logging

14 14 14 2.2 2.2 2.3

Construction

186 152 146 2.3 1.9 1.8

Manufacturing

243 185 208 1.9 1.5 1.6

Durable goods

151 114 135 1.9 1.4 1.7

Nondurable goods

92 71 73 1.9 1.5 1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

756 642 622 2.6 2.2 2.2

Wholesale trade

119 98 98 1.9 1.6 1.6

Retail trade

484 416 403 3.1 2.7 2.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

153 128 121 2.1 1.8 1.7

Information

41 29 36 1.4 1.0 1.2

Financial activities

120 130 142 1.3 1.4 1.5

Finance and insurance

78 92 99 1.2 1.4 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

42 38 43 1.7 1.5 1.7

Professional and business services

544 535 548 2.4 2.4 2.4

Private education and health services

605 502 566 2.3 1.8 2.1

Private educational services

45 39 39 1.1 0.9 0.9

Health care and social assistance

560 463 527 2.5 2.0 2.3

Leisure and hospitality

674 577 700 4.0 3.5 4.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

66 48 50 2.6 1.9 1.9

Accommodation and food services

608 529 649 4.3 3.8 4.6

Other services

143 149 140 2.4 2.5 2.3

Government

172 149 142 0.7 0.6 0.6

Federal

17 13 14 0.6 0.4 0.5

State and local

154 136 128 0.7 0.7 0.6

State and local education

70 61 57 0.6 0.5 0.5

State and local, excluding education

84 75 70 0.9 0.8 0.7

REGION(3)

Northeast

509 429 474 1.8 1.5 1.7

South

1,496 1,271 1,264 2.5 2.1 2.1

Midwest

743 675 716 2.2 2.0 2.1

West

749 689 811 2.0 1.9 2.2

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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

1,419 1,294 1,653 0.9 0.8 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,366 1,235 1,605 1.0 0.9 1.2

Mining and logging

4 7 5 0.7 1.1 0.8

Construction

117 116 155 1.4 1.4 1.9

Manufacturing

143 103 137 1.1 0.8 1.1

Durable goods

87 64 82 1.1 0.8 1.0

Nondurable goods

56 39 54 1.2 0.8 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

243 236 250 0.8 0.8 0.9

Wholesale trade

47 39 37 0.8 0.6 0.6

Retail trade

132 119 125 0.9 0.8 0.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

64 78 88 0.9 1.1 1.2

Information

29 34 28 1.0 1.2 1.0

Financial activities

71 65 73 0.8 0.7 0.8

Finance and insurance

45 44 52 0.7 0.7 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

27 21 22 1.1 0.9 0.9

Professional and business services

320 359 464 1.4 1.6 2.1

Private education and health services

195 113 208 0.7 0.4 0.8

Private educational services

21 15 17 0.5 0.4 0.4

Health care and social assistance

174 98 191 0.8 0.4 0.8

Leisure and hospitality

215 151 221 1.3 0.9 1.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

51 69 79 2.0 2.7 3.0

Accommodation and food services

163 82 142 1.2 0.6 1.0

Other services

29 51 64 0.5 0.8 1.1

Government

53 59 48 0.2 0.2 0.2

Federal

6 7 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

State and local

47 52 45 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education

22 22 21 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding education

26 29 24 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

255 167 298 0.9 0.6 1.1

South

451 543 664 0.8 0.9 1.1

Midwest

316 267 298 0.9 0.8 0.9

West

397 317 394 1.1 0.9 1.1

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.


Table 13. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

Total

380 220 299 0.2 0.1 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

332 179 238 0.2 0.1 0.2

Mining and logging

1 1 0 0.2 0.1 0.1

Construction

10 6 13 0.1 0.1 0.2

Manufacturing

32 20 22 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

19 14 12 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods

13 6 10 0.3 0.1 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

62 41 49 0.2 0.1 0.2

Wholesale trade

9 6 6 0.2 0.1 0.1

Retail trade

37 17 31 0.2 0.1 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

15 18 12 0.2 0.2 0.2

Information

5 7 11 0.2 0.2 0.4

Financial activities

27 15 22 0.3 0.2 0.2

Finance and insurance

19 12 15 0.3 0.2 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

8 3 7 0.3 0.1 0.3

Professional and business services

110 32 46 0.5 0.1 0.2

Private education and health services

45 44 41 0.2 0.2 0.1

Private educational services

2 3 7 0.1 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance

42 41 34 0.2 0.2 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

23 12 23 0.1 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 3 3 0.1 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services

20 8 20 0.1 0.1 0.1

Other services

17 1 10 0.3 0.0 0.2

Government

48 42 62 0.2 0.2 0.3

Federal

12 9 23 0.4 0.3 0.8

State and local

36 32 39 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education

12 8 14 0.1 0.1 0.1

State and local, excluding education

25 25 24 0.3 0.3 0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

49 50 51 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

140 66 109 0.2 0.1 0.2

Midwest

67 53 60 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

123 52 79 0.3 0.1 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.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)
Apr.
2024
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

7,326 6,136 7,131 5.2 4.4 5.0

1 to 9 employees

1,363 941 1,478 6.3 4.4 5.9

10 to 49 employees

2,377 1,942 2,162 5.2 4.5 4.9

50 to 249 employees

2,030 1,683 2,113 4.9 4.1 4.9

250 to 999 employees

869 821 778 4.6 4.1 4.4

1,000 to 4,999 employees

449 521 425 5.5 5.5 5.3

5,000 or more employees

238 229 174 4.8 4.4 4.0

HIRES

Total private

5,587 4,649 5,641 4.2 3.5 4.2

1 to 9 employees

916 696 1,026 4.5 3.4 4.4

10 to 49 employees

2,043 1,651 1,985 4.7 4.0 4.7

50 to 249 employees

1,637 1,363 1,810 4.1 3.4 4.4

250 to 999 employees

645 611 558 3.6 3.1 3.3

1,000 to 4,999 employees

265 250 210 3.4 2.8 2.7

5,000 or more employees

81 79 53 1.7 1.6 1.3

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

5,022 4,329 4,966 3.8 3.2 3.7

1 to 9 employees

718 604 873 3.5 3.0 3.7

10 to 49 employees

1,815 1,492 1,678 4.2 3.6 4.0

50 to 249 employees

1,554 1,250 1,558 3.9 3.1 3.8

250 to 999 employees

631 647 585 3.5 3.3 3.5

1,000 to 4,999 employees

230 261 220 3.0 2.9 2.9

5,000 or more employees

75 75 52 1.6 1.5 1.3

QUITS

Total private

3,325 2,916 3,123 2.5 2.2 2.3

1 to 9 employees

370 405 483 1.8 2.0 2.1

10 to 49 employees

1,335 1,053 1,098 3.1 2.6 2.6

50 to 249 employees

1,045 888 1,044 2.6 2.2 2.5

250 to 999 employees

387 369 333 2.1 1.9 2.0

1,000 to 4,999 employees

140 156 136 1.8 1.8 1.8

5,000 or more employees

48 45 30 1.0 0.9 0.7

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,366 1,235 1,605 1.0 0.9 1.2

1 to 9 employees

228 186 333 1.1 0.9 1.4

10 to 49 employees

379 381 502 0.9 0.9 1.2

50 to 249 employees

445 314 454 1.1 0.8 1.1

250 to 999 employees

218 249 231 1.2 1.3 1.4

1,000 to 4,999 employees

77 84 71 1.0 0.9 0.9

5,000 or more employees

18 21 14 0.4 0.4 0.3

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

332 179 238 0.2 0.1 0.2

1 to 9 employees

120 13 57 0.6 0.1 0.2

10 to 49 employees

101 58 78 0.2 0.1 0.2

50 to 249 employees

64 49 60 0.2 0.1 0.1

250 to 999 employees

26 29 20 0.1 0.2 0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

12 22 14 0.2 0.2 0.2

5,000 or more employees

8 8 8 0.2 0.2 0.2

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.


Last Modified Date: June 03, 2025