Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, September 29, 2026  USDL-26-1547
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                             JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2026

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.1 million in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 
Statistics reported today. Hires changed little at 5.2 million, while total separations were unchanged at 
5.1 million. Within separations, quits (3.1 million) were unchanged, while layoffs and discharges  
(1.6 million) were essentially unchanged.  

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 7.1 million and 4.3 percent, respectively, in 
August. Job openings changed little in all industries. (See table 1.) 

Hires

The number of hires at 5.2 million changed little over the month and year. The hires rate was 3.3 
percent in August. Hires changed little 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 August, the number and rate of total separations were unchanged at 5.1 million and 3.2 percent, 
respectively. Total separations decreased in state and local government education (-30,000).  
(See table 3.) 

The number and rate of quits were unchanged at 3.1 million and 1.9 percent, respectively, over the 
month. Quits decreased in wholesale trade (-34,000) and in state and local government education  
(-21,000). Quits increased in nondurable goods manufacturing (+28,000) and in private educational 
services (+13,000). (See table 4.)

The number and rate of layoffs and discharges changed little at 1.6 million and 1.0 percent, 
respectively, in August. Layoffs and discharges were little changed in all industries. (See table 5.)

The number of other separations was little changed at 363,000 in August. (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

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

July 2026 Revisions

The number of job openings for July was revised up by 64,000 to 7.3 million, the number of hires was 
revised up by 92,000 to 5.1 million, and the number of total separations was revised up by 56,000 to 5.1 
million. Within separations, the number of quits was revised up by 33,000 to 3.1 million, and the 
number of layoffs and discharges was revised up by 36,000 to 1.7 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 news release for September 2026 is scheduled to be 
published on Tuesday, November 3, 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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)
Total	6,919	7,335	7,079	5,145	5,146	5,192	5,207	5,128	5,070
Total private	6,199	6,562	6,348	4,851	4,847	4,846	4,864	4,785	4,761
Mining and logging	21	24	25	21	21	24	22	23	21
Construction	213	299	251	336	358	308	351	315	272
Manufacturing	416	576	522	299	293	332	303	284	311
Durable goods	252	423	380	165	179	188	166	161	162
Nondurable goods	165	153	142	134	114	145	136	124	149
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,140	1,244	1,287	949	1,096	1,085	947	1,103	1,102
Wholesale trade	193	224	188	130	159	171	136	167	168
Retail trade	609	707	761	562	663	667	545	662	678
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	339	314	338	258	273	247	266	274	256
Information	141	78	123	69	62	44	74	70	68
Financial activities	334	399	403	195	164	164	216	176	169
Finance and insurance	242	304	353	137	109	110	154	120	122
Real estate and rental and leasing	91	95	50	58	55	54	61	56	47
Professional and business services	1,095	1,305	1,186	1,037	899	935	1,086	908	917
Private education and health services	1,512	1,585	1,484	807	790	810	780	789	813
Private educational services	146	111	125	94	95	108	95	93	106
Health care and social assistance	1,366	1,474	1,359	713	695	703	685	696	707
Leisure and hospitality	1,050	768	829	943	915	905	897	893	851
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	108	115	116	164	147	155	144	147	149
Accommodation and food services	942	653	713	779	767	750	753	746	702
Other services	277	283	238	195	250	238	188	223	238
Government	720	773	731	294	299	346	343	343	309
Federal	68	97	113	22	25	26	40	32	32
State and local	652	676	618	272	274	320	302	312	277
State and local education	235	239	228	131	134	158	142	158	128
State and local, excluding education	417	437	390	142	140	162	161	154	149
RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)
Total	4.2	4.4	4.3	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2
Total private	4.4	4.6	4.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5
Mining and logging	3.4	3.8	4.0	3.4	3.5	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.5
Construction	2.5	3.5	2.9	4.1	4.3	3.7	4.3	3.8	3.2
Manufacturing	3.2	4.4	4.0	2.4	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.5
Durable goods	3.1	5.1	4.6	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.1	2.0	2.0
Nondurable goods	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.8	2.4	3.0	2.8	2.6	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.8	4.1	4.3	3.3	3.8	3.8	3.3	3.8	3.8
Wholesale trade	3.1	3.6	3.0	2.1	2.6	2.8	2.3	2.8	2.8
Retail trade	3.8	4.4	4.7	3.6	4.3	4.3	3.5	4.3	4.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.5	4.2	4.5	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.5
Information	4.7	2.8	4.3	2.4	2.2	1.6	2.6	2.5	2.5
Financial activities	3.5	4.2	4.2	2.1	1.8	1.8	2.3	1.9	1.9
Finance and insurance	3.5	4.4	5.0	2.0	1.6	1.7	2.3	1.8	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.6	3.7	2.0	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.3	1.9
Professional and business services	4.7	5.5	5.0	4.6	4.0	4.2	4.9	4.0	4.1
Private education and health services	5.2	5.4	5.0	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.9
Private educational services	3.5	2.7	3.0	2.3	2.3	2.7	2.3	2.3	2.6
Health care and social assistance	5.5	5.8	5.4	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	5.9	4.3	4.7	5.6	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3.8	4.2	4.2	6.1	5.5	5.9	5.3	5.6	5.6
Accommodation and food services	6.2	4.4	4.7	5.5	5.4	5.2	5.3	5.2	4.9
Other services	4.4	4.5	3.8	3.2	4.1	4.0	3.1	3.7	3.9
Government	3.0	3.2	3.0	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3
Federal	2.3	3.5	4.0	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.2	1.2
State and local	3.1	3.2	2.9	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.3
State and local education	2.1	2.2	2.1	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.2
State and local, excluding education	4.1	4.2	3.8	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5
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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	6,919	7,537	7,182	7,335	7,079	-256	4.2	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.3	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,199	6,723	6,420	6,562	6,348	-214	4.4	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.5	-0.1
Mining and logging	21	29	23	24	25	1	3.4	4.6	3.6	3.8	4.0	0.2
Construction	213	291	298	299	251	-48	2.5	3.4	3.5	3.5	2.9	-0.6
Manufacturing	416	517	501	576	522	-54	3.2	3.9	3.8	4.4	4.0	-0.4
Durable goods	252	327	353	423	380	-43	3.1	4.0	4.3	5.1	4.6	-0.5
Nondurable goods	165	191	149	153	142	-11	3.3	3.8	3.0	3.1	2.9	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,140	1,259	1,286	1,244	1,287	43	3.8	4.2	4.3	4.1	4.3	0.2
Wholesale trade	193	239	174	224	188	-36	3.1	3.8	2.8	3.6	3.0	-0.6
Retail trade	609	725	728	707	761	54	3.8	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.7	0.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	339	295	383	314	338	24	4.5	3.9	5.1	4.2	4.5	0.3
Information	141	72	89	78	123	45	4.7	2.5	3.1	2.8	4.3	1.5
Financial activities	334	361	390	399	403	4	3.5	3.8	4.1	4.2	4.2	0.0
Finance and insurance	242	260	283	304	353	49	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.4	5.0	0.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	91	101	107	95	50	-45	3.6	4.0	4.2	3.7	2.0	-1.7
Professional and business services	1,095	1,375	1,203	1,305	1,186	-119	4.7	5.8	5.1	5.5	5.0	-0.5
Private education and health services	1,512	1,608	1,501	1,585	1,484	-101	5.2	5.4	5.1	5.4	5.0	-0.4
Private educational services	146	115	117	111	125	14	3.5	2.8	2.8	2.7	3.0	0.3
Health care and social assistance	1,366	1,494	1,384	1,474	1,359	-115	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.8	5.4	-0.4
Leisure and hospitality	1,050	916	825	768	829	61	5.9	5.1	4.6	4.3	4.7	0.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	108	164	134	115	116	1	3.8	5.7	4.8	4.2	4.2	0.0
Accommodation and food services	942	752	691	653	713	60	6.2	5.0	4.6	4.4	4.7	0.3
Other services	277	293	303	283	238	-45	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.5	3.8	-0.7
Government	720	813	762	773	731	-42	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.0	-0.2
Federal	68	100	110	97	113	16	2.3	3.6	3.9	3.5	4.0	0.5
State and local	652	713	652	676	618	-58	3.1	3.3	3.1	3.2	2.9	-0.3
State and local education	235	256	267	239	228	-11	2.1	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.1	-0.1
State and local, excluding education	417	457	386	437	390	-47	4.1	4.4	3.8	4.2	3.8	-0.4
REGION(3)
Northeast	1,185	1,256	1,244	1,227	1,149	-78	4.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	3.9	-0.3
South	2,762	2,906	2,744	2,741	2,812	71	4.4	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.5	0.1
Midwest	1,522	1,571	1,481	1,533	1,527	-6	4.4	4.5	4.2	4.4	4.4	0.0
West	1,450	1,804	1,713	1,834	1,591	-243	3.8	4.6	4.4	4.7	4.1	-0.6
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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	5,145	5,252	5,332	5,146	5,192	46	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.3	0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	4,851	4,909	5,016	4,847	4,846	-1	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	0.0
Mining and logging	21	24	21	21	24	3	3.4	4.0	3.5	3.5	3.9	0.4
Construction	336	282	319	358	308	-50	4.1	3.4	3.8	4.3	3.7	-0.6
Manufacturing	299	296	333	293	332	39	2.4	2.4	2.6	2.3	2.6	0.3
Durable goods	165	176	208	179	188	9	2.1	2.2	2.6	2.3	2.4	0.1
Nondurable goods	134	120	125	114	145	31	2.8	2.5	2.6	2.4	3.0	0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	949	1,094	1,109	1,096	1,085	-11	3.3	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.8	0.0
Wholesale trade	130	126	154	159	171	12	2.1	2.1	2.5	2.6	2.8	0.2
Retail trade	562	658	646	663	667	4	3.6	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.3	0.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	258	310	309	273	247	-26	3.6	4.3	4.3	3.8	3.4	-0.4
Information	69	79	73	62	44	-18	2.4	2.8	2.6	2.2	1.6	-0.6
Financial activities	195	176	181	164	164	0	2.1	1.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	0.0
Finance and insurance	137	126	129	109	110	1	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.7	0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	58	50	52	55	54	-1	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.2	-0.1
Professional and business services	1,037	1,079	1,088	899	935	36	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.0	4.2	0.2
Private education and health services	807	727	802	790	810	20	2.9	2.6	2.9	2.8	2.9	0.1
Private educational services	94	94	95	95	108	13	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.7	0.4
Health care and social assistance	713	632	707	695	703	8	3.0	2.6	3.0	2.9	2.9	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	943	945	861	915	905	-10	5.6	5.6	5.1	5.4	5.3	-0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	164	153	139	147	155	8	6.1	5.7	5.2	5.5	5.9	0.4
Accommodation and food services	779	792	722	767	750	-17	5.5	5.5	5.0	5.4	5.2	-0.2
Other services	195	207	230	250	238	-12	3.2	3.4	3.8	4.1	4.0	-0.1
Government	294	343	316	299	346	47	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.5	0.2
Federal	22	34	28	25	26	1	0.8	1.3	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.1
State and local	272	309	288	274	320	46	1.3	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.6	0.3
State and local education	131	143	142	134	158	24	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.5	0.3
State and local, excluding education	142	165	146	140	162	22	1.4	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.6	0.2
REGION(3)
Northeast	845	868	929	819	845	26	3.0	3.1	3.3	2.9	3.0	0.1
South	1,992	2,092	2,003	2,121	2,029	-92	3.3	3.5	3.3	3.5	3.4	-0.1
Midwest	1,121	1,193	1,177	1,118	1,153	35	3.4	3.6	3.5	3.3	3.4	0.1
West	1,187	1,099	1,222	1,088	1,165	77	3.2	3.0	3.3	2.9	3.1	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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	5,207	5,260	5,337	5,128	5,070	-58	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.2	0.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	4,864	4,930	5,002	4,785	4,761	-24	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.5	0.0
Mining and logging	22	21	24	23	21	-2	3.7	3.4	3.9	3.8	3.5	-0.3
Construction	351	296	327	315	272	-43	4.3	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.2	-0.6
Manufacturing	303	301	308	284	311	27	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.5	0.2
Durable goods	166	162	184	161	162	1	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.0	2.0	0.0
Nondurable goods	136	139	125	124	149	25	2.8	2.9	2.6	2.6	3.1	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	947	1,093	1,106	1,103	1,102	-1	3.3	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.8	0.0
Wholesale trade	136	121	141	167	168	1	2.3	2.0	2.3	2.8	2.8	0.0
Retail trade	545	631	666	662	678	16	3.5	4.1	4.3	4.3	4.4	0.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	266	341	299	274	256	-18	3.7	4.7	4.2	3.8	3.5	-0.3
Information	74	88	85	70	68	-2	2.6	3.2	3.1	2.5	2.5	0.0
Financial activities	216	187	180	176	169	-7	2.3	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.0
Finance and insurance	154	128	130	120	122	2	2.3	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	0.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	61	58	50	56	47	-9	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.3	1.9	-0.4
Professional and business services	1,086	1,031	1,021	908	917	9	4.9	4.6	4.5	4.0	4.1	0.1
Private education and health services	780	733	759	789	813	24	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.8	2.9	0.1
Private educational services	95	91	85	93	106	13	2.3	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.6	0.3
Health care and social assistance	685	643	674	696	707	11	2.9	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	0.1
Leisure and hospitality	897	948	944	893	851	-42	5.3	5.6	5.6	5.3	5.0	-0.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	144	145	170	147	149	2	5.3	5.4	6.4	5.6	5.6	0.0
Accommodation and food services	753	803	774	746	702	-44	5.3	5.6	5.4	5.2	4.9	-0.3
Other services	188	232	248	223	238	15	3.1	3.8	4.1	3.7	3.9	0.2
Government	343	331	336	343	309	-34	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.3	-0.2
Federal	40	31	30	32	32	0	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	0.0
State and local	302	300	306	312	277	-35	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.3	-0.2
State and local education	142	149	155	158	128	-30	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.2	-0.3
State and local, excluding education	161	150	151	154	149	-5	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.5	-0.1
REGION(3)
Northeast	814	834	808	772	848	76	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.7	3.0	0.3
South	2,034	2,114	2,125	2,112	2,141	29	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	0.1
Midwest	1,141	1,140	1,125	1,214	1,097	-117	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.6	3.3	-0.3
West	1,218	1,173	1,280	1,031	984	-47	3.3	3.2	3.5	2.8	2.6	-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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	3,095	3,153	3,213	3,089	3,066	-23	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	0.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	2,912	2,969	3,022	2,893	2,895	2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	0.0
Mining and logging	13	14	13	16	14	-2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.6	2.3	-0.3
Construction	150	120	152	149	152	3	1.8	1.4	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.0
Manufacturing	159	184	191	174	197	23	1.3	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.6	0.2
Durable goods	89	108	113	105	100	-5	1.1	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	0.0
Nondurable goods	70	76	79	69	97	28	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.5	2.0	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	611	702	724	733	682	-51	2.1	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.4	-0.2
Wholesale trade	87	63	93	115	81	-34	1.4	1.0	1.5	1.9	1.3	-0.6
Retail trade	376	440	464	472	464	-8	2.4	2.8	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	148	199	167	146	138	-8	2.0	2.8	2.3	2.0	1.9	-0.1
Information	34	32	28	28	30	2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.1	0.1
Financial activities	122	118	94	103	87	-16	1.3	1.3	1.0	1.1	1.0	-0.1
Finance and insurance	82	80	64	72	65	-7	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.1	1.0	-0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	39	38	29	31	22	-9	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.3	0.9	-0.4
Professional and business services	552	493	478	405	467	62	2.5	2.2	2.1	1.8	2.1	0.3
Private education and health services	569	476	507	541	533	-8	2.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.9	0.0
Private educational services	59	52	47	53	66	13	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.6	0.3
Health care and social assistance	510	424	461	488	467	-21	2.2	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.0	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	584	664	654	600	567	-33	3.5	3.9	3.9	3.5	3.3	-0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	28	66	64	73	61	-12	1.1	2.5	2.4	2.8	2.3	-0.5
Accommodation and food services	556	598	589	527	507	-20	3.9	4.2	4.1	3.7	3.5	-0.2
Other services	120	165	181	144	164	20	2.0	2.7	3.0	2.4	2.7	0.3
Government	183	184	190	195	172	-23	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Federal	19	16	13	14	15	1	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.0
State and local	164	168	177	181	157	-24	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.8	-0.1
State and local education	82	87	94	95	74	-21	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.7	-0.2
State and local, excluding education	82	81	83	85	83	-2	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	-0.1
REGION(3)
Northeast	399	399	436	429	470	41	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.7	0.2
South	1,314	1,371	1,308	1,329	1,422	93	2.2	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.4	0.2
Midwest	644	704	658	782	680	-102	1.9	2.1	2.0	2.3	2.0	-0.3
West	738	679	811	549	494	-55	2.0	1.8	2.2	1.5	1.3	-0.2
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 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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	1,832	1,761	1,785	1,702	1,641	-61	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	-0.1
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,744	1,676	1,700	1,617	1,567	-50	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.0
Mining and logging	9	6	9	6	6	0	1.5	1.0	1.5	1.0	1.0	0.0
Construction	182	169	162	157	99	-58	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.2	-0.7
Manufacturing	126	98	94	93	95	2	1.0	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.1
Durable goods	64	43	55	47	51	4	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.0
Nondurable goods	61	56	40	46	44	-2	1.3	1.2	0.8	1.0	0.9	-0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	308	327	325	305	334	29	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2	0.1
Wholesale trade	43	47	46	47	73	26	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	1.2	0.4
Retail trade	155	152	159	146	159	13	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	0.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	111	128	120	112	101	-11	1.5	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.4	-0.1
Information	35	44	54	38	28	-10	1.2	1.6	2.0	1.4	1.0	-0.4
Financial activities	64	40	47	50	59	9	0.7	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.0
Finance and insurance	43	26	36	32	41	9	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	21	14	12	18	18	0	0.9	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.0
Professional and business services	481	463	494	446	390	-56	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.0	1.7	-0.3
Private education and health services	181	212	185	184	232	48	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.1
Private educational services	30	33	33	35	34	-1	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.9	0.8	-0.1
Health care and social assistance	152	179	152	149	199	50	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.2
Leisure and hospitality	300	261	269	269	257	-12	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5	-0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	112	74	102	70	83	13	4.1	2.7	3.8	2.6	3.1	0.5
Accommodation and food services	188	187	167	199	174	-25	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.2	-0.2
Other services	56	55	60	68	66	-2	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	0.0
Government	89	85	84	85	74	-11	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	-0.1
Federal	8	5	6	7	7	0	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
State and local	81	80	78	79	67	-12	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3	-0.1
State and local education	34	39	36	39	31	-8	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.3	-0.1
State and local, excluding education	47	41	42	40	36	-4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0
REGION(3)
Northeast	369	378	319	275	313	38	1.3	1.3	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.1
South	622	644	660	638	591	-47	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	-0.1
Midwest	438	364	411	375	358	-17	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.1	0.0
West	403	376	394	414	380	-34	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	-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)
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
Total	280	346	340	337	363	26	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	209	285	279	274	300	26	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Mining and logging	1	1	1	1	1	0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Construction	18	7	12	10	21	11	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Manufacturing	18	19	23	17	18	1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Durable goods	13	11	17	9	10	1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
Nondurable goods	5	8	6	8	8	0	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28	64	57	65	86	21	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1
Wholesale trade	6	11	3	5	14	9	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.1
Retail trade	15	39	42	43	55	12	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	7	14	12	16	17	1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Information	5	11	3	3	10	7	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.3
Financial activities	30	28	39	23	23	0	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2	-0.1
Finance and insurance	29	22	30	16	16	0	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	1	7	10	7	6	-1	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.0
Professional and business services	54	75	49	57	59	2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
Private education and health services	30	45	66	64	48	-16	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Private educational services	6	5	6	5	6	1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Health care and social assistance	24	40	61	59	42	-17	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Leisure and hospitality	13	23	22	24	26	2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4	4	4	4	6	2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
Accommodation and food services	9	18	18	20	20	0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Other services	12	12	7	11	8	-3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.1
Government	71	62	61	63	63	0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Federal	13	10	10	11	10	-1	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0
State and local	58	52	51	52	53	1	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.0
State and local education	26	24	24	24	23	-1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
State and local, excluding education	32	28	26	28	30	2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
REGION(3)
Northeast	47	57	53	67	65	-2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
South	98	99	156	145	129	-16	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0
Midwest	58	72	56	57	59	2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
West	77	118	75	68	110	42	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	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
	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Change from: July 2026 - Aug. 2026(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	6,199	6,723	6,420	6,562	6,348	-214	4.4	4.7	4.5	4.6	4.5	-0.1
1 to 9 employees	1,050	1,428	1,384	1,385	1,050	-335	4.8	6.1	5.9	6.0	4.3	-1.7
10 to 49 employees	1,889	1,975	1,812	1,934	1,961	27	4.4	4.5	4.1	4.5	4.4	-0.1
50 to 249 employees	1,863	1,776	1,728	1,766	1,765	-1	4.2	4.2	3.9	4.0	4.3	0.3
250 to 999 employees	788	839	788	756	823	67	4.1	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.4	0.3
1,000 to 4,999 employees	439	495	485	496	506	10	5.2	5.6	5.7	5.8	5.7	-0.1
5,000 or more employees	170	211	223	226	243	17	4.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	0.1
HIRES
Total private	4,851	4,909	5,016	4,847	4,846	-1	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.6	3.6	0.0
1 to 9 employees	685	630	659	695	702	7	3.3	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.0	-0.2
10 to 49 employees	1,611	1,769	1,640	1,637	1,663	26	3.9	4.2	3.9	3.9	3.9	0.0
50 to 249 employees	1,610	1,520	1,736	1,646	1,549	-97	3.8	3.7	4.1	3.9	4.0	0.1
250 to 999 employees	610	655	626	551	602	51	3.3	3.6	3.6	3.1	3.4	0.3
1,000 to 4,999 employees	267	253	262	246	248	2	3.3	3.0	3.3	3.0	3.0	0.0
5,000 or more employees	67	83	94	74	82	8	1.6	2.1	2.3	1.8	1.9	0.1
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	4,864	4,930	5,002	4,785	4,761	-24	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.5	0.0
1 to 9 employees	600	645	668	593	677	84	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.7	2.9	0.2
10 to 49 employees	1,689	1,714	1,743	1,467	1,639	172	4.1	4.0	4.2	3.5	3.9	0.4
50 to 249 employees	1,597	1,595	1,629	1,771	1,519	-252	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.2	3.9	-0.3
250 to 999 employees	680	648	606	626	606	-20	3.7	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	-0.1
1,000 to 4,999 employees	236	268	285	259	249	-10	2.9	3.2	3.6	3.2	3.0	-0.2
5,000 or more employees	63	60	69	68	71	3	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.6	0.0
QUITS
Total private	2,912	2,969	3,022	2,893	2,895	2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	0.0
1 to 9 employees	351	371	311	308	420	112	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.8	0.4
10 to 49 employees	1,030	1,009	1,139	913	1,080	167	2.5	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.5	0.3
50 to 249 employees	1,018	1,013	1,011	1,133	888	-245	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.7	2.3	-0.4
250 to 999 employees	350	398	368	364	343	-21	1.9	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.9	-0.2
1,000 to 4,999 employees	129	141	152	136	122	-14	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.5	-0.2
5,000 or more employees	34	37	41	40	42	2	0.8	0.9	1.0	0.9	0.9	0.0
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	1,744	1,676	1,700	1,617	1,567	-50	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.2	0.0
1 to 9 employees	202	202	305	208	222	14	1.0	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.9	-0.1
10 to 49 employees	582	628	506	467	425	-42	1.4	1.5	1.2	1.1	1.0	-0.1
50 to 249 employees	536	503	540	581	557	-24	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.4	0.0
250 to 999 employees	310	220	214	232	236	4	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	0.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	93	106	115	109	107	-2	1.2	1.3	1.4	1.3	1.3	0.0
5,000 or more employees	21	16	20	19	19	0	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	-0.1
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	209	285	279	274	300	26	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
1 to 9 employees	47	71	53	77	35	-42	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.1	-0.3
10 to 49 employees	76	77	98	87	134	47	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.1
50 to 249 employees	44	79	78	57	74	17	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1
250 to 999 employees	20	31	24	29	27	-2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	13	20	18	14	20	6	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
5,000 or more employees	8	6	8	10	9	-1	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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	6,952	7,855	7,067	4.2	4.7	4.3
INDUSTRY
Total private	6,211	7,028	6,318	4.4	4.9	4.4
Mining and logging	22	27	26	3.4	4.2	4.1
Construction	199	298	234	2.3	3.4	2.7
Manufacturing	425	606	530	3.2	4.6	4.0
Durable goods	248	441	379	3.1	5.3	4.6
Nondurable goods	177	165	151	3.5	3.3	3.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,209	1,357	1,390	4.1	4.5	4.6
Wholesale trade	190	251	188	3.0	4.0	3.0
Retail trade	679	780	849	4.2	4.8	5.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	340	326	353	4.5	4.4	4.7
Information	141	87	128	4.7	3.0	4.4
Financial activities	313	431	384	3.3	4.5	4.0
Finance and insurance	223	322	337	3.2	4.6	4.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	90	109	47	3.5	4.2	1.9
Professional and business services	1,122	1,392	1,148	4.8	5.8	4.8
Private education and health services	1,425	1,734	1,393	5.0	5.9	4.8
Private educational services	141	132	124	3.6	3.4	3.2
Health care and social assistance	1,284	1,603	1,269	5.2	6.3	5.0
Leisure and hospitality	1,052	788	838	5.7	4.3	4.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	106	101	105	3.4	3.3	3.5
Accommodation and food services	946	687	733	6.1	4.5	4.8
Other services	303	309	247	4.8	4.8	3.9
Government	740	827	749	3.2	3.6	3.2
Federal	73	97	125	2.4	3.5	4.5
State and local	667	730	624	3.3	3.6	3.1
State and local education	257	283	244	2.5	2.9	2.4
State and local, excluding education	411	446	380	4.0	4.2	3.7
REGION(3)
Northeast	1,171	1,266	1,086	4.0	4.3	3.7
South	2,810	2,864	2,864	4.5	4.6	4.6
Midwest	1,539	1,594	1,548	4.4	4.6	4.4
West	1,431	2,132	1,568	3.7	5.4	4.0
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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	5,652	5,632	5,753	3.6	3.5	3.6
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,134	5,295	5,118	3.8	3.9	3.8
Mining and logging	22	23	27	3.6	3.7	4.3
Construction	350	436	322	4.1	5.1	3.8
Manufacturing	318	330	359	2.5	2.6	2.8
Durable goods	164	198	191	2.1	2.5	2.4
Nondurable goods	154	132	168	3.2	2.8	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	955	1,127	1,093	3.3	3.9	3.8
Wholesale trade	120	185	166	2.0	3.0	2.7
Retail trade	597	692	710	3.9	4.5	4.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	238	249	217	3.3	3.5	3.0
Information	72	68	42	2.5	2.4	1.5
Financial activities	211	191	168	2.3	2.1	1.8
Finance and insurance	160	125	122	2.4	1.9	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	51	66	46	2.1	2.7	1.9
Professional and business services	1,060	955	946	4.7	4.2	4.2
Private education and health services	930	927	947	3.4	3.4	3.4
Private educational services	167	120	188	4.4	3.2	5.0
Health care and social assistance	763	807	758	3.3	3.4	3.2
Leisure and hospitality	1,011	939	960	5.8	5.3	5.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	137	128	129	4.6	4.3	4.4
Accommodation and food services	874	811	831	6.0	5.5	5.7
Other services	204	299	255	3.4	4.9	4.2
Government	518	338	635	2.3	1.5	2.8
Federal	23	23	26	0.8	0.9	1.0
State and local	495	314	609	2.5	1.6	3.1
State and local education	367	168	463	3.7	1.8	4.7
State and local, excluding education	127	146	146	1.3	1.5	1.5
REGION(3)
Northeast	867	905	885	3.1	3.2	3.1
South	2,319	2,322	2,357	3.9	3.9	3.9
Midwest	1,209	1,198	1,259	3.6	3.6	3.8
West	1,256	1,207	1,252	3.4	3.3	3.4
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.

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

Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)			Rates(2)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	6,325	5,661	6,122	4.0	3.6	3.9
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,803	5,235	5,662	4.3	3.8	4.2
Mining and logging	25	24	24	4.0	3.9	3.9
Construction	415	377	326	4.9	4.4	3.8
Manufacturing	369	318	379	2.9	2.5	3.0
Durable goods	213	174	204	2.7	2.2	2.6
Nondurable goods	156	144	175	3.2	3.0	3.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,092	1,100	1,231	3.8	3.8	4.3
Wholesale trade	154	160	182	2.5	2.6	3.0
Retail trade	676	700	812	4.4	4.5	5.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	262	240	237	3.7	3.4	3.3
Information	84	72	74	2.9	2.6	2.7
Financial activities	286	193	223	3.1	2.1	2.4
Finance and insurance	204	130	162	3.0	1.9	2.4
Real estate and rental and leasing	82	63	61	3.3	2.5	2.5
Professional and business services	1,169	941	1,009	5.2	4.2	4.5
Private education and health services	895	932	953	3.3	3.4	3.4
Private educational services	145	128	168	3.8	3.4	4.4
Health care and social assistance	750	805	786	3.2	3.4	3.3
Leisure and hospitality	1,232	997	1,141	7.0	5.6	6.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	265	134	250	8.9	4.5	8.6
Accommodation and food services	966	864	891	6.6	5.9	6.1
Other services	236	281	303	3.9	4.6	5.0
Government	522	426	460	2.3	1.9	2.0
Federal	46	34	36	1.6	1.3	1.3
State and local	475	392	424	2.4	2.0	2.1
State and local education	219	226	191	2.2	2.4	2.0
State and local, excluding education	256	166	234	2.6	1.6	2.3
REGION(3)
Northeast	1,020	837	1,055	3.6	3.0	3.7
South	2,407	2,371	2,506	4.0	4.0	4.2
Midwest	1,456	1,267	1,375	4.4	3.8	4.1
West	1,441	1,187	1,185	3.9	3.2	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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	3,944	3,595	3,891	2.5	2.3	2.4
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,678	3,350	3,645	2.7	2.5	2.7
Mining and logging	15	18	16	2.4	3.0	2.6
Construction	183	186	191	2.2	2.2	2.2
Manufacturing	210	203	256	1.7	1.6	2.0
Durable goods	125	121	135	1.6	1.5	1.7
Nondurable goods	86	82	121	1.8	1.7	2.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	752	768	808	2.6	2.7	2.8
Wholesale trade	105	110	96	1.7	1.8	1.6
Retail trade	487	516	572	3.2	3.3	3.7
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	160	142	139	2.2	2.0	2.0
Information	45	35	40	1.6	1.3	1.4
Financial activities	168	115	119	1.8	1.3	1.3
Finance and insurance	115	80	88	1.7	1.2	1.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	52	34	31	2.1	1.4	1.3
Professional and business services	649	477	581	2.9	2.1	2.6
Private education and health services	670	648	640	2.5	2.3	2.3
Private educational services	85	75	100	2.2	2.0	2.6
Health care and social assistance	586	573	540	2.5	2.4	2.3
Leisure and hospitality	842	742	799	4.8	4.2	4.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	89	95	118	3.0	3.2	4.1
Accommodation and food services	752	647	681	5.2	4.4	4.6
Other services	144	156	196	2.4	2.6	3.2
Government	266	246	245	1.2	1.1	1.1
Federal	24	15	17	0.8	0.6	0.6
State and local	242	230	228	1.2	1.2	1.2
State and local education	129	137	112	1.3	1.5	1.1
State and local, excluding education	113	93	117	1.1	0.9	1.2
REGION(3)
Northeast	551	494	624	2.0	1.7	2.2
South	1,637	1,549	1,747	2.7	2.6	2.9
Midwest	849	868	865	2.5	2.6	2.6
West	908	685	654	2.5	1.8	1.8
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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	2,063	1,701	1,829	1.3	1.1	1.2
INDUSTRY
Total private	1,898	1,609	1,696	1.4	1.2	1.2
Mining and logging	10	5	7	1.6	0.8	1.1
Construction	210	182	108	2.5	2.1	1.3
Manufacturing	141	96	105	1.1	0.8	0.8
Durable goods	76	44	59	1.0	0.5	0.7
Nondurable goods	66	52	46	1.4	1.1	1.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	309	265	331	1.1	0.9	1.2
Wholesale trade	43	44	72	0.7	0.7	1.2
Retail trade	173	143	181	1.1	0.9	1.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	93	79	78	1.3	1.1	1.1
Information	34	34	25	1.2	1.2	0.9
Financial activities	85	59	82	0.9	0.6	0.9
Finance and insurance	57	36	57	0.8	0.5	0.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	28	23	26	1.1	0.9	1.0
Professional and business services	464	409	367	2.1	1.8	1.6
Private education and health services	194	214	265	0.7	0.8	1.0
Private educational services	53	45	61	1.4	1.2	1.6
Health care and social assistance	140	169	204	0.6	0.7	0.9
Leisure and hospitality	375	232	310	2.1	1.3	1.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	171	36	123	5.8	1.2	4.2
Accommodation and food services	204	196	187	1.4	1.3	1.3
Other services	77	115	96	1.3	1.9	1.6
Government	165	92	133	0.7	0.4	0.6
Federal	7	8	6	0.2	0.3	0.2
State and local	158	83	127	0.8	0.4	0.6
State and local education	49	43	42	0.5	0.5	0.4
State and local, excluding education	109	40	85	1.1	0.4	0.8
REGION(3)
Northeast	414	269	355	1.5	1.0	1.3
South	656	672	616	1.1	1.1	1.0
Midwest	540	334	443	1.6	1.0	1.3
West	455	426	415	1.2	1.1	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)
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
Total	317	365	402	0.2	0.2	0.3
INDUSTRY
Total private	226	276	320	0.2	0.2	0.2
Mining and logging	1	1	1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Construction	22	9	27	0.3	0.1	0.3
Manufacturing	17	19	18	0.1	0.1	0.1
Durable goods	12	10	10	0.2	0.1	0.1
Nondurable goods	5	9	8	0.1	0.2	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	31	66	93	0.1	0.2	0.3
Wholesale trade	6	7	14	0.1	0.1	0.2
Retail trade	16	41	59	0.1	0.3	0.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	9	19	20	0.1	0.3	0.3
Information	4	3	9	0.1	0.1	0.3
Financial activities	34	19	22	0.4	0.2	0.2
Finance and insurance	33	13	18	0.5	0.2	0.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	1	6	4	0.0	0.3	0.2
Professional and business services	56	55	61	0.2	0.2	0.3
Private education and health services	31	70	49	0.1	0.3	0.2
Private educational services	7	8	7	0.2	0.2	0.2
Health care and social assistance	24	62	41	0.1	0.3	0.2
Leisure and hospitality	15	24	31	0.1	0.1	0.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5	4	8	0.2	0.1	0.3
Accommodation and food services	10	20	23	0.1	0.1	0.2
Other services	16	10	10	0.3	0.2	0.2
Government	91	89	82	0.4	0.4	0.4
Federal	15	11	13	0.5	0.4	0.5
State and local	75	78	69	0.4	0.4	0.3
State and local education	42	46	37	0.4	0.5	0.4
State and local, excluding education	34	32	32	0.3	0.3	0.3
REGION(3)
Northeast	56	74	76	0.2	0.3	0.3
South	114	150	143	0.2	0.3	0.2
Midwest	69	66	67	0.2	0.2	0.2
West	78	75	116	0.2	0.2	0.3
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
	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)	Aug. 2025	July 2026	Aug. 2026(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	6,211	7,028	6,318	4.4	4.9	4.4
1 to 9 employees	966	1,688	941	4.4	7.1	3.8
10 to 49 employees	1,890	2,063	1,963	4.4	4.7	4.4
50 to 249 employees	1,928	1,845	1,824	4.3	4.1	4.4
250 to 999 employees	818	753	843	4.2	4.1	4.5
1,000 to 4,999 employees	441	471	502	5.1	5.5	5.6
5,000 or more employees	168	209	244	3.9	4.7	5.2
HIRES
Total private	5,134	5,295	5,118	3.8	3.9	3.8
1 to 9 employees	664	837	682	3.2	3.8	2.9
10 to 49 employees	1,735	1,784	1,811	4.2	4.3	4.3
50 to 249 employees	1,702	1,754	1,611	4.0	4.1	4.1
250 to 999 employees	673	574	663	3.6	3.2	3.7
1,000 to 4,999 employees	282	260	259	3.5	3.2	3.1
5,000 or more employees	77	85	91	1.9	2.0	2.1
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	5,803	5,235	5,662	4.3	3.8	4.2
1 to 9 employees	651	723	717	3.1	3.3	3.0
10 to 49 employees	2,020	1,659	1,979	4.9	4.0	4.6
50 to 249 employees	1,977	1,889	1,903	4.6	4.4	4.8
250 to 999 employees	808	642	717	4.3	3.6	4.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	270	249	262	3.3	3.1	3.1
5,000 or more employees	77	73	84	1.9	1.7	1.9
QUITS
Total private	3,678	3,350	3,645	2.7	2.5	2.7
1 to 9 employees	427	383	503	2.0	1.7	2.1
10 to 49 employees	1,285	1,141	1,354	3.1	2.7	3.2
50 to 249 employees	1,310	1,239	1,163	3.1	2.9	3.0
250 to 999 employees	451	393	432	2.4	2.2	2.4
1,000 to 4,999 employees	165	149	144	2.0	1.8	1.7
5,000 or more employees	40	45	49	1.0	1.1	1.1
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	1,898	1,609	1,696	1.4	1.2	1.2
1 to 9 employees	163	246	176	0.8	1.1	0.7
10 to 49 employees	659	435	467	1.6	1.0	1.1
50 to 249 employees	621	598	668	1.5	1.4	1.7
250 to 999 employees	336	222	259	1.8	1.2	1.4
1,000 to 4,999 employees	92	88	99	1.1	1.1	1.2
5,000 or more employees	28	20	26	0.7	0.5	0.6
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	226	276	320	0.2	0.2	0.2
1 to 9 employees	61	94	38	0.3	0.4	0.2
10 to 49 employees	76	83	157	0.2	0.2	0.4
50 to 249 employees	46	51	72	0.1	0.1	0.2
250 to 999 employees	22	26	26	0.1	0.1	0.1
1,000 to 4,999 employees	13	12	18	0.2	0.1	0.2
5,000 or more employees	8	9	9	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.