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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, October 4, 2022    USDL-22-1966
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                                JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2022

The number of job openings decreased to 10.1 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. 
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires and total separations were little changed at 6.3 million 
and 6.0 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (4.2 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.5 
million) were little changed. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, 
hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. 
      
Job Openings

On the last business day of August, the number and rate of job openings decreased to 10.1 million 
(-1.1 million) and 6.2 percent, respectively. The largest decreases in job openings were in health care 
and social assistance (-236,000), other services (-183,000), and retail trade (-143,000). (See table 1.)

Hires

In August, the number of hires was little changed at 6.3 million, and the rate was unchanged at 4.1 
percent. Hires decreased in federal government (-8,000). (See table 2.)

Separations

Total separations includes 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 includes 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 little changed at 6.0 million and 3.9 percent, 
respectively. Total separations increased in accommodation and food services (+175,000). (See table 3.)

In August, the number of quits was little changed at 4.2 million, and the rate was unchanged at 2.7 
percent. Quits increased in accommodation and food services (+119,000) but decreased in professional 
and business services (-94,000). (See table 4.)

In August, the number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.5 million and 1.0 
percent, respectively. Layoffs and discharges were little changed in all industries. (See table 5.)

The number of other separations was little changed in August at 358,000. Other separations decreased 
in information (-6,000) and in federal government (-3,000). (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

In August, the job openings rate decreased in all establishment size classes except those with 9 or less 
employees, which changed little. Both the layoffs and discharges rate and the total separations rate 
decreased in establishments with 250 to 999 employees. The quits rate increased in establishments with 
1,000 to 4,999 employees. For a more in-depth description of the JOLTS establishment size class 
estimates, please visit www.bls.gov/jlt/sizeclassmethodology.htm.
____________
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for September 2022 are scheduled to be 
released on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 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.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

10,629 11,170 10,053 6,362 6,238 6,277 5,913 5,794 5,976

Total private

9,782 10,065 9,037 6,005 5,846 5,880 5,577 5,450 5,607

Mining and logging

33 35 35 21 25 27 17 19 19

Construction

362 353 407 371 384 373 375 355 360

Manufacturing

873 910 795 463 428 452 420 414 417

Durable goods

491 530 477 261 240 258 234 226 232

Nondurable goods

382 380 318 202 188 194 186 188 184

Trade, transportation, and utilities

2,018 1,778 1,638 1,382 1,277 1,289 1,353 1,199 1,252

Wholesale trade

288 278 325 187 165 171 187 153 154

Retail trade

1,177 946 803 896 782 774 919 743 773

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

553 554 510 298 330 345 247 303 326

Information

185 222 205 118 101 111 94 90 100

Financial activities

466 641 524 206 223 225 202 206 218

Finance and insurance

306 474 347 131 148 151 131 136 146

Real estate and rental and leasing

159 167 177 75 76 74 72 70 72

Professional and business services

1,892 1,991 1,872 1,204 1,258 1,204 1,140 1,220 1,134

Education and health services

1,797 2,165 1,885 786 862 803 742 737 715

Educational services

160 207 163 107 103 85 87 80 77

Health care and social assistance

1,638 1,958 1,722 679 760 717 655 657 638

Leisure and hospitality

1,718 1,516 1,405 1,234 1,071 1,131 1,052 1,006 1,155

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

208 203 193 169 160 139 140 159 134

Accommodation and food services

1,510 1,313 1,213 1,064 911 991 912 847 1,022

Other services

437 454 271 219 217 266 182 204 237

Government

847 1,104 1,016 357 392 398 336 344 369

Federal

135 158 129 44 45 37 45 40 39

State and local

712 946 888 313 348 360 291 304 330

State and local education

285 335 292 165 169 164 148 150 164

State and local, excluding education

427 611 596 148 179 197 143 153 166




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

6.7 6.8 6.2 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.9

Total private

7.3 7.2 6.5 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3

Mining and logging

5.4 5.3 5.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.0 3.0 3.0

Construction

4.7 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.6 4.7

Manufacturing

6.6 6.6 5.8 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.2

Durable goods

6.0 6.2 5.6 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.9

Nondurable goods

7.5 7.2 6.1 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

6.8 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.2 4.3

Wholesale trade

4.8 4.5 5.2 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.6

Retail trade

7.1 5.6 4.8 5.8 4.9 4.9 6.0 4.7 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

7.7 7.3 6.7 4.5 4.7 4.9 3.7 4.3 4.6

Information

6.1 6.8 6.3 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.3

Financial activities

5.0 6.7 5.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4

Finance and insurance

4.5 6.7 5.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

6.6 6.6 7.0 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services

8.2 8.2 7.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.1

Education and health services

7.0 8.1 7.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9

Educational services

4.2 5.1 4.1 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance

7.5 8.7 7.7 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

10.6 8.8 8.2 8.5 6.8 7.2 7.3 6.4 7.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

9.2 8.1 7.7 8.3 6.9 6.0 6.8 6.9 5.8

Accommodation and food services

10.9 8.9 8.3 8.6 6.8 7.4 7.4 6.3 7.6

Other services

7.4 7.4 4.5 4.0 3.8 4.7 3.3 3.6 4.2

Government

3.7 4.7 4.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7

Federal

4.5 5.2 4.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4

State and local

3.6 4.7 4.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.7

State and local education

2.7 3.1 2.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6

State and local, excluding education

4.5 6.3 6.2 1.6 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.8

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary


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 
federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Industries are classified in 
accordance with the North American Industry Classification System.

Definitions

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

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

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

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

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

Separations.  Separations include all separations from the payroll during the entire reference month and is 
reported by type of separation: quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits include employees who 
left voluntarily with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs and discharges includes 
involuntary separations initiated by the employer 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 are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; employees of temporary help 
agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The separations rate is computed by 
dividing the number of separations by employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The quits, layoffs and 
discharges, and other separations rates are computed similarly.

Estimation Method

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 20,700 nonfarm business and government 
establishments. The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment size class. The 
establishments are drawn from a universe of over 9.4 million establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 
Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which includes all employers subject to state unemployment insurance 
laws and federal agencies subject to the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program.

Employment estimates are benchmarked, or ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment estimates 
of the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey. A ratio of CES to JOLTS employment is used to adjust the 
levels for all other JOLTS data elements.

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. Also within the first year, new businesses may go out of business, 
referred to as a death. Because not all births and deaths of establishments can be reflected on the sampling frame 
immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and separations from them during their early 
existence. BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses establishment birth and death activity from previous 
years. 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 as well as sampling and non- sampling errors between the two surveys 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 re-seasonally adjust.

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

Annual estimates.  The JOLTS estimates are revised annually to reflect annual updates to the CES employment 
estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors. The JOLTS employment levels (not published) are ratio-
adjusted to the CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are applied to all JOLTS data elements. The 
seasonally adjusted data are recalculated for the most recent 5 years in order 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 rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the Current Employment 
Statistics (CES) annual average employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. This figure will be 
approximately equal to the sum of the 12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual estimates are 
published only for not seasonally adjusted data and are released with the January news release each year. Annual 
estimates are not calculated for job openings because job openings are a stock, or point-in-time, measurement for the 
last business day of each month.

Reliability of the estimates

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

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

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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.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

10,629 11,681 11,303 11,040 11,170 10,053 6.7 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

9,782 10,627 10,275 10,054 10,065 9,037 7.3 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.5

Mining and logging

33 41 36 38 35 35 5.4 6.3 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.1

Construction

362 440 405 353 353 407 4.7 5.5 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.0

Manufacturing

873 1,017 816 850 910 795 6.6 7.4 6.0 6.2 6.6 5.8

Durable goods

491 625 505 558 530 477 6.0 7.3 6.0 6.6 6.2 5.6

Nondurable goods

382 392 311 293 380 318 7.5 7.5 6.0 5.7 7.2 6.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

2,018 1,886 2,108 1,653 1,778 1,638 6.8 6.2 6.8 5.4 5.8 5.4

Wholesale trade

288 300 371 276 278 325 4.8 4.9 6.0 4.5 4.5 5.2

Retail trade

1,177 1,040 1,185 885 946 803 7.1 6.2 7.0 5.3 5.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

553 546 551 492 554 510 7.7 7.2 7.2 6.5 7.3 6.7

Information

185 265 248 239 222 205 6.1 8.2 7.7 7.4 6.8 6.3

Financial activities

466 511 524 622 641 524 5.0 5.4 5.5 6.5 6.7 5.5

Finance and insurance

306 360 370 476 474 347 4.5 5.2 5.3 6.7 6.7 5.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

159 151 154 145 167 177 6.6 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.6 7.0

Professional and business services

1,892 2,327 2,007 2,127 1,991 1,872 8.2 9.5 8.3 8.7 8.2 7.7

Education and health services

1,797 2,152 2,147 2,222 2,165 1,885 7.0 8.2 8.1 8.4 8.1 7.1

Educational services

160 205 179 196 207 163 4.2 5.2 4.5 4.9 5.1 4.1

Health care and social assistance

1,638 1,946 1,967 2,026 1,958 1,722 7.5 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.7 7.7

Leisure and hospitality

1,718 1,498 1,542 1,494 1,516 1,405 10.6 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

208 171 157 152 203 193 9.2 7.0 6.4 6.2 8.1 7.7

Accommodation and food services

1,510 1,327 1,385 1,343 1,313 1,213 10.9 9.1 9.4 9.1 8.9 8.3

Other services

437 490 442 456 454 271 7.4 7.9 7.2 7.4 7.4 4.5

Government

847 1,054 1,028 986 1,104 1,016 3.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.4

Federal

135 125 121 114 158 129 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 5.2 4.3

State and local

712 929 907 872 946 888 3.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.4

State and local education

285 366 362 318 335 292 2.7 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.1 2.8

State and local, excluding education

427 563 545 554 611 596 4.5 5.9 5.7 5.8 6.3 6.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,830 1,911 1,933 1,870 1,776 1,661 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.8

South

4,135 4,503 4,237 4,330 4,322 4,066 7.0 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.7

Midwest

2,257 2,684 2,479 2,433 2,487 1,889 6.6 7.6 7.0 6.9 7.0 5.4

West

2,406 2,582 2,655 2,407 2,584 2,438 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.8 6.4

Footnotes
(1) Job openings are 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 total 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


Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

6,362 6,527 6,507 6,456 6,238 6,277 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

6,005 6,127 6,098 6,033 5,846 5,880 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5

Mining and logging

21 24 26 30 25 27 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.0 4.2

Construction

371 349 359 352 384 373 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.6 5.0 4.8

Manufacturing

463 497 468 481 428 452 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.5

Durable goods

261 273 249 245 240 258 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2

Nondurable goods

202 223 219 236 188 194 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.9 3.9 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,382 1,351 1,324 1,277 1,277 1,289 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5

Wholesale trade

187 191 196 171 165 171 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.9

Retail trade

896 831 791 790 782 774 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

298 328 336 316 330 345 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.9

Information

118 102 105 116 101 111 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.3 3.7

Financial activities

206 277 233 210 223 225 2.3 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Finance and insurance

131 188 155 145 148 151 2.0 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

75 90 79 65 76 74 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.1

Professional and business services

1,204 1,328 1,303 1,263 1,258 1,204 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4

Education and health services

786 852 899 914 862 803 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.3

Educational services

107 110 126 111 103 85 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.2

Health care and social assistance

679 742 773 803 760 717 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

1,234 1,111 1,148 1,167 1,071 1,131 8.5 7.1 7.4 7.4 6.8 7.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

169 167 172 180 160 139 8.3 7.3 7.5 7.8 6.9 6.0

Accommodation and food services

1,064 944 976 987 911 991 8.6 7.1 7.3 7.4 6.8 7.4

Other services

219 235 235 221 217 266 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.7

Government

357 400 409 423 392 398 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8

Federal

44 42 42 43 45 37 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.3

State and local

313 358 367 380 348 360 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9

State and local education

165 181 188 193 169 164 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6

State and local, excluding education

148 177 178 187 179 197 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

939 963 981 933 906 889 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

South

2,620 2,741 2,711 2,700 2,612 2,637 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6

Midwest

1,356 1,293 1,337 1,373 1,328 1,330 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0

West

1,448 1,530 1,479 1,450 1,393 1,421 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.0

Footnotes
(1) Hires are 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 total 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


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

5,913 5,965 6,017 6,009 5,794 5,976 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,577 5,593 5,649 5,619 5,450 5,607 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3

Mining and logging

17 17 23 21 19 19 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.0

Construction

375 341 336 325 355 360 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.7

Manufacturing

420 462 438 446 414 417 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2

Durable goods

234 248 229 239 226 232 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.9

Nondurable goods

186 214 209 207 188 184 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,353 1,244 1,231 1,194 1,199 1,252 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.3

Wholesale trade

187 172 185 161 153 154 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6

Retail trade

919 793 776 746 743 773 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

247 279 271 287 303 326 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6

Information

94 84 86 95 90 100 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3

Financial activities

202 249 220 201 206 218 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4

Finance and insurance

131 152 151 144 136 146 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

72 97 70 58 70 72 3.2 4.1 2.9 2.4 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services

1,140 1,192 1,193 1,229 1,220 1,134 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.1

Education and health services

742 777 824 806 737 715 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9

Educational services

87 94 97 82 80 77 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance

655 683 728 723 657 638 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1

Leisure and hospitality

1,052 1,000 1,069 1,074 1,006 1,155 7.3 6.4 6.9 6.9 6.4 7.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

140 141 161 156 159 134 6.8 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.9 5.8

Accommodation and food services

912 859 908 918 847 1,022 7.4 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.3 7.6

Other services

182 228 228 229 204 237 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.2

Government

336 373 368 390 344 369 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7

Federal

45 43 46 47 40 39 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4

State and local

291 330 323 343 304 330 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7

State and local education

148 168 150 169 150 164 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6

State and local, excluding education

143 162 173 174 153 166 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8

REGION(3)

Northeast

845 900 857 845 870 854 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1

South

2,406 2,482 2,511 2,619 2,447 2,674 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.7

Midwest

1,301 1,274 1,216 1,230 1,208 1,132 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4

West

1,362 1,309 1,432 1,315 1,268 1,316 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.7

Footnotes
(1) Total separations are 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 total 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


Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

4,126 4,327 4,274 4,253 4,058 4,158 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,925 4,088 4,048 4,012 3,850 3,937 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Mining and logging

10 13 17 16 13 13 1.7 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0

Construction

189 213 230 181 210 229 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.7 3.0

Manufacturing

283 333 317 327 287 285 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.2

Durable goods

157 176 164 173 161 160 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0

Nondurable goods

126 157 153 154 127 124 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

995 956 916 933 869 867 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.0

Wholesale trade

145 123 113 121 90 94 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.5 1.6

Retail trade

674 645 611 603 578 565 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

176 188 192 209 200 208 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9

Information

51 51 52 62 44 57 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.9

Financial activities

123 193 132 142 156 152 1.4 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7

Finance and insurance

82 112 85 101 109 100 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

41 80 47 41 47 52 1.8 3.4 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2

Professional and business services

745 783 766 763 776 682 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.0

Education and health services

585 604 624 609 534 538 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2

Educational services

55 73 68 58 52 52 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.4

Health care and social assistance

530 530 555 551 482 486 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3

Leisure and hospitality

821 803 859 827 833 956 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

81 73 89 78 83 88 3.9 3.2 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8

Accommodation and food services

741 730 770 749 750 869 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.6 6.5

Other services

123 139 136 151 127 157 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.8

Government

201 239 225 241 208 221 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0

Federal

23 23 23 23 21 22 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

State and local

178 216 203 218 187 199 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0

State and local education

93 109 96 110 97 101 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0

State and local, excluding education

85 107 106 108 90 98 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

573 592 573 543 581 580 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1

South

1,718 1,806 1,840 1,963 1,746 1,911 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.4

Midwest

922 936 871 829 831 760 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3

West

913 993 990 918 900 907 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6

Footnotes
(1) Quits are 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 total 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


Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

1,404 1,312 1,416 1,400 1,390 1,460 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,334 1,243 1,335 1,317 1,317 1,375 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

Mining and logging

6 3 5 4 5 5 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8

Construction

161 116 97 135 134 125 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.6

Manufacturing

109 107 101 96 97 100 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Durable goods

59 58 52 49 46 52 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Nondurable goods

50 49 49 46 51 49 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

284 233 262 209 268 305 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1

Wholesale trade

32 38 61 34 48 48 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.8

Retail trade

196 124 134 117 139 167 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

56 71 66 58 81 91 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.3

Information

32 27 28 27 34 37 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2

Financial activities

52 31 56 38 30 39 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance

29 17 44 25 12 23 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

23 14 11 13 18 16 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.7

Professional and business services

314 338 351 379 364 379 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7

Education and health services

121 131 162 152 158 138 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Educational services

27 14 25 19 23 19 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5

Health care and social assistance

94 117 137 133 135 119 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

202 178 191 209 162 176 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

57 64 69 76 75 43 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 1.8

Accommodation and food services

145 114 123 133 87 133 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.0

Other services

54 79 81 69 66 70 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2

Government

70 69 81 83 73 85 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

Federal

8 6 10 7 6 6 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local

62 62 70 76 68 79 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

State and local education

33 31 35 34 30 34 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local, excluding education

29 32 36 42 37 45 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5

REGION(3)

Northeast

211 259 234 261 234 209 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8

South

531 536 556 492 574 616 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1

Midwest

299 267 278 334 323 305 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9

West

363 249 349 313 259 330 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9

Footnotes
(1) Layoffs and discharges are 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 total 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


Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
Apr.
2022
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

383 327 328 356 346 358 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

318 262 265 290 283 295 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

1 1 1 1 1 1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Construction

25 12 9 10 11 6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing

29 22 20 22 30 32 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

18 14 13 16 19 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Nondurable goods

11 8 7 6 11 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

75 56 53 52 62 79 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade

10 11 10 5 15 11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Retail trade

49 24 30 26 25 41 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

15 21 13 21 22 27 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4

Information

11 5 6 5 12 6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Financial activities

27 25 33 21 20 26 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3

Finance and insurance

20 22 21 18 15 22 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

7 2 12 3 5 4 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2

Professional and business services

81 71 76 87 81 72 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

Education and health services

36 42 39 45 45 39 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

5 6 3 5 5 7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance

30 36 35 40 40 33 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

29 18 19 38 11 24 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2 4 3 2 1 3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services

27 15 16 36 10 20 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2

Other services

5 10 10 9 11 10 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Government

65 65 63 66 62 63 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

15 13 13 17 13 10 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local

50 52 49 49 50 52 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local education

21 28 19 25 23 29 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

State and local, excluding education

29 24 31 24 26 23 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

60 48 50 41 55 65 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

157 140 116 163 127 148 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest

80 71 68 67 54 67 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

86 66 94 84 110 78 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2

Footnotes
(1) Other separations are 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 total 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.


Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

10,924 12,140 10,166 6.9 7.4 6.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

10,062 10,956 9,157 7.4 7.7 6.5

Mining and logging

36 38 37 5.8 5.6 5.4

Construction

390 369 437 4.9 4.5 5.2

Manufacturing

885 933 801 6.6 6.7 5.8

Durable goods

502 543 483 6.1 6.4 5.7

Nondurable goods

383 390 319 7.5 7.4 6.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

2,188 1,979 1,763 7.3 6.5 5.8

Wholesale trade

274 301 319 4.6 4.8 5.1

Retail trade

1,358 1,094 939 8.1 6.5 5.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

556 585 505 7.8 7.8 6.8

Information

182 237 197 5.9 7.2 6.1

Financial activities

452 681 518 4.9 7.0 5.4

Finance and insurance

296 501 333 4.3 7.0 4.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

156 180 185 6.3 7.0 7.2

Professional and business services

1,931 2,154 1,882 8.3 8.8 7.7

Education and health services

1,771 2,376 1,820 7.0 8.9 7.0

Educational services

160 249 156 4.5 6.6 4.2

Health care and social assistance

1,612 2,127 1,664 7.4 9.3 7.4

Leisure and hospitality

1,794 1,717 1,434 10.6 9.4 8.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

207 219 195 8.2 7.7 7.0

Accommodation and food services

1,587 1,498 1,239 11.0 9.7 8.2

Other services

433 472 269 7.2 7.5 4.5

Government

862 1,184 1,008 3.9 5.3 4.5

Federal

138 161 130 4.6 5.3 4.3

State and local

724 1,023 878 3.8 5.3 4.5

State and local education

289 412 273 3.0 4.4 2.9

State and local, excluding education

435 611 605 4.5 6.2 6.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,877 1,892 1,666 6.7 6.6 5.8

South

4,237 4,720 4,115 7.2 7.7 6.7

Midwest

2,306 2,638 1,911 6.8 7.4 5.5

West

2,505 2,890 2,473 6.8 7.5 6.5

Footnotes
(1) Job openings are 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 total 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


Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

7,120 6,914 6,995 4.8 4.5 4.6

INDUSTRY

Total private

6,483 6,465 6,333 5.2 4.9 4.8

Mining and logging

22 27 28 3.8 4.1 4.3

Construction

374 440 378 4.9 5.6 4.8

Manufacturing

513 472 494 4.1 3.7 3.8

Durable goods

281 255 278 3.6 3.2 3.5

Nondurable goods

232 216 216 4.9 4.4 4.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,520 1,329 1,441 5.5 4.6 5.0

Wholesale trade

197 188 177 3.4 3.2 3.0

Retail trade

1,041 805 886 6.8 5.1 5.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

282 336 378 4.3 4.8 5.4

Information

126 106 121 4.4 3.5 4.0

Financial activities

213 250 231 2.4 2.8 2.6

Finance and insurance

136 164 155 2.1 2.5 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

77 86 76 3.3 3.6 3.2

Professional and business services

1,219 1,393 1,184 5.7 6.2 5.3

Education and health services

941 1,000 928 4.0 4.1 3.8

Educational services

177 134 150 5.2 3.8 4.2

Health care and social assistance

764 866 779 3.8 4.2 3.8

Leisure and hospitality

1,332 1,207 1,245 8.8 7.3 7.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

151 181 116 6.5 6.8 4.5

Accommodation and food services

1,181 1,027 1,129 9.2 7.4 8.1

Other services

223 242 283 4.0 4.2 4.9

Government

637 449 662 3.0 2.1 3.1

Federal

50 49 40 1.7 1.7 1.4

State and local

587 400 622 3.2 2.2 3.4

State and local education

442 189 424 4.8 2.1 4.6

State and local, excluding education

146 211 198 1.6 2.3 2.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

965 1,106 892 3.7 4.1 3.3

South

3,016 2,840 3,035 5.5 5.0 5.3

Midwest

1,485 1,428 1,460 4.7 4.3 4.4

West

1,654 1,539 1,609 4.8 4.3 4.5

Footnotes
(1) Hires are 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 total 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


Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

7,032 6,407 7,092 4.8 4.2 4.6

INDUSTRY

Total private

6,532 5,998 6,538 5.2 4.6 5.0

Mining and logging

19 20 22 3.2 3.2 3.3

Construction

422 390 417 5.5 4.9 5.3

Manufacturing

518 441 497 4.2 3.4 3.8

Durable goods

294 239 284 3.8 3.0 3.5

Nondurable goods

224 202 213 4.8 4.1 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,594 1,262 1,495 5.8 4.4 5.2

Wholesale trade

216 164 179 3.8 2.8 3.0

Retail trade

1,126 785 963 7.3 5.0 6.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

252 314 353 3.8 4.5 5.1

Information

105 92 115 3.7 3.0 3.8

Financial activities

256 233 276 2.9 2.6 3.1

Finance and insurance

175 144 188 2.7 2.2 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

81 89 88 3.5 3.7 3.7

Professional and business services

1,197 1,307 1,181 5.6 5.8 5.2

Education and health services

863 864 797 3.7 3.6 3.3

Educational services

141 106 119 4.2 3.0 3.4

Health care and social assistance

722 758 678 3.6 3.7 3.3

Leisure and hospitality

1,333 1,149 1,452 8.8 6.9 8.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

223 157 212 9.6 5.9 8.2

Accommodation and food services

1,110 992 1,240 8.6 7.1 8.9

Other services

225 238 288 4.0 4.1 5.0

Government

500 409 554 2.3 1.9 2.6

Federal

52 38 45 1.8 1.3 1.6

State and local

448 371 509 2.4 2.0 2.7

State and local education

237 211 258 2.6 2.4 2.8

State and local, excluding education

210 160 250 2.3 1.7 2.7

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,047 934 1,048 4.0 3.5 3.9

South

2,753 2,692 3,087 5.0 4.7 5.4

Midwest

1,605 1,320 1,374 5.0 4.0 4.2

West

1,626 1,460 1,584 4.7 4.1 4.4

Footnotes
(1) Total separations are 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 total 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.
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Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

5,141 4,665 5,122 3.5 3.1 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private

4,837 4,425 4,796 3.8 3.4 3.7

Mining and logging

12 15 15 2.1 2.4 2.3

Construction

235 262 281 3.1 3.3 3.5

Manufacturing

374 312 357 3.0 2.4 2.8

Durable goods

210 172 206 2.7 2.1 2.6

Nondurable goods

164 140 152 3.5 2.9 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,238 958 1,075 4.5 3.3 3.8

Wholesale trade

177 99 119 3.1 1.7 2.0

Retail trade

868 628 711 5.6 4.0 4.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

193 232 244 2.9 3.3 3.5

Information

65 50 71 2.2 1.6 2.3

Financial activities

160 173 190 1.8 1.9 2.1

Finance and insurance

112 118 129 1.7 1.8 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

48 55 62 2.1 2.3 2.6

Professional and business services

835 869 763 3.9 3.9 3.4

Education and health services

701 629 627 3.0 2.6 2.6

Educational services

88 69 80 2.6 1.9 2.3

Health care and social assistance

613 560 547 3.1 2.7 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

1,064 997 1,216 7.0 6.0 7.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

144 102 156 6.2 3.9 6.0

Accommodation and food services

920 895 1,060 7.2 6.4 7.6

Other services

154 159 200 2.8 2.7 3.5

Government

303 241 325 1.4 1.1 1.5

Federal

26 19 26 0.9 0.7 0.9

State and local

278 222 299 1.5 1.2 1.6

State and local education

162 121 171 1.8 1.3 1.8

State and local, excluding education

115 101 128 1.3 1.1 1.4

REGION(3)

Northeast

724 667 735 2.8 2.5 2.7

South

2,027 1,972 2,256 3.7 3.5 4.0

Midwest

1,213 969 982 3.8 2.9 3.0

West

1,177 1,057 1,149 3.4 3.0 3.2

Footnotes
(1) Quits are 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 total 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.
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Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

1,483 1,359 1,574 1.0 0.9 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,363 1,272 1,420 1.1 1.0 1.1

Mining and logging

6 4 6 1.0 0.7 0.9

Construction

162 116 129 2.1 1.5 1.6

Manufacturing

118 96 106 0.9 0.7 0.8

Durable goods

69 45 58 0.9 0.6 0.7

Nondurable goods

49 51 48 1.0 1.0 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

277 240 331 1.0 0.8 1.2

Wholesale trade

29 49 48 0.5 0.8 0.8

Retail trade

204 130 201 1.3 0.8 1.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

44 61 83 0.7 0.9 1.2

Information

30 32 39 1.0 1.0 1.3

Financial activities

64 38 50 0.7 0.4 0.5

Finance and insurance

38 12 31 0.6 0.2 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

26 26 18 1.1 1.1 0.8

Professional and business services

284 350 350 1.3 1.6 1.6

Education and health services

122 190 127 0.5 0.8 0.5

Educational services

45 30 29 1.3 0.8 0.8

Health care and social assistance

77 160 98 0.4 0.8 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

234 141 207 1.5 0.9 1.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

75 54 51 3.2 2.0 2.0

Accommodation and food services

159 87 156 1.2 0.6 1.1

Other services

66 66 76 1.2 1.1 1.3

Government

120 87 154 0.6 0.4 0.7

Federal

8 6 7 0.3 0.2 0.2

State and local

112 82 147 0.6 0.4 0.8

State and local education

49 53 51 0.5 0.6 0.5

State and local, excluding education

62 29 97 0.7 0.3 1.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

259 204 241 1.0 0.8 0.9

South

553 598 655 1.0 1.1 1.2

Midwest

302 296 315 0.9 0.9 1.0

West

368 262 363 1.1 0.7 1.0

Footnotes
(1) Layoffs and discharges are 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 total 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.
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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)
Aug.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022(p)

Total

408 383 397 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

331 301 322 0.3 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

1 0 1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Construction

26 12 6 0.3 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

26 34 33 0.2 0.3 0.3

Durable goods

15 22 20 0.2 0.3 0.2

Nondurable goods

11 11 13 0.2 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

79 64 88 0.3 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade

10 16 11 0.2 0.3 0.2

Retail trade

54 28 51 0.3 0.2 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

15 20 26 0.2 0.3 0.4

Information

11 11 5 0.4 0.4 0.2

Financial activities

31 22 36 0.4 0.2 0.4

Finance and insurance

24 14 28 0.4 0.2 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

7 9 8 0.3 0.4 0.3

Professional and business services

78 88 68 0.4 0.4 0.3

Education and health services

40 45 43 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

8 7 10 0.2 0.2 0.3

Health care and social assistance

32 38 33 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

34 11 28 0.2 0.1 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

4 1 5 0.2 0.1 0.2

Accommodation and food services

31 10 23 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services

5 13 13 0.1 0.2 0.2

Government

77 81 75 0.4 0.4 0.3

Federal

18 14 12 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local

58 67 62 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local education

26 37 37 0.3 0.4 0.4

State and local, excluding education

33 30 26 0.4 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

64 63 72 0.2 0.2 0.3

South

173 123 176 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest

90 56 77 0.3 0.2 0.2

West

81 140 72 0.2 0.4 0.2

Footnotes
(1) Other separations are 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 total 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.
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NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.


Last Modified Date: October 04, 2022