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

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category Job openings Hires Total separations
Feb.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025(p)
Feb.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025(p)
Feb.
2024
Jan.
2025
Feb.
2025(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

8,445 7,762 7,568 5,664 5,371 5,396 5,476 5,272 5,261

Total private

7,521 6,860 6,667 5,277 5,000 5,046 5,146 4,959 4,915

Mining and logging

28 16 20 21 17 21 20 20 16

Construction

429 242 264 374 346 354 356 333 344

Manufacturing

561 513 482 324 332 332 347 337 324

Durable goods

366 369 348 176 194 202 195 202 194

Nondurable goods

195 144 133 148 138 130 152 135 130

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,041 1,234 1,071 1,110 1,092 1,086 1,079 1,084 1,085

Wholesale trade

142 226 170 153 156 179 154 165 148

Retail trade

584 656 530 654 637 603 664 597 644

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

316 352 370 302 298 304 260 322 293

Information

137 130 144 89 80 80 86 81 85

Financial activities

611 516 436 194 201 215 192 181 180

Finance and insurance

468 350 270 116 133 144 119 125 111

Real estate and rental and leasing

142 166 166 78 68 71 74 56 69

Professional and business services

1,399 1,211 1,345 1,057 962 1,044 1,047 1,038 1,007

Private education and health services

1,918 1,650 1,617 864 833 812 766 747 733

Private educational services

154 152 165 83 90 90 72 83 80

Health care and social assistance

1,765 1,498 1,452 781 743 721 693 664 653

Leisure and hospitality

1,087 1,057 996 1,019 901 883 1,051 892 919

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

169 156 129 184 159 176 214 147 172

Accommodation and food services

918 901 867 835 742 707 837 745 747

Other services

311 291 293 225 238 221 203 247 221

Government

924 902 901 388 371 350 330 313 346

Federal

147 132 138 43 34 29 33 29 40

State and local

777 770 763 345 337 322 297 284 306

State and local education

249 282 278 154 176 168 140 140 172

State and local, excluding education

528 489 485 191 161 153 157 144 133




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

5.1 4.7 4.5 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.3

Total private

5.3 4.8 4.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

Mining and logging

4.3 2.6 3.2 3.3 2.7 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.5

Construction

5.0 2.8 3.1 4.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.1

Manufacturing

4.2 3.9 3.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5

Durable goods

4.4 4.5 4.2 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5

Nondurable goods

3.9 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

3.5 4.1 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Wholesale trade

2.3 3.5 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.4

Retail trade

3.6 4.0 3.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

4.2 4.6 4.8 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.6 4.4 4.0

Information

4.4 4.2 4.6 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.9

Financial activities

6.3 5.3 4.5 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0

Finance and insurance

6.5 4.9 3.8 1.7 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing

5.5 6.3 6.3 3.2 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.8

Professional and business services

5.8 5.1 5.6 4.7 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5

Private education and health services

6.8 5.8 5.6 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7

Private educational services

3.8 3.7 4.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance

7.4 6.1 5.9 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

6.1 5.9 5.5 6.1 5.3 5.2 6.3 5.3 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

6.1 5.5 4.6 7.1 5.9 6.5 8.3 5.5 6.4

Accommodation and food services

6.1 5.9 5.7 5.9 5.2 5.0 5.9 5.2 5.2

Other services

5.0 4.6 4.6 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.4 4.1 3.7

Government

3.8 3.7 3.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5

Federal

4.7 4.2 4.4 1.4 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.3

State and local

3.7 3.6 3.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5

State and local education

2.3 2.5 2.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.6

State and local, excluding education

5.2 4.8 4.7 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: April 02, 2025