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
Category	Aug. 2023	July 2024	Aug. 2024(p)	Aug. 2023	July 2024	Aug. 2024(p)	Aug. 2023	July 2024	Aug. 2024(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	9,358	7,711	8,040	5,888	5,416	5,317	5,609	5,314	4,997
Total private	8,269	6,839	7,066	5,494	5,068	4,970	5,277	4,972	4,685
Mining and logging	28	23	25	25	18	18	24	18	17
Construction	386	232	370	374	359	338	349	321	310
Manufacturing	601	505	506	393	354	308	385	347	321
Durable goods	382	340	329	204	205	176	199	204	194
Nondurable goods	219	165	177	189	149	132	186	143	127
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,292	1,038	1,130	1,132	1,139	993	1,105	1,097	941
Wholesale trade	207	184	200	151	151	136	147	140	130
Retail trade	656	563	562	670	669	579	642	656	553
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	428	290	367	310	319	278	317	301	258
Information	158	129	140	66	78	72	67	92	81
Financial activities	585	442	390	213	231	219	211	234	200
Finance and insurance	446	311	270	142	161	157	138	167	142
Real estate and rental and leasing	140	131	120	71	70	63	72	68	59
Professional and business services	1,648	1,553	1,618	1,076	946	1,109	1,086	950	1,099
Private education and health services	1,993	1,624	1,606	907	832	803	812	779	692
Private educational services	155	159	143	94	87	96	85	98	87
Health care and social assistance	1,839	1,465	1,463	813	745	707	727	681	605
Leisure and hospitality	1,182	965	1,045	1,100	891	854	1,034	902	768
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	170	150	142	180	151	157	174	154	132
Accommodation and food services	1,012	815	903	920	740	696	861	747	636
Other services	396	329	236	207	221	257	204	233	256
Government	1,089	871	974	394	347	347	332	343	312
Federal	180	133	130	43	31	35	32	31	34
State and local	909	738	844	352	316	312	300	312	277
State and local education	359	246	275	190	162	156	150	155	146
State and local, excluding education	550	492	570	161	154	156	150	156	131



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	5.6	4.6	4.8	3.8	3.4	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.1
Total private	5.8	4.8	5.0	4.1	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.7	3.5
Mining and logging	4.1	3.6	3.7	4.0	2.8	2.8	3.7	2.8	2.6
Construction	4.6	2.7	4.3	4.6	4.4	4.1	4.3	3.9	3.7
Manufacturing	4.4	3.8	3.8	3.0	2.7	2.4	3.0	2.7	2.5
Durable goods	4.5	4.0	3.9	2.5	2.5	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.4
Nondurable goods	4.4	3.3	3.5	3.9	3.1	2.7	3.9	3.0	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.3	3.4	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.4	3.8	3.8	3.2
Wholesale trade	3.3	2.9	3.1	2.5	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.1
Retail trade	4.0	3.5	3.5	4.3	4.3	3.7	4.1	4.2	3.5
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	5.7	3.9	4.8	4.4	4.4	3.8	4.4	4.2	3.6
Information	5.0	4.1	4.5	2.2	2.6	2.4	2.2	3.1	2.7
Financial activities	6.0	4.6	4.0	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.5	2.2
Finance and insurance	6.2	4.4	3.8	2.1	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.5	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.3	5.0	4.6	2.9	2.8	2.5	2.9	2.7	2.3
Professional and business services	6.7	6.3	6.6	4.7	4.1	4.8	4.7	4.1	4.8
Private education and health services	7.3	5.8	5.7	3.6	3.2	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.6
Private educational services	3.9	4.0	3.6	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.2	2.5	2.2
Health care and social assistance	7.8	6.1	6.1	3.8	3.3	3.1	3.4	3.0	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	6.6	5.4	5.8	6.6	5.3	5.0	6.2	5.3	4.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	6.3	5.3	5.0	7.1	5.7	5.9	6.8	5.8	4.9
Accommodation and food services	6.7	5.4	5.9	6.5	5.2	4.9	6.1	5.2	4.4
Other services	6.3	5.3	3.8	3.5	3.7	4.3	3.5	3.9	4.3
Government	4.5	3.6	4.0	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3
Federal	5.8	4.3	4.1	1.5	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.0	1.1
State and local	4.4	3.5	4.0	1.8	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.4
State and local education	3.3	2.2	2.5	1.8	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4
State and local, excluding education	5.6	4.9	5.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: October 01, 2024