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	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	6,873	10,602	11,033	6,035	6,546	6,464	5,427	6,147	5,892
Total private	6,173	9,614	10,118	5,696	6,206	6,100	4,878	5,821	5,545
Mining and logging	21	37	37	19	18	24	20	16	23
Construction	253	354	410	401	361	378	343	321	342
Manufacturing	545	948	1,009	384	483	495	354	452	424
Durable goods	302	568	584	226	264	274	205	243	225
Nondurable goods	243	380	425	159	219	221	149	209	199
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,160	2,020	1,996	1,276	1,375	1,315	1,129	1,282	1,200
Wholesale trade	178	319	330	136	179	167	122	167	153
Retail trade	703	1,073	1,055	739	896	867	740	861	856
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	278	629	611	401	301	280	268	255	191
Information	117	155	180	123	109	124	78	97	98
Financial activities	304	438	446	250	299	207	208	267	190
Finance and insurance	225	322	321	152	224	128	131	207	119
Real estate and rental and leasing	79	115	125	99	75	78	78	59	71
Professional and business services	1,225	1,784	1,819	1,102	1,230	1,244	1,036	1,134	1,145
Education and health services	1,394	1,940	1,999	727	808	811	709	806	776
Educational services	116	134	176	88	59	113	84	89	86
Health care and social assistance	1,278	1,806	1,823	639	749	698	625	717	690
Leisure and hospitality	888	1,530	1,781	1,154	1,243	1,248	828	1,158	1,111
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	97	186	183	145	193	165	115	167	153
Accommodation and food services	792	1,344	1,598	1,009	1,050	1,082	713	992	958
Other services	266	407	442	258	279	256	172	288	235
Government	700	988	914	339	340	364	549	326	347
Federal	103	136	140	47	42	43	198	45	46
State and local	598	852	775	292	298	322	351	281	300
State and local education	228	261	299	138	127	164	196	149	140
State and local, excluding education	369	591	476	154	171	157	155	132	160



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.6	6.7	6.9	4.2	4.4	4.4	3.8	4.2	4.0
Total private	4.9	7.1	7.4	4.7	4.9	4.8	4.0	4.6	4.4
Mining and logging	3.4	5.4	5.3	3.2	2.8	3.7	3.3	2.5	3.5
Construction	3.3	4.5	5.2	5.5	4.8	5.0	4.7	4.3	4.6
Manufacturing	4.3	7.1	7.4	3.2	3.9	3.9	2.9	3.6	3.4
Durable goods	3.9	6.8	7.0	3.0	3.4	3.5	2.7	3.1	2.9
Nondurable goods	5.0	7.5	8.2	3.4	4.6	4.7	3.2	4.4	4.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.1	6.8	6.7	4.8	5.0	4.7	4.2	4.6	4.3
Wholesale trade	3.1	5.3	5.4	2.4	3.1	2.9	2.2	2.9	2.7
Retail trade	4.4	6.5	6.4	4.9	5.8	5.6	4.9	5.6	5.5
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.3	8.9	8.6	6.5	4.7	4.3	4.4	3.9	2.9
Information	4.2	5.3	6.1	4.6	3.9	4.4	2.9	3.5	3.5
Financial activities	3.4	4.7	4.8	2.9	3.4	2.3	2.4	3.0	2.1
Finance and insurance	3.3	4.7	4.7	2.3	3.4	2.0	2.0	3.2	1.8
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.4	4.7	5.1	4.5	3.2	3.4	3.5	2.6	3.1
Professional and business services	5.7	7.8	7.9	5.4	5.8	5.9	5.1	5.4	5.4
Education and health services	5.7	7.6	7.8	3.1	3.4	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.3
Educational services	3.3	3.6	4.6	2.6	1.6	3.1	2.5	2.5	2.4
Health care and social assistance	6.1	8.2	8.3	3.2	3.7	3.5	3.1	3.6	3.4
Leisure and hospitality	6.1	9.1	10.3	8.5	8.1	8.0	6.1	7.5	7.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.2	7.8	7.6	8.1	8.8	7.5	6.5	7.6	6.9
Accommodation and food services	6.3	9.3	10.7	8.5	8.0	8.1	6.0	7.5	7.2
Other services	4.6	6.6	7.1	4.7	4.9	4.4	3.1	5.0	4.1
Government	3.1	4.3	4.0	1.6	1.5	1.7	2.5	1.5	1.6
Federal	3.3	4.5	4.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	6.6	1.5	1.6
State and local	3.1	4.3	3.9	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.9	1.5	1.6
State and local education	2.3	2.5	2.9	1.4	1.3	1.6	2.0	1.5	1.4
State and local, excluding education	3.9	6.2	5.0	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7	1.5	1.8
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Last Modified Date: December 08, 2021