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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
Dec.
2021
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022(p)
Dec.
2021
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022(p)
Dec.
2021
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

11,448 10,440 11,012 6,450 6,034 6,165 6,042 5,831 5,890

Total private

10,343 9,380 9,931 6,062 5,612 5,741 5,648 5,459 5,501

Mining and logging

34 38 41 20 22 23 17 19 20

Construction

359 331 413 361 323 357 329 293 324

Manufacturing

746 803 764 457 405 405 434 400 386

Durable goods

422 502 473 258 217 233 244 216 203

Nondurable goods

324 301 291 199 188 172 190 185 183

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,942 1,571 1,746 1,377 1,251 1,281 1,330 1,276 1,277

Wholesale trade

295 211 284 170 169 171 142 155 160

Retail trade

1,036 883 1,017 901 729 774 916 735 798

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

611 476 445 306 353 336 272 386 319

Information

232 216 109 111 119 97 112 92 87

Financial activities

470 568 581 229 233 195 206 234 190

Finance and insurance

355 389 424 145 152 121 135 161 129

Real estate and rental and leasing

115 179 157 84 80 74 70 73 61

Professional and business services

2,021 1,952 1,956 1,212 1,110 1,129 1,150 1,143 1,128

Education and health services

2,187 2,099 2,119 846 852 916 800 792 836

Educational services

217 161 187 102 96 96 84 84 92

Health care and social assistance

1,970 1,938 1,932 744 756 820 716 708 744

Leisure and hospitality

1,990 1,505 1,935 1,192 1,093 1,100 1,029 1,037 1,044

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

205 172 192 165 158 163 123 148 135

Accommodation and food services

1,785 1,334 1,743 1,027 935 937 906 889 909

Other services

362 298 266 256 204 239 241 173 209

Government

1,105 1,060 1,080 388 422 423 395 372 390

Federal

167 137 152 45 40 47 57 40 45

State and local

938 923 928 344 381 376 338 332 345

State and local education

361 353 353 183 189 181 174 157 166

State and local, excluding education

577 570 575 161 193 195 163 175 179




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

7.1 6.4 6.7 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.8

Total private

7.5 6.7 7.0 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.2

Mining and logging

5.5 5.7 6.0 3.5 3.4 3.5 2.9 2.9 3.0

Construction

4.6 4.1 5.0 4.8 4.2 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.2

Manufacturing

5.6 5.8 5.6 3.6 3.1 3.1 3.5 3.1 3.0

Durable goods

5.1 5.9 5.5 3.3 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.5

Nondurable goods

6.4 5.8 5.7 4.2 3.8 3.5 4.0 3.8 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

6.4 5.2 5.7 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.4

Wholesale trade

4.9 3.4 4.6 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.7

Retail trade

6.2 5.3 6.1 5.8 4.6 4.9 5.9 4.7 5.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

8.2 6.4 6.0 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.0 5.5 4.5

Information

7.4 6.6 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.2 3.8 3.0 2.8

Financial activities

5.0 5.9 6.1 2.6 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.1

Finance and insurance

5.1 5.5 6.0 2.2 2.3 1.8 2.1 2.4 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

4.8 7.0 6.2 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.5

Professional and business services

8.5 8.0 8.0 5.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.0

Education and health services

8.4 7.8 7.8 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.4

Educational services

5.5 4.0 4.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.4

Health care and social assistance

8.9 8.5 8.4 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

11.7 8.6 10.8 7.9 6.8 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

8.6 6.9 7.5 7.5 6.8 6.9 5.6 6.4 5.7

Accommodation and food services

12.2 8.9 11.3 8.0 6.9 6.9 7.0 6.5 6.6

Other services

6.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.0 3.6

Government

4.8 4.5 4.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7

Federal

5.5 4.6 5.0 1.6 1.4 1.6 2.0 1.4 1.5

State and local

4.6 4.5 4.5 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8

State and local education

3.4 3.3 3.3 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6

State and local, excluding education

6.0 5.9 5.9 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.9 2.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: February 01, 2023