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	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
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Last Modified Date: February 01, 2023