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	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.

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Last Modified Date: April 02, 2025