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. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)	Oct. 2021	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	11,094	10,687	10,334	6,460	6,096	6,012	5,852	5,665	5,683
Total private	10,158	9,627	9,412	6,104	5,716	5,621	5,442	5,270	5,309
Mining and logging	29	29	35	21	22	20	18	20	20
Construction	392	423	371	362	359	332	339	343	326
Manufacturing	923	835	746	481	401	429	417	374	390
Durable goods	529	490	495	271	219	228	224	203	205
Nondurable goods	394	346	251	210	183	201	193	170	186
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,968	1,620	1,644	1,354	1,236	1,247	1,262	1,212	1,195
Wholesale trade	345	243	283	171	158	164	162	136	144
Retail trade	1,038	855	879	867	756	751	847	752	757
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	585	521	482	315	322	333	253	324	294
Information	179	218	226	119	102	93	101	93	73
Financial activities	445	472	537	218	234	204	195	225	207
Finance and insurance	338	282	352	137	148	127	130	145	123
Real estate and rental and leasing	107	190	185	80	86	77	65	80	84
Professional and business services	2,043	1,940	1,794	1,310	1,137	1,123	1,095	1,043	1,070
Education and health services	2,097	2,277	2,172	826	840	816	759	737	728
Educational services	192	194	175	118	96	96	84	87	86
Health care and social assistance	1,905	2,083	1,997	708	745	720	674	650	642
Leisure and hospitality	1,632	1,578	1,578	1,179	1,140	1,130	1,028	1,032	1,070
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	184	213	204	156	158	136	137	145	134
Accommodation and food services	1,448	1,365	1,374	1,023	982	994	891	887	936
Other services	451	234	310	234	244	226	228	193	230
Government	935	1,060	922	356	380	390	410	395	374
Federal	127	181	120	46	43	42	52	43	39
State and local	808	880	802	310	337	348	358	352	336
State and local education	313	307	330	155	156	178	171	169	169
State and local, excluding education	496	573	472	156	181	170	187	183	167



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	7.0	6.5	6.3	4.4	4.0	3.9	4.0	3.7	3.7
Total private	7.5	6.9	6.7	4.8	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.0	4.1
Mining and logging	4.7	4.4	5.2	3.6	3.5	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1
Construction	5.0	5.2	4.6	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.2
Manufacturing	6.9	6.1	5.5	3.9	3.1	3.3	3.3	2.9	3.0
Durable goods	6.4	5.8	5.8	3.5	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.5	2.5
Nondurable goods	7.7	6.6	4.9	4.5	3.7	4.1	4.1	3.5	3.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	6.6	5.3	5.4	4.8	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.2	4.1
Wholesale trade	5.7	4.0	4.6	3.0	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.3	2.4
Retail trade	6.3	5.1	5.3	5.6	4.8	4.7	5.4	4.8	4.8
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	8.0	6.9	6.4	4.7	4.6	4.7	3.7	4.6	4.2
Information	5.8	6.7	6.9	4.1	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.0	2.4
Financial activities	4.8	5.0	5.6	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.3
Finance and insurance	4.9	4.1	5.1	2.1	2.2	1.9	2.0	2.2	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.5	7.4	7.3	3.5	3.6	3.3	2.8	3.4	3.6
Professional and business services	8.6	8.0	7.4	6.1	5.1	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.8
Education and health services	8.1	8.5	8.1	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.0	2.9
Educational services	5.0	4.8	4.3	3.2	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.2
Health care and social assistance	8.6	9.1	8.7	3.5	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.1	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	10.0	9.1	9.0	8.0	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	8.0	8.4	8.0	7.3	6.8	5.8	6.4	6.2	5.7
Accommodation and food services	10.3	9.2	9.2	8.1	7.3	7.3	7.1	6.6	6.9
Other services	7.5	3.9	5.1	4.2	4.3	4.0	4.1	3.4	4.0
Government	4.1	4.5	4.0	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.9	1.8	1.7
Federal	4.2	5.9	4.0	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.8	1.5	1.4
State and local	4.0	4.3	4.0	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.8	1.7
State and local education	3.0	2.9	3.1	1.5	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.6
State and local, excluding education	5.2	5.9	4.9	1.7	2.0	1.9	2.1	2.0	1.8
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Last Modified Date: November 30, 2022