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. 2024	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025(p)	Dec. 2024	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025(p)	Dec. 2024	Nov. 2025	Dec. 2025(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,508	6,928	6,542	5,374	5,121	5,293	5,082	5,144	5,251
Total private	6,634	6,227	5,804	4,998	4,826	4,978	4,731	4,855	4,932
Mining and logging	20	17	20	21	17	21	23	21	26
Construction	205	284	292	327	335	347	268	299	342
Manufacturing	431	399	433	300	282	287	315	301	311
Durable goods	291	271	294	155	156	157	175	165	167
Nondurable goods	140	128	139	145	127	131	141	136	144
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,079	1,196	1,024	1,066	973	1,014	1,047	969	1,171
Wholesale trade	180	172	185	136	116	116	131	118	125
Retail trade	519	726	531	608	571	589	595	578	664
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	380	299	308	322	287	309	321	273	383
Information	106	89	101	78	84	111	67	82	109
Financial activities	406	354	256	217	167	207	195	189	175
Finance and insurance	282	258	138	143	127	129	130	139	109
Real estate and rental and leasing	124	95	118	73	41	79	66	50	66
Professional and business services	1,364	1,273	1,016	935	992	940	919	1,074	862
Private education and health services	1,585	1,464	1,388	858	767	817	761	716	748
Private educational services	164	123	139	99	96	90	89	96	76
Health care and social assistance	1,421	1,341	1,249	759	671	728	671	620	671
Leisure and hospitality	1,147	884	950	959	1,001	1,035	903	1,014	1,009
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	184	160	142	144	174	151	144	178	140
Accommodation and food services	963	724	809	815	827	884	759	835	870
Other services	290	266	322	237	207	198	232	190	178
Government	874	701	738	375	295	314	351	289	319
Federal	138	103	97	31	36	25	28	31	41
State and local	736	598	641	344	258	290	324	258	278
State and local education	270	216	231	181	138	133	176	134	146
State and local, excluding education	466	383	410	164	121	157	148	124	132



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.5	4.2	3.9	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.3
Total private	4.7	4.4	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.6
Mining and logging	3.1	2.8	3.2	3.4	2.8	3.5	3.7	3.4	4.3
Construction	2.4	3.3	3.4	4.0	4.0	4.2	3.2	3.6	4.1
Manufacturing	3.3	3.0	3.3	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.4	2.4
Durable goods	3.5	3.3	3.6	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.1
Nondurable goods	2.8	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.8	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.6	4.0	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.5	3.6	3.3	4.0
Wholesale trade	2.8	2.7	2.9	2.2	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.9	2.0
Retail trade	3.2	4.5	3.3	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.7	4.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	5.0	3.9	4.1	4.4	3.9	4.3	4.4	3.8	5.3
Information	3.5	3.0	3.4	2.6	2.9	3.8	2.3	2.8	3.7
Financial activities	4.2	3.7	2.7	2.4	1.8	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9
Finance and insurance	4.0	3.7	2.0	2.1	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.1	1.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.8	3.7	4.5	3.0	1.6	3.2	2.6	2.0	2.6
Professional and business services	5.7	5.3	4.3	4.1	4.4	4.2	4.1	4.8	3.8
Private education and health services	5.6	5.0	4.8	3.2	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.7
Private educational services	4.0	3.0	3.4	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.2	2.4	1.9
Health care and social assistance	5.8	5.4	5.0	3.3	2.8	3.1	2.9	2.6	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	6.3	4.9	5.2	5.6	5.8	6.0	5.3	5.9	5.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	6.5	5.6	5.0	5.4	6.5	5.6	5.4	6.6	5.2
Accommodation and food services	6.3	4.8	5.3	5.7	5.7	6.1	5.3	5.8	6.0
Other services	4.6	4.2	5.0	3.9	3.4	3.3	3.9	3.1	2.9
Government	3.6	2.9	3.1	1.6	1.3	1.3	1.5	1.2	1.4
Federal	4.4	3.6	3.4	1.0	1.3	0.9	0.9	1.1	1.5
State and local	3.5	2.8	3.0	1.7	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.2	1.3
State and local education	2.4	2.0	2.1	1.7	1.3	1.2	1.6	1.2	1.3
State and local, excluding education	4.6	3.8	4.0	1.7	1.2	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.3
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: February 05, 2026