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	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025(p)	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025(p)	Mar. 2024	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	8,093	7,480	7,192	5,472	5,370	5,411	5,268	5,316	5,137
Total private	7,101	6,588	6,359	5,091	5,020	5,050	4,950	4,966	4,792
Mining and logging	33	20	13	19	23	18	21	19	22
Construction	338	286	248	337	347	302	345	348	313
Manufacturing	513	445	449	315	318	319	338	323	310
Durable goods	326	313	313	176	192	183	192	194	182
Nondurable goods	188	131	136	139	127	136	146	129	128
Trade, transportation, and utilities	994	1,036	974	1,012	1,078	1,065	984	1,089	1,022
Wholesale trade	184	163	173	132	169	156	120	144	155
Retail trade	493	528	515	640	601	612	632	645	602
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	316	345	286	241	308	297	232	301	264
Information	144	131	124	80	79	83	76	85	76
Financial activities	461	431	417	192	217	245	182	190	219
Finance and insurance	298	271	296	114	147	171	111	124	151
Real estate and rental and leasing	163	160	121	78	70	75	71	66	68
Professional and business services	1,272	1,336	1,315	1,099	1,056	1,013	1,097	1,023	970
Private education and health services	1,870	1,570	1,509	834	799	835	760	736	747
Private educational services	177	165	140	95	90	95	91	82	87
Health care and social assistance	1,693	1,405	1,368	739	709	740	670	654	660
Leisure and hospitality	1,177	1,030	985	1,019	888	936	998	939	898
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	164	130	127	198	177	175	184	175	170
Accommodation and food services	1,012	900	858	821	711	761	813	765	728
Other services	299	304	324	182	215	234	149	214	214
Government	992	892	833	381	350	361	318	350	345
Federal	162	134	98	47	30	29	33	41	33
State and local	830	759	735	334	320	333	285	309	312
State and local education	325	279	296	157	166	170	148	176	151
State and local, excluding education	505	480	440	177	154	163	137	133	161



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.9	4.5	4.3	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2
Total private	5.0	4.6	4.5	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.5
Mining and logging	4.9	3.1	2.1	3.1	3.6	2.9	3.2	3.0	3.6
Construction	4.0	3.3	2.9	4.1	4.2	3.6	4.2	4.2	3.8
Manufacturing	3.8	3.4	3.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.4
Durable goods	3.9	3.8	3.8	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.3
Nondurable goods	3.7	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.6	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.4	3.7	3.5
Wholesale trade	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.2	2.7	2.5	2.0	2.3	2.5
Retail trade	3.1	3.3	3.2	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.1	3.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.2	4.5	3.7	3.3	4.2	4.0	3.2	4.1	3.6
Information	4.6	4.2	4.0	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.6	2.9	2.6
Financial activities	4.8	4.5	4.3	2.1	2.3	2.7	2.0	2.1	2.4
Finance and insurance	4.3	3.9	4.2	1.7	2.2	2.5	1.7	1.8	2.2
Real estate and rental and leasing	6.2	6.0	4.6	3.1	2.8	3.0	2.9	2.7	2.7
Professional and business services	5.3	5.6	5.5	4.9	4.7	4.5	4.8	4.5	4.3
Private education and health services	6.7	5.5	5.3	3.2	3.0	3.1	2.9	2.7	2.8
Private educational services	4.3	4.0	3.4	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.2
Health care and social assistance	7.1	5.7	5.6	3.3	3.1	3.2	3.0	2.8	2.9
Leisure and hospitality	6.6	5.7	5.5	6.1	5.2	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.9	4.6	4.5	7.6	6.6	6.5	7.1	6.5	6.3
Accommodation and food services	6.7	5.9	5.7	5.8	5.0	5.3	5.7	5.4	5.1
Other services	4.8	4.8	5.1	3.1	3.6	3.9	2.5	3.6	3.6
Government	4.1	3.6	3.4	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.5
Federal	5.1	4.3	3.2	1.6	1.0	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.1
State and local	3.9	3.6	3.4	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.5
State and local education	2.9	2.5	2.7	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.4
State and local, excluding education	5.0	4.7	4.3	1.9	1.6	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.6
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 29, 2025