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	May 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024(p)	May 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024(p)	May 2023	Apr. 2024	May 2024(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	9,311	7,919	8,140	6,171	5,615	5,756	5,846	5,337	5,422
Total private	8,240	7,013	7,055	5,766	5,245	5,379	5,496	4,985	5,076
Mining and logging	30	24	27	28	15	19	23	20	21
Construction	377	337	339	373	341	383	358	355	360
Manufacturing	592	488	603	442	383	367	436	383	357
Durable goods	365	331	428	245	232	224	227	230	214
Nondurable goods	228	157	174	197	152	143	208	154	142
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,536	1,016	1,016	1,310	1,135	1,088	1,301	1,039	1,060
Wholesale trade	267	189	188	180	156	159	162	146	156
Retail trade	752	494	478	805	693	647	844	632	630
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	517	334	350	325	286	282	296	262	274
Information	162	110	134	68	80	78	74	72	77
Financial activities	421	464	438	219	197	231	202	198	213
Finance and insurance	300	320	325	156	123	145	135	122	129
Real estate and rental and leasing	121	144	112	62	73	85	66	76	84
Professional and business services	1,597	1,441	1,485	1,066	1,001	1,114	972	920	1,030
Private education and health services	1,863	1,770	1,814	954	897	895	887	816	818
Private educational services	190	218	184	94	94	94	86	88	99
Health care and social assistance	1,673	1,552	1,630	860	804	801	800	728	720
Leisure and hospitality	1,301	1,068	922	1,097	996	985	1,045	985	931
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	156	151	151	165	153	171	147	158	152
Accommodation and food services	1,145	918	771	932	843	815	898	827	779
Other services	361	293	277	209	200	219	199	195	209
Government	1,070	906	1,085	405	370	376	350	353	346
Federal	174	139	176	48	37	35	41	35	32
State and local	896	767	909	356	333	341	309	318	315
State and local education	342	269	295	186	181	177	160	169	177
State and local, excluding education	554	498	615	170	152	164	149	149	137



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	5.6	4.8	4.9	4.0	3.5	3.6	3.8	3.4	3.4
Total private	5.8	4.9	5.0	4.3	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.8
Mining and logging	4.5	3.7	4.2	4.3	2.3	3.0	3.6	3.2	3.3
Construction	4.5	3.9	4.0	4.7	4.2	4.7	4.5	4.3	4.4
Manufacturing	4.4	3.6	4.4	3.4	3.0	2.8	3.4	3.0	2.8
Durable goods	4.3	3.9	5.0	3.0	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.6
Nondurable goods	4.5	3.2	3.5	4.1	3.2	3.0	4.3	3.2	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	5.1	3.4	3.4	4.5	3.9	3.7	4.5	3.6	3.7
Wholesale trade	4.2	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.4	2.5
Retail trade	4.6	3.1	3.0	5.2	4.4	4.1	5.4	4.0	4.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	6.7	4.5	4.7	4.5	4.0	3.9	4.1	3.7	3.8
Information	5.0	3.5	4.2	2.2	2.7	2.6	2.4	2.4	2.5
Financial activities	4.4	4.8	4.5	2.4	2.1	2.5	2.2	2.1	2.3
Finance and insurance	4.3	4.5	4.6	2.3	1.8	2.2	2.0	1.8	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.7	5.5	4.3	2.5	2.9	3.4	2.7	3.1	3.4
Professional and business services	6.5	5.9	6.1	4.7	4.4	4.8	4.2	4.0	4.5
Private education and health services	6.9	6.3	6.5	3.8	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.1	3.1
Private educational services	4.7	5.3	4.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.6
Health care and social assistance	7.3	6.5	6.8	4.0	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.3	3.2
Leisure and hospitality	7.3	5.9	5.2	6.6	5.9	5.8	6.3	5.8	5.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.9	5.4	5.4	6.6	5.8	6.4	5.9	6.0	5.7
Accommodation and food services	7.6	6.0	5.1	6.6	5.9	5.7	6.4	5.8	5.5
Other services	5.8	4.7	4.5	3.6	3.4	3.7	3.4	3.3	3.5
Government	4.5	3.7	4.4	1.8	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5
Federal	5.6	4.4	5.5	1.7	1.2	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.1
State and local	4.3	3.6	4.3	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5
State and local education	3.1	2.4	2.7	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.6
State and local, excluding education	5.6	5.0	6.0	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.6	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: July 02, 2024