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. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)	Mar. 2025	Feb. 2026	Mar. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	6,952	6,922	6,866	5,333	4,899	5,554	5,288	5,022	5,378
Total private	6,119	6,197	6,143	4,997	4,567	5,236	4,943	4,697	5,065
Mining and logging	12	17	20	18	19	20	24	17	20
Construction	278	201	224	300	294	308	330	290	298
Manufacturing	389	443	462	309	282	310	311	288	278
Durable goods	259	291	300	182	157	161	185	161	137
Nondurable goods	130	152	162	127	125	149	126	127	141
Trade, transportation, and utilities	949	1,136	1,175	1,042	971	1,165	1,083	1,084	1,156
Wholesale trade	187	153	140	142	131	144	152	121	147
Retail trade	498	685	737	628	611	684	646	675	710
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	264	298	297	273	229	337	285	287	299
Information	115	80	81	77	71	95	83	96	101
Financial activities	418	391	492	242	187	206	221	179	198
Finance and insurance	294	330	428	170	128	130	150	125	130
Real estate and rental and leasing	123	61	64	72	59	76	71	53	68
Professional and business services	1,211	1,303	985	1,066	904	1,069	1,050	884	1,039
Private education and health services	1,454	1,360	1,466	809	716	798	742	713	738
Private educational services	142	90	109	95	91	98	94	93	93
Health care and social assistance	1,312	1,270	1,357	714	625	700	647	620	645
Leisure and hospitality	946	952	965	888	913	1,035	868	947	975
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	135	133	133	170	148	146	179	150	157
Accommodation and food services	812	818	831	718	765	889	689	797	818
Other services	346	315	274	245	210	231	230	200	260
Government	834	725	723	336	332	318	344	325	312
Federal	122	92	76	28	26	19	35	34	35
State and local	712	633	647	307	306	298	310	291	278
State and local education	281	237	234	153	148	141	146	153	131
State and local, excluding education	431	396	413	154	158	158	164	138	147



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.4	3.1	3.5	3.3	3.2	3.4
Total private	4.3	4.4	4.3	3.7	3.4	3.9	3.7	3.5	3.7
Mining and logging	1.9	2.7	3.2	2.9	3.2	3.3	3.8	2.9	3.4
Construction	3.3	2.4	2.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	4.0	3.5	3.6
Manufacturing	3.0	3.4	3.5	2.4	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.2
Durable goods	3.2	3.6	3.7	2.3	2.0	2.1	2.4	2.1	1.8
Nondurable goods	2.6	3.1	3.3	2.6	2.6	3.1	2.6	2.7	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.2	3.8	3.9	3.6	3.4	4.1	3.8	3.8	4.0
Wholesale trade	3.0	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.0	2.4
Retail trade	3.1	4.3	4.6	4.1	4.0	4.4	4.2	4.4	4.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3.5	4.0	4.0	3.7	3.2	4.7	3.9	4.0	4.2
Information	3.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.5	3.4	2.9	3.4	3.6
Financial activities	4.3	4.1	5.1	2.6	2.0	2.3	2.4	2.0	2.2
Finance and insurance	4.2	4.7	6.0	2.5	1.9	1.9	2.2	1.9	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.8	2.5	2.6	2.9	2.4	3.1	2.9	2.2	2.8
Professional and business services	5.1	5.5	4.2	4.7	4.0	4.8	4.7	3.9	4.6
Private education and health services	5.1	4.7	5.0	3.0	2.6	2.9	2.7	2.6	2.7
Private educational services	3.4	2.2	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3
Health care and social assistance	5.4	5.1	5.4	3.1	2.6	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.3	5.4	6.1	5.2	5.6	5.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4.8	4.7	4.7	6.4	5.5	5.4	6.7	5.6	5.8
Accommodation and food services	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.1	5.4	6.2	4.9	5.6	5.7
Other services	5.5	5.0	4.3	4.1	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.3	4.3
Government	3.4	3.0	3.0	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.3
Federal	3.9	3.3	2.8	1.0	1.0	0.7	1.2	1.3	1.3
State and local	3.3	3.0	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.3
State and local education	2.5	2.1	2.1	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2
State and local, excluding education	4.2	3.9	4.0	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.4	1.5
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: May 05, 2026