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. 2024	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)	Oct. 2024	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)	Oct. 2024	Sept. 2025	Oct. 2025(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,615	7,658	7,670	5,350	5,367	5,149	5,285	5,264	5,050
Total private	6,715	6,871	6,894	4,987	5,021	4,796	4,975	4,898	4,708
Mining and logging	23	23	20	19	18	20	21	20	19
Construction	249	231	213	323	355	313	310	340	266
Manufacturing	455	385	410	320	320	306	332	327	329
Durable goods	311	256	280	161	188	187	171	191	191
Nondurable goods	144	129	130	158	132	119	161	136	138
Trade, transportation, and utilities	927	1,124	1,363	1,065	956	970	1,058	904	968
Wholesale trade	151	153	205	144	126	121	138	122	137
Retail trade	467	620	762	624	576	571	619	516	571
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	308	352	396	298	254	278	301	266	259
Information	188	203	173	69	76	72	75	81	102
Financial activities	460	449	359	185	219	207	192	219	183
Finance and insurance	286	293	224	114	156	144	121	155	126
Real estate and rental and leasing	174	156	135	71	62	64	71	64	57
Professional and business services	1,358	1,502	1,388	968	1,030	951	1,043	1,122	1,052
Private education and health services	1,606	1,512	1,558	857	915	819	780	828	718
Private educational services	147	138	134	82	89	87	84	91	92
Health care and social assistance	1,459	1,375	1,424	774	826	731	695	737	626
Leisure and hospitality	1,166	1,181	1,159	935	957	905	928	887	908
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	98	162	173	170	169	164	169	133	161
Accommodation and food services	1,068	1,019	986	765	788	741	759	754	747
Other services	283	260	252	246	174	232	236	170	163
Government	900	787	775	362	346	353	310	365	342
Federal	142	114	89	31	23	22	29	80	46
State and local	758	673	686	332	323	331	281	285	296
State and local education	256	262	251	168	164	171	154	141	138
State and local, excluding education	502	411	435	164	159	160	127	145	158



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.6	4.6	4.6	3.4	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.2
Total private	4.7	4.8	4.8	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.7	3.6	3.5
Mining and logging	3.6	3.7	3.2	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.3	3.1
Construction	2.9	2.7	2.5	3.9	4.3	3.8	3.7	4.1	3.2
Manufacturing	3.4	2.9	3.1	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.6
Durable goods	3.8	3.1	3.4	2.0	2.4	2.4	2.2	2.4	2.4
Nondurable goods	2.9	2.6	2.6	3.3	2.7	2.5	3.3	2.8	2.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.1	3.7	4.5	3.7	3.3	3.3	3.7	3.1	3.3
Wholesale trade	2.4	2.4	3.2	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.0	2.2
Retail trade	2.9	3.8	4.7	4.0	3.7	3.7	4.0	3.3	3.7
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.1	4.6	5.1	4.1	3.5	3.8	4.1	3.6	3.5
Information	6.0	6.5	5.6	2.4	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.8	3.5
Financial activities	4.8	4.6	3.7	2.0	2.4	2.2	2.1	2.4	2.0
Finance and insurance	4.1	4.2	3.2	1.7	2.3	2.1	1.8	2.3	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	6.6	5.9	5.1	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.9	2.6	2.3
Professional and business services	5.7	6.3	5.8	4.3	4.6	4.2	4.6	5.0	4.7
Private education and health services	5.7	5.2	5.4	3.2	3.3	3.0	2.9	3.0	2.6
Private educational services	3.6	3.3	3.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.3	2.3
Health care and social assistance	6.0	5.5	5.7	3.4	3.5	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	6.5	6.5	6.3	5.5	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.2	5.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	3.6	5.6	5.9	6.5	6.2	6.0	6.4	4.9	5.9
Accommodation and food services	7.0	6.6	6.4	5.4	5.5	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.2
Other services	4.5	4.1	4.0	4.1	2.9	3.8	3.9	2.8	2.7
Government	3.7	3.2	3.2	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.5	1.5
Federal	4.5	3.8	3.0	1.0	0.8	0.8	1.0	2.7	1.6
State and local	3.6	3.2	3.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.4
State and local education	2.3	2.4	2.3	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.3
State and local, excluding education	4.9	4.0	4.2	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.5	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: December 09, 2025