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	Sept. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026(p)	Sept. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026(p)	Sept. 2025	Aug. 2026	Sept. 2026(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,169	7,190	7,523	5,244	5,271	5,402	5,161	5,175	5,319
Total private	6,405	6,408	6,644	4,898	4,923	5,078	4,744	4,871	4,997
Mining and logging	22	26	26	18	24	20	19	22	21
Construction	206	262	298	337	307	356	330	282	359
Manufacturing	389	530	584	300	347	313	308	324	318
Durable goods	248	375	403	172	193	174	181	168	178
Nondurable goods	141	156	180	128	153	139	127	157	140
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,054	1,238	1,283	955	1,133	1,163	934	1,132	1,078
Wholesale trade	161	204	225	151	197	169	153	186	161
Retail trade	588	699	698	550	664	704	495	669	639
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	305	335	360	254	272	290	286	276	278
Information	119	91	116	71	70	94	65	92	93
Financial activities	390	383	364	212	168	156	216	171	172
Finance and insurance	257	331	289	152	112	104	151	125	112
Real estate and rental and leasing	133	52	75	60	56	52	65	46	59
Professional and business services	1,267	1,204	1,310	1,003	957	927	1,048	968	955
Private education and health services	1,548	1,634	1,614	896	805	798	834	807	784
Private educational services	131	120	135	85	101	93	96	98	102
Health care and social assistance	1,417	1,514	1,479	811	704	705	738	709	682
Leisure and hospitality	1,152	797	779	929	878	1,041	820	840	1,013
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	164	121	120	163	157	162	133	151	130
Accommodation and food services	989	676	659	766	721	879	687	688	883
Other services	258	244	270	179	236	211	170	233	203
Government	764	782	880	346	348	324	418	304	322
Federal	108	114	104	26	28	28	137	32	31
State and local	656	668	776	320	320	297	281	272	292
State and local education	251	253	257	165	165	146	142	130	146
State and local, excluding education	404	415	519	156	156	150	140	142	145



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.3	4.3	4.5	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3
Total private	4.5	4.5	4.7	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.7
Mining and logging	3.5	4.0	4.1	2.9	4.0	3.4	3.1	3.6	3.5
Construction	2.4	3.0	3.4	4.1	3.7	4.3	4.0	3.4	4.3
Manufacturing	3.0	4.0	4.4	2.4	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.6	2.5
Durable goods	3.1	4.5	4.9	2.2	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.1	2.2
Nondurable goods	2.9	3.2	3.7	2.7	3.2	2.9	2.6	3.3	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.5	4.1	4.3	3.3	3.9	4.0	3.3	3.9	3.7
Wholesale trade	2.6	3.3	3.6	2.5	3.2	2.8	2.5	3.1	2.7
Retail trade	3.7	4.3	4.3	3.6	4.3	4.5	3.2	4.3	4.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.1	4.4	4.8	3.5	3.8	4.0	4.0	3.8	3.9
Information	4.0	3.2	4.1	2.5	2.5	3.4	2.3	3.4	3.4
Financial activities	4.1	4.0	3.9	2.3	1.8	1.7	2.3	1.9	1.9
Finance and insurance	3.7	4.7	4.2	2.2	1.7	1.6	2.2	1.9	1.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.1	2.1	3.0	2.5	2.3	2.1	2.6	1.9	2.4
Professional and business services	5.4	5.1	5.5	4.5	4.3	4.1	4.7	4.3	4.2
Private education and health services	5.3	5.5	5.4	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.0	2.9	2.8
Private educational services	3.1	2.9	3.2	2.1	2.5	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5
Health care and social assistance	5.7	5.9	5.8	3.5	2.9	2.9	3.1	3.0	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	6.4	4.5	4.4	5.5	5.2	6.1	4.8	5.0	6.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.7	4.4	4.3	6.0	5.9	6.1	4.9	5.7	4.9
Accommodation and food services	6.5	4.5	4.4	5.4	5.0	6.1	4.8	4.8	6.2
Other services	4.1	3.9	4.3	3.0	3.9	3.5	2.8	3.9	3.4
Government	3.1	3.2	3.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.8	1.3	1.4
Federal	3.6	4.1	3.7	0.9	1.0	1.0	4.7	1.2	1.1
State and local	3.1	3.1	3.6	1.6	1.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
State and local education	2.3	2.3	2.3	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.4
State and local, excluding education	4.0	4.0	5.0	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	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: November 03, 2026