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

Total	7,619	7,200	7,391	5,584	5,404	5,573	5,388	5,183	5,288
Total private	6,764	6,342	6,544	5,229	5,055	5,215	5,025	4,845	4,954
Mining and logging	21	13	23	14	19	21	20	22	20
Construction	326	251	248	328	306	348	347	322	339
Manufacturing	491	397	381	384	319	330	376	311	325
Durable goods	324	261	245	230	186	203	223	184	194
Nondurable goods	166	136	136	154	134	128	153	127	131
Trade, transportation, and utilities	988	1,036	1,090	1,095	1,073	1,008	1,051	1,070	938
Wholesale trade	171	213	202	153	146	129	143	145	115
Retail trade	501	538	584	657	632	579	643	652	564
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	315	284	303	285	294	300	265	274	259
Information	95	154	181	75	83	85	72	76	75
Financial activities	445	428	426	192	244	212	213	223	222
Finance and insurance	312	305	293	126	170	139	138	151	154
Real estate and rental and leasing	133	123	133	66	75	73	75	72	68
Professional and business services	1,289	1,249	1,420	1,025	1,042	1,111	943	988	1,049
Private education and health services	1,769	1,512	1,627	937	824	854	843	742	790
Private educational services	227	144	157	98	94	92	90	86	85
Health care and social assistance	1,541	1,368	1,470	839	731	762	753	656	705
Leisure and hospitality	1,042	960	868	978	919	1,031	963	880	978
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	144	135	178	153	174	179	157	172	169
Accommodation and food services	898	825	690	825	746	852	806	708	809
Other services	299	341	281	201	226	216	196	211	217
Government	855	858	847	355	349	358	364	337	334
Federal	137	121	134	37	29	31	36	32	41
State and local	719	737	712	318	320	327	327	305	293
State and local education	253	291	240	170	160	167	172	149	154
State and local, excluding education	466	446	472	148	160	160	155	156	140



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.6	4.3	4.4	3.5	3.4	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.3
Total private	4.8	4.5	4.6	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.6
Mining and logging	3.3	2.1	3.5	2.3	3.0	3.4	3.2	3.5	3.2
Construction	3.8	2.9	2.9	4.0	3.7	4.2	4.2	3.9	4.1
Manufacturing	3.7	3.0	2.9	3.0	2.5	2.6	2.9	2.4	2.5
Durable goods	3.9	3.2	3.0	2.9	2.4	2.6	2.8	2.3	2.5
Nondurable goods	3.3	2.7	2.7	3.2	2.7	2.6	3.2	2.6	2.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.3	3.4	3.6	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.7	3.2
Wholesale trade	2.7	3.3	3.2	2.5	2.4	2.1	2.3	2.3	1.9
Retail trade	3.1	3.3	3.6	4.2	4.1	3.7	4.1	4.2	3.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.2	3.7	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.1	3.7	3.7	3.5
Information	3.1	5.0	5.8	2.5	2.8	2.9	2.5	2.6	2.6
Financial activities	4.6	4.4	4.4	2.1	2.6	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4
Finance and insurance	4.5	4.3	4.2	1.9	2.5	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.1	4.7	5.0	2.7	3.0	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.7
Professional and business services	5.4	5.2	5.9	4.5	4.6	4.9	4.2	4.4	4.6
Private education and health services	6.3	5.3	5.6	3.6	3.0	3.1	3.2	2.7	2.9
Private educational services	5.4	3.5	3.8	2.5	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.1	2.1
Health care and social assistance	6.4	5.6	6.0	3.8	3.2	3.3	3.4	2.8	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	5.9	5.4	4.9	5.8	5.4	6.1	5.7	5.2	5.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.2	4.8	6.2	5.9	6.5	6.6	6.0	6.4	6.3
Accommodation and food services	6.0	5.5	4.6	5.8	5.2	6.0	5.7	5.0	5.7
Other services	4.8	5.4	4.4	3.4	3.7	3.6	3.3	3.5	3.6
Government	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.4
Federal	4.4	3.9	4.3	1.2	1.0	1.0	1.2	1.1	1.4
State and local	3.4	3.5	3.3	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.4
State and local education	2.3	2.6	2.2	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.4	1.4
State and local, excluding education	4.6	4.4	4.6	1.5	1.6	1.6	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: June 03, 2025