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. 2022	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023(p)	Oct. 2022	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023(p)	Oct. 2022	Sept. 2023	Oct. 2023(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	10,471	9,350	8,733	6,164	5,904	5,886	5,846	5,595	5,646
Total private	9,519	8,381	7,746	5,777	5,536	5,514	5,488	5,288	5,344
Mining and logging	41	35	27	21	22	24	18	21	25
Construction	398	427	423	351	309	375	325	312	346
Manufacturing	735	601	587	442	390	372	397	382	369
Durable goods	476	357	365	233	214	205	204	207	208
Nondurable goods	258	243	222	209	176	167	192	175	161
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,591	1,333	1,238	1,244	1,216	1,149	1,220	1,181	1,146
Wholesale trade	281	233	207	167	161	159	151	154	141
Retail trade	818	645	543	722	750	674	742	731	680
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	491	455	488	355	305	316	327	296	325
Information	230	133	172	99	74	57	94	81	68
Financial activities	603	616	399	218	202	208	222	204	213
Finance and insurance	413	441	273	142	125	134	142	127	142
Real estate and rental and leasing	190	175	126	77	77	74	79	77	71
Professional and business services	1,890	1,658	1,751	1,168	1,095	1,189	1,125	1,067	1,188
Education and health services	2,151	1,906	1,668	823	863	901	749	766	809
Educational services	160	177	175	98	96	101	102	91	94
Health care and social assistance	1,991	1,729	1,493	724	767	800	647	675	715
Leisure and hospitality	1,612	1,359	1,223	1,191	1,148	1,043	1,123	1,080	997
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	197	190	178	135	155	160	133	167	135
Accommodation and food services	1,415	1,168	1,044	1,056	993	883	990	914	862
Other services	268	313	261	221	217	197	216	194	184
Government	952	970	987	387	368	372	358	306	303
Federal	127	162	176	43	44	40	37	41	35
State and local	824	808	811	344	324	332	321	266	268
State and local education	295	307	284	176	170	174	166	136	136
State and local, excluding education	530	501	526	167	154	157	156	129	131



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	6.4	5.6	5.3	4.0	3.8	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.6
Total private	6.7	5.9	5.5	4.4	4.1	4.1	4.2	3.9	4.0
Mining and logging	6.2	5.2	4.0	3.4	3.4	3.7	2.9	3.3	3.8
Construction	4.8	5.1	5.0	4.5	3.9	4.7	4.2	3.9	4.3
Manufacturing	5.4	4.4	4.3	3.4	3.0	2.9	3.1	2.9	2.8
Durable goods	5.6	4.2	4.3	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6
Nondurable goods	5.0	4.8	4.4	4.3	3.6	3.4	3.9	3.6	3.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	5.2	4.4	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.0
Wholesale trade	4.5	3.7	3.3	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.3
Retail trade	5.0	4.0	3.4	4.7	4.8	4.3	4.8	4.7	4.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	6.3	5.9	6.3	4.9	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.1	4.5
Information	6.9	4.1	5.3	3.2	2.4	1.8	3.0	2.6	2.2
Financial activities	6.2	6.3	4.2	2.4	2.2	2.3	2.4	2.2	2.3
Finance and insurance	5.8	6.2	3.9	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.1	1.9	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	7.4	6.7	4.9	3.2	3.2	3.0	3.3	3.2	2.9
Professional and business services	7.7	6.7	7.1	5.1	4.8	5.2	4.9	4.6	5.2
Education and health services	8.0	6.9	6.1	3.3	3.4	3.5	3.0	3.0	3.1
Educational services	4.0	4.3	4.2	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.3	2.4
Health care and social assistance	8.7	7.4	6.4	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.1	3.1	3.3
Leisure and hospitality	9.1	7.5	6.8	7.4	6.9	6.2	7.0	6.5	6.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	7.7	7.1	6.6	5.7	6.2	6.4	5.6	6.7	5.4
Accommodation and food services	9.3	7.6	6.8	7.7	7.0	6.2	7.2	6.4	6.1
Other services	4.5	5.1	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.3	3.8	3.3	3.1
Government	4.1	4.1	4.1	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.3
Federal	4.2	5.2	5.6	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.2
State and local	4.1	3.9	3.9	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.3
State and local education	2.8	2.8	2.6	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.3	1.3
State and local, excluding education	5.5	5.1	5.3	1.8	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.4	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: December 05, 2023