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. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	9,623	8,813	8,488	5,955	5,781	5,500	5,917	5,539	5,200
Total private	8,576	7,894	7,530	5,563	5,382	5,109	5,571	5,203	4,866
Mining and logging	33	33	32	24	20	21	27	18	21
Construction	291	456	274	414	400	341	437	370	326
Manufacturing	693	587	570	384	324	323	410	338	330
Durable goods	434	379	353	215	176	182	223	183	185
Nondurable goods	260	208	217	169	148	141	187	155	145
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,409	1,072	1,064	1,157	1,130	1,027	1,203	1,097	994
Wholesale trade	306	166	204	147	163	142	146	156	137
Retail trade	719	604	540	685	676	644	732	677	625
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	385	301	320	325	292	242	325	264	231
Information	150	126	169	110	89	85	92	85	77
Financial activities	502	677	533	195	193	185	184	200	182
Finance and insurance	362	515	357	118	115	111	113	122	115
Real estate and rental and leasing	139	162	176	77	79	74	70	78	67
Professional and business services	1,736	1,526	1,485	1,077	1,092	1,075	1,087	1,073	1,042
Private education and health services	1,938	1,952	1,944	861	860	858	818	762	747
Private educational services	190	141	163	94	82	92	96	69	90
Health care and social assistance	1,748	1,811	1,781	767	778	765	723	693	657
Leisure and hospitality	1,456	1,143	1,153	1,100	1,060	1,009	1,089	1,059	991
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	224	168	144	182	207	178	176	211	173
Accommodation and food services	1,232	975	1,009	918	852	830	913	848	818
Other services	368	322	306	240	214	186	225	202	157
Government	1,047	919	958	392	399	391	346	336	333
Federal	129	150	143	46	45	43	37	33	34
State and local	918	769	815	346	354	348	309	303	300
State and local education	319	255	323	168	160	166	152	143	151
State and local, excluding education	600	515	492	177	194	182	157	160	148



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	5.8	5.3	5.1	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.8	3.5	3.3
Total private	6.1	5.5	5.3	4.2	4.0	3.8	4.2	3.9	3.6
Mining and logging	5.0	4.9	4.7	3.8	3.2	3.2	4.2	2.9	3.3
Construction	3.5	5.3	3.2	5.2	4.9	4.1	5.5	4.5	4.0
Manufacturing	5.1	4.3	4.2	3.0	2.5	2.5	3.2	2.6	2.5
Durable goods	5.1	4.5	4.2	2.7	2.2	2.2	2.8	2.2	2.3
Nondurable goods	5.1	4.1	4.3	3.5	3.1	2.9	3.8	3.2	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.7	3.6	3.5	4.0	3.9	3.5	4.2	3.8	3.4
Wholesale trade	4.8	2.6	3.2	2.4	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.2
Retail trade	4.4	3.7	3.3	4.4	4.3	4.1	4.7	4.3	4.0
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	5.1	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.1	3.4	4.5	3.7	3.2
Information	4.7	4.0	5.3	3.6	3.0	2.8	3.0	2.8	2.6
Financial activities	5.2	6.8	5.5	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.0
Finance and insurance	5.1	7.1	5.0	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.4	6.1	6.6	3.1	3.2	3.0	2.9	3.1	2.7
Professional and business services	7.1	6.2	6.1	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.5
Private education and health services	7.2	7.0	6.9	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.9
Private educational services	4.8	3.5	4.0	2.5	2.1	2.4	2.5	1.8	2.3
Health care and social assistance	7.6	7.6	7.4	3.6	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	8.1	6.4	6.4	6.7	6.3	6.0	6.6	6.3	5.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	8.3	6.0	5.2	7.4	7.9	6.7	7.1	8.0	6.5
Accommodation and food services	8.1	6.4	6.6	6.6	6.0	5.8	6.5	6.0	5.7
Other services	6.0	5.2	4.9	4.1	3.6	3.2	3.9	3.4	2.7
Government	4.4	3.8	4.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.4	1.4
Federal	4.2	4.8	4.6	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.3	1.1	1.1
State and local	4.5	3.7	3.9	1.8	1.8	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5
State and local education	3.0	2.3	2.9	1.6	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.4
State and local, excluding education	6.1	5.1	4.9	1.9	2.0	1.9	1.7	1.7	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: May 01, 2024