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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, October 29, 2024   USDL-24-2229
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                               JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – SEPTEMBER 2024

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.4 million on the last business day of September, the 
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires changed little at 5.6 million. The 
number of total separations was unchanged at 5.2 million. Within separations, quits (3.1 million) and 
layoffs and discharges (1.8 million) changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and 
rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by 
establishment size class. 
       
Job Openings

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.4 million on the last business day of September but 
was down by 1.9 million over the year. The job openings rate, at 4.5 percent, changed little over the 
month. The number of job openings decreased in health care and social assistance (-178,000); state and 
local government, excluding education (-79,000); and federal government (-28,000) but increased in 
finance and insurance (+85,000). (See table 1.)

Hires

In September, the number and rate of hires changed little at 5.6 million and 3.5 percent, respectively. 
(See table 2.)

Separations

Total separations include quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits are generally 
voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of 
workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated 
by the employer. Other separations include separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers 
to other locations of the same firm.

The number of total separations in September was unchanged at 5.2 million but was down by 326,000 
over the year. The total separations rate was unchanged at 3.3 percent over the month. (See table 3.)

In September, the number of quits changed little at 3.1 million but was down by 525,000 over the year. 
Over the month, the quits rate was little changed at 1.9 percent. Quits decreased in professional and 
business services (-94,000) but increased in state and local government, excluding education (+22,000) 
and in real estate and rental and leasing (+18,000). (See table 4.)

In September, the number of layoffs and discharges changed little at 1.8 million but increased by 
238,000 over the year. The layoffs and discharges rate increased to 1.2 percent in September. Layoffs 
and discharges increased in durable goods manufacturing (+46,000) but decreased in state and local 
government, excluding education (-20,000). (See table 5.)

The number of other separations changed little at 292,000 in September. (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

In September, establishments with 1 to 9 employees showed little or no change in job openings, hires, 
quits, and total separations rates, while the layoffs and discharges rate increased. For establishments 
with 5,000 or more employees, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no 
change. (See table 7.)

August 2024 Revisions

The number of job openings for August was revised down by 179,000 to 7.9 million, the number of 
hires was revised up by 118,000 to 5.4 million, and the number of total separations was revised up by 
171,000 to 5.2 million. Within separations, the number of quits was revised up by 94,000 to 3.2 million, 
and the number of layoffs and discharges was revised up by 60,000 to 1.7 million. (Monthly revisions 
result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published 
estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)
____________
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for October 2024 are scheduled to be 
released on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
     

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category Job openings Hires Total separations
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

9,307 7,861 7,443 5,851 5,435 5,558 5,522 5,168 5,196

Total private

8,342 6,912 6,626 5,488 5,067 5,211 5,220 4,847 4,890

Mining and logging

29 24 25 22 19 22 21 18 19

Construction

422 328 288 308 348 336 313 313 312

Manufacturing

607 491 481 396 306 356 378 325 369

Durable goods

354 321 327 216 171 209 212 194 223

Nondurable goods

253 170 155 179 135 147 166 131 146

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,313 1,131 997 1,190 987 1,031 1,135 945 980

Wholesale trade

229 192 170 152 139 129 148 138 139

Retail trade

668 592 534 755 571 609 718 539 568

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

416 347 293 283 276 293 269 267 273

Information

109 119 132 78 78 88 74 87 99

Financial activities

689 374 467 201 219 223 199 195 224

Finance and insurance

509 264 349 119 153 156 120 132 153

Real estate and rental and leasing

180 109 118 82 66 67 78 62 71

Professional and business services

1,582 1,454 1,531 1,055 1,062 1,051 1,038 1,092 1,026

Private education and health services

1,925 1,636 1,461 858 832 875 753 737 757

Private educational services

163 152 155 96 102 112 91 88 100

Health care and social assistance

1,762 1,484 1,306 762 730 763 663 649 657

Leisure and hospitality

1,350 1,059 948 1,165 976 975 1,109 893 873

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

204 142 133 160 163 163 175 146 169

Accommodation and food services

1,146 917 815 1,005 812 813 934 747 704

Other services

316 295 295 215 240 255 201 242 232

Government

965 949 817 363 368 346 302 321 307

Federal

166 142 114 44 35 32 40 34 31

State and local

799 807 703 320 333 314 262 286 276

State and local education

309 304 279 165 171 160 132 144 131

State and local, excluding education

491 503 424 155 162 154 131 143 145




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

5.6 4.7 4.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3

Total private

5.9 4.9 4.7 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6

Mining and logging

4.3 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.2 2.9 3.0

Construction

5.0 3.8 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8

Manufacturing

4.5 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.9

Durable goods

4.2 3.8 3.9 2.7 2.1 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.8

Nondurable goods

5.0 3.4 3.1 3.7 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.7 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

4.3 3.7 3.3 4.1 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.4

Wholesale trade

3.6 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.2

Retail trade

4.1 3.6 3.3 4.8 3.6 3.9 4.6 3.4 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

5.5 4.6 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.8

Information

3.5 3.8 4.2 2.6 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.9 3.3

Financial activities

7.0 3.9 4.8 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.4

Finance and insurance

7.0 3.8 4.9 1.8 2.3 2.3 1.8 2.0 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

6.8 4.2 4.5 3.3 2.6 2.7 3.2 2.5 2.8

Professional and business services

6.5 6.0 6.2 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.5

Private education and health services

7.0 5.8 5.2 3.4 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.9

Private educational services

4.1 3.8 3.8 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.6

Health care and social assistance

7.5 6.2 5.4 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

7.5 5.9 5.3 7.0 5.7 5.7 6.6 5.3 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

7.4 5.1 4.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.9 5.5 6.3

Accommodation and food services

7.5 6.0 5.4 7.1 5.7 5.6 6.6 5.2 4.9

Other services

5.1 4.8 4.8 3.7 4.1 4.3 3.4 4.1 3.9

Government

4.0 3.9 3.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3

Federal

5.3 4.5 3.7 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.0

State and local

3.9 3.8 3.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3

State and local education

2.8 2.7 2.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.2

State and local, excluding education

5.0 5.0 4.2 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.5 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.


Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The JOLTS 
program provides information on labor demand and turnover. Additional information about the JOLTS program can 
be found at www.bls.gov/jlt/. Estimates are published for job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other 
separations, and total separations. The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as civilian 
federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Starting with data for 
January 2023, industries are classified in accordance with the 2022 North American Industry Classification System.

Definitions

Employment. Employment includes persons on the payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period that 
includes the 12th day of the reference month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, and 
hourly employees are included, as are employees on paid vacation or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners of 
unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, employees on strike for the entire pay period, and employees on 
leave without pay for the entire pay period are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies, 
employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by 
the establishment where they are working. JOLTS does not publish employment estimates but uses the reported 
employment for validation of the other reported data elements.

Job Openings. Job openings include all positions that are open on the last business day of the reference month.

A job is open only if it meets all three of these conditions:
* A specific position exists, and there is work available for that position. The position can be full-time or 
part-time, and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal.
* The job could start within 30 days, whether or not the employer can find a suitable candidate during that 
time.
* The employer is actively recruiting workers from outside the establishment to fill the position. Active 
recruiting means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a position. It may include advertising in 
newspapers, on television, or on the radio; posting internet notices, posting “help wanted” signs, 
networking or making “word-of-mouth” announcements; accepting applications; interviewing candidates; 
contacting employment agencies; or soliciting employees at job fairs, state or local employment offices, or 
similar sources.

Excluded are positions open only to internal transfers, promotions or demotions, or recall from layoffs. Also 
excluded are openings for positions with start dates more than 30 days in the future; positions for which employees 
have been hired but have not yet reported for work; and positions to be filled by employees of temporary help 
agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is computed by 
dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and job openings—that is, all filled and unfilled 
jobs—and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires. Hires include all additions to the payroll during the entire reference month, including newly hired and 
rehired employees; full-time and part-time employees; permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees; employees 
who were recalled to a job at the location following a layoff (formal suspension from pay status) lasting more than 7 
days; on-call or intermittent employees who returned to work after having been formally separated; workers who 
were hired and separated during the month, and transfers from other locations. Excluded are transfers or promotions 
within the reporting location, employees returning from strike, employees of temporary help agencies, employee 
leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of hires by 
employment and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Separations. Separations include all separations from the payroll during the entire reference month and is 
reported by type of separation: quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits include employees who 
left voluntarily, with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs and discharges includes 
involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire; layoffs (formal 
suspensions from pay status) lasting or expected to last more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 
downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for cause; terminations of permanent or short-term employees; 
and terminations of seasonal employees (whether or not they are expected to return the next season). Other 
separations include retirements, transfers to other locations, separations due to employee disability, and deaths.
Excluded from separations measures are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; and employees of 
temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The separations rate is 
computed by dividing the number of separations by employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The quits, 
layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates are computed similarly.

Estimation Method

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of approximately 21,000 nonfarm business and 
government establishments. The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment size 
class.

The sampling frame is made up of establishments from two sources: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program (QCEW) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). 
The QCEW database contains establishments that cover approximately 95 percent of nonfarm payroll jobs in the 
United States. This database is a compilation of administrative data from state unemployment insurance (UI) 
programs and federal government establishments covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees (UCFE) program. A frame of railroad establishments is provided by the FRA. This is added to the 
QCEW database to complete the JOLTS sampling frame. 

The JOLTS estimation method involves the following processes: unit nonresponse adjustment, item 
nonresponse adjustment, monthly benchmarking and estimation, automatic outlier detection, birth and death model 
estimation, estimates review and outlier selection, alignment, seasonal adjustment, and variance estimates. 
Establishment size class levels are also produced. Detailed information about the estimation method can be found in 
the Handbook of Methods at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/jlt/home.htm.

Monthly benchmarking is the process through which the JOLTS weighted employment for each estimation cell 
is adjusted. JOLTS estimation cells are benchmarked monthly to the current employment level from the BLS 
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The sampled weight is benchmarked to ensure that JOLTS weighted 
employment is equal to CES employment.

Birth/death model. The time lag from the start up, or birth, of an establishment until its appearance on the 
sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, many new establishments fail within the first year, referred 
to as a death. Because new and short-lived universe establishments cannot be reflected in the sampling frame 
immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and separations from these establishments 
during their early existence. BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses establishment birth and death activity 
from previous years as collected by the QCEW and projects forward to the present using over-the-year change in the 
CES. The birth/death model also uses historical JOLTS data to calculate the amount of churn (meaning the rates of 
hires and separations) that exists in establishments of various sizes. The model then combines the calculated churn 
with the projected employment change to estimate the number of hires and separations that take place in these 
establishments that cannot be measured through sampling. The estimates of job openings, hires, and separations 
produced by the birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates produced from the survey to arrive at the 
estimates for job openings, hires, and separations.

Alignment. The JOLTS figure for hires minus separations can be used to derive a measure of net employment 
change. This change should be comparable to the net employment change from the much larger CES survey. 
However, definitional differences between the two surveys, as well as sampling and nonsampling errors, historically 
caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit the divergence and improve the quality of the JOLTS hires 
and separations series, BLS implemented the monthly alignment method. There are four steps to this method: 
seasonally adjust, align, back out the seasonal adjustment factors, and seasonally adjust again.

Seasonal adjustment. After alignment, the seasonal adjustment program (X-13ARIMA-SEATS) is used to 
seasonally adjust the JOLTS series. Each month, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology uses all relevant 
data, up to and including the current month, to calculate new seasonal adjustment factors. Moving averages are used 
as seasonal filters in seasonal adjustment. JOLTS seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative 
models, as well as regression with autocorrelated errors (REGARIMA) modeling, to improve the seasonal 
adjustment factors at the beginning and end of the series and to detect and adjust for outliers in the series. 

Annual estimates and benchmarking. The JOLTS estimates are revised annually with the issuance of data for 
January. Five years of data are subject to revision. The revised estimates incorporate: 1) benchmarks based on CES 
employment estimates newly benchmarked to QCEW, 2) revised seasonal adjustment factors, and 3) any needed 
special adjustments.

The JOLTS employment levels are ratio-adjusted to the CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are 
applied to all JOLTS data elements.

The seasonally adjusted estimates are recalculated for the most recent 5 years to reflect updated seasonal 
adjustment factors. These annual updates result in revisions to both the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 
adjusted JOLTS data series for the period since the last benchmark was established.

Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are the sum of the 
12 published monthly levels.

Annual average levels for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 published monthly levels 
by 12. 

Annual average rates for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are 
calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published levels for each data element by the sum of the 12 
monthly CES published employment levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Annual average rates for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published 
levels by the sum of the 12 monthly CES published employment levels plus the sum of the 12 monthly job openings 
levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to two types of error: sampling error and nonsampling error.

Sampling error can result when a sample, rather than an entire population, is surveyed. There is a chance that 
the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling 
error, varies with the sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS 
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. This means that there is a 90-percent chance 
that the true population mean will fall into the interval created by the sample mean plus or minus 1.65 standard 
errors. Estimates of median standard errors are released monthly as part of the significant change tables on the 
JOLTS webpage. Standard errors are updated annually with the most recent 5 years of data. Sampling error 
estimates are available at www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to include a segment of the population, the 
inability to obtain data from all units in the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide data on a 
timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, errors made in the collection or processing of the data, and errors from 
the employment benchmark data used in estimation. The JOLTS program uses quality control procedures to reduce 
nonsampling error in the survey’s design.

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

9,307 7,910 7,711 7,861 7,443 -418 5.6 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.5 -0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

8,342 6,894 6,839 6,912 6,626 -286 5.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 -0.2

Mining and logging

29 22 23 24 25 1 4.3 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.8 0.1

Construction

422 299 232 328 288 -40 5.0 3.5 2.7 3.8 3.4 -0.4

Manufacturing

607 474 505 491 481 -10 4.5 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Durable goods

354 311 340 321 327 6 4.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.9 0.1

Nondurable goods

253 163 165 170 155 -15 5.0 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.1 -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,313 1,185 1,038 1,131 997 -134 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.3 -0.4

Wholesale trade

229 230 184 192 170 -22 3.6 3.6 2.9 3.0 2.7 -0.3

Retail trade

668 562 563 592 534 -58 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.3 -0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

416 392 290 347 293 -54 5.5 5.2 3.9 4.6 3.9 -0.7

Information

109 112 129 119 132 13 3.5 3.6 4.1 3.8 4.2 0.4

Financial activities

689 448 442 374 467 93 7.0 4.6 4.6 3.9 4.8 0.9

Finance and insurance

509 326 311 264 349 85 7.0 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.9 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

180 122 131 109 118 9 6.8 4.7 5.0 4.2 4.5 0.3

Professional and business services

1,582 1,339 1,553 1,454 1,531 77 6.5 5.5 6.3 6.0 6.2 0.2

Private education and health services

1,925 1,791 1,624 1,636 1,461 -175 7.0 6.4 5.8 5.8 5.2 -0.6

Private educational services

163 173 159 152 155 3 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.8 0.0

Health care and social assistance

1,762 1,618 1,465 1,484 1,306 -178 7.5 6.7 6.1 6.2 5.4 -0.8

Leisure and hospitality

1,350 943 965 1,059 948 -111 7.5 5.3 5.4 5.9 5.3 -0.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

204 127 150 142 133 -9 7.4 4.6 5.3 5.1 4.7 -0.4

Accommodation and food services

1,146 816 815 917 815 -102 7.5 5.4 5.4 6.0 5.4 -0.6

Other services

316 280 329 295 295 0 5.1 4.5 5.3 4.8 4.8 0.0

Government

965 1,016 871 949 817 -132 4.0 4.2 3.6 3.9 3.4 -0.5

Federal

166 109 133 142 114 -28 5.3 3.5 4.3 4.5 3.7 -0.8

State and local

799 908 738 807 703 -104 3.9 4.3 3.5 3.8 3.3 -0.5

State and local education

309 271 246 304 279 -25 2.8 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.5 -0.2

State and local, excluding education

491 637 492 503 424 -79 5.0 6.2 4.9 5.0 4.2 -0.8

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,549 1,460 1,254 1,384 1,376 -8 5.3 4.9 4.3 4.7 4.6 -0.1

South

3,793 3,108 3,226 3,215 2,890 -325 6.1 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.6 -0.5

Midwest

1,998 1,685 1,626 1,708 1,684 -24 5.7 4.8 4.6 4.8 4.7 -0.1

West

1,966 1,657 1,605 1,555 1,492 -63 5.1 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.8 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(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.


Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

5,851 5,248 5,416 5,435 5,558 123 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,488 4,900 5,068 5,067 5,211 144 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 0.1

Mining and logging

22 20 18 19 22 3 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.4 0.4

Construction

308 323 359 348 336 -12 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2 4.0 -0.2

Manufacturing

396 336 354 306 356 50 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.8 0.4

Durable goods

216 190 205 171 209 38 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.6 0.5

Nondurable goods

179 146 149 135 147 12 3.7 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.0 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,190 1,144 1,139 987 1,031 44 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.4 3.6 0.2

Wholesale trade

152 161 151 139 129 -10 2.5 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.1 -0.2

Retail trade

755 683 669 571 609 38 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.9 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

283 300 319 276 293 17 4.0 4.2 4.4 3.8 4.1 0.3

Information

78 79 78 78 88 10 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.9 0.3

Financial activities

201 225 231 219 223 4 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 0.0

Finance and insurance

119 149 161 153 156 3 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

82 76 70 66 67 1 3.3 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.7 0.1

Professional and business services

1,055 962 946 1,062 1,051 -11 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.6 4.6 0.0

Private education and health services

858 846 832 832 875 43 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 0.2

Private educational services

96 91 87 102 112 10 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.9 0.3

Health care and social assistance

762 756 745 730 763 33 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.4 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

1,165 767 891 976 975 -1 7.0 4.5 5.3 5.7 5.7 0.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

160 141 151 163 163 0 6.3 5.3 5.7 6.1 6.1 0.0

Accommodation and food services

1,005 626 740 812 813 1 7.1 4.4 5.2 5.7 5.6 -0.1

Other services

215 197 221 240 255 15 3.7 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3 0.2

Government

363 347 347 368 346 -22 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 -0.1

Federal

44 39 31 35 32 -3 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.1 -0.1

State and local

320 308 316 333 314 -19 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 -0.1

State and local education

165 152 162 171 160 -11 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 -0.1

State and local, excluding education

155 156 154 162 154 -8 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 -0.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

920 865 920 922 800 -122 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.3 2.8 -0.5

South

2,525 2,096 2,057 2,264 2,300 36 4.3 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.9 0.1

Midwest

1,154 1,133 1,207 1,078 1,199 121 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.5 0.3

West

1,252 1,154 1,232 1,171 1,259 88 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.1 3.4 0.3

Footnotes
(1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(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.


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

5,522 5,084 5,314 5,168 5,196 28 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,220 4,776 4,972 4,847 4,890 43 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

Mining and logging

21 20 18 18 19 1 3.2 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 0.1

Construction

313 282 321 313 312 -1 3.9 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.8 0.0

Manufacturing

378 348 347 325 369 44 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.9 0.4

Durable goods

212 205 204 194 223 29 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.8 0.4

Nondurable goods

166 143 143 131 146 15 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,135 1,125 1,097 945 980 35 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.3 3.4 0.1

Wholesale trade

148 159 140 138 139 1 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.0

Retail trade

718 691 656 539 568 29 4.6 4.4 4.2 3.4 3.6 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

269 276 301 267 273 6 3.8 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.8 0.1

Information

74 74 92 87 99 12 2.4 2.5 3.1 2.9 3.3 0.4

Financial activities

199 209 234 195 224 29 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.1 2.4 0.3

Finance and insurance

120 139 167 132 153 21 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.0 2.3 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

78 70 68 62 71 9 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.8 0.3

Professional and business services

1,038 973 950 1,092 1,026 -66 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.8 4.5 -0.3

Private education and health services

753 720 779 737 757 20 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 0.1

Private educational services

91 90 98 88 100 12 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.6 0.3

Health care and social assistance

663 630 681 649 657 8 3.0 2.8 3.0 2.9 2.9 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

1,109 832 902 893 873 -20 6.6 4.9 5.3 5.3 5.1 -0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

175 127 154 146 169 23 6.9 4.8 5.8 5.5 6.3 0.8

Accommodation and food services

934 706 747 747 704 -43 6.6 5.0 5.2 5.2 4.9 -0.3

Other services

201 193 233 242 232 -10 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.1 3.9 -0.2

Government

302 307 343 321 307 -14 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 -0.1

Federal

40 33 31 34 31 -3 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 -0.1

State and local

262 274 312 286 276 -10 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3 -0.1

State and local education

132 144 155 144 131 -13 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2 -0.1

State and local, excluding education

131 130 156 143 145 2 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

786 813 866 803 960 157 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.4 0.6

South

2,336 2,036 2,125 2,039 2,072 33 4.0 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.5 0.1

Midwest

1,162 1,036 1,106 1,207 1,107 -100 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.6 3.3 -0.3

West

1,238 1,198 1,217 1,119 1,058 -61 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.0 2.8 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(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.


Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

3,596 3,214 3,243 3,178 3,071 -107 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 -0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,411 3,048 3,056 2,999 2,881 -118 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Mining and logging

12 11 10 9 12 3 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.8 0.4

Construction

139 119 137 131 120 -11 1.7 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.4 -0.2

Manufacturing

224 202 222 208 203 -5 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 0.0

Durable goods

126 124 129 128 117 -11 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 -0.2

Nondurable goods

98 79 93 80 86 6 2.0 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.8 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

799 709 687 578 621 43 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 2.1 0.1

Wholesale trade

86 94 83 78 78 0 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0

Retail trade

544 459 432 368 409 41 3.5 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.6 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

168 156 172 133 135 2 2.4 2.2 2.4 1.8 1.9 0.1

Information

39 36 49 41 32 -9 1.3 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.1 -0.3

Financial activities

131 142 127 109 130 21 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.2

Finance and insurance

88 98 91 88 90 2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

43 44 36 21 39 18 1.7 1.8 1.5 0.8 1.6 0.8

Professional and business services

581 549 495 575 481 -94 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.5 2.1 -0.4

Private education and health services

534 531 543 514 525 11 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9 2.0 0.1

Private educational services

57 54 62 54 57 3 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 0.1

Health care and social assistance

477 477 482 460 468 8 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

828 619 642 665 603 -62 5.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.5 -0.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

86 69 82 73 78 5 3.4 2.6 3.1 2.7 2.9 0.2

Accommodation and food services

742 551 560 592 525 -67 5.2 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.6 -0.5

Other services

125 129 144 169 155 -14 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.8 2.6 -0.2

Government

185 166 186 179 190 11 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0

Federal

18 15 15 17 14 -3 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 -0.1

State and local

167 151 171 162 175 13 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.1

State and local education

86 79 90 86 77 -9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 -0.1

State and local, excluding education

81 71 81 76 98 22 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

493 483 462 471 493 22 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 0.0

South

1,601 1,360 1,426 1,287 1,294 7 2.7 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 0.0

Midwest

722 675 654 735 672 -63 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.0 -0.2

West

780 697 700 685 611 -74 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(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.


Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

1,595 1,560 1,713 1,668 1,833 165 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,526 1,479 1,627 1,589 1,775 186 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.1

Mining and logging

8 7 6 7 6 -1 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.9 -0.1

Construction

159 145 175 169 178 9 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1 0.1

Manufacturing

133 124 102 93 148 55 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 1.1 0.4

Durable goods

72 70 60 48 94 46 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.2 0.6

Nondurable goods

61 54 42 45 54 9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

273 357 333 312 327 15 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0

Wholesale trade

55 49 50 55 50 -5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 -0.1

Retail trade

134 201 169 137 149 12 0.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

84 107 114 121 128 7 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 0.1

Information

24 34 38 43 54 11 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.8 0.4

Financial activities

53 50 72 79 63 -16 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.7 -0.2

Finance and insurance

24 27 46 41 36 -5 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.5 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

29 23 26 38 28 -10 1.2 0.9 1.0 1.5 1.1 -0.4

Professional and business services

387 394 399 452 497 45 1.7 1.7 1.7 2.0 2.2 0.2

Private education and health services

172 150 185 172 188 16 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0

Private educational services

28 31 30 29 36 7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.1

Health care and social assistance

144 119 155 143 152 9 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

254 171 232 204 254 50 1.5 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.5 0.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

86 54 68 69 86 17 3.4 2.1 2.5 2.6 3.2 0.6

Accommodation and food services

168 116 164 135 168 33 1.2 0.8 1.2 0.9 1.2 0.3

Other services

63 46 85 57 60 3 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.0

Government

69 81 86 79 59 -20 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0

Federal

8 6 6 6 5 -1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local

61 75 80 73 53 -20 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 -0.1

State and local education

33 43 37 33 33 0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

State and local, excluding education

28 32 43 40 20 -20 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 -0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

227 273 346 272 415 143 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.5

South

633 560 577 629 661 32 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.0

Midwest

380 315 374 395 375 -20 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.1 -0.1

West

355 412 416 372 383 11 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(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.


Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

Total

331 310 359 322 292 -30 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

283 249 288 259 234 -25 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

1 2 2 3 2 -1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 -0.2

Construction

15 18 9 12 14 2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

22 21 22 24 18 -6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Durable goods

15 12 14 18 12 -6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods

7 9 8 6 6 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

64 59 76 54 31 -23 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Wholesale trade

7 15 7 6 11 5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

40 31 54 35 10 -25 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

17 13 15 13 10 -3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Information

10 4 4 3 12 9 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3

Financial activities

15 17 35 7 31 24 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.2

Finance and insurance

8 14 30 4 27 23 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

7 3 5 4 4 0 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Professional and business services

70 30 56 65 49 -16 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Private education and health services

47 38 51 50 44 -6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private educational services

5 5 7 4 7 3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance

42 33 45 46 37 -9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

28 43 27 24 16 -8 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

4 4 4 4 5 1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Accommodation and food services

24 39 23 19 11 -8 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Other services

13 17 5 16 18 2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.0

Government

48 61 70 63 58 -5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Federal

14 12 9 11 11 0 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local

34 48 61 52 47 -5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

State and local education

13 22 29 25 21 -4 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

21 27 32 27 26 -1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

66 57 58 59 52 -7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

102 117 122 123 116 -7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

60 47 78 77 61 -16 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

102 89 100 62 64 2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
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.


Table 7. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, seasonally adjusted
Establishment size class Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)
Sept.
2023
June
2024
July
2024
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Change from:
Aug. 2024 -
Sept. 2024(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

8,342 6,894 6,839 6,912 6,626 -286 5.9 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.7 -0.2

1 to 9 employees

1,968 1,497 1,520 1,540 1,393 -147 8.4 6.2 6.4 6.5 5.8 -0.7

10 to 49 employees

2,346 2,051 1,913 2,045 1,996 -49 5.3 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.4 -0.2

50 to 249 employees

2,232 1,784 1,859 1,841 1,809 -32 5.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.0

250 to 999 employees

983 846 873 827 772 -55 5.2 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.0 -0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

563 473 431 417 425 8 6.1 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.8 0.0

5,000 or more employees

250 243 244 242 230 -12 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 -0.3

HIRES

Total private

5,488 4,900 5,068 5,067 5,211 144 4.1 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 0.1

1 to 9 employees

855 792 753 856 870 14 4.0 3.5 3.4 3.9 3.8 -0.1

10 to 49 employees

1,669 1,650 1,697 1,598 1,707 109 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.7 4.0 0.3

50 to 249 employees

1,800 1,451 1,542 1,530 1,586 56 4.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 0.1

250 to 999 employees

749 618 664 696 644 -52 4.1 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 -0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

330 294 319 299 314 15 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.7 0.1

5,000 or more employees

84 95 93 88 88 0 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 0.0

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

5,220 4,776 4,972 4,847 4,890 43 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.0

1 to 9 employees

782 742 660 618 768 150 3.7 3.3 3.0 2.8 3.4 0.6

10 to 49 employees

1,673 1,600 1,805 1,656 1,717 61 4.0 3.7 4.3 3.9 4.0 0.1

50 to 249 employees

1,702 1,455 1,420 1,492 1,456 -36 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.9 3.8 -0.1

250 to 999 employees

721 629 725 725 598 -127 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.2 -0.6

1,000 to 4,999 employees

278 278 284 285 278 -7 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3 -0.2

5,000 or more employees

65 73 77 71 72 1 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.5 0.0

QUITS

Total private

3,411 3,048 3,056 2,999 2,881 -118 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 -0.1

1 to 9 employees

400 465 295 345 367 22 1.9 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 0.0

10 to 49 employees

1,252 1,139 1,183 1,081 1,094 13 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 0.0

50 to 249 employees

1,144 902 969 961 863 -98 2.9 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.2 -0.3

250 to 999 employees

424 347 404 419 363 -56 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.0 -0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

152 152 159 151 151 0 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 0.0

5,000 or more employees

39 43 46 42 44 2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.0

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,526 1,479 1,627 1,589 1,775 186 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 0.1

1 to 9 employees

307 231 312 230 377 147 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.0 1.7 0.7

10 to 49 employees

336 377 516 477 558 81 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.2

50 to 249 employees

490 488 388 470 513 43 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.2 1.3 0.1

250 to 999 employees

266 253 291 278 205 -73 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.1 -0.3

1,000 to 4,999 employees

109 109 96 115 104 -11 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 -0.2

5,000 or more employees

18 21 23 20 18 -2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

283 249 288 259 234 -25 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

1 to 9 employees

75 46 52 44 25 -19 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

10 to 49 employees

85 83 106 98 65 -33 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

50 to 249 employees

68 65 63 61 81 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

250 to 999 employees

30 29 30 28 30 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

18 17 29 19 24 5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1

5,000 or more employees

8 10 8 9 10 1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only.
NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment.
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.


Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

9,303 7,939 7,418 5.6 4.8 4.5

INDUSTRY

Total private

8,355 6,951 6,631 5.9 4.9 4.7

Mining and logging

28 24 25 4.2 3.5 3.8

Construction

416 331 282 4.8 3.7 3.2

Manufacturing

613 502 480 4.5 3.7 3.6

Durable goods

360 323 326 4.2 3.8 3.9

Nondurable goods

253 179 153 5.0 3.6 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,388 1,193 1,046 4.6 4.0 3.5

Wholesale trade

216 188 159 3.4 2.9 2.5

Retail trade

738 666 591 4.6 4.1 3.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

435 339 297 5.8 4.6 4.0

Information

115 111 140 3.7 3.5 4.5

Financial activities

688 367 474 6.9 3.8 4.9

Finance and insurance

520 252 367 7.2 3.6 5.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

168 115 108 6.3 4.3 4.1

Professional and business services

1,605 1,456 1,582 6.5 5.9 6.4

Private education and health services

1,886 1,585 1,405 6.9 5.7 5.0

Private educational services

157 143 146 3.9 3.8 3.6

Health care and social assistance

1,729 1,443 1,259 7.4 6.0 5.3

Leisure and hospitality

1,307 1,075 906 7.2 5.8 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

170 139 109 6.2 4.5 3.9

Accommodation and food services

1,137 936 797 7.4 6.0 5.2

Other services

309 309 290 5.0 4.9 4.7

Government

948 987 787 4.0 4.2 3.2

Federal

156 151 104 5.0 4.8 3.4

State and local

792 836 683 3.8 4.1 3.2

State and local education

297 325 268 2.7 3.2 2.4

State and local, excluding education

495 511 415 5.0 5.0 4.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,525 1,390 1,350 5.2 4.7 4.6

South

3,834 3,271 2,923 6.1 5.2 4.7

Midwest

2,006 1,701 1,687 5.7 4.8 4.8

West

1,938 1,578 1,459 5.0 4.1 3.8

Footnotes
(1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 9. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

5,874 6,070 5,600 3.7 3.8 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,452 5,398 5,218 4.1 4.0 3.8

Mining and logging

22 20 22 3.5 3.2 3.5

Construction

298 359 317 3.6 4.2 3.7

Manufacturing

391 332 363 3.0 2.6 2.8

Durable goods

220 181 218 2.7 2.2 2.7

Nondurable goods

172 151 145 3.5 3.1 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,193 1,031 1,019 4.2 3.6 3.5

Wholesale trade

156 135 129 2.5 2.2 2.1

Retail trade

747 620 591 4.8 4.0 3.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

290 275 299 4.1 3.9 4.2

Information

86 77 99 2.8 2.5 3.3

Financial activities

200 231 222 2.2 2.5 2.4

Finance and insurance

119 171 159 1.8 2.5 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

81 61 63 3.3 2.4 2.5

Professional and business services

1,025 1,068 1,030 4.5 4.6 4.5

Private education and health services

883 949 914 3.5 3.6 3.4

Private educational services

120 172 146 3.1 4.8 3.8

Health care and social assistance

762 777 768 3.5 3.4 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

1,138 1,081 970 6.8 6.1 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

123 132 123 4.8 4.5 4.6

Accommodation and food services

1,015 949 847 7.1 6.5 5.9

Other services

216 249 261 3.7 4.2 4.4

Government

422 672 381 1.8 3.0 1.6

Federal

48 35 34 1.6 1.2 1.1

State and local

374 637 347 1.9 3.3 1.7

State and local education

237 478 214 2.2 4.9 2.0

State and local, excluding education

137 159 134 1.5 1.6 1.4

REGION(3)

Northeast

966 976 842 3.5 3.5 3.0

South

2,522 2,616 2,313 4.3 4.4 3.9

Midwest

1,130 1,196 1,171 3.4 3.6 3.5

West

1,256 1,282 1,273 3.4 3.4 3.4

Footnotes
(1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 10. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

5,803 6,294 5,450 3.7 4.0 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,458 5,805 5,124 4.1 4.3 3.8

Mining and logging

20 20 19 3.1 3.1 2.9

Construction

299 368 295 3.6 4.3 3.5

Manufacturing

385 401 377 3.0 3.1 2.9

Durable goods

215 248 225 2.6 3.1 2.8

Nondurable goods

170 153 152 3.5 3.1 3.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,124 1,117 958 3.9 3.9 3.3

Wholesale trade

140 152 126 2.3 2.5 2.0

Retail trade

726 689 562 4.7 4.4 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

258 276 269 3.6 3.9 3.7

Information

68 100 88 2.3 3.3 2.9

Financial activities

197 277 230 2.1 3.0 2.5

Finance and insurance

114 195 156 1.7 2.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

83 82 74 3.3 3.2 3.0

Professional and business services

1,041 1,151 1,033 4.5 5.0 4.5

Private education and health services

751 840 742 2.9 3.2 2.8

Private educational services

89 136 99 2.3 3.8 2.6

Health care and social assistance

662 704 643 3.1 3.1 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

1,364 1,220 1,133 8.1 6.9 6.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

287 249 304 11.1 8.5 11.3

Accommodation and food services

1,077 972 829 7.6 6.6 5.7

Other services

208 310 250 3.6 5.2 4.2

Government

345 489 325 1.5 2.2 1.4

Federal

41 39 31 1.4 1.3 1.0

State and local

304 450 295 1.5 2.3 1.4

State and local education

120 227 111 1.1 2.3 1.0

State and local, excluding education

184 223 184 2.0 2.3 1.9

REGION(3)

Northeast

913 1,006 1,071 3.3 3.6 3.8

South

2,405 2,424 2,152 4.1 4.1 3.6

Midwest

1,224 1,487 1,168 3.7 4.4 3.5

West

1,261 1,378 1,060 3.4 3.7 2.8

Footnotes
(1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 11. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

3,844 4,073 3,230 2.5 2.6 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,644 3,811 3,029 2.7 2.8 2.2

Mining and logging

12 10 12 1.9 1.6 1.9

Construction

148 176 117 1.8 2.1 1.4

Manufacturing

230 268 207 1.8 2.1 1.6

Durable goods

132 169 120 1.6 2.1 1.5

Nondurable goods

99 99 86 2.0 2.0 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

824 742 627 2.9 2.6 2.2

Wholesale trade

85 95 68 1.4 1.5 1.1

Retail trade

567 494 423 3.7 3.2 2.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

172 153 136 2.4 2.2 1.9

Information

42 54 32 1.4 1.8 1.1

Financial activities

126 151 128 1.4 1.6 1.4

Finance and insurance

84 121 88 1.2 1.8 1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

43 30 40 1.7 1.2 1.6

Professional and business services

632 647 507 2.8 2.8 2.2

Private education and health services

537 598 512 2.1 2.3 1.9

Private educational services

57 79 56 1.5 2.2 1.5

Health care and social assistance

480 520 456 2.2 2.3 2.0

Leisure and hospitality

952 951 709 5.7 5.4 4.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

121 137 115 4.7 4.7 4.3

Accommodation and food services

830 814 594 5.8 5.6 4.1

Other services

141 212 178 2.4 3.6 3.0

Government

200 262 201 0.9 1.2 0.9

Federal

19 20 15 0.6 0.7 0.5

State and local

181 243 186 0.9 1.2 0.9

State and local education

82 137 69 0.8 1.4 0.6

State and local, excluding education

99 105 117 1.1 1.1 1.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

556 632 554 2.0 2.2 2.0

South

1,658 1,606 1,310 2.8 2.7 2.2

Midwest

789 969 720 2.4 2.9 2.1

West

841 866 646 2.3 2.3 1.7

Footnotes
(1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 12. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

1,641 1,850 1,938 1.0 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,542 1,700 1,868 1.2 1.2 1.4

Mining and logging

7 7 5 1.1 1.0 0.8

Construction

132 179 160 1.6 2.1 1.9

Manufacturing

136 110 156 1.0 0.8 1.2

Durable goods

71 63 95 0.9 0.8 1.2

Nondurable goods

65 47 61 1.3 1.0 1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

232 313 298 0.8 1.1 1.0

Wholesale trade

48 51 46 0.8 0.8 0.7

Retail trade

118 153 129 0.8 1.0 0.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

66 109 122 0.9 1.5 1.7

Information

17 43 44 0.6 1.4 1.5

Financial activities

55 110 66 0.6 1.2 0.7

Finance and insurance

22 61 35 0.3 0.9 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

33 48 31 1.3 1.9 1.2

Professional and business services

352 429 486 1.5 1.9 2.1

Private education and health services

175 188 195 0.7 0.7 0.7

Private educational services

27 52 37 0.7 1.4 1.0

Health care and social assistance

148 136 158 0.7 0.6 0.7

Leisure and hospitality

385 242 408 2.3 1.4 2.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

161 105 182 6.2 3.6 6.8

Accommodation and food services

223 137 226 1.6 0.9 1.6

Other services

51 81 50 0.9 1.4 0.8

Government

98 150 70 0.4 0.7 0.3

Federal

8 6 5 0.3 0.2 0.2

State and local

90 144 65 0.4 0.7 0.3

State and local education

27 55 25 0.3 0.6 0.2

State and local, excluding education

63 89 40 0.7 0.9 0.4

REGION(3)

Northeast

288 304 465 1.0 1.1 1.6

South

654 670 732 1.1 1.1 1.2

Midwest

375 426 390 1.1 1.3 1.2

West

323 451 351 0.9 1.2 0.9

Footnotes
(1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 13. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

Total

319 371 282 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

272 295 228 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

1 3 2 0.1 0.4 0.2

Construction

18 14 18 0.2 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

19 24 14 0.1 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

13 17 9 0.2 0.2 0.1

Nondurable goods

6 7 5 0.1 0.1 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

68 62 33 0.2 0.2 0.1

Wholesale trade

7 6 12 0.1 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

41 42 10 0.3 0.3 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

19 14 11 0.3 0.2 0.2

Information

9 3 12 0.3 0.1 0.4

Financial activities

16 16 36 0.2 0.2 0.4

Finance and insurance

9 13 33 0.1 0.2 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

7 3 3 0.3 0.1 0.1

Professional and business services

58 75 39 0.3 0.3 0.2

Private education and health services

39 54 35 0.2 0.2 0.1

Private educational services

4 6 6 0.1 0.2 0.2

Health care and social assistance

34 49 29 0.2 0.2 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

28 27 16 0.2 0.2 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

5 7 7 0.2 0.2 0.3

Accommodation and food services

23 21 9 0.2 0.1 0.1

Other services

17 17 22 0.3 0.3 0.4

Government

47 76 54 0.2 0.3 0.2

Federal

14 13 11 0.5 0.4 0.4

State and local

33 63 44 0.2 0.3 0.2

State and local education

11 34 17 0.1 0.4 0.2

State and local, excluding education

22 29 27 0.2 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

68 70 50 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

94 148 110 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

59 91 58 0.2 0.3 0.2

West

97 61 63 0.3 0.2 0.2

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 14. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, not seasonally adjusted
Establishment size class Levels (in thousands) Rates
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)
Sept.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

8,355 6,951 6,631 5.9 4.9 4.7

1 to 9 employees

1,870 1,486 1,315 8.0 6.3 5.5

10 to 49 employees

2,360 2,067 2,014 5.3 4.6 4.5

50 to 249 employees

2,294 1,911 1,856 5.5 4.7 4.6

250 to 999 employees

1,002 853 784 5.2 4.2 4.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

585 392 437 6.3 4.5 4.9

5,000 or more employees

244 243 225 5.2 5.0 4.6

HIRES

Total private

5,452 5,398 5,218 4.1 4.0 3.8

1 to 9 employees

757 826 785 3.5 3.7 3.5

10 to 49 employees

1,682 1,716 1,724 4.0 4.0 4.0

50 to 249 employees

1,807 1,669 1,619 4.6 4.3 4.2

250 to 999 employees

767 775 657 4.2 4.0 3.6

1,000 to 4,999 employees

347 311 338 4.0 3.8 4.0

5,000 or more employees

93 101 95 2.1 2.2 2.0

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

5,458 5,805 5,124 4.1 4.3 3.8

1 to 9 employees

750 676 742 3.5 3.1 3.3

10 to 49 employees

1,800 1,960 1,868 4.3 4.6 4.3

50 to 249 employees

1,794 1,903 1,541 4.6 4.9 4.0

250 to 999 employees

772 847 627 4.3 4.4 3.4

1,000 to 4,999 employees

276 333 275 3.2 4.0 3.3

5,000 or more employees

66 86 72 1.5 1.8 1.5

QUITS

Total private

3,644 3,811 3,029 2.7 2.8 2.2

1 to 9 employees

403 424 352 1.9 1.9 1.6

10 to 49 employees

1,351 1,342 1,172 3.2 3.1 2.7

50 to 249 employees

1,229 1,285 922 3.1 3.3 2.4

250 to 999 employees

461 523 384 2.5 2.7 2.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

159 187 156 1.8 2.3 1.9

5,000 or more employees

40 49 44 0.9 1.1 0.9

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,542 1,700 1,868 1.2 1.2 1.4

1 to 9 employees

276 187 367 1.3 0.8 1.6

10 to 49 employees

366 513 632 0.9 1.2 1.5

50 to 249 employees

500 550 541 1.3 1.4 1.4

250 to 999 employees

283 295 215 1.6 1.5 1.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

99 126 94 1.1 1.5 1.1

5,000 or more employees

18 28 18 0.4 0.6 0.4

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

272 295 228 0.2 0.2 0.2

1 to 9 employees

71 64 23 0.3 0.3 0.1

10 to 49 employees

84 105 64 0.2 0.2 0.1

50 to 249 employees

65 69 78 0.2 0.2 0.2

250 to 999 employees

27 29 28 0.1 0.1 0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

17 20 25 0.2 0.2 0.3

5,000 or more employees

7 9 9 0.2 0.2 0.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only.
NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Last Modified Date: October 29, 2024