Table 14. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, not seasonally adjusted

Table 14. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, not seasonally adjusted
Establishment size class	Levels (in thousands)			Rates
Establishment size class	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026(p)	Jan. 2025	Dec. 2025	Jan. 2026(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	6,764	5,379	6,385	4.8	3.8	4.6
1 to 9 employees	1,276	964	1,220	5.9	4.2	5.4
10 to 49 employees	2,096	1,615	2,019	4.9	3.9	4.7
50 to 249 employees	1,909	1,616	1,782	4.6	3.7	4.2
250 to 999 employees	778	614	692	4.0	3.2	3.9
1,000 to 4,999 employees	469	396	467	5.3	4.4	5.1
5,000 or more employees	236	173	206	4.5	3.7	4.4
HIRES
Total private	4,787	3,682	4,882	3.6	2.7	3.7
1 to 9 employees	954	465	927	4.7	2.1	4.3
10 to 49 employees	1,441	1,188	1,738	3.5	3.0	4.2
50 to 249 employees	1,440	1,263	1,343	3.6	3.0	3.3
250 to 999 employees	608	472	511	3.2	2.6	3.0
1,000 to 4,999 employees	247	235	269	2.9	2.7	3.1
5,000 or more employees	97	59	94	2.0	1.3	2.1
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	5,432	4,702	5,265	4.1	3.5	3.9
1 to 9 employees	925	576	756	4.6	2.6	3.5
10 to 49 employees	1,690	1,411	1,770	4.2	3.5	4.3
50 to 249 employees	1,690	1,545	1,624	4.3	3.7	4.0
250 to 999 employees	691	759	715	3.7	4.1	4.2
1,000 to 4,999 employees	347	349	336	4.1	4.0	3.9
5,000 or more employees	89	61	64	1.8	1.4	1.4
QUITS
Total private	2,954	2,590	2,882	2.2	1.9	2.2
1 to 9 employees	544	263	307	2.7	1.2	1.4
10 to 49 employees	871	836	1,099	2.1	2.1	2.7
50 to 249 employees	983	960	979	2.5	2.3	2.4
250 to 999 employees	376	347	329	2.0	1.9	1.9
1,000 to 4,999 employees	138	154	136	1.6	1.8	1.6
5,000 or more employees	43	30	32	0.9	0.7	0.7
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	2,181	1,878	2,074	1.6	1.4	1.6
1 to 9 employees	321	261	316	1.6	1.2	1.5
10 to 49 employees	718	487	594	1.8	1.2	1.4
50 to 249 employees	644	540	597	1.6	1.3	1.5
250 to 999 employees	287	390	357	1.5	2.1	2.1
1,000 to 4,999 employees	178	177	189	2.1	2.0	2.2
5,000 or more employees	34	23	22	0.7	0.5	0.5
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	297	233	309	0.2	0.2	0.2
1 to 9 employees	61	51	133	0.3	0.2	0.6
10 to 49 employees	101	89	77	0.2	0.2	0.2
50 to 249 employees	63	45	49	0.2	0.1	0.1
250 to 999 employees	28	23	29	0.2	0.1	0.2
1,000 to 4,999 employees	31	17	11	0.4	0.2	0.1
5,000 or more employees	12	8	11	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.

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