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. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023(p)	Jan. 2022	Dec. 2022	Jan. 2023(p)
JOB OPENINGS
Total private	10,414	9,097	9,741	7.6	6.4	6.9
1 to 9 employees	2,015	1,513	2,415	9.1	6.5	9.3
10 to 49 employees	2,956	2,783	2,908	7.6	6.1	6.3
50 to 249 employees	2,799	2,712	2,519	6.9	6.8	6.6
250 to 999 employees	1,572	1,158	978	7.5	6.0	5.8
1,000 to 4,999 employees	815	634	602	8.3	6.6	6.9
5,000 or more employees	258	297	319	6.9	6.8	7.0
HIRES
Total private	5,905	4,373	5,754	4.7	3.3	4.4
1 to 9 employees	1,029	562	1,089	5.1	2.6	4.6
10 to 49 employees	1,711	1,328	1,820	4.7	3.1	4.2
50 to 249 employees	1,841	1,416	1,702	4.9	3.8	4.8
250 to 999 employees	883	675	744	4.5	3.8	4.7
1,000 to 4,999 employees	370	337	313	4.1	3.7	3.8
5,000 or more employees	72	56	86	2.1	1.4	2.0
TOTAL SEPARATIONS
Total private	6,262	5,237	6,101	5.0	3.9	4.7
1 to 9 employees	1,030	767	901	5.1	3.5	3.8
10 to 49 employees	1,759	1,832	2,069	4.9	4.3	4.8
50 to 249 employees	2,034	1,472	1,895	5.4	4.0	5.3
250 to 999 employees	904	710	719	4.7	4.0	4.6
1,000 to 4,999 employees	462	394	450	5.2	4.4	5.5
5,000 or more employees	73	61	67	2.1	1.5	1.6
QUITS
Total private	4,082	3,353	3,598	3.2	2.5	2.8
1 to 9 employees	578	479	486	2.9	2.2	2.1
10 to 49 employees	1,242	1,191	1,324	3.4	2.8	3.1
50 to 249 employees	1,421	976	1,178	3.8	2.6	3.3
250 to 999 employees	582	424	386	3.0	2.4	2.4
1,000 to 4,999 employees	221	246	186	2.5	2.7	2.3
5,000 or more employees	38	38	38	1.1	0.9	0.9
LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES
Total private	1,770	1,606	2,214	1.4	1.2	1.7
1 to 9 employees	369	244	347	1.8	1.1	1.5
10 to 49 employees	405	558	653	1.1	1.3	1.5
50 to 249 employees	507	413	657	1.3	1.1	1.8
250 to 999 employees	260	257	293	1.3	1.4	1.9
1,000 to 4,999 employees	206	121	247	2.3	1.3	3.0
5,000 or more employees	22	14	17	0.6	0.3	0.4
OTHER SEPARATIONS
Total private	410	277	288	0.3	0.2	0.2
1 to 9 employees	83	45	68	0.4	0.2	0.3
10 to 49 employees	112	82	92	0.3	0.2	0.2
50 to 249 employees	105	83	59	0.3	0.2	0.2
250 to 999 employees	62	30	40	0.3	0.2	0.3
1,000 to 4,999 employees	35	27	17	0.4	0.3	0.2
5,000 or more employees	13	10	12	0.4	0.2	0.3
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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