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Delaware had the highest total job separations rate in May 2023, at 5.8 percent, while Massachusetts had the lowest, at 2.8 percent. Thirty-two states had a total separations rate greater than the national rate of 3.8 percent.
State | Job openings rate | Number of job openings | Hires rate | Number of hires | Total separations rate | Number of total separations | Quits rate | Number of quits | Layoffs and discharges rate | Number of layoffs and discharges |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States |
5.9 | 9,824,000 | 4.0 | 6,208,000 | 3.8 | 5,871,000 | 2.6 | 4,015,000 | 1.0 | 1,555,000 |
Alabama |
6.0 | 138,000 | 4.9 | 105,000 | 4.7 | 101,000 | 3.6 | 77,000 | 0.9 | 20,000 |
Alaska |
7.4 | 26,000 | 6.5 | 21,000 | 5.5 | 18,000 | 3.7 | 12,000 | 1.5 | 5,000 |
Arizona |
6.2 | 208,000 | 4.9 | 154,000 | 3.9 | 122,000 | 3.0 | 94,000 | 0.7 | 21,000 |
Arkansas |
6.9 | 101,000 | 4.8 | 65,000 | 4.6 | 63,000 | 3.3 | 45,000 | 1.1 | 15,000 |
California |
5.3 | 1,005,000 | 2.9 | 524,000 | 2.9 | 525,000 | 1.9 | 347,000 | 0.8 | 147,000 |
Colorado |
6.8 | 212,000 | 4.3 | 124,000 | 3.8 | 111,000 | 2.7 | 77,000 | 1.0 | 30,000 |
Connecticut |
4.8 | 85,000 | 3.9 | 66,000 | 3.7 | 63,000 | 2.4 | 41,000 | 1.0 | 17,000 |
Delaware |
6.9 | 36,000 | 4.9 | 24,000 | 5.8 | 28,000 | 4.1 | 20,000 | 1.4 | 7,000 |
District of Columbia |
5.5 | 45,000 | 3.5 | 27,000 | 3.3 | 26,000 | 2.3 | 18,000 | 0.8 | 6,000 |
Florida |
5.9 | 606,000 | 4.1 | 400,000 | 4.1 | 403,000 | 2.9 | 286,000 | 1.0 | 99,000 |
Georgia |
7.0 | 368,000 | 4.3 | 212,000 | 4.9 | 240,000 | 3.2 | 158,000 | 1.5 | 73,000 |
Hawaii |
4.8 | 32,000 | 3.3 | 21,000 | 3.3 | 21,000 | 2.2 | 14,000 | 1.0 | 6,000 |
Idaho |
6.3 | 57,000 | 5.1 | 43,000 | 4.4 | 37,000 | 3.1 | 26,000 | 1.2 | 10,000 |
Illinois |
6.5 | 429,000 | 4.3 | 263,000 | 3.4 | 209,000 | 2.2 | 134,000 | 1.1 | 67,000 |
Indiana |
5.3 | 182,000 | 4.8 | 156,000 | 4.1 | 134,000 | 2.8 | 90,000 | 1.1 | 37,000 |
Iowa |
5.9 | 100,000 | 4.0 | 64,000 | 3.6 | 58,000 | 2.3 | 37,000 | 1.1 | 18,000 |
Kansas |
5.9 | 91,000 | 4.1 | 59,000 | 3.8 | 55,000 | 2.6 | 37,000 | 1.0 | 15,000 |
Kentucky |
6.8 | 146,000 | 4.5 | 91,000 | 4.7 | 95,000 | 3.5 | 70,000 | 1.0 | 21,000 |
Louisiana |
7.4 | 157,000 | 5.2 | 103,000 | 5.1 | 101,000 | 3.5 | 69,000 | 1.3 | 25,000 |
Maine |
5.8 | 40,000 | 3.7 | 24,000 | 4.5 | 29,000 | 2.9 | 19,000 | 1.2 | 8,000 |
Maryland |
6.9 | 204,000 | 4.1 | 111,000 | 4.2 | 115,000 | 2.8 | 77,000 | 1.2 | 33,000 |
Massachusetts |
6.7 | 271,000 | 3.0 | 112,000 | 2.8 | 106,000 | 1.8 | 66,000 | 0.8 | 31,000 |
Michigan |
5.5 | 256,000 | 3.7 | 166,000 | 3.6 | 162,000 | 2.4 | 105,000 | 1.2 | 52,000 |
Minnesota |
6.6 | 210,000 | 3.9 | 116,000 | 3.3 | 100,000 | 2.4 | 71,000 | 0.8 | 24,000 |
Mississippi |
6.9 | 87,000 | 4.7 | 55,000 | 5.3 | 62,000 | 3.3 | 39,000 | 1.7 | 20,000 |
Missouri |
5.6 | 176,000 | 4.0 | 118,000 | 3.7 | 110,000 | 2.6 | 78,000 | 0.9 | 26,000 |
Montana |
6.7 | 37,000 | 5.6 | 29,000 | 5.4 | 28,000 | 3.7 | 19,000 | 1.4 | 7,000 |
Nebraska |
5.7 | 63,000 | 4.0 | 42,000 | 3.7 | 38,000 | 2.3 | 24,000 | 1.2 | 12,000 |
Nevada |
6.5 | 107,000 | 4.3 | 66,000 | 4.3 | 66,000 | 3.1 | 47,000 | 1.1 | 17,000 |
New Hampshire |
5.5 | 41,000 | 4.1 | 29,000 | 4.1 | 29,000 | 2.4 | 17,000 | 1.4 | 10,000 |
New Jersey |
4.6 | 210,000 | 3.6 | 158,000 | 3.0 | 128,000 | 1.9 | 82,000 | 0.8 | 34,000 |
New Mexico |
7.2 | 67,000 | 4.4 | 38,000 | 3.8 | 33,000 | 2.6 | 23,000 | 0.9 | 8,000 |
New York |
4.3 | 435,000 | 2.9 | 286,000 | 3.0 | 292,000 | 2.0 | 195,000 | 0.9 | 84,000 |
North Carolina |
7.3 | 388,000 | 4.3 | 209,000 | 4.1 | 199,000 | 2.7 | 134,000 | 1.1 | 54,000 |
North Dakota |
6.5 | 30,000 | 4.8 | 21,000 | 3.9 | 17,000 | 2.8 | 12,000 | 0.9 | 4,000 |
Ohio |
6.3 | 380,000 | 3.8 | 215,000 | 3.9 | 218,000 | 2.5 | 142,000 | 1.1 | 62,000 |
Oklahoma |
6.9 | 128,000 | 4.5 | 78,000 | 4.1 | 71,000 | 2.9 | 50,000 | 1.0 | 18,000 |
Oregon |
5.8 | 122,000 | 4.4 | 88,000 | 3.9 | 78,000 | 2.7 | 54,000 | 1.0 | 20,000 |
Pennsylvania |
5.3 | 345,000 | 3.3 | 200,000 | 3.1 | 191,000 | 2.0 | 122,000 | 0.9 | 58,000 |
Rhode Island |
5.4 | 28,000 | 4.2 | 21,000 | 4.5 | 22,000 | 2.6 | 13,000 | 1.4 | 7,000 |
South Carolina |
7.2 | 178,000 | 4.8 | 111,000 | 4.4 | 102,000 | 3.2 | 73,000 | 1.0 | 23,000 |
South Dakota |
6.3 | 31,000 | 4.1 | 19,000 | 3.9 | 18,000 | 2.6 | 12,000 | 1.3 | 6,000 |
Tennessee |
6.7 | 239,000 | 4.9 | 161,000 | 4.4 | 147,000 | 3.1 | 103,000 | 1.1 | 38,000 |
Texas |
5.7 | 846,000 | 4.6 | 635,000 | 4.0 | 552,000 | 3.0 | 412,000 | 0.8 | 118,000 |
Utah |
5.9 | 109,000 | 4.5 | 78,000 | 4.7 | 82,000 | 3.4 | 58,000 | 1.2 | 21,000 |
Vermont |
5.8 | 19,000 | 4.2 | 13,000 | 4.5 | 14,000 | 2.9 | 9,000 | 1.3 | 4,000 |
Virginia |
6.9 | 307,000 | 4.0 | 166,000 | 4.1 | 169,000 | 2.9 | 120,000 | 1.0 | 42,000 |
Washington |
5.0 | 189,000 | 4.2 | 152,000 | 3.4 | 122,000 | 2.3 | 85,000 | 0.8 | 29,000 |
West Virginia |
7.3 | 55,000 | 4.7 | 33,000 | 4.9 | 34,000 | 3.3 | 23,000 | 1.3 | 9,000 |
Wisconsin |
5.7 | 182,000 | 4.0 | 121,000 | 3.8 | 113,000 | 2.4 | 72,000 | 1.2 | 35,000 |
Wyoming |
6.2 | 19,000 | 4.8 | 14,000 | 5.5 | 16,000 | 3.5 | 10,000 | 1.4 | 4,000 |
In May 2023, the job openings rate was at least 7.0 percent in the following seven states: Alaska (7.4 percent), Louisiana (7.4 percent), North Carolina (7.3 percent), West Virginia (7.3 percent), New Mexico (7.2 percent), South Carolina (7.2 percent), and Georgia (7.0 percent). New York had the lowest job openings rate in May 2023, at 4.3 percent, followed by New Jersey (4.6 percent), and Connecticut and Hawaii (4.8 percent each).
Alaska had the highest hires rate in May 2023, at 6.5 percent, while California and New York had the lowest, at 2.9 percent each. Thirty-four states had a hires rate greater than the national rate of 4.0 percent.
In May 2023, 29 states had a quits rate above the national rate of 2.6 percent. Mississippi had the highest layoffs and discharges rate in May 2023, at 1.7 percent, while Arizona had the lowest, at 0.7 percent.
These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. For more information, see "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover — May 2023" and charts featuring state labor turnover data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Delaware had the highest total job separations rate in May 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/delaware-had-the-highest-total-job-separations-rate-in-may-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).