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Job openings, hires and total separations down in most industries over the year ending June 2023
August 03, 2023
From June 2022 to June 2023, total job openings decreased by 1.4 million to 9.6 million. Total hires went down by 543,000 to 5.9 million, while total separations fell by 354,000 to 5.6 million. The number of job openings fell over the year in most major private industries, while openings rose in government. State and local government job openings rose 105,000 and federal government openings rose 59,000.
Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Job openings
Hires
Total separations
June 2022
June 2023
Change
June 2022
June 2023
Change
June 2022
June 2023
Change
State and local government
865,000
970,000
105,000
364,000
337,000
-27,000
345,000
273,000
-72,000
Federal government
101,000
160,000
59,000
38,000
51,000
13,000
49,000
42,000
-7,000
Mining and logging
35,000
30,000
-5,000
29,000
24,000
-5,000
20,000
23,000
3,000
Construction
383,000
374,000
-9,000
361,000
346,000
-15,000
332,000
305,000
-27,000
Information
220,000
181,000
-39,000
119,000
83,000
-36,000
100,000
87,000
-13,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities
1,616,000
1,542,000
-74,000
1,295,000
1,179,000
-116,000
1,168,000
1,179,000
11,000
Other services
444,000
363,000
-81,000
219,000
213,000
-6,000
219,000
214,000
-5,000
Education and health services
2,153,000
2,028,000
-125,000
873,000
878,000
5,000
781,000
800,000
19,000
Financial activities
635,000
436,000
-199,000
212,000
189,000
-23,000
202,000
170,000
-32,000
Leisure and hospitality
1,490,000
1,222,000
-268,000
1,195,000
1,079,000
-116,000
1,122,000
1,012,000
-110,000
Manufacturing
852,000
582,000
-270,000
477,000
393,000
-84,000
436,000
387,000
-49,000
Professional and business services
2,166,000
1,694,000
-472,000
1,265,000
1,135,000
-130,000
1,218,000
1,143,000
-75,000
Professional and business services had the largest over-the-year decline in job openings, falling by 472,000 to a total of 1.7 million in June 2023. In manufacturing, job openings declined from 852,000 in June 2022 to 582,000 in June 2023. Leisure and hospitality had 268,000 fewer job openings this year than last.
Professional and business services had the largest decline in hires for the year ending June 2023, down 130,000 to 1.1 million. Trade, transportation, and utilities and leisure and hospitality also had declines in hires over the year, each down by 116,000.
Total job separations were lower than the previous year in most industries. The industries with increases were education and health services (19,000); trade, transportation, and utilities (11,000); and mining and logging (3,000). Industries with the largest over-the-year decreases in separations included leisure and hospitality (−110,000); professional and business services (−75,000); and state and local government (−72,000).
These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Job Openings and Labor Turnover — June 2023." We also have more charts of job openings, hires, and separations data. 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.
United States Department of Labor
