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Louisiana had the highest job openings rate in November 2022, at 8.5 percent, while New York had the lowest, at 4.5 percent. Twenty-seven states had a openings rate greater than the national rate of 6.4 percent.
State | Job openings | Hires | Total separations | Quits | Layoffs & Discharges | |||||
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Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | Rate | Level | |
United States |
6.4% | 10,458,000 | 3.9% | 6,055,000 | 3.8% | 5,870,000 | 2.7% | 4,173,000 | 0.9% | 1,350,000 |
Alabama |
6.9 | 155,000 | 4.6 | 96,000 | 4.6 | 97,000 | 3.4 | 71,000 | 1.0 | 22,000 |
Alaska |
8.0 | 28,000 | 6.2 | 20,000 | 7.1 | 23,000 | 4.0 | 13,000 | 2.5 | 8,000 |
Arizona |
6.6 | 219,000 | 4.1 | 126,000 | 4.6 | 142,000 | 3.3 | 102,000 | 1.0 | 30,000 |
Arkansas |
6.6 | 94,000 | 4.7 | 62,000 | 4.9 | 65,000 | 3.5 | 46,000 | 1.2 | 16,000 |
California |
6.4 | 1,207,000 | 3.5 | 614,000 | 3.5 | 616,000 | 2.6 | 458,000 | 0.6 | 115,000 |
Colorado |
7.4 | 231,000 | 4.1 | 119,000 | 4.5 | 132,000 | 2.8 | 80,000 | 1.4 | 42,000 |
Connecticut |
5.7 | 102,000 | 3.3 | 56,000 | 3.3 | 55,000 | 2.1 | 35,000 | 1.0 | 17,000 |
Delaware |
7.2 | 36,000 | 5.2 | 24,000 | 4.8 | 22,000 | 3.2 | 15,000 | 1.3 | 6,000 |
District of Columbia |
5.3 | 43,000 | 3.5 | 27,000 | 3.0 | 23,000 | 1.9 | 15,000 | 0.9 | 7,000 |
Florida |
6.3 | 647,000 | 3.6 | 347,000 | 3.7 | 357,000 | 2.8 | 263,000 | 0.7 | 71,000 |
Georgia |
7.7 | 404,000 | 4.7 | 229,000 | 5.0 | 242,000 | 3.6 | 173,000 | 1.2 | 58,000 |
Hawaii |
4.8 | 31,000 | 3.2 | 20,000 | 3.9 | 24,000 | 2.6 | 16,000 | 1.0 | 6,000 |
Idaho |
6.7 | 59,000 | 4.2 | 35,000 | 4.6 | 38,000 | 3.0 | 25,000 | 1.3 | 11,000 |
Illinois |
6.3 | 411,000 | 4.1 | 251,000 | 3.7 | 226,000 | 2.5 | 153,000 | 1.1 | 66,000 |
Indiana |
6.4 | 220,000 | 4.4 | 141,000 | 4.3 | 137,000 | 3.3 | 105,000 | 0.9 | 29,000 |
Iowa |
7.1 | 122,000 | 4.5 | 71,000 | 4.6 | 73,000 | 3.3 | 53,000 | 0.8 | 13,000 |
Kansas |
6.4 | 96,000 | 4.1 | 58,000 | 4.0 | 56,000 | 2.8 | 39,000 | 1.0 | 14,000 |
Kentucky |
7.4 | 158,000 | 4.9 | 96,000 | 4.7 | 92,000 | 3.3 | 66,000 | 1.1 | 22,000 |
Louisiana |
8.5 | 180,000 | 4.8 | 93,000 | 5.2 | 101,000 | 3.7 | 72,000 | 1.3 | 26,000 |
Maine |
6.4 | 44,000 | 4.7 | 30,000 | 3.6 | 23,000 | 2.3 | 15,000 | 0.9 | 6,000 |
Maryland |
6.9 | 203,000 | 4.2 | 114,000 | 3.9 | 108,000 | 2.8 | 77,000 | 0.9 | 25,000 |
Massachusetts |
6.1 | 242,000 | 3.3 | 124,000 | 2.8 | 105,000 | 2.0 | 74,000 | 0.7 | 25,000 |
Michigan |
6.5 | 306,000 | 3.8 | 168,000 | 3.6 | 157,000 | 2.5 | 109,000 | 0.9 | 41,000 |
Minnesota |
6.1 | 191,000 | 3.6 | 107,000 | 3.4 | 101,000 | 2.6 | 77,000 | 0.6 | 18,000 |
Mississippi |
6.9 | 86,000 | 4.6 | 53,000 | 4.9 | 57,000 | 3.5 | 40,000 | 1.3 | 15,000 |
Missouri |
6.4 | 201,000 | 3.6 | 107,000 | 3.4 | 101,000 | 2.7 | 80,000 | 0.5 | 14,000 |
Montana |
7.3 | 40,000 | 5.5 | 28,000 | 5.3 | 27,000 | 3.6 | 18,000 | 1.4 | 7,000 |
Nebraska |
5.6 | 62,000 | 3.6 | 38,000 | 3.7 | 39,000 | 2.5 | 26,000 | 0.9 | 9,000 |
Nevada |
6.5 | 103,000 | 5.0 | 74,000 | 4.8 | 71,000 | 3.1 | 46,000 | 1.4 | 20,000 |
New Hampshire |
6.5 | 48,000 | 3.8 | 26,000 | 4.1 | 28,000 | 2.3 | 16,000 | 1.3 | 9,000 |
New Jersey |
4.8 | 213,000 | 3.1 | 134,000 | 2.9 | 124,000 | 1.8 | 77,000 | 0.9 | 40,000 |
New Mexico |
7.4 | 69,000 | 4.1 | 35,000 | 4.7 | 40,000 | 2.6 | 22,000 | 1.7 | 15,000 |
New York |
4.5 | 447,000 | 2.9 | 277,000 | 2.4 | 233,000 | 1.6 | 154,000 | 0.7 | 69,000 |
North Carolina |
7.0 | 366,000 | 4.7 | 226,000 | 4.2 | 204,000 | 2.9 | 140,000 | 1.0 | 49,000 |
North Dakota |
6.3 | 29,000 | 4.4 | 19,000 | 3.9 | 17,000 | 2.8 | 12,000 | 0.9 | 4,000 |
Ohio |
5.9 | 348,000 | 3.8 | 209,000 | 3.5 | 194,000 | 2.6 | 142,000 | 0.7 | 40,000 |
Oklahoma |
7.2 | 132,000 | 4.8 | 82,000 | 4.5 | 77,000 | 3.4 | 57,000 | 0.9 | 16,000 |
Oregon |
6.8 | 146,000 | 3.9 | 77,000 | 4.6 | 91,000 | 3.0 | 59,000 | 1.2 | 23,000 |
Pennsylvania |
6.4 | 410,000 | 3.1 | 189,000 | 2.8 | 168,000 | 1.8 | 108,000 | 0.7 | 40,000 |
Rhode Island |
6.2 | 33,000 | 3.8 | 19,000 | 3.4 | 17,000 | 2.2 | 11,000 | 1.0 | 5,000 |
South Carolina |
7.2 | 175,000 | 4.8 | 108,000 | 4.4 | 98,000 | 3.2 | 71,000 | 0.9 | 21,000 |
South Dakota |
6.3 | 31,000 | 4.6 | 21,000 | 3.9 | 18,000 | 2.8 | 13,000 | 0.9 | 4,000 |
Tennessee |
7.1 | 250,000 | 5.1 | 166,000 | 5.2 | 169,000 | 3.7 | 120,000 | 1.3 | 42,000 |
Texas |
5.9 | 857,000 | 4.5 | 611,000 | 3.9 | 535,000 | 3.1 | 429,000 | 0.6 | 87,000 |
Utah |
6.0 | 107,000 | 3.7 | 62,000 | 4.5 | 75,000 | 3.0 | 51,000 | 1.1 | 19,000 |
Vermont |
6.5 | 21,000 | 4.0 | 12,000 | 3.6 | 11,000 | 2.3 | 7,000 | 1.0 | 3,000 |
Virginia |
6.7 | 292,000 | 4.1 | 168,000 | 3.9 | 159,000 | 2.7 | 109,000 | 1.0 | 41,000 |
Washington |
5.7 | 215,000 | 3.6 | 129,000 | 4.2 | 151,000 | 2.9 | 103,000 | 1.0 | 35,000 |
West Virginia |
8.3 | 65,000 | 5.0 | 36,000 | 4.7 | 34,000 | 3.3 | 24,000 | 1.0 | 7,000 |
Wisconsin |
8.1 | 261,000 | 3.7 | 109,000 | 3.3 | 97,000 | 2.4 | 72,000 | 0.7 | 20,000 |
Wyoming |
7.1 | 22,000 | 5.6 | 16,000 | 5.6 | 16,000 | 3.5 | 10,000 | 1.4 | 4,000 |
In November 2022, separations rates were above 5.0 percent in five states: Alaska (7.1 percent), Wyoming (5.6 percent), Montana (5.3 percent), and Louisiana and Tennessee (5.2 percent). New York had the lowest separations rate, at 2.4 percent. Thirty-three states had a separations rate above the national rate of 3.8 percent in November 2022.
Alaska and Wyoming also had the two highest hires rates in November 2022, at 6.2 percent and 5.6 percent, respectively. Thirty-one states had a hires rate above the national rate of 3.9 percent.
In November 2022, 30 states had a quits rate above the national rate of 2.7 percent, while 29 states had a layoffs and discharges rate above the national rate of 0.9 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 — November 2022 and charts featuring state labor turnover data.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Louisiana had the highest job openings rate in November 2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/louisiana-had-the-highest-job-openings-rate-in-november-2022.htm (visited December 08, 2024).