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Montana had the highest hires rate in October 2023

December 27, 2023

Montana had the highest hires rate in October 2023, at 5.4 percent, followed by Alaska (5.2 percent), Delaware (4.9 percent), and West Virginia (4.8 percent). New York and the District of Columbia had the lowest hires rates, at 2.8 percent each. The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment. 
Hires rates by state, October 2023
State Hires rate, September 2023 Hires rate, October 2023 1-month percentage change Statistically significant? Number of hires, October 2023

United States

 3.8 3.7 -0.1 No 5,886,000

Alabama

 4.3 3.6 -0.7 Yes 77,000

Alaska

 5.5 5.2 -0.3 No 17,000

Arizona

 4.1 4.3 0.2 No 136,000

Arkansas

 4.3 4.0 -0.3 No 55,000

California

 3.1 3.0 -0.1 No 553,000

Colorado

 4.0 4.6 0.6 No 133,000

Connecticut

 3.5 3.7 0.2 No 63,000

Delaware

 5.1 4.9 -0.2 No 24,000

District of Columbia

 3.1 2.8 -0.3 No 22,000

Florida

 4.4 4.0 -0.4 No 391,000

Georgia

 4.3 4.7 0.4 No 230,000

Hawaii

 3.3 3.3 0.0 No 21,000

Idaho

 4.4 4.4 0.0 No 38,000

Illinois

 3.2 3.7 0.5 No 225,000

Indiana

 3.7 4.1 0.4 No 136,000

Iowa

 3.3 3.8 0.5 No 61,000

Kansas

 3.4 3.4 0.0 No 50,000

Kentucky

 5.1 3.7 -1.4 Yes 76,000

Louisiana

 5.5 4.2 -1.3 Yes 83,000

Maine

 4.0 4.0 0.0 No 26,000

Maryland

 3.9 3.9 0.0 No 108,000

Massachusetts

 3.3 3.0 -0.3 No 114,000

Michigan

 3.2 3.3 0.1 No 148,000

Minnesota

 3.7 3.9 0.2 No 118,000

Mississippi

 4.5 4.4 -0.1 No 52,000

Missouri

 3.7 3.7 0.0 No 112,000

Montana

 4.8 5.4 0.6 No 28,000

Nebraska

 3.6 3.5 -0.1 No 37,000

Nevada

 4.0 4.1 0.1 No 64,000

New Hampshire

 4.1 4.0 -0.1 No 28,000

New Jersey

 3.8 3.5 -0.3 No 153,000

New Mexico

 3.9 4.0 0.1 No 35,000

New York

 2.8 2.8 0.0 No 276,000

North Carolina

 3.9 3.3 -0.6 No 165,000

North Dakota

 4.1 4.1 0.0 No 18,000

Ohio

 4.1 3.8 -0.3 No 215,000

Oklahoma

 4.9 4.7 -0.2 No 81,000

Oregon

 3.8 3.9 0.1 No 79,000

Pennsylvania

 3.6 3.2 -0.4 No 198,000

Rhode Island

 4.2 4.2 0.0 No 21,000

South Carolina

 4.5 4.6 0.1 No 107,000

South Dakota

 3.9 4.1 0.2 No 19,000

Tennessee

 4.8 4.3 -0.5 No 141,000

Texas

 3.9 4.5 0.6 Yes 636,000

Utah

 4.0 4.2 0.2 No 72,000

Vermont

 4.2 4.2 0.0 No 13,000

Virginia

 4.2 3.8 -0.4 No 158,000

Washington

 3.1 3.2 0.1 No 118,000

West Virginia

 4.8 4.8 0.0 No 34,000

Wisconsin

 3.2 3.6 0.4 No 109,000

Wyoming

 4.4 4.4 0.0 No 13,000

Note: Data are seasonally adjusted.

In October, 33 states had hires rates above the national rate of 3.7 percent, 4 states had hires rates equal to the national rate, and 13 states and the District of Columbia had rates below that of the nation.

From September 2023 to October 2023, hires rates decreased in 3 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 46 states and the District. The rates decreased in Kentucky (−1.4 percentage points), Louisiana (−1.3 points), and Alabama (−0.7 point). The over-the-month increase occurred in Texas (+0.6 point).

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 — October 2023" and charts featuring state labor turnover data.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Montana had the highest hires rate in October 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/montana-had-the-highest-hires-rate-in-october-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).

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