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From May 2023 to June 2023, quits rates decreased in 16 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 33 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in quits rates occurred in Maine (−1.2 percentage points) and Delaware (−1.0 percentage point), as well as in Alabama and Vermont (−0.9 percentage point each). The quits rate increased from 2.6 percent to 3.1 percent in Kansas.
State | Job openings | Hires | ||||||||
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May 2023 rate | June 2023 rate | Over-the-month rate change | Level | Statistically significant? | May 2023 rate | June 2023 rate | Over-the-month rate change | Level | Statistically significant? | |
United States |
5.8 | 5.8 | 0.0 | 9,582,000 | No | 4.0 | 3.8 | -0.2 | 5,905,000 | No |
Alabama |
6.0 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 140,000 | No | 5.0 | 4.4 | -0.6 | 94,000 | No |
Alaska |
7.7 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 28,000 | No | 6.5 | 5.5 | -1.0 | 18,000 | Yes |
Arizona |
6.0 | 5.8 | -0.2 | 193,000 | No | 4.7 | 3.9 | -0.8 | 122,000 | Yes |
Arkansas |
6.8 | 6.5 | -0.3 | 95,000 | No | 4.8 | 4.7 | -0.1 | 64,000 | No |
California |
4.8 | 5.4 | 0.6 | 1,039,000 | Yes | 2.9 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 596,000 | Yes |
Colorado |
6.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 190,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.6 | -0.5 | 105,000 | No |
Connecticut |
4.6 | 5.1 | 0.5 | 91,000 | No | 3.4 | 3.1 | -0.3 | 52,000 | No |
Delaware |
6.7 | 6.5 | -0.2 | 34,000 | No | 4.9 | 4.7 | -0.2 | 23,000 | No |
District of Columbia |
5.4 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 44,000 | No | 3.6 | 3.2 | -0.4 | 25,000 | No |
Florida |
6.0 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 643,000 | No | 4.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 385,000 | No |
Georgia |
7.0 | 7.0 | 0.0 | 372,000 | No | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 220,000 | No |
Hawaii |
5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 33,000 | No | 3.3 | 3.2 | -0.1 | 20,000 | No |
Idaho |
6.1 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 55,000 | No | 4.9 | 4.2 | -0.7 | 36,000 | No |
Illinois |
6.4 | 5.8 | -0.6 | 377,000 | Yes | 4.4 | 4.0 | -0.4 | 246,000 | No |
Indiana |
5.4 | 5.0 | -0.4 | 172,000 | No | 4.7 | 3.8 | -0.9 | 123,000 | Yes |
Iowa |
6.0 | 5.4 | -0.6 | 91,000 | Yes | 3.9 | 3.7 | -0.2 | 59,000 | No |
Kansas |
5.9 | 5.5 | -0.4 | 84,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.7 | -0.4 | 54,000 | No |
Kentucky |
6.7 | 6.1 | -0.6 | 130,000 | Yes | 4.6 | 4.2 | -0.4 | 85,000 | No |
Louisiana |
7.4 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 157,000 | No | 5.4 | 5.8 | 0.4 | 114,000 | No |
Maine |
6.1 | 5.4 | -0.7 | 37,000 | No | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 25,000 | No |
Maryland |
6.9 | 6.8 | -0.1 | 200,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.9 | -0.2 | 107,000 | No |
Massachusetts |
6.3 | 6.1 | -0.2 | 243,000 | No | 3.0 | 2.7 | -0.3 | 103,000 | No |
Michigan |
5.3 | 5.1 | -0.2 | 237,000 | No | 3.8 | 3.5 | -0.3 | 156,000 | No |
Minnesota |
6.5 | 6.2 | -0.3 | 197,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.3 | -0.8 | 99,000 | Yes |
Mississippi |
6.9 | 7.0 | 0.1 | 88,000 | No | 4.8 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 56,000 | No |
Missouri |
5.5 | 5.2 | -0.3 | 163,000 | No | 3.9 | 3.4 | -0.5 | 103,000 | No |
Montana |
6.5 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 37,000 | No | 5.4 | 5.0 | -0.4 | 26,000 | No |
Nebraska |
5.7 | 5.6 | -0.1 | 62,000 | No | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 42,000 | No |
Nevada |
6.3 | 6.0 | -0.3 | 99,000 | No | 4.1 | 4.0 | -0.1 | 62,000 | No |
New Hampshire |
5.4 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 45,000 | No | 4.0 | 3.6 | -0.4 | 25,000 | No |
New Jersey |
4.3 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 223,000 | Yes | 3.7 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 176,000 | No |
New Mexico |
7.0 | 6.8 | -0.2 | 64,000 | No | 4.3 | 3.7 | -0.6 | 32,000 | No |
New York |
4.3 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 460,000 | No | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 278,000 | No |
North Carolina |
7.7 | 6.9 | -0.8 | 363,000 | Yes | 4.5 | 4.1 | -0.4 | 200,000 | No |
North Dakota |
6.5 | 6.0 | -0.5 | 28,000 | No | 4.8 | 4.4 | -0.4 | 19,000 | No |
Ohio |
6.2 | 6.0 | -0.2 | 362,000 | No | 3.8 | 3.7 | -0.1 | 207,000 | No |
Oklahoma |
6.9 | 6.6 | -0.3 | 122,000 | No | 4.6 | 4.5 | -0.1 | 77,000 | No |
Oregon |
5.5 | 5.3 | -0.2 | 112,000 | No | 4.4 | 3.6 | -0.8 | 72,000 | Yes |
Pennsylvania |
5.3 | 5.5 | 0.2 | 360,000 | No | 3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 183,000 | No |
Rhode Island |
5.2 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 30,000 | No | 4.2 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 19,000 | No |
South Carolina |
7.2 | 7.1 | -0.1 | 175,000 | No | 5.0 | 4.8 | -0.2 | 111,000 | No |
South Dakota |
6.3 | 5.9 | -0.4 | 29,000 | No | 4.3 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 20,000 | No |
Tennessee |
6.7 | 6.5 | -0.2 | 233,000 | No | 5.2 | 4.5 | -0.7 | 150,000 | Yes |
Texas |
5.6 | 5.4 | -0.2 | 799,000 | No | 4.4 | 4.2 | -0.2 | 588,000 | No |
Utah |
5.7 | 5.6 | -0.1 | 103,000 | No | 4.2 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 66,000 | No |
Vermont |
5.5 | 5.9 | 0.4 | 19,000 | No | 4.2 | 4.0 | -0.2 | 12,000 | No |
Virginia |
6.9 | 6.9 | 0.0 | 309,000 | No | 4.2 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 178,000 | No |
Washington |
4.7 | 4.5 | -0.2 | 173,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.0 | -1.1 | 111,000 | Yes |
West Virginia |
7.4 | 7.4 | 0.0 | 56,000 | No | 4.9 | 4.7 | -0.2 | 33,000 | No |
Wisconsin |
5.7 | 5.2 | -0.5 | 165,000 | No | 4.1 | 3.8 | -0.3 | 113,000 | No |
Wyoming |
6.1 | 6.4 | 0.3 | 20,000 | No | 4.5 | 4.1 | -0.4 | 12,000 | No |
State | Total separations | Quits | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2023 rate | June 2023 rate | Over-the-month rate change | Level | Statistically significant? | May 2023 rate | June 2023 rate | Over-the-month rate change | Level | Statistically significant? | |
United States |
3.8 | 3.6 | -0.2 | 5,637,000 | No | 2.6 | 2.4 | -0.2 | 3,772,000 | Yes |
Alabama |
4.8 | 4.1 | -0.7 | 88,000 | Yes | 3.8 | 2.9 | -0.9 | 62,000 | Yes |
Alaska |
5.2 | 4.6 | -0.6 | 15,000 | No | 3.4 | 3.0 | -0.4 | 10,000 | No |
Arizona |
3.8 | 4.1 | 0.3 | 130,000 | No | 2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 93,000 | No |
Arkansas |
4.8 | 4.0 | -0.8 | 55,000 | Yes | 3.5 | 2.8 | -0.7 | 38,000 | Yes |
California |
2.9 | 2.7 | -0.2 | 489,000 | No | 1.9 | 1.8 | -0.1 | 327,000 | No |
Colorado |
3.6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 104,000 | No | 2.5 | 2.4 | -0.1 | 70,000 | No |
Connecticut |
3.8 | 3.3 | -0.5 | 55,000 | No | 2.5 | 2.0 | -0.5 | 33,000 | Yes |
Delaware |
6.2 | 4.9 | -1.3 | 24,000 | Yes | 4.3 | 3.3 | -1.0 | 16,000 | Yes |
District of Columbia |
3.6 | 3.3 | -0.3 | 26,000 | No | 2.6 | 2.3 | -0.3 | 18,000 | No |
Florida |
4.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 426,000 | No | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 297,000 | No |
Georgia |
5.0 | 4.2 | -0.8 | 205,000 | Yes | 3.3 | 2.9 | -0.4 | 142,000 | Yes |
Hawaii |
3.2 | 2.9 | -0.3 | 18,000 | No | 2.1 | 1.9 | -0.2 | 12,000 | No |
Idaho |
4.2 | 3.8 | -0.4 | 32,000 | No | 2.9 | 2.5 | -0.4 | 21,000 | No |
Illinois |
3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 224,000 | No | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 151,000 | No |
Indiana |
4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 130,000 | No | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 92,000 | No |
Iowa |
3.6 | 3.7 | 0.1 | 59,000 | No | 2.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 37,000 | No |
Kansas |
3.7 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 66,000 | Yes | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 44,000 | Yes |
Kentucky |
4.9 | 4.2 | -0.7 | 85,000 | Yes | 3.6 | 2.8 | -0.8 | 57,000 | Yes |
Louisiana |
5.5 | 4.8 | -0.7 | 94,000 | Yes | 3.7 | 3.2 | -0.5 | 63,000 | Yes |
Maine |
4.5 | 3.4 | -1.1 | 22,000 | Yes | 3.1 | 1.9 | -1.2 | 12,000 | Yes |
Maryland |
4.3 | 3.6 | -0.7 | 98,000 | Yes | 2.9 | 2.4 | -0.5 | 66,000 | Yes |
Massachusetts |
2.8 | 2.7 | -0.1 | 101,000 | No | 1.7 | 1.5 | -0.2 | 56,000 | No |
Michigan |
3.7 | 3.4 | -0.3 | 153,000 | No | 2.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 105,000 | No |
Minnesota |
3.4 | 3.8 | 0.4 | 113,000 | No | 2.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 75,000 | No |
Mississippi |
5.4 | 4.3 | -1.1 | 51,000 | Yes | 3.6 | 3.1 | -0.5 | 36,000 | No |
Missouri |
3.6 | 3.3 | -0.3 | 99,000 | No | 2.5 | 2.2 | -0.3 | 65,000 | No |
Montana |
5.2 | 5.0 | -0.2 | 26,000 | No | 3.7 | 3.3 | -0.4 | 17,000 | No |
Nebraska |
3.6 | 3.5 | -0.1 | 37,000 | No | 2.3 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 24,000 | No |
Nevada |
4.2 | 3.9 | -0.3 | 61,000 | No | 2.9 | 2.6 | -0.3 | 41,000 | No |
New Hampshire |
4.3 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 31,000 | No | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 19,000 | No |
New Jersey |
2.9 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 126,000 | No | 1.8 | 1.5 | -0.3 | 67,000 | No |
New Mexico |
3.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 33,000 | No | 2.7 | 2.5 | -0.2 | 22,000 | No |
New York |
2.9 | 2.5 | -0.4 | 243,000 | Yes | 1.9 | 1.3 | -0.6 | 129,000 | Yes |
North Carolina |
4.4 | 4.0 | -0.4 | 198,000 | No | 3.2 | 2.7 | -0.5 | 133,000 | Yes |
North Dakota |
3.7 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 19,000 | No | 2.8 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 13,000 | No |
Ohio |
3.8 | 3.7 | -0.1 | 209,000 | No | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 140,000 | No |
Oklahoma |
4.3 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 75,000 | No | 3.1 | 3.0 | -0.1 | 52,000 | No |
Oregon |
4.0 | 3.3 | -0.7 | 66,000 | No | 2.7 | 2.1 | -0.6 | 42,000 | Yes |
Pennsylvania |
3.2 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 199,000 | No | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 120,000 | No |
Rhode Island |
4.2 | 3.6 | -0.6 | 18,000 | No | 2.6 | 2.0 | -0.6 | 10,000 | No |
South Carolina |
4.5 | 4.2 | -0.3 | 97,000 | No | 3.3 | 3.0 | -0.3 | 70,000 | No |
South Dakota |
3.9 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 19,000 | No | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 13,000 | No |
Tennessee |
5.0 | 4.2 | -0.8 | 139,000 | Yes | 3.7 | 2.9 | -0.8 | 98,000 | Yes |
Texas |
4.0 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 572,000 | No | 3.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 428,000 | No |
Utah |
4.6 | 3.8 | -0.8 | 66,000 | No | 3.1 | 2.3 | -0.8 | 40,000 | Yes |
Vermont |
4.6 | 4.0 | -0.6 | 12,000 | No | 2.9 | 2.0 | -0.9 | 6,000 | Yes |
Virginia |
4.4 | 4.1 | -0.3 | 171,000 | No | 3.2 | 2.8 | -0.4 | 117,000 | No |
Washington |
3.3 | 2.9 | -0.4 | 105,000 | No | 2.2 | 1.8 | -0.4 | 65,000 | Yes |
West Virginia |
5.0 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 37,000 | No | 3.4 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 25,000 | No |
Wisconsin |
3.7 | 3.5 | -0.2 | 104,000 | No | 2.4 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 72,000 | No |
Wyoming |
5.2 | 4.8 | -0.4 | 14,000 | No | 3.4 | 3.1 | -0.3 | 9,000 | No |
State | Layoffs and discharges | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2023 rate | June 2023 rate | Over-the-month rate change | Level | Statistically significant? | |
United States |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1,527,000 | No |
Alabama |
0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 21,000 | No |
Alaska |
1.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 5,000 | No |
Arizona |
0.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 33,000 | No |
Arkansas |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 15,000 | No |
California |
0.8 | 0.7 | -0.1 | 134,000 | No |
Colorado |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 30,000 | No |
Connecticut |
1.0 | 0.9 | -0.1 | 16,000 | No |
Delaware |
1.4 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 7,000 | No |
District of Columbia |
0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 6,000 | No |
Florida |
1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 108,000 | No |
Georgia |
1.5 | 1.0 | -0.5 | 51,000 | Yes |
Hawaii |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6,000 | No |
Idaho |
1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 10,000 | No |
Illinois |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 61,000 | No |
Indiana |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 31,000 | No |
Iowa |
1.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 19,000 | No |
Kansas |
1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 18,000 | No |
Kentucky |
1.0 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 24,000 | No |
Louisiana |
1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 26,000 | No |
Maine |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 7,000 | No |
Maryland |
1.1 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 27,000 | No |
Massachusetts |
0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 34,000 | No |
Michigan |
1.2 | 0.9 | -0.3 | 39,000 | No |
Minnesota |
0.8 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 32,000 | No |
Mississippi |
1.6 | 1.0 | -0.6 | 12,000 | Yes |
Missouri |
0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 27,000 | No |
Montana |
1.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 8,000 | No |
Nebraska |
1.2 | 1.0 | -0.2 | 10,000 | No |
Nevada |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 17,000 | No |
New Hampshire |
1.6 | 1.3 | -0.3 | 9,000 | No |
New Jersey |
0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 46,000 | No |
New Mexico |
0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 9,000 | No |
New York |
0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 89,000 | No |
North Carolina |
1.0 | 0.9 | -0.1 | 46,000 | No |
North Dakota |
0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 5,000 | No |
Ohio |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 59,000 | No |
Oklahoma |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 19,000 | No |
Oregon |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 21,000 | No |
Pennsylvania |
0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 54,000 | No |
Rhode Island |
1.4 | 1.2 | -0.2 | 6,000 | No |
South Carolina |
1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 22,000 | No |
South Dakota |
1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 5,000 | No |
Tennessee |
1.1 | 1.0 | -0.1 | 34,000 | No |
Texas |
0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 124,000 | No |
Utah |
1.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 24,000 | No |
Vermont |
1.3 | 1.0 | -0.3 | 3,000 | No |
Virginia |
1.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 46,000 | No |
Washington |
0.9 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 35,000 | No |
West Virginia |
1.3 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 9,000 | No |
Wisconsin |
1.1 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 26,000 | No |
Wyoming |
1.7 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 5,000 | No |
Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 2 states over the month. The decreases occurred in North Carolina (−0.8 percentage point), as well as in Illinois, Iowa, and Kentucky (−0.6 percentage point each). The increases occurred in California and New Jersey (0.6 percentage point each).
In June, hires rates decreased in the following seven states: Washington (−1.1 percentage point), Alaska (−1.0 percentage point), Indiana (−0.9 percentage point), Oregon, Minnesota, and Arizona (−0.8 percentage point each), and Tennessee (−0.7 percentage point). An increase in the hires rate occurred in California, from 2.9 percent in May 2023 to 3.3 percent in June 2023.
Total separations rates decreased in 11 states and increased in 1 state. The largest decreases in occurred in Delaware (−1.3 percentage points), as well as in Maine and Mississippi (−1.1 percentage points each). The increase occurred in Kansas (0.9 percentage point).
Two states had declines in layoffs and discharges rates in June: Mississippi (1.6 percent in May 2023 to 1.0 percent in June 2023) and Georgia (1.5 percent in May 2023 to 1.0 percent in June 2023).
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 — June 2023" and charts featuring state labor turnover data. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Quits rates down in 16 states, up in 1 state in June 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/quits-rates-down-in-16-states-up-in-1-state-in-june-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).