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Job openings rates increased in 2 states in August 2025

December 04, 2025

Job openings rates increased in 2 states and were little changed in 48 states and the District of Columbia in August 2025. The increases in job openings rates occurred in Florida and Illinois (+0.6 percentage point each). August job openings rates ranged from 5.5 percent in West Virginia and 5.4 percent in Georgia, to 3.5 percent in Pennsylvania and Washington. Over the month, the national job openings rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent. 
State job openings rates, August 2025
State August 2025 (%) Change from July 2025 (percentage points)

Total U.S.

 4.3 0.0

Alabama

 4.5 -0.2

Alaska

 5.0 -0.1

Arizona

 4.0 -0.6

Arkansas

 4.7 -0.1

California

 3.8 -0.1

Colorado

 4.2 0.2

Connecticut

 3.7 -0.2

Delaware

 4.6 0.1

District of Columbia

 3.9 0.5

Florida

 4.4 0.6

Georgia

 5.4 0.0

Hawaii

 3.8 0.0

Idaho

 4.4 -0.3

Illinois

 4.9 0.6

Indiana

 4.3 0.3

Iowa

 4.4 0.0

Kansas

 4.4 -0.1

Kentucky

 4.5 -0.3

Louisiana

 4.7 -0.3

Maine

 4.6 -0.2

Maryland

 4.2 -0.5

Massachusetts

 4.0 -0.3

Michigan

 5.3 0.0

Minnesota

 5.0 0.1

Mississippi

 4.7 -0.1

Missouri

 4.6 0.0

Montana

 5.0 0.2

Nebraska

 4.1 0.0

Nevada

 3.9 -0.1

New Hampshire

 4.5 0.1

New Jersey

 4.3 -0.4

New Mexico

 5.2 0.2

New York

 4.4 0.1

North Carolina

 5.0 0.1

North Dakota

 4.9 0.0

Ohio

 4.3 0.0

Oklahoma

 5.3 -0.2

Oregon

 4.0 0.0

Pennsylvania

 3.5 -0.5

Rhode Island

 4.5 -0.3

South Carolina

 5.0 0.1

South Dakota

 4.3 -0.2

Tennessee

 4.1 0.0

Texas

 4.0 0.2

Utah

 4.0 -0.1

Vermont

 4.6 0.0

Virginia

 4.9 0.0

Washington

 3.5 -0.1

West Virginia

 5.5 0.1

Wisconsin

 4.3 -0.1

Wyoming

 4.5 -0.3

Note: Data are seasonally adjusted and preliminary.

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 — August 2025" and charts featuring state labor turnover data.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Job openings rates increased in 2 states in August 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/job-openings-rates-increased-in-2-states-in-august-2025.htm (visited December 05, 2025).

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