State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2022 M08 Results — 2022-10-19

Job openings rates decreased in 26 states and increased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 3 states. Total separations rates increased in 8 states and decreased in 3 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in August, the hires rate was unchanged, and the total separations rate changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, total separations, quits, and layoffs and discharges for the total nonfarm sector and for all states and the District of Columbia. In August, job openings rates decreased in 26 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 22 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Michigan (-2.4 percentage points), Ohio (-2.0 points), and Indiana (-1.9 points).