State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2021 M12 Results — 2022-02-17

Job openings rates increased in 7 states, decreased in 4 states, and were little changed in 39 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates decreased in 15 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 33 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates were little changed in December. (See tables A-E.) 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 December, job openings rates increased in 7 states and decreased in 4 states.