State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M03 Results — 2023-05-17

Job openings rates decreased in 15 states and increased in 1 state and the District of Columbia on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 5 states and increased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 5 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in March. 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 March, job openings rates decreased in 15 states, increased in 1 state and the District of Columbia, and were little changed in 34 states. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Colorado, Kansas, and Maryland (-1.4 percentage points each).