State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M01 Results — 2023-03-21

Job openings rates decreased in 13 states and the District of Columbia and increased in 3 states on the last business day of January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 7 states and decreased in 4 states. Total separations rates increased in 4 states and decreased in 4 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in January, while the hires and total separations rates showed little or no change. 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 January, job openings rates decreased in 13 states and the District of Columbia, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 34 states.