State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M08 Results — 2024-10-17

Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states and increased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings and hires rates showed little change in August while the total separations rates decreased. 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 increased in 6 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 42 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Utah (+2.2 percentage points), Minnesota (+1.6 points), and Nebraska (+1.2 points).