State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M08 Results — 2023-10-18

Job openings rates increased in 13 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 4 states and decreased in 1 state. Total separations rates increased in 5 states and decreased in 4 states. Nationally, the job openings rate increased in August, while the hires and total separations rates were unchanged. 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 13 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Alaska (+3.7 percentage points), Utah (+1.4 points), and Iowa (+1.0 point).