Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release - 2024 M01 Results — 2024-03-06

The number of job openings changed little at 8.9 million on the last business day of January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, the number of hires and total separations were little changed at 5.7 million and 5.3 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.4 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.6 million) changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. This release also includes 2023 annual estimates for job openings, hires, and separations. In January, the number and rate of hires were little changed at 5.7 million and 3.6 percent, respectively. Hires decreased in state and local government education (-37,000). (See table 2.) Total separations include quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee.