State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M04 Results — 2024-06-18

Job openings rates decreased in 12 states and increased in 3 states on the last business day of April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 4 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in April. 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 April, job openings rates decreased in 12 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Illinois, Kansas, and Vermont (-0.9 percentage point each).