State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M10 Results — 2023-12-15

Job openings rates decreased in 6 states on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in October, 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 October, job openings rates decreased in 6 states and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Tennessee (-2.2 percentage points), Louisiana (-1.2 points), and Wisconsin (-1.0 point). Over the month, the national job openings rate decreased (-0.3 point).