State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M12 Results — 2024-02-14

Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 3 states on the last business day of December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 2 states and decreased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 5 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in December. 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 December, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. The decreases in job openings rates occurred in Maine (-1.1 percentage points) and North Dakota (-0.8 point), as well as in Illinois and Wisconsin (-0.6 point each).