State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M12 Results — 2025-02-19

Job openings rates decreased in 5 states on the last business day of December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in December, 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 December, job openings rates decreased in 5 states and were little changed in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Colorado (-1.2 percentage points) and Maryland (-0.8 point), as well as in Florida and Virginia (-0.7 point each). Over the month, the national job openings rate decreased (-0.4 point).