State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2022 M09 Results — 2022-11-17

Job openings rates increased in 8 states on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 9 states and increased in 2 states. Total separations rates decreased in 16 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings and hires rates were little changed in September, while the total separations rate decreased. 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 September, job openings rates increased in 8 states and were little changed in 42 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Michigan and New Hampshire (+1.1 percentage points each), as well as in Alaska and Missouri (+1.0 point each).