State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M09 Results — 2023-11-20

Job openings rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 1 state and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 6 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in September. 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 decreased in 3 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 46 states and the District of Columbia. The decreases in job openings rates occurred in Alaska (-1.3 percentage points), Utah (-0.7 point), and Illinois (-0.6 point). The increase occurred in Tennessee (+1.9 points).