State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2021 M10 Results — 2021-12-17

Job openings rates increased in 16 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 32 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates decreased in 10 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates were little changed in October. (See tables A-E.) 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 increased in 16 states and decreased in 2 states.