State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M10 Results — 2024-12-17

Job openings rates increased in 12 states and decreased in 4 states on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 5 states and decreased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings and hires rates showed little change in October, and the total separations rate was 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 October, job openings rates increased in 12 states, decreased in 4 states, and were little changed in 34 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Colorado (+3.8 percentage points), Mississippi (+1.7 points), and Georgia (+1.5 points).