State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M05 Results — 2024-07-24

Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 1 state on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates and total separations rates both increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in May. 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. Also included with this release are annual JOLTS state levels and rates for 2023. In May, job openings rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia.