State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M05 Results — 2023-07-26

Job openings rates decreased in 12 states on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 5 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 9 states and decreased in 7 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased while hires and total separations rates changed little 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. In May, job openings rates decreased in 12 states and were little changed in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Colorado (-1.4 percentage points) as well as in Arizona and Hawaii (-0.9 point each). Over the month, the national job openings rate decreased (-0.3 point).