State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M09 Results — 2024-11-20

Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decreased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings and hires rates showed little change in September, 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 September, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 45 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Georgia (-1.3 percentage points), Oklahoma (-1.1 points), and Texas (-0.9 point).