State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2022 M02 Results — 2022-04-20

Job openings rates decreased in 13 states, increased in 6 states, and were little changed in 31 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little changed in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings rate was unchanged in February, and hires and total separations rates were little changed. (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 February, job openings rates decreased in 13 states and increased in 6 states.