State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2022 M07 Results — 2022-09-16

Job openings rates decreased in 5 states and increased in 4 states on the last business day of July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change. 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 July, job openings rates decreased in 5 states, increased in 4 states, and were little changed in 41 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Pennsylvania (-1.2 percentage points), Arkansas (-1.0 point), and Vermont (-0.9 point).