State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M01 Results — 2024-03-19

Job openings rates increased in 6 states and decreased in 1 state on the last business day of January, 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 2 states. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in January. 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 January, job openings rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases in job openings rates occurred in Oregon (+1.9 percentage points), Maryland (+1.6 points), and Missouri (+1.2 points). The decrease occurred in Colorado (-1.0 point).