State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2024 M03 Results — 2024-05-17

Job openings rates decreased in 9 states and increased in 1 state on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 5 states and increased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little change in March. 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 March, job openings rates decreased in 9 states, increased in 1 state, and were little changed in 40 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in Arizona, Indiana, and South Dakota (-1.0 percentage point each). The increase occurred in New Jersey (+1.1 points).