State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2021 M11 Results — 2022-01-21

Job openings rates decreased in 16 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 31 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates increased in 13 states, decreased in 1 state, and were little changed in 36 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in November; the 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 November, job openings rates decreased in 16 states and increased in 3 states.