State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M02 Results — 2023-04-19

Job openings rates decreased in 20 states and increased in 2 states on the last business day of February, 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 4 states and increased in 3 states. Nationally, the job openings rate decreased in February, while the hires and total separations rates showed little 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 February, job openings rates decreased in 20 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 28 states and the District of Columbia. The largest decreases in job openings rates occurred in West Virginia (-1.9 percentage points), Wisconsin (-1.8 points), and Washington (-1.4 points).