State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2022 M03 Results — 2022-05-18

Job openings rates increased in 8 states, decreased in 3 states, and were little changed in 39 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 5 states, decreased in 4 states, and were little changed in 41 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in March. (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 March, job openings rates increased in 8 states and decreased in 3 states.