State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2023 M06 Results — 2023-08-16

Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 2 states on the last business day of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 7 states and increased in 1 state. Total separations rates decreased in 11 states and increased in 1 state. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates showed little or no change in June. 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 June, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The decreases in job openings rates occurred in North Carolina (-0.8 percentage point), as well as in Illinois, Iowa, and Kentucky (-0.6 point each).