State Job Openings and Labor Turnover News Release - 2021 M09 Results — 2021-11-19

Job openings rates decreased in 12 states, increased in 8 states, and were little changed in 30 states and the District of Columbia on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rates increased in 6 states, decreased in 4 states, and was little changed in 40 states and the District of Columbia. Total separations rates increased in 14 states, decreased in 4 states, and were little changed in 32 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the job openings, hires, and total separations rates were little changed in September. (See table 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 September, job openings rates decreased in 12 states and increased in 8 states.