For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, October 4, 2022 USDL-22-1966

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2022

The number of job openings decreased to 10.1 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires and total separations were little changed at 6.3 million 

and 6.0 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (4.2 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.5

million) were little changed. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, 

hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class.

Job Openings

On the last business day of August, the number and rate of job openings decreased to 10.1 million

(-1.1 million) and 6.2 percent, respectively. The largest decreases in job openings were in health care 

and social assistance (-236,000), other services (-183,000), and retail trade (-143,000). (See table 1.)

Hires

In August, the number of hires was little changed at 6.3 million, and the rate was unchanged at 4.1

percent. Hires decreased in federal government (-8,000). (See table 2.)

Separations

Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits are generally 

voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of 

workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated 

by the employer. Other separations includes separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers 

to other locations of the same firm.

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Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

August 2019 - August 2022

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Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted,

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In August, the number and rate of total separations were little changed at 6.0 million and 3.9 percent, 

respectively. Total separations increased in accommodation and food services (+175,000). (See table 3.)

In August, the number of quits was little changed at 4.2 million, and the rate was unchanged at 2.7 

percent. Quits increased in accommodation and food services (+119,000) but decreased in professional 

and business services (-94,000). (See table 4.)

In August, the number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.5 million and 1.0 

percent, respectively. Layoffs and discharges were little changed in all industries. (See table 5.)

The number of other separations was little changed in August at 358,000. Other separations decreased 

in information (-6,000) and in federal government (-3,000). (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

In August, the job openings rate decreased in all establishment size classes except those with 9 or less 

employees, which changed little. Both the layoffs and discharges rate and the total separations rate 

decreased in establishments with 250 to 999 employees. The quits rate increased in establishments with 

1,000 to 4,999 employees. For a more in-depth description of the JOLTS establishment size class 

estimates, please visit www.bls.gov/jlt/sizeclassmethodology.htm.

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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for September 2022 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 10,629 11,170 10,053 6,362 6,238 6,277 5,913 5,794 5,976

Total private....................................... 9,782 10,065 9,037 6,005 5,846 5,880 5,577 5,450 5,607

Mining and logging............................. 33 35 35 21 25 27 17 19 19

Construction.................................... 362 353 407 371 384 373 375 355 360

Manufacturing.................................. 873 910 795 463 428 452 420 414 417

Durable goods............................... 491 530 477 261 240 258 234 226 232

Nondurable goods........................... 382 380 318 202 188 194 186 188 184

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 2,018 1,778 1,638 1,382 1,277 1,289 1,353 1,199 1,252

Wholesale trade............................. 288 278 325 187 165 171 187 153 154

Retail trade................................... 1,177 946 803 896 782 774 919 743 773

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities...................................... 553 554 510 298 330 345 247 303 326

Information...................................... 185 222 205 118 101 111 94 90 100

Financial activities.............................. 466 641 524 206 223 225 202 206 218

Finance and insurance..................... 306 474 347 131 148 151 131 136 146

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . .. 159 167 177 75 76 74 72 70 72

Professional and business services......... 1,892 1,991 1,872 1,204 1,258 1,204 1,140 1,220 1,134

Education and health services............... 1,797 2,165 1,885 786 862 803 742 737 715

Educational services........................ 160 207 163 107 103 85 87 80 77

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 1,638 1,958 1,722 679 760 717 655 657 638

Leisure and hospitality........................ 1,718 1,516 1,405 1,234 1,071 1,131 1,052 1,006 1,155

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 208 203 193 169 160 139 140 159 134

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 1,510 1,313 1,213 1,064 911 991 912 847 1,022

Other services.................................. 437 454 271 219 217 266 182 204 237

Government....................................... 847 1,104 1,016 357 392 398 336 344 369

Federal.......................................... 135 158 129 44 45 37 45 40 39

State and local................................. 712 946 888 313 348 360 291 304 330

State and local education.................. 285 335 292 165 169 164 148 150 164

State and local, excluding education. . . .. 427 611 596 148 179 197 143 153 166

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 6.7 6.8 6.2 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.9

Total private....................................... 7.3 7.2 6.5 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.3

Mining and logging............................. 5.4 5.3 5.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.0 3.0 3.0

Construction.................................... 4.7 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.6 4.7

Manufacturing.................................. 6.6 6.6 5.8 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.2

Durable goods............................... 6.0 6.2 5.6 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.8 2.9

Nondurable goods........................... 7.5 7.2 6.1 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 6.8 5.8 5.4 5.0 4.4 4.5 4.9 4.2 4.3

Wholesale trade............................. 4.8 4.5 5.2 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.3 2.6 2.6

Retail trade................................... 7.1 5.6 4.8 5.8 4.9 4.9 6.0 4.7 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities...................................... 7.7 7.3 6.7 4.5 4.7 4.9 3.7 4.3 4.6

Information...................................... 6.1 6.8 6.3 4.1 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.3

Financial activities.............................. 5.0 6.7 5.5 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4

Finance and insurance..................... 4.5 6.7 5.0 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . .. 6.6 6.6 7.0 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services......... 8.2 8.2 7.7 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.1

Education and health services............... 7.0 8.1 7.1 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9

Educational services........................ 4.2 5.1 4.1 2.9 2.7 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 7.5 8.7 7.7 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1

Leisure and hospitality........................ 10.6 8.8 8.2 8.5 6.8 7.2 7.3 6.4 7.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 9.2 8.1 7.7 8.3 6.9 6.0 6.8 6.9 5.8

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 10.9 8.9 8.3 8.6 6.8 7.4 7.4 6.3 7.6

Other services.................................. 7.4 7.4 4.5 4.0 3.8 4.7 3.3 3.6 4.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted — Continued

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Government....................................... 3.7 4.7 4.4 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7

Federal.......................................... 4.5 5.2 4.3 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4

State and local................................. 3.6 4.7 4.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.7

State and local education.................. 2.7 3.1 2.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.6

State and local, excluding education. . . .. 4.5 6.3 6.2 1.6 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.7 1.8

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Technical Note 

This news release presents statistics from the Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The 

JOLTS program provides information on labor 

demand and turnover. Additional information about 

the JOLTS program can be found at 

www.bls.gov/jlt/. Estimates are published for job 

openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other 

separations, and total separations. The JOLTS 

program covers all private nonfarm establishments, 

as well as civilian federal, state, and local 

government entities in the 50 states and the District 

of Columbia. Industries are classified in accordance 

with the North American Industry Classification 

System. 

Definitions 

Employment. Employment includes persons on 

the payroll who worked or received pay for the pay 

period that includes the 12th day of the reference 

month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, 

seasonal, salaried, and hourly employees are 

included, as are employees on paid vacation or other 

paid leave. Proprietors or partners of unincorporated 

businesses, unpaid family workers, or employees on 

strike for the entire pay period, and employees on 

leave without pay for the entire pay period are not 

counted as employed. Employees of temporary help 

agencies, employee leasing companies, outside 

contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where 

they are working. JOLTS does not publish 

employment estimates but uses the reported 

employment for validation of the other reported data 

elements. 

Job Openings. Job openings include all 

positions that are open on the last business day of the 

reference month. A job is open only if it meets all 

three of these conditions: 

 A specific position exists and there is work

available for that position. The position can

be full-time or part-time, and it can be

permanent, short-term, or seasonal.

 The job could start within 30 days, whether

or not the employer can find a suitable

candidate during that time.

 The employer is actively recruiting workers

from outside the establishment to fill the

position. Active recruiting means that the

establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position. It may include advertising in 

newspapers, on television, or on the radio; 

posting Internet notices, posting “help 

wanted” signs, networking or making 

“word-of-mouth” announcements; accepting 

applications; interviewing candidates; 

contacting employment agencies; or 

soliciting employees at job fairs, state or 

local employment offices, or similar 

sources. 

Excluded are positions open only to internal 

transfers, promotions or demotions, or recall from 

layoffs. Also excluded are openings for positions 

with start dates more than 30 days in the future, 

positions for which employees have been hired but 

the employees have not yet reported for work, and 

positions to be filled by employees of temporary help 

agencies, employee leasing companies, outside 

contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is 

computed by dividing the number of job openings by 

the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100. 

Hires. Hires include all additions to the payroll 

during the entire reference month, including newly 

hired and rehired employees; full-time and part-time 

employees; permanent, short-term, and seasonal 

employees; employees who were recalled to a job at 

the location following a layoff (formal suspension 

from pay status) lasting more than 7 days; on-call or 

intermittent employees who returned to work after 

having been formally separated; workers who were 

hired and separated during the month, and transfers 

from other locations. Excluded are transfers or 

promotions within the reporting location, employees 

returning from strike, employees of temporary help 

agencies, employee leasing companies, outside 

contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is 

computed by dividing the number of hires by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

Separations. Separations include all separations 

from the payroll during the entire reference month 

and is reported by type of separation: quits, layoffs 

and discharges, and other separations. Quits include 

employees who left voluntarily with the exception of 

retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs 

and discharges includes involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer including layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; layoffs (formal suspensions from pay 

status) lasting or expected to last more than 7 days; 
discharges resulting from mergers, downsizing, or 

closings; firings or other discharges for cause; 

terminations of permanent or short-term employees; 

and terminations of seasonal employees (whether or 

not they are expected to return the next season). 

Other separations include retirements, transfers to 

other locations, separations due to employee 

disability; and deaths. Excluded from separations are 

transfers within the same location; employees on 

strike; employees of temporary help agencies, 

employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or 

consultants. The separations rate is computed by 

dividing the number of separations by employment 

and multiplying that quotient by 100. The quits, 

layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates are 

computed similarly. 

Estimation Method

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random 

sample of 20,700 nonfarm business and government 

establishments. The sample is stratified by 

ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment 

size class. The establishments are drawn from a 

universe of over 9.4 million establishments compiled 

by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 

(QCEW) program which includes all employers 

subject to state unemployment insurance laws and 

federal agencies subject to the Unemployment 

Compensation for Federal Employees program. 

Employment estimates are benchmarked, or ratio 

adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

estimates of the Current Employment Statistics 

(CES) survey. A ratio of CES to JOLTS employment 

is used to adjust the levels for all other JOLTS data 

elements. 

Birth/death model. The time lag from the start 

up, or birth, of an establishment until its appearance 

on the sampling frame is approximately one year. 

Also within the first year, new businesses may go out 

of business, referred to as a death. Because not all 

births and deaths of establishments can be reflected 

on the sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS 

sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and 

separations from them during their early existence. 

BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses 

establishment birth and death activity from previous 

years. The estimates of job openings, hires, and 

separations produced by the birth/death model are 

added to the sample-based estimates produced from 

the survey to arrive at the estimates for job openings, 

hires, and separations. 

Alignment. The JOLTS figure for hires minus 

separations can be used to derive a measure of net 

employment change. This change should be 

comparable to the net employment change from the 

much larger CES survey. However, definitional 

differences as well as sampling and nonsampling 

errors between the two surveys historically caused 

JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit the 

divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

monthly alignment method. There are four steps to 

this method: seasonally adjust, align, back out the 

seasonal adjustment factors, and seasonally adjust 

again. 

Seasonal adjustment. BLS uses X-13 ARIMA 

for seasonal adjustment. A concurrent seasonal 

adjustment methodology is used in which new 

seasonal adjustment factors are calculated each 

month, using all relevant data up to and including 

current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors 

at the beginning and end of the series and to detect 

and adjust for outliers in the series. The seasonally 

adjusted CES employment trends are applied to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment 

trends (hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the 

seasonality of the JOLTS data. 

Annual estimates. The JOLTS estimates are 

revised annually to reflect annual updates to the CES 

employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal 

adjustment factors. The JOLTS employment levels 

are ratio-adjusted to the CES employment levels, and 

the resulting ratios are applied to all JOLTS data 

elements. The seasonally adjusted data are 

recalculated for the most recent 5 years in order to 

reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. These 

annual updates result in revisions to both the 

seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted 

JOLTS data series, for the period since the last 

benchmark was established. 

Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and 

discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. 

Annual rates are computed by dividing the annual 

level by the Current Employment Statistics (CES) 
annual average employment level, and multiplying 

that quotient by 100. This figure will be 

approximately equal to the sum of the 12 monthly 

rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual estimates 

are published only for not seasonally adjusted data 

and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job 

openings because job openings are a stock, or pointin-time, measurement for the last business day of 

each month. 

Reliability of the estimates 

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling 

and nonsampling error. Nonsampling error occurs 

when a sample is surveyed rather than the entire 

population. There is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the true population values 

they represent. The difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected. 

This variability is measured by the standard error of 

the estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at 

the 90-percent level of confidence. That means that 

there is a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, 

that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no 

more than 1.6 standard errors from the true 

population value because of sampling error. 

Sampling error estimates are available at 

www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by 

nonsampling error. Nonsampling error can occur for 

many reasons including: the failure to include a 

segment of the population; the inability to obtain data 

from all units in the sample; the inability or 

unwillingness of respondents to provide data on a 

timely basis; mistakes made by respondents; errors 

made in the collection or processing of the data; and 

errors from the employment benchmark data used in 

estimation. 

Other information 

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 10,629 11,681 11,303 11,040 11,170 10,053 6.7 7.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.2

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 9,782 10,627 10,275 10,054 10,065 9,037 7.3 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.2 6.5

Mining and logging......................... 33 41 36 38 35 35 5.4 6.3 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.1

Construction................................ 362 440 405 353 353 407 4.7 5.5 5.0 4.4 4.4 5.0

Manufacturing.............................. 873 1,017 816 850 910 795 6.6 7.4 6.0 6.2 6.6 5.8

Durable goods........................... 491 625 505 558 530 477 6.0 7.3 6.0 6.6 6.2 5.6

Nondurable goods....................... 382 392 311 293 380 318 7.5 7.5 6.0 5.7 7.2 6.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 2,018 1,886 2,108 1,653 1,778 1,638 6.8 6.2 6.8 5.4 5.8 5.4

Wholesale trade......................... 288 300 371 276 278 325 4.8 4.9 6.0 4.5 4.5 5.2

Retail trade............................... 1,177 1,040 1,185 885 946 803 7.1 6.2 7.0 5.3 5.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 553 546 551 492 554 510 7.7 7.2 7.2 6.5 7.3 6.7

Information.................................. 185 265 248 239 222 205 6.1 8.2 7.7 7.4 6.8 6.3

Financial activities......................... 466 511 524 622 641 524 5.0 5.4 5.5 6.5 6.7 5.5

Finance and insurance................. 306 360 370 476 474 347 4.5 5.2 5.3 6.7 6.7 5.0

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 159 151 154 145 167 177 6.6 6.0 6.1 5.8 6.6 7.0

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,892 2,327 2,007 2,127 1,991 1,872 8.2 9.5 8.3 8.7 8.2 7.7

Education and health services........... 1,797 2,152 2,147 2,222 2,165 1,885 7.0 8.2 8.1 8.4 8.1 7.1

Educational services.................... 160 205 179 196 207 163 4.2 5.2 4.5 4.9 5.1 4.1

Health care and social assistance. . .. 1,638 1,946 1,967 2,026 1,958 1,722 7.5 8.7 8.8 9.0 8.7 7.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 1,718 1,498 1,542 1,494 1,516 1,405 10.6 8.8 9.0 8.7 8.8 8.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 208 171 157 152 203 193 9.2 7.0 6.4 6.2 8.1 7.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 1,510 1,327 1,385 1,343 1,313 1,213 10.9 9.1 9.4 9.1 8.9 8.3

Other services.............................. 437 490 442 456 454 271 7.4 7.9 7.2 7.4 7.4 4.5

Government................................... 847 1,054 1,028 986 1,104 1,016 3.7 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.4

Federal...................................... 135 125 121 114 158 129 4.5 4.2 4.1 3.8 5.2 4.3

State and local............................. 712 929 907 872 946 888 3.6 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.7 4.4

State and local education.............. 285 366 362 318 335 292 2.7 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.1 2.8

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 427 563 545 554 611 596 4.5 5.9 5.7 5.8 6.3 6.2

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 1,830 1,911 1,933 1,870 1,776 1,661 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.5 6.1 5.8

South........................................... 4,135 4,503 4,237 4,330 4,322 4,066 7.0 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.1 6.7

Midwest........................................ 2,257 2,684 2,479 2,433 2,487 1,889 6.6 7.6 7.0 6.9 7.0 5.4

West............................................ 2,406 2,582 2,655 2,407 2,584 2,438 6.6 6.8 7.0 6.4 6.8 6.4

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 6,362 6,527 6,507 6,456 6,238 6,277 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 6,005 6,127 6,098 6,033 5,846 5,880 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5

Mining and logging......................... 21 24 26 30 25 27 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.8 4.0 4.2

Construction................................ 371 349 359 352 384 373 5.0 4.6 4.7 4.6 5.0 4.8

Manufacturing.............................. 463 497 468 481 428 452 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.3 3.5

Durable goods........................... 261 273 249 245 240 258 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2

Nondurable goods....................... 202 223 219 236 188 194 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.9 3.9 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,382 1,351 1,324 1,277 1,277 1,289 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5

Wholesale trade......................... 187 191 196 171 165 171 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.9

Retail trade............................... 896 831 791 790 782 774 5.8 5.3 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 298 328 336 316 330 345 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.9

Information.................................. 118 102 105 116 101 111 4.1 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.3 3.7

Financial activities......................... 206 277 233 210 223 225 2.3 3.1 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Finance and insurance................. 131 188 155 145 148 151 2.0 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 75 90 79 65 76 74 3.3 3.8 3.3 2.8 3.2 3.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,204 1,328 1,303 1,263 1,258 1,204 5.7 6.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4

Education and health services........... 786 852 899 914 862 803 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.3

Educational services.................... 107 110 126 111 103 85 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 679 742 773 803 760 717 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 1,234 1,111 1,148 1,167 1,071 1,131 8.5 7.1 7.4 7.4 6.8 7.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 169 167 172 180 160 139 8.3 7.3 7.5 7.8 6.9 6.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 1,064 944 976 987 911 991 8.6 7.1 7.3 7.4 6.8 7.4

Other services.............................. 219 235 235 221 217 266 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.7

Government................................... 357 400 409 423 392 398 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.8

Federal...................................... 44 42 42 43 45 37 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.3

State and local............................. 313 358 367 380 348 360 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9

State and local education.............. 165 181 188 193 169 164 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 148 177 178 187 179 197 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 939 963 981 933 906 889 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3

South........................................... 2,620 2,741 2,711 2,700 2,612 2,637 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.6 4.6

Midwest........................................ 1,356 1,293 1,337 1,373 1,328 1,330 4.3 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.0 4.0

West............................................ 1,448 1,530 1,479 1,450 1,393 1,421 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.0

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 5,913 5,965 6,017 6,009 5,794 5,976 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 5,577 5,593 5,649 5,619 5,450 5,607 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3

Mining and logging......................... 17 17 23 21 19 19 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.3 3.0 3.0

Construction................................ 375 341 336 325 355 360 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 420 462 438 446 414 417 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.2

Durable goods........................... 234 248 229 239 226 232 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.9

Nondurable goods....................... 186 214 209 207 188 184 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.3 3.9 3.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,353 1,244 1,231 1,194 1,199 1,252 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.3

Wholesale trade......................... 187 172 185 161 153 154 3.3 2.9 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.6

Retail trade............................... 919 793 776 746 743 773 6.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.9

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 247 279 271 287 303 326 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6

Information.................................. 94 84 86 95 90 100 3.3 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.3

Financial activities......................... 202 249 220 201 206 218 2.3 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.4

Finance and insurance................. 131 152 151 144 136 146 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 72 97 70 58 70 72 3.2 4.1 2.9 2.4 3.0 3.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,140 1,192 1,193 1,229 1,220 1,134 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.1

Education and health services........... 742 777 824 806 737 715 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.9

Educational services.................... 87 94 97 82 80 77 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.1 2.0

Health care and social assistance. . .. 655 683 728 723 657 638 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1

Leisure and hospitality.................... 1,052 1,000 1,069 1,074 1,006 1,155 7.3 6.4 6.9 6.9 6.4 7.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 140 141 161 156 159 134 6.8 6.2 7.0 6.8 6.9 5.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 912 859 908 918 847 1,022 7.4 6.5 6.8 6.9 6.3 7.6

Other services.............................. 182 228 228 229 204 237 3.3 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.2

Government................................... 336 373 368 390 344 369 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.7

Federal...................................... 45 43 46 47 40 39 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4

State and local............................. 291 330 323 343 304 330 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7

State and local education.............. 148 168 150 169 150 164 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 143 162 173 174 153 166 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 845 900 857 845 870 854 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.1

South........................................... 2,406 2,482 2,511 2,619 2,447 2,674 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.7

Midwest........................................ 1,301 1,274 1,216 1,230 1,208 1,132 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4

West............................................ 1,362 1,309 1,432 1,315 1,268 1,316 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.7

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 4,126 4,327 4,274 4,253 4,058 4,158 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 3,925 4,088 4,048 4,012 3,850 3,937 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0

Mining and logging......................... 10 13 17 16 13 13 1.7 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.0

Construction................................ 189 213 230 181 210 229 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.7 3.0

Manufacturing.............................. 283 333 317 327 287 285 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.2

Durable goods........................... 157 176 164 173 161 160 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 126 157 153 154 127 124 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.6 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 995 956 916 933 869 867 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.0

Wholesale trade......................... 145 123 113 121 90 94 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.1 1.5 1.6

Retail trade............................... 674 645 611 603 578 565 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 176 188 192 209 200 208 2.6 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9

Information.................................. 51 51 52 62 44 57 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.1 1.5 1.9

Financial activities......................... 123 193 132 142 156 152 1.4 2.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7

Finance and insurance................. 82 112 85 101 109 100 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 41 80 47 41 47 52 1.8 3.4 2.0 1.8 2.0 2.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 745 783 766 763 776 682 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.0

Education and health services........... 585 604 624 609 534 538 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.2

Educational services.................... 55 73 68 58 52 52 1.5 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 530 530 555 551 482 486 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.3 2.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 821 803 859 827 833 956 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.3 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 81 73 89 78 83 88 3.9 3.2 3.9 3.4 3.6 3.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 741 730 770 749 750 869 6.0 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.6 6.5

Other services.............................. 123 139 136 151 127 157 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.8

Government................................... 201 239 225 241 208 221 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.0

Federal...................................... 23 23 23 23 21 22 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

State and local............................. 178 216 203 218 187 199 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0

State and local education.............. 93 109 96 110 97 101 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 85 107 106 108 90 98 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.1

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 573 592 573 543 581 580 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1

South........................................... 1,718 1,806 1,840 1,963 1,746 1,911 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.1 3.4

Midwest........................................ 922 936 871 829 831 760 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3

West............................................ 913 993 990 918 900 907 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 1,404 1,312 1,416 1,400 1,390 1,460 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 1,334 1,243 1,335 1,317 1,317 1,375 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

Mining and logging......................... 6 3 5 4 5 5 1.1 0.5 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8

Construction................................ 161 116 97 135 134 125 2.2 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.7 1.6

Manufacturing.............................. 109 107 101 96 97 100 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

Durable goods........................... 59 58 52 49 46 52 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Nondurable goods....................... 50 49 49 46 51 49 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 284 233 262 209 268 305 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1

Wholesale trade......................... 32 38 61 34 48 48 0.6 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.8

Retail trade............................... 196 124 134 117 139 167 1.3 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 56 71 66 58 81 91 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.8 1.1 1.3

Information.................................. 32 27 28 27 34 37 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.2

Financial activities......................... 52 31 56 38 30 39 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance................. 29 17 44 25 12 23 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 23 14 11 13 18 16 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.7

Professional and business services. . . .. 314 338 351 379 364 379 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7

Education and health services........... 121 131 162 152 158 138 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6

Educational services.................... 27 14 25 19 23 19 0.7 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.5

Health care and social assistance. . .. 94 117 137 133 135 119 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 202 178 191 209 162 176 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 57 64 69 76 75 43 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.3 3.2 1.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 145 114 123 133 87 133 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.0

Other services.............................. 54 79 81 69 66 70 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.2

Government................................... 70 69 81 83 73 85 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

Federal...................................... 8 6 10 7 6 6 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local............................. 62 62 70 76 68 79 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4

State and local education.............. 33 31 35 34 30 34 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 29 32 36 42 37 45 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 211 259 234 261 234 209 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8

South........................................... 531 536 556 492 574 616 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.1

Midwest........................................ 299 267 278 334 323 305 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9

West............................................ 363 249 349 313 259 330 1.1 0.7 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.9

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

Apr.

2022

May

2022

June

2022

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total............................................... 383 327 328 356 346 358 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 318 262 265 290 283 295 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging......................... 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Construction................................ 25 12 9 10 11 6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing.............................. 29 22 20 22 30 32 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods........................... 18 14 13 16 19 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Nondurable goods....................... 11 8 7 6 11 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 75 56 53 52 62 79 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade......................... 10 11 10 5 15 11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Retail trade............................... 49 24 30 26 25 41 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 15 21 13 21 22 27 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4

Information.................................. 11 5 6 5 12 6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Financial activities......................... 27 25 33 21 20 26 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3

Finance and insurance................. 20 22 21 18 15 22 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 7 2 12 3 5 4 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 81 71 76 87 81 72 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

Education and health services........... 36 42 39 45 45 39 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.................... 5 6 3 5 5 7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 30 36 35 40 40 33 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 29 18 19 38 11 24 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 2 4 3 2 1 3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services. .. 27 15 16 36 10 20 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2

Other services.............................. 5 10 10 9 11 10 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Government................................... 65 65 63 66 62 63 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal...................................... 15 13 13 17 13 10 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local............................. 50 52 49 49 50 52 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local education.............. 21 28 19 25 23 29 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 29 24 31 24 26 23 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 60 48 50 41 55 65 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

South........................................... 157 140 116 163 127 148 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest........................................ 80 71 68 67 54 67 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West............................................ 86 66 94 84 110 78 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment..

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 10,924 12,140 10,166 6.9 7.4 6.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 10,062 10,956 9,157 7.4 7.7 6.5

Mining and logging............................................... 36 38 37 5.8 5.6 5.4

Construction....................................................... 390 369 437 4.9 4.5 5.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 885 933 801 6.6 6.7 5.8

Durable goods.................................................. 502 543 483 6.1 6.4 5.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 383 390 319 7.5 7.4 6.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 2,188 1,979 1,763 7.3 6.5 5.8

Wholesale trade................................................ 274 301 319 4.6 4.8 5.1

Retail trade..................................................... 1,358 1,094 939 8.1 6.5 5.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 556 585 505 7.8 7.8 6.8

Information........................................................ 182 237 197 5.9 7.2 6.1

Financial activities................................................ 452 681 518 4.9 7.0 5.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 296 501 333 4.3 7.0 4.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 156 180 185 6.3 7.0 7.2

Professional and business services............................ 1,931 2,154 1,882 8.3 8.8 7.7

Education and health services.................................. 1,771 2,376 1,820 7.0 8.9 7.0

Educational services.......................................... 160 249 156 4.5 6.6 4.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 1,612 2,127 1,664 7.4 9.3 7.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,794 1,717 1,434 10.6 9.4 8.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 207 219 195 8.2 7.7 7.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 1,587 1,498 1,239 11.0 9.7 8.2

Other services.................................................... 433 472 269 7.2 7.5 4.5

Government.......................................................... 862 1,184 1,008 3.9 5.3 4.5

Federal............................................................. 138 161 130 4.6 5.3 4.3

State and local.................................................... 724 1,023 878 3.8 5.3 4.5

State and local education..................................... 289 412 273 3.0 4.4 2.9

State and local, excluding education........................ 435 611 605 4.5 6.2 6.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 1,877 1,892 1,666 6.7 6.6 5.8

South................................................................. 4,237 4,720 4,115 7.2 7.7 6.7

Midwest............................................................... 2,306 2,638 1,911 6.8 7.4 5.5

West.................................................................. 2,505 2,890 2,473 6.8 7.5 6.5

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 7,120 6,914 6,995 4.8 4.5 4.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 6,483 6,465 6,333 5.2 4.9 4.8

Mining and logging............................................... 22 27 28 3.8 4.1 4.3

Construction....................................................... 374 440 378 4.9 5.6 4.8

Manufacturing..................................................... 513 472 494 4.1 3.7 3.8

Durable goods.................................................. 281 255 278 3.6 3.2 3.5

Nondurable goods............................................. 232 216 216 4.9 4.4 4.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,520 1,329 1,441 5.5 4.6 5.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 197 188 177 3.4 3.2 3.0

Retail trade..................................................... 1,041 805 886 6.8 5.1 5.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 282 336 378 4.3 4.8 5.4

Information........................................................ 126 106 121 4.4 3.5 4.0

Financial activities................................................ 213 250 231 2.4 2.8 2.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 136 164 155 2.1 2.5 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 77 86 76 3.3 3.6 3.2

Professional and business services............................ 1,219 1,393 1,184 5.7 6.2 5.3

Education and health services.................................. 941 1,000 928 4.0 4.1 3.8

Educational services.......................................... 177 134 150 5.2 3.8 4.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 764 866 779 3.8 4.2 3.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,332 1,207 1,245 8.8 7.3 7.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 151 181 116 6.5 6.8 4.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 1,181 1,027 1,129 9.2 7.4 8.1

Other services.................................................... 223 242 283 4.0 4.2 4.9

Government.......................................................... 637 449 662 3.0 2.1 3.1

Federal............................................................. 50 49 40 1.7 1.7 1.4

State and local.................................................... 587 400 622 3.2 2.2 3.4

State and local education..................................... 442 189 424 4.8 2.1 4.6

State and local, excluding education........................ 146 211 198 1.6 2.3 2.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 965 1,106 892 3.7 4.1 3.3

South................................................................. 3,016 2,840 3,035 5.5 5.0 5.3

Midwest............................................................... 1,485 1,428 1,460 4.7 4.3 4.4

West.................................................................. 1,654 1,539 1,609 4.8 4.3 4.5

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 7,032 6,407 7,092 4.8 4.2 4.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 6,532 5,998 6,538 5.2 4.6 5.0

Mining and logging............................................... 19 20 22 3.2 3.2 3.3

Construction....................................................... 422 390 417 5.5 4.9 5.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 518 441 497 4.2 3.4 3.8

Durable goods.................................................. 294 239 284 3.8 3.0 3.5

Nondurable goods............................................. 224 202 213 4.8 4.1 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,594 1,262 1,495 5.8 4.4 5.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 216 164 179 3.8 2.8 3.0

Retail trade..................................................... 1,126 785 963 7.3 5.0 6.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 252 314 353 3.8 4.5 5.1

Information........................................................ 105 92 115 3.7 3.0 3.8

Financial activities................................................ 256 233 276 2.9 2.6 3.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 175 144 188 2.7 2.2 2.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 81 89 88 3.5 3.7 3.7

Professional and business services............................ 1,197 1,307 1,181 5.6 5.8 5.2

Education and health services.................................. 863 864 797 3.7 3.6 3.3

Educational services.......................................... 141 106 119 4.2 3.0 3.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 722 758 678 3.6 3.7 3.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,333 1,149 1,452 8.8 6.9 8.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 223 157 212 9.6 5.9 8.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 1,110 992 1,240 8.6 7.1 8.9

Other services.................................................... 225 238 288 4.0 4.1 5.0

Government.......................................................... 500 409 554 2.3 1.9 2.6

Federal............................................................. 52 38 45 1.8 1.3 1.6

State and local.................................................... 448 371 509 2.4 2.0 2.7

State and local education..................................... 237 211 258 2.6 2.4 2.8

State and local, excluding education........................ 210 160 250 2.3 1.7 2.7

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 1,047 934 1,048 4.0 3.5 3.9

South................................................................. 2,753 2,692 3,087 5.0 4.7 5.4

Midwest............................................................... 1,605 1,320 1,374 5.0 4.0 4.2

West.................................................................. 1,626 1,460 1,584 4.7 4.1 4.4

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 5,141 4,665 5,122 3.5 3.1 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,837 4,425 4,796 3.8 3.4 3.7

Mining and logging............................................... 12 15 15 2.1 2.4 2.3

Construction....................................................... 235 262 281 3.1 3.3 3.5

Manufacturing..................................................... 374 312 357 3.0 2.4 2.8

Durable goods.................................................. 210 172 206 2.7 2.1 2.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 164 140 152 3.5 2.9 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,238 958 1,075 4.5 3.3 3.8

Wholesale trade................................................ 177 99 119 3.1 1.7 2.0

Retail trade..................................................... 868 628 711 5.6 4.0 4.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 193 232 244 2.9 3.3 3.5

Information........................................................ 65 50 71 2.2 1.6 2.3

Financial activities................................................ 160 173 190 1.8 1.9 2.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 112 118 129 1.7 1.8 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 48 55 62 2.1 2.3 2.6

Professional and business services............................ 835 869 763 3.9 3.9 3.4

Education and health services.................................. 701 629 627 3.0 2.6 2.6

Educational services.......................................... 88 69 80 2.6 1.9 2.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 613 560 547 3.1 2.7 2.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,064 997 1,216 7.0 6.0 7.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 144 102 156 6.2 3.9 6.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 920 895 1,060 7.2 6.4 7.6

Other services.................................................... 154 159 200 2.8 2.7 3.5

Government.......................................................... 303 241 325 1.4 1.1 1.5

Federal............................................................. 26 19 26 0.9 0.7 0.9

State and local.................................................... 278 222 299 1.5 1.2 1.6

State and local education..................................... 162 121 171 1.8 1.3 1.8

State and local, excluding education........................ 115 101 128 1.3 1.1 1.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 724 667 735 2.8 2.5 2.7

South................................................................. 2,027 1,972 2,256 3.7 3.5 4.0

Midwest............................................................... 1,213 969 982 3.8 2.9 3.0

West.................................................................. 1,177 1,057 1,149 3.4 3.0 3.2

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 1,483 1,359 1,574 1.0 0.9 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,363 1,272 1,420 1.1 1.0 1.1

Mining and logging............................................... 6 4 6 1.0 0.7 0.9

Construction....................................................... 162 116 129 2.1 1.5 1.6

Manufacturing..................................................... 118 96 106 0.9 0.7 0.8

Durable goods.................................................. 69 45 58 0.9 0.6 0.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 49 51 48 1.0 1.0 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 277 240 331 1.0 0.8 1.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 29 49 48 0.5 0.8 0.8

Retail trade..................................................... 204 130 201 1.3 0.8 1.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 44 61 83 0.7 0.9 1.2

Information........................................................ 30 32 39 1.0 1.0 1.3

Financial activities................................................ 64 38 50 0.7 0.4 0.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 38 12 31 0.6 0.2 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 26 26 18 1.1 1.1 0.8

Professional and business services............................ 284 350 350 1.3 1.6 1.6

Education and health services.................................. 122 190 127 0.5 0.8 0.5

Educational services.......................................... 45 30 29 1.3 0.8 0.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 77 160 98 0.4 0.8 0.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 234 141 207 1.5 0.9 1.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 75 54 51 3.2 2.0 2.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 159 87 156 1.2 0.6 1.1

Other services.................................................... 66 66 76 1.2 1.1 1.3

Government.......................................................... 120 87 154 0.6 0.4 0.7

Federal............................................................. 8 6 7 0.3 0.2 0.2

State and local.................................................... 112 82 147 0.6 0.4 0.8

State and local education..................................... 49 53 51 0.5 0.6 0.5

State and local, excluding education........................ 62 29 97 0.7 0.3 1.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 259 204 241 1.0 0.8 0.9

South................................................................. 553 598 655 1.0 1.1 1.2

Midwest............................................................... 302 296 315 0.9 0.9 1.0

West.................................................................. 368 262 363 1.1 0.7 1.0

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Aug.

2021

July

2022

Aug.

2022p

Total..................................................................... 408 383 397 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 331 301 322 0.3 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 1 0 1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Construction....................................................... 26 12 6 0.3 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 26 34 33 0.2 0.3 0.3

Durable goods.................................................. 15 22 20 0.2 0.3 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 11 11 13 0.2 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 79 64 88 0.3 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 10 16 11 0.2 0.3 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 54 28 51 0.3 0.2 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 15 20 26 0.2 0.3 0.4

Information........................................................ 11 11 5 0.4 0.4 0.2

Financial activities................................................ 31 22 36 0.4 0.2 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 24 14 28 0.4 0.2 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 7 9 8 0.3 0.4 0.3

Professional and business services............................ 78 88 68 0.4 0.4 0.3

Education and health services.................................. 40 45 43 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 8 7 10 0.2 0.2 0.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 32 38 33 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 34 11 28 0.2 0.1 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 4 1 5 0.2 0.1 0.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 31 10 23 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services.................................................... 5 13 13 0.1 0.2 0.2

Government.......................................................... 77 81 75 0.4 0.4 0.3

Federal............................................................. 18 14 12 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local.................................................... 58 67 62 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local education..................................... 26 37 37 0.3 0.4 0.4

State and local, excluding education........................ 33 30 26 0.4 0.3 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 64 63 72 0.2 0.2 0.3

South................................................................. 173 123 176 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 90 56 77 0.3 0.2 0.2

West.................................................................. 81 140 72 0.2 0.4 0.2

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.