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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) program produces data on job openings, hires, and separations.
Notices
- Upcoming Changes to the National Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Data and Press Release Tables in 2023. Read More »
Latest Numbers
Latest Job Openings Level:
10,458,000(p) in Nov 2022
Latest Job Openings Rate:
6.4%(p) in Nov 2022
Latest Hires Rate:
3.9%(p) in Nov 2022
Latest Turnover Rate:
3.8%(p) in Nov 2022
Latest Quits Rate:
2.7%(p) in Nov 2022
Latest Layoffs/Discharges Rate:
0.9%(p) in Nov 2022
Historical Data
News Release
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News Releases
Number of job openings, hires, and total separations change little in November
01/04/2023
The number of job openings changed little at 10.5 million on the last business day of November. The
number of hires and total separations also changed little at 6.1 million and 5.9 million, respectively.
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November job openings rates and layoffs and discharges rates down in 8 states
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01/20/2023
November job openings rates decreased in 8 states and increased in 7. Hires rates rose in 4 states and
fell in 3. Total separations rates rose in 6 states and fell in 2; quits rates rose in 5 and fell in 1, and layoffs
and discharges rates fell in 8 and rose in 2.
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Next Release
Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for December 2022 are scheduled to be released February 1, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
State Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for December 2022 are scheduled to be released February 15, 2023, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
Publications
The Economics Daily
Job openings rate 0.9 percentage point lower in November 2022 than at peak in March
On the last business day of November 2022, the job openings rate was unchanged at 6.4 percent but was 0.9 percentage point lower than its peak in March 2022. The number of job openings changed little at 10.5 million. read more »
Beyond the Numbers
Texas: job openings and labor turnover state spotlight
This Beyond the Numbers article will examine these labor market trends in Texas. Using JOLTS total nonfarm state estimates from December 2005 to December 2021, we compare Texas to states with similarly sized economies—California, Florida, and New York—as well as to the United States during the two most recent recessions. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
The “Great Resignation” in perspective
This article examines recent trends in job quit rates, placing them in historical perspective. read more »