Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	Feb. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024(p)	Feb. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024(p)	Feb. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	9,849	8,748	8,756	6,058	5,698	5,818	5,833	5,449	5,559
Total private	8,831	7,903	7,855	5,666	5,309	5,438	5,501	5,124	5,230
Mining and logging	35	29	32	28	24	21	24	23	20
Construction	409	425	441	375	390	403	341	353	375
Manufacturing	674	596	583	435	383	330	447	368	341
Durable goods	433	348	361	236	220	176	239	210	180
Nondurable goods	241	248	221	198	163	154	209	158	161
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,688	1,047	982	1,259	1,007	1,128	1,215	1,052	1,090
Wholesale trade	302	207	176	195	158	165	175	164	156
Retail trade	814	546	511	740	602	680	717	567	675
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	572	293	294	325	247	284	323	321	259
Information	145	202	117	88	81	95	98	76	85
Financial activities	443	540	657	207	207	206	198	193	209
Finance and insurance	307	365	491	112	130	126	123	125	132
Real estate and rental and leasing	137	175	166	95	77	80	75	68	78
Professional and business services	1,789	1,570	1,564	1,059	1,088	1,109	1,058	1,102	1,094
Private education and health services	1,851	2,049	2,011	843	862	864	788	741	747
Private educational services	171	146	148	95	88	85	94	82	79
Health care and social assistance	1,680	1,904	1,863	747	773	780	694	659	668
Leisure and hospitality	1,421	1,123	1,146	1,165	1,053	1,068	1,131	1,002	1,070
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	215	168	219	191	183	204	167	151	215
Accommodation and food services	1,206	955	927	974	870	863	964	851	855
Other services	375	321	324	206	214	214	200	215	199
Government	1,018	846	901	392	390	380	332	325	329
Federal	141	149	128	50	44	44	38	33	33
State and local	877	697	773	342	345	336	294	292	296
State and local education	333	261	247	172	166	155	147	145	146
State and local, excluding education	544	436	527	171	180	180	147	148	150



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	6.0	5.3	5.3	3.9	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.5	3.5
Total private	6.2	5.6	5.5	4.3	3.9	4.0	4.2	3.8	3.9
Mining and logging	5.2	4.4	4.8	4.5	3.8	3.2	3.7	3.5	3.1
Construction	4.9	5.0	5.1	4.7	4.8	4.9	4.3	4.3	4.6
Manufacturing	5.0	4.4	4.3	3.4	3.0	2.5	3.5	2.8	2.6
Durable goods	5.1	4.1	4.2	2.9	2.7	2.2	3.0	2.6	2.2
Nondurable goods	4.7	4.9	4.4	4.1	3.4	3.2	4.3	3.3	3.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	5.5	3.5	3.3	4.4	3.5	3.9	4.2	3.6	3.8
Wholesale trade	4.7	3.3	2.8	3.2	2.6	2.7	2.9	2.7	2.5
Retail trade	5.0	3.4	3.2	4.7	3.9	4.3	4.6	3.6	4.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	7.4	4.0	4.0	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.5	4.5	3.6
Information	4.6	6.3	3.7	2.9	2.7	3.1	3.2	2.5	2.8
Financial activities	4.6	5.5	6.6	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.3
Finance and insurance	4.4	5.1	6.8	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.9	2.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.3	6.5	6.2	3.9	3.1	3.2	3.1	2.7	3.1
Professional and business services	7.3	6.4	6.4	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.8
Private education and health services	6.9	7.3	7.2	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	2.9	2.9
Private educational services	4.3	3.6	3.7	2.5	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.1	2.1
Health care and social assistance	7.4	7.9	7.8	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.3	3.0	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	8.0	6.3	6.4	7.1	6.3	6.3	6.9	6.0	6.3
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	8.1	6.0	7.7	7.8	7.0	7.8	6.8	5.8	8.2
Accommodation and food services	7.9	6.3	6.1	7.0	6.1	6.1	6.9	6.0	6.0
Other services	6.1	5.2	5.2	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.7	3.4
Government	4.3	3.5	3.7	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4
Federal	4.6	4.8	4.1	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.3	1.1	1.1
State and local	4.3	3.3	3.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.5
State and local education	3.1	2.4	2.3	1.6	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
State and local, excluding education	5.6	4.4	5.3	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: April 02, 2024