{"id":640,"date":"2026-07-30T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guestworkervisas.com\/blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2026-07-30T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:51:56","slug":"jolts-by-industry-and-state-what-the-headline-hires-quits-layoffs-rate-doesnt-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guestworkervisas.com\/blog\/jolts-by-industry-and-state-what-the-headline-hires-quits-layoffs-rate-doesnt-show\/","title":{"rendered":"JOLTS by Industry and State: What the Headline Hires-Quits-Layoffs Rate Doesn&#8217;t Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.viz-root { color-scheme: light; --surface-1: #fcfcfb; --page: #f9f9f7; --text-primary: #0b0b0b; --text-secondary: #52514e; --text-muted: #898781; --gridline: #e1e0d9; --baseline: #c3c2b7; --border: rgba(11,11,11,0.10); --series-1: #2a78d6; --series-2: #eb6834; --series-3: #4c9a5b; --callout-bg: #f0efec; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root:where(:not([data-theme=\"light\"])) .viz-root { color-scheme: dark; --surface-1: #1a1a19; --page: #0d0d0d; --text-primary: #ffffff; --text-secondary: #c3c2b7; --text-muted: #898781; --gridline: #2c2c2a; --baseline: #383835; --border: rgba(255,255,255,0.10); --series-1: #3987e5; --series-2: #d95926; --series-3: #5cb56d; --callout-bg: #232322; } } :root[data-theme=\"dark\"] .viz-root { color-scheme: dark; --surface-1: #1a1a19; --page: #0d0d0d; --text-primary: #ffffff; --text-secondary: #c3c2b7; --text-muted: #898781; --gridline: #2c2c2a; --baseline: #383835; --border: rgba(255,255,255,0.10); --series-1: #3987e5; --series-2: #d95926; --series-3: #5cb56d; --callout-bg: #232322; } .viz-root { background: var(--page); color: var(--text-primary); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, \"Segoe UI\", sans-serif; padding: 24px; } .viz-root .wrap { max-width: 1040px; margin: 0 auto; } .viz-root h1 { font-size: 20px; margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: 600; } .viz-root .subtitle { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: 13px; margin: 0 0 20px; max-width: 76ch; line-height: 1.5; } .viz-root .stat-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .viz-root .stat-tile { background: var(--surface-1); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 10px; padding: 14px 16px; } .viz-root .stat-label { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-bottom: 6px; } .viz-root .stat-value { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; } .viz-root .stat-sub { font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); margin-top: 4px; line-height: 1.4; } .viz-root .card { background: var(--surface-1); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 12px; padding: 18px 20px 12px; margin-bottom: 20px; } .viz-root .card-title { font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 4px; } .viz-root .card-desc { font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin: 2px 0 10px; max-width: 76ch; line-height: 1.5; } .viz-root .legend { display: flex; gap: 14px; font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-top: 10px; flex-wrap: wrap; } .viz-root .legend-item { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; } .viz-root .legend-swatch { width: 10px; height: 10px; border-radius: 50%; display: inline-block; } .viz-root .legend-swatch.line { width: 14px; height: 2px; border-radius: 1px; } .viz-root .chart-scroll { overflow-x: auto; } .viz-root svg { display: block; overflow: visible; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .viz-root .gridline { stroke: var(--gridline); stroke-width: 1; } .viz-root .baseline { stroke: var(--baseline); stroke-width: 1; } .viz-root .axis-label { fill: var(--text-muted); font-size: 9px; } .viz-root .row-label { fill: var(--text-secondary); font-size: 10.5px; } .viz-root .val-label { fill: var(--text-muted); font-size: 9.5px; } .viz-root .connector { stroke: var(--gridline); stroke-width: 4; stroke-linecap: round; } .viz-root .annot-line { stroke: var(--text-muted); stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: 3,3; } .viz-root .annot-label { fill: var(--text-muted); font-size: 9px; } .viz-root .callout { background: var(--callout-bg); border-radius: 8px; padding: 10px 14px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.55; color: var(--text-secondary); margin-top: 10px; } .viz-root .callout b { color: var(--text-primary); } .viz-root footer.foot { font-size: 11px; color: var(--text-muted); text-align: center; margin-top: 24px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"viz-root\">\n<div class=\"wrap\">\n<h1>JOLTS by industry and state: what the headline hires-quits-layoffs rate doesn&#8217;t show<\/h1>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">The monthly JOLTS release gets covered almost entirely at the national level: one hires rate, one quits rate, one layoffs rate. That average sits on top of enormous variation &mdash; leisure and hospitality workers change jobs at nearly five times the rate of federal employees, and a South Dakota worker is more than twice as likely to quit in a given month as one in Massachusetts. Seasonally adjusted BLS JOLTS data, national series through May 2026, industry series through May 2026, state series through December 2025 (state data is released on a roughly five-month lag).<\/p>\n<div class=\"stat-row\">\n<div class=\"stat-tile\">\n<div class=\"stat-label\">National hires \/ quits \/ layoffs rate, May 2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-value\">3.3% \/ 1.9% \/ 1.1%<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-sub\">The single national number most coverage stops at.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-tile\">\n<div class=\"stat-label\">Industry hires-rate spread, same month<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-value\">1.3% &ndash; 5.8%<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-sub\">State\/local education vs. accommodation &amp; food services &mdash; a 4.5x range hidden inside the 3.3% average.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-tile\">\n<div class=\"stat-label\">State quits-rate spread, Dec 2025<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-value\">1.3% &ndash; 3.4%<\/div>\n<div class=\"stat-sub\">Massachusetts vs. South Dakota. Zero states or regions are covered in typical JOLTS write-ups.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-title\">National hires, quits, and layoffs rates, 2000&ndash;2026<\/div>\n<p class=\"card-desc\">The standard chart: three national rates, monthly, seasonally adjusted. Useful for spotting recessions and the 2021&ndash;22 &#8220;Great Resignation&#8221; quits spike &mdash; but it&#8217;s an average across every industry and every state, which is where the rest of this piece goes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart-scroll\"><svg width=\"900\" height=\"260\" viewBox=\"0 0 900 260\"><line x1=\"40.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"234.00\" y2=\"234.00\" class=\"baseline\"><\/line><text x=\"34.0\" y=\"237.00\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">0%<\/text><line x1=\"40.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"190.40\" y2=\"190.40\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"34.0\" y=\"193.40\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">2%<\/text><line x1=\"40.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"146.80\" y2=\"146.80\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"34.0\" y=\"149.80\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">4%<\/text><line x1=\"40.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"103.20\" y2=\"103.20\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"34.0\" y=\"106.20\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">6%<\/text><line x1=\"40.0\" 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stroke-width=\"1.5\"><\/circle><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\">\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch line\" style=\"background:var(--series-1)\"><\/span><span>Hires rate<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch line\" style=\"background:var(--series-2)\"><\/span><span>Quits rate<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch line\" style=\"background:var(--series-3)\"><\/span><span>Layoffs &amp; discharges rate<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-title\">Unemployed workers per job opening, 2001&ndash;2026<\/div>\n<p class=\"card-desc\">Most JOLTS commentary shows openings and unemployment as two separate level lines. Dividing unemployed workers by openings collapses them into a single tightness reading: below 1.0 means there are more openings than unemployed workers to fill them (a &#8220;tight,&#8221; worker-favorable market); above 1.0 means more job seekers than openings (a &#8220;slack&#8221; market). The ratio peaked at 6.5 unemployed workers per opening in July 2009, in the aftermath of the financial crisis &mdash; far worse, and far more prolonged, than the shorter 2020 COVID spike. It then fell all the way to 0.5 (two openings per unemployed worker) at the height of the 2021&ndash;22 hiring boom, before drifting back up toward roughly 1:1 recently &mdash; a labor market with about as many openings as job seekers, not the acute worker shortage of a few years ago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"chart-scroll\"><svg width=\"900\" height=\"230\" viewBox=\"0 0 900 230\"><line x1=\"34.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"204.00\" y2=\"204.00\" class=\"baseline\"><\/line><text x=\"28.0\" y=\"207.00\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">0<\/text><line x1=\"34.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"177.14\" y2=\"177.14\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"28.0\" y=\"180.14\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">1<\/text><line x1=\"34.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"150.29\" y2=\"150.29\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"28.0\" y=\"153.29\" class=\"axis-label\" text-anchor=\"end\">2<\/text><line x1=\"34.0\" x2=\"884.0\" y1=\"123.43\" y2=\"123.43\" class=\"gridline\"><\/line><text x=\"28.0\" y=\"126.43\" 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education<\/text><line x1=\"260.7\" x2=\"329.7\" y1=\"464.0\" y2=\"464.0\" class=\"connector\"><\/line><circle cx=\"329.7\" cy=\"464.0\" r=\"4.5\" fill=\"var(--series-1)\" stroke=\"var(--surface-1)\" stroke-width=\"1.3\"><\/circle><circle cx=\"291.3\" cy=\"464.0\" r=\"4.5\" fill=\"var(--series-2)\" stroke=\"var(--surface-1)\" stroke-width=\"1.3\"><\/circle><circle cx=\"260.7\" cy=\"464.0\" r=\"4.5\" fill=\"var(--series-3)\" stroke=\"var(--surface-1)\" stroke-width=\"1.3\"><\/circle><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend\">\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch\" style=\"background:var(--series-1)\"><\/span><span>Hires rate<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch\" style=\"background:var(--series-2)\"><\/span><span>Quits rate<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"legend-item\"><span class=\"legend-swatch\" style=\"background:var(--series-3)\"><\/span><span>Layoffs &amp; discharges rate<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"callout\"><b>On &#8220;AI-exposed&#8221; layoffs:<\/b> Information and Professional &amp; Business Services are tied for the 4th-highest layoffs rate (1.8%) this month &mdash; real, but behind Construction and Arts\/Entertainment (2.1% each), both of which are ordinary cyclical\/seasonal sectors, not AI-exposed white-collar ones. Those same two sectors also hire briskly (2.9%&ndash;4.3%), so the churn reads as elevated turnover, not a one-way net loss of jobs.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<div class=\"card-title\">Quits rate by state, December 2025 (most recent available)<\/div>\n<p class=\"card-desc\">State-level JOLTS runs about five months behind the national release, which is why this chart lags the others. The dashed line marks the December 2025 national average (2.0%). 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That&#8217;s consistent with quits behaving like a proxy for how easy workers judge it to be to land a comparable job nearby &mdash; not simply a function of a state&#8217;s overall unemployment rate.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"foot\">Data: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), national\/industry\/state series, seasonally adjusted, 2000&ndash;2026. Industry and state breakdowns exclude aggregate rollup categories to avoid double-counting.<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOLTS by industry and state: what the headline hires-quits-layoffs rate doesn&#8217;t show The monthly JOLTS release gets covered almost entirely at the national level: one hires rate, one quits rate, one layoffs rate. 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