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Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jun 2026

State and local government education

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for State and local government education - national aggregates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

267K
Job openings
150K
Hires
0.9%
Quits rate
18th
Of 27 by openings

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-923000 State and local government education

267K openings · 2.4% rate · 150K hires · Jun 2026

  • OPEN 267K
  • RATE 2.4%
  • RANK 27th
  • HIRE 150K
  • QUIT 0.9%
  • LAY 38K
  • YOY -10.4%
  • PHOTO Wholesale trade

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Wholesale trade (2.6%)

Wholesale trade2.6%Nondurable goods manufacturi…2.8%Private educational services3.1%Information3.1%State & local government edu…2.4%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jun 2026 (this sector highlighted)

State and local government education is 27th of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Wholesale trade →

By openings RATE - openings per 100 jobs, which removes sector size - State and local government education ranks 27th of 27 at 2.4%, against 18th of 27 by openings volume.

Corpus placement

Where State and local government education sits among national openings

Highlighted bar is State and local government education. Rank uses the same national JOLTS supersector pool as the passport (Jun 2026); high openings volume is not a quality score - by openings rate this sector is 27th of 27. Signature: 27th of 27 by openings rate (2.4%).

1. Private education & healt…1475K2. Health care & social assi…1347K3. Trade, transportation, & …1330K4. Professional & business s…1304K5. Leisure & hospitality830K6. Government823K7. Retail trade774K8. Accommodation & food serv…684K9. State & local684K18. State & local government…267K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jun 2026

State and local government education sits at 18th of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

State and local government education openings fell 10.4% year over year

National monthly levels from BLS JOLTS (thousands). Openings and hires are separate series; their gap is not a backlog of unfilled postings.

0K100K200K300K400K500K600K 20192020202120222023202420252026 267K150K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

ABS(openings_rate) across national industries, not the fixed volume-leader strip.

Wholesale trade
Openings: 165K Rate: 2.6%
Nondurable goods manufacturing
Openings: 136K Rate: 2.8%
Private educational services
Openings: 128K Rate: 3.1%
Information
Openings: 90K Rate: 3.1%
State and local
Openings: 684K Rate: 3.2%
Mining and logging
Openings: 20K Rate: 3.2%

Nearest quits-rate peers

ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.

Finance and insurance
Quits rate: 0.9% Openings: 303K
Government
Quits rate: 0.8% Openings: 823K
State and local
Quits rate: 0.8% Openings: 684K
Financial activities
Quits rate: 1.0% Openings: 419K
State and local government, excluding education
Quits rate: 0.8% Openings: 417K
Total private
Quits rate: 1.0% Openings: 215K

For informational purposes only; this page does not constitute professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Data sourced from official public datasets for State and local government education (27th of 27 by openings rate (2.4%); volume 18th of 27). See our methodology.

Retrieved and formatted by PlainLabor · vintage 2026-08-17 · reference month Jun 2026