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Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jul 2026

State and local government, excluding education

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

451K
Job openings
140K
Hires
0.9%
Quits rate
11th
Of 27 by openings
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BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-929000 State and local government, excluding education

451K openings · 4.4% rate · 140K hires · Jul 2026

  • OPEN 451K
  • RATE 4.4%
  • RANK 10th
  • HIRE 140K
  • QUIT 0.9%
  • LAY 43K
  • YOY +6.4%
  • PHOTO Leisure & hospitality

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Leisure and hospitality (4.4%)

Leisure & hospitality4.4%Manufacturing4.4%Retail trade4.5%Accommodation & food services4.5%State & local government, ex…4.4%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jul 2026 (this sector highlighted)

State and local government, excluding education is 10th of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Leisure and hospitality →

Corpus placement

Where State and local government, excluding education sits among national openings

Highlighted bar is State and local government, excluding education. Rank uses the same national JOLTS supersector pool as the passport (Jul 2026); high openings volume is not a quality score - by openings rate this sector is 10th of 27. Signature: 10th of 27 by openings rate (4.4%).

1. Private education & healt…1553K2. Health care & social assi…1438K3. Trade, transportation, & …1271K4. Professional & business s…1138K5. Government810K6. Leisure & hospitality783K7. Retail trade731K8. State & local702K9. Accommodation & food serv…673K11. State & local government…451K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jul 2026

State and local government, excluding education sits at 11th of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

State and local government, excluding education openings rose 6.4% 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.

0K200K400K600K800K 20192020202120222023202420252026 451K140K HiresOpenings

Nearest openings-rate peers

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

Leisure and hospitality
Openings: 783K Rate: 4.4%
Manufacturing
Openings: 580K Rate: 4.4%
Retail trade
Openings: 731K Rate: 4.5%
Accommodation and food services
Openings: 673K Rate: 4.5%
Other services
Openings: 291K Rate: 4.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing
Openings: 116K Rate: 4.6%

Nearest quits-rate peers

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

State and local
Quits rate: 0.9% Openings: 702K
Government
Quits rate: 0.8% Openings: 810K
State and local government education
Quits rate: 0.8% Openings: 251K
Total private
Quits rate: 1.0% Openings: 241K
Information
Quits rate: 1.0% Openings: 96K
Financial activities
Quits rate: 1.2% Openings: 401K

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, excluding education (10th of 27 by openings rate (4.4%); volume 11th of 27). See our methodology.

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