State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025
District of Columbia Labor Market
Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for District of Columbia from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).
- 34K
- Job openings
- 19K
- Hires
- 1.5%
- Quits rate
- 20th
- Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)
BLS JOLTS turnover passport
Series extract JOLTS-11 District of Columbia
34K openings · 4.5% rate · 19K hires · Dec 2025
- OPEN 34K
- RATE 4.5%
- RANK 20th
- HIRE 19K
- QUIT 1.5%
- LAY 5K
- YOY -17.1%
- PHOTO Alaska
Photo peer: Alaska (4.5%)
District of Columbia is 20th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Alaska →
Labor market health score
Labor market health score
38/100
District of Columbia, weighted across 3 of 3 tracked dimensions
A weighted composite of the job openings, hires, and quits rates against every other state's same-month JOLTS data. It describes the latest reported month, not a forecast, and does not weigh wages, cost of living, or industry mix.
- Job openings rate A- 4.5%
Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
- Hires rate F 2.6%
Hires as a share of employment, latest month
- Quits rate F 1.5%
Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal
District of Columbia is 38th of 51 by openings volume but 9th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.
Tight rate band
District of Columbia sits in the tightest openings-rate third
Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). District of Columbia is 9th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 9th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.5%).
District of Columbia openings fell 17.1% year over year
Monthly job openings in District of Columbia from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.5%.
Openings vs. quits
Where District of Columbia sits: Tight but cautious
Each point is one state, Dec 2025: openings rate on the x-axis, voluntary quits rate on the y-axis. A hot job market does not reliably make workers confident enough to quit and chase it, and across the full 51-state table the two rates correlate only weakly. District of Columbia's own openings rate is 4.5% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 1.5% against a 2.2% average.
How District of Columbia Compares
District of Columbia's JOLTS metrics ranked against all 51 states and DC, Dec 2025.
States with similar openings rates
ABS(openings_rate) nationwide, not same-region neighbors.
States with similar quits rates
ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.
Data sourced from official public datasets for District of Columbia (9th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.5%); volume 38th of 51). See our methodology.
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