How many job openings are there in Georgia?

Georgia had 279K job openings as of Dec 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS).

How many people were hired in Georgia recently?

Georgia recorded 142K hires in Dec 2025, per BLS JOLTS. The hires figure counts every new addition to the payroll that month, not just net job growth.

What is the quits rate in Georgia?

79K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Georgia during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 1.6%. Quits are a closely-watched confidence signal, workers tend to leave voluntarily only when they expect to find something better.

How many layoffs happened in Georgia?

There were 54K layoffs and discharges in Georgia during Dec 2025. This figure includes involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire and discharges for cause.

What are total separations in Georgia?

Total separations in Georgia reached 146K in Dec 2025. This includes all employees who left their jobs, whether through quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, or transfers to other locations of the same firm.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Georgia Labor Market

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Georgia from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. State tables often lag the national release (see homepage disclosure).

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

279K
Job openings: 142K
Hires: 1.6%
Quits rate: 1st
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-13 Georgia

279K openings · 5.3% rate · 142K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 279K
RATE 5.3%
RANK 1st
HIRE 142K
QUIT 1.6%
LAY 54K
YOY +0.7%
PHOTO Oklahoma

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Oklahoma (5.3%)

Openings-rate neighbourhood · Dec 2025 (this state highlighted)

Georgia is 1st of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Oklahoma →

Labor market health score

46/100

Georgia, 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+ 5.3%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 2.8%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 1.6%

Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal

Tight rate band

Georgia sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Georgia is 2nd of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 2nd of 51 by latest-month openings rate (5.3%).

Georgia among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Georgia openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Georgia job openings over time

Monthly job openings in Georgia from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 5.3%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Georgia 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. Georgia's own openings rate is 5.3% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 1.6% against a 2.2% average.