How many job openings are there in Illinois?

Illinois had 211K job openings as of Dec 2025, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS program.

How many people were hired in Illinois recently?

Illinois recorded 227K hires in Dec 2025, according to the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. This tallies all payroll additions in the period, regardless of whether headcount grew overall.

What is the quits rate in Illinois?

127K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Illinois during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.1%. 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 Illinois?

There were 61K layoffs and discharges in Illinois during Dec 2025. The count covers every employer-initiated separation in the period, both permanent layoffs and for-cause discharges.

What are total separations in Illinois?

Total separations in Illinois reached 195K in Dec 2025. Separations is the broadest JOLTS turnover measure, it sums voluntary and involuntary departures plus retirements and internal transfers.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

Illinois Labor Market

Illinois labor-market flows from the federal JOLTS program, monthly openings, hires, and separations. Check the reference month; state rows can publish after the national series.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

211K
Job openings: 227K
Hires: 2.1%
Quits rate: 37th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-17 Illinois

211K openings · 3.3% rate · 227K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 211K
RATE 3.3%
RANK 37th
HIRE 227K
QUIT 2.1%
LAY 61K
YOY -21.3%
PHOTO Colorado

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Colorado (3.3%)

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

Illinois is 37th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Colorado →

Labor market health score

40/100

Illinois, 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 F 3.3%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate B 3.7%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate C- 2.1%

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

Illinois is 11th of 51 by openings volume but 46th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.

Loose rate band

Illinois sits in the loosest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only. Illinois ranks 46th of 51 on this month's board; denser peers are above on the chart. Signature: 46th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.3%).

Illinois among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Illinois openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Illinois sits at 46th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Illinois openings fell 21.3% year over year

Monthly job openings in Illinois from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.3%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Illinois sits: Cool & settled

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. Illinois's own openings rate is 3.3% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.1% against a 2.2% average.