How many job openings are there in Louisiana?

Louisiana had 101K job openings as of Dec 2025, per the BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), the federal government's monthly labor-demand series.

How many people were hired in Louisiana recently?

Louisiana recorded 78K 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 Louisiana?

54K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Louisiana during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.7%. 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 Louisiana?

There were 22K layoffs and discharges in Louisiana during Dec 2025. This tallies involuntary job losses only, layoffs with no plan to rehire plus discharges for cause, not voluntary departures.

What are total separations in Louisiana?

Total separations in Louisiana reached 80K 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

Louisiana Labor Market

BLS JOLTS state totals for Louisiana: openings, hires, quits, and layoffs by month, with industry mix where the extract includes it. State releases may trail the national headline.

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

101K
Job openings: 78K
Hires: 2.7%
Quits rate: 5th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-22 Louisiana

101K openings · 4.8% rate · 78K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 101K
RATE 4.8%
RANK 5th
HIRE 78K
QUIT 2.7%
LAY 22K
YOY +4.1%
PHOTO Ohio

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Ohio (4.8%)

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

Louisiana is 5th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Ohio →

Labor market health score

88/100

Louisiana, 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+ 4.8%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate A- 3.9%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate A+ 2.7%

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

Louisiana is 23rd of 51 by openings volume but 4th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.

Tight rate band

Louisiana sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Louisiana is 4th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 4th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.8%).

Louisiana among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Louisiana openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Louisiana openings rose 4.1% year over year

Monthly job openings in Louisiana from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.8%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Louisiana sits: Hot & confident

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. Louisiana's own openings rate is 4.8% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.7% against a 2.2% average.