How many job openings are there in Maryland?

Maryland had 127K 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 Maryland recently?

Maryland recorded 89K 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 Maryland?

53K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in Maryland during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 1.9%. 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 Maryland?

There were 24K layoffs and discharges in Maryland 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 Maryland?

Total separations in Maryland reached 87K 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

Maryland Labor Market

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

Compiled by PlainLabor · August 17, 2026

127K
Job openings: 89K
Hires: 1.9%
Quits rate: 10th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-24 Maryland

127K openings · 4.4% rate · 89K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 127K
RATE 4.4%
RANK 10th
HIRE 89K
QUIT 1.9%
LAY 24K
YOY -2.3%
PHOTO Delaware

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Delaware (4.4%)

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

Maryland is 10th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Delaware →

Labor market health score

49/100

Maryland, 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 B+ 4.4%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate F 3.2%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 1.9%

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

Tight rate band

Maryland sits in the tightest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only (not the hero's multi-month average). Maryland is 11th of 51; rates are openings per 100 jobs, not job quality. Signature: 11th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (4.4%).

Maryland among state openings rates · Dec 2025

Maryland openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

Maryland sits at 11th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

Maryland job openings over time

Monthly job openings in Maryland from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 4.4%.

Openings vs. quits

Where Maryland 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. Maryland's own openings rate is 4.4% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 1.9% against a 2.2% average.