How many job openings are there in New Mexico?

New Mexico had 32K job openings as of Dec 2025, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS program.

How many people were hired in New Mexico recently?

New Mexico recorded 29K 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 New Mexico?

18K workers voluntarily quit their jobs in New Mexico during Dec 2025. The quits rate was 2.0%. 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 New Mexico?

There were 6K layoffs and discharges in New Mexico 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 New Mexico?

Total separations in New Mexico reached 26K in Dec 2025. The figure covers every way a worker can leave a job in JOLTS accounting, quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, and intra-firm transfers alike.

State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025

New Mexico Labor Market

BLS JOLTS state totals for New Mexico: 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

32K
Job openings: 29K
Hires: 2.0%
Quits rate: 35th
Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)

BLS JOLTS turnover passport

Series extract JOLTS-35 New Mexico

32K openings · 3.5% rate · 29K hires · Dec 2025

OPEN 32K
RATE 3.5%
RANK 35th
HIRE 29K
QUIT 2.0%
LAY 6K
YOY -38.5%
PHOTO Oregon

Openings-rate peers

Photo peer: Oregon (3.5%)

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

New Mexico is 35th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Oregon →

Labor market health score

33/100

New Mexico, 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 3.5%

Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
Hires rate D 3.3%

Hires as a share of employment, latest month
Quits rate F 2.0%

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

Loose rate band

New Mexico sits in the loosest openings-rate third

Dec 2025 openings rate only. New Mexico ranks 39th of 51 on this month's board; denser peers are above on the chart. Signature: 39th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.5%).

New Mexico among state openings rates · Dec 2025

New Mexico openings rate vs this month's observed state ceiling

New Mexico sits at 39th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.

New Mexico openings fell 38.5% year over year

Monthly job openings in New Mexico from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.5%.

Openings vs. quits

Where New Mexico 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. New Mexico's own openings rate is 3.5% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.0% against a 2.2% average.