State · BLS JOLTS · Dec 2025
North Dakota Labor Market
North Dakota 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.
- 18K
- Job openings
- 18K
- Hires
- 2.7%
- Quits rate
- 15th
- Of 51 states (openings rate, 3-month average)
BLS JOLTS turnover passport
Series extract JOLTS-38 North Dakota
18K openings · 3.9% rate · 18K hires · Dec 2025
- OPEN 18K
- RATE 3.9%
- RANK 15th
- HIRE 18K
- QUIT 2.7%
- LAY 5K
- YOY -25.0%
- PHOTO Florida
Openings-rate peers
Photo peer: Florida (3.9%)
North Dakota is 15th of 51 states by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed roster. Read Florida →
Labor market health score
Labor market health score
72/100
North Dakota, 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 D 3.9%
Job openings as a share of employment plus openings, latest month
- Hires rate A+ 4.0%
Hires as a share of employment, latest month
- Quits rate A+ 2.7%
Voluntary quits as a share of employment — a worker-confidence signal
North Dakota is 48th of 51 by openings volume but 28th by latest-month openings rate, so size is not tightness.
Rate placement
Where North Dakota sits on the latest-month openings-rate board
Dec 2025 openings rate (openings per 100 jobs). Highlighted bar is North Dakota; the hero rank uses a trailing average, this board is the latest month alone. Signature: 28th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.9%).
North Dakota sits at 28th of 51 in the full latest-month board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this state.
North Dakota openings fell 25% year over year
Monthly job openings in North Dakota from the BLS JOLTS survey, in thousands. The current openings rate is 3.9%.
Openings vs. quits
Where North Dakota sits: Slack but restless
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. North Dakota's own openings rate is 3.9% against a 4% average, and its quits rate is 2.7% against a 2.2% average.
How North Dakota Compares
North Dakota's JOLTS metrics ranked against all 51 states and DC, Dec 2025.
Nearest openings-rate peers
ABS(openings_rate) nationwide, not same-region neighbors.
Nearest quits-rate peers
ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.
Data sourced from official public datasets for North Dakota (28th of 51 by latest-month openings rate (3.9%); volume 48th of 51). See our methodology.
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