The Economics Daily

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Economics Daily article is available here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/job-openings-rate-above-6-0-percent-in-alaska-and-west-virginia-in-2024.htm. Highlights are below. Job openings rate above 6.0 percent in Alaska and West Virginia in 2024 07/30/2025 Alaska's annual average job openings rate was 6.3 percent during 2024. Among other states with the highest job openings rates in 2024 were West Virginia (6.2 percent), and Kentucky, New Mexico, and South Carolina (each 5.8 percent). California, Washington, and Hawaii were among the states with the lowest job openings rates, ranging from 3.6 percent to 4.1 percent. The job openings rate for the nation as a whole averaged 4.7 percent in 2024. HTML

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