Federal worker hires, quits, and layoffs rates, 2022–2025

Date Hires Quits Layoffs
Jan-2022 1.5 0.9 0.3
Feb-2022 1.4 0.8 0.3
Mar-2022 1.3 0.8 0.2
Apr-2022 1.4 0.8 0.2
May-2022 1.4 0.7 0.3
Jun-2022 1.3 0.8 0.2
Jul-2022 1.7 0.6 0.2
Aug-2022 1.4 0.8 0.3
Sep-2022 1.6 0.7 0.4
Oct-2022 1.6 0.6 0.2
Nov-2022 1.5 0.6 0.2
Dec-2022 1.5 0.7 0.4
Jan-2023 1.5 0.6 0.2
Feb-2023 1.7 0.7 0.2
Mar-2023 1.6 0.6 0.2
Apr-2023 1.6 0.6 0.2
May-2023 1.7 0.6 0.3
Jun-2023 1.7 0.6 0.3
Jul-2023 1.6 0.6 0.2
Aug-2023 1.4 0.5 0.2
Sep-2023 1.5 0.6 0.3
Oct-2023 1.5 0.5 0.3
Nov-2023 1.4 0.6 0.3
Dec-2023 1.5 0.6 0.3
Jan-2024 1.4 0.6 0.2
Feb-2024 1.4 0.5 0.2
Mar-2024 1.6 0.5 0.2
Apr-2024 1.2 0.6 0.2
May-2024 1.2 0.5 0.2
Jun-2024 1.3 0.5 0.2
Jul-2024 1.1 0.5 0.2
Aug-2024 1.2 0.5 0.2
Sep-2024 1.1 0.5 0.2
Oct-2024 1 0.5 0.2
Nov-2024 0.9 0.5 0.2
Dec-2024 1 0.4 0.2
Jan-2025 1.1 0.4 0.1
Feb-2025 1 0.4 0.6
Mar-2025 1 0.5 0.3
Apr-2025 1.1 0.5 0.2
May-2025 0.8 0.6 0.2
Jun-2025 0.8 0.5 0.2
Jul-2025 0.8 0.5 0.4
Aug-2025 0.8 0.6 0.2
Sep-2025 0.8 1.6 0.2
Oct-2025 0.8 0.7 0.2
Nov-2025 1.2 0.6 0.3

 

Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Shaded areas denote recessions. The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment. The layoff rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment. The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

View the underlying data on epi.org.