Job separations: Government: State and local (thousand; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US JOLTS survey (BLS)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, job separations in the state and local sector were 277 thousand in August 2026, compared to 312 in the previous month.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 309 records overall. The span of time covered by the series stretches from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: job separations in the state and local sector averaged 287 thousand; they reached their maximum of 484 in March 2020; they recorded a minimum of 222 in October 2010.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 306.000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 312.000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 277.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job separations: Government: State and local |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Thousand |
| Source | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Public Domain Data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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