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 stood at 277 thousand in August 2026, compared to 312 in July 2026.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 309 records in total. The series covers the time period stretching from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: job separations in the state and local sector had a mean of 287 thousand; they hit a trough of 222 in October 2010; they hit a maximum of 484 in March 2020.
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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