JOLTS Update April 2025 Data

by Oriane Casale
June 2025

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey conducted by the BLS shows that in April the number of job openings fell to 179,000 over the month in Minnesota on a seasonally adjusted basis. Compared to one year ago, job openings were up 18.5%. This compares to a decline nationally of 2.9% over the year.

The number of hires rose 5.3% over the year in April in Minnesota and rose 0.6% nationally. Total separations were flat over the year in Minnesota and decreased by 1.4% nationally.

Minnesota’s job openings rate fell over the month to 5.5%. Nationally, the rate ticked up to 4.4% (see figure below). The job openings rate is the number of job openings as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

In Minnesota there were 0.6 unemployed workers for each job vacancy in April – or six unemployed workers for every 10 job openings – slightly up from the previous month. This indicates that Minnesota continues to have a tight labor market where there is fewer than one unemployed worker for every job opening. Nationwide the ratio remained level at 1 to 1.