Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2011-03-11

(NOTE: Data published in this release for the seasonally adjusted total nonfarm and seasonally adjusted government sectors are erroneous. The errors are found in the text and in Tables A-H and 1-4. Corrected data will be loaded into the JOLTS database on April 13, 2011. More information about these errors and corrected revision tables is located at http://www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_corrections_040811.htm.) There were 2.8 million job openings on the last business day of January 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate (2.1 percent), hires rate (2.8 percent), and total separations rate (2.7 percent) were little changed over the month. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and by geographic region. This release also includes annual estimates for hires and separations. The annual totals for hires and quits increased in 2010 while the annual total for layoffs and discharges decreased.