Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2010-06-08

There were 3.1 million job openings on the last business day of April 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate increased over the month to 2.3 percent. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and the separations rate (3.1 percent) were unchanged. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. Job Openings The number of job openings increased in April to 3.1 million. Since the most recent trough of 2.3 million in July 2009, the number of job openings has risen by 740,000. The job openings level increased in April for total nonfarm and total private. The level decreased for government. The number of job openings was little changed in most industries and in 2 of the 4 regions. The level increased in the Northeast and the West.