Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2014-08-12

There were 4.7 million job openings on the last business day of June, little changed from 4.6 million in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.5 percent) was little changed and the separations rate (3.3 percent) was unchanged in June. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.2 percent) were unchanged. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions. There were 4.7 million job openings in June, little changed from 4.6 million in May. In June, the number of job openings was little changed for total private and government. Over the month, the number of job openings was little changed for all industries and in all four regions.