Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2017-10-11

The number of job openings was little changed at 6.1 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed at 5.4 million and 5.2 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate and the layoffs and discharges rate were little changed at 2.1 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively. 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. On the last business day of August, there were 6.1 million job openings, little changed from July. The job openings rate was 4.0 percent in August. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for government. Job openings increased in health care and social assistance (+71,000) and in durable goods manufacturing (+31,000).