Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2015-11-12

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.5 million on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires and separations were little changed at 5.0 million and 4.8 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was 1.9 percent for the sixth consecutive month, and the layoffs and discharges rate remained unchanged at 1.2 percent. 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. Job openings were little changed at 5.5 million in September. The job openings rate for September was 3.7 percent. The number of job openings was little changed in September for total private and government. Job openings increased in professional and business services (+126,000) and retail trade (+64,000). The number of openings was little changed in all four regions.