Job Openings And Labor Turnover: September 2006 — 2006-11-07

The job openings and total separations rates were unchanged in September, while the hires rate was essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes esti- mates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. On the last business day of September 2006, there were 4.1 million job openings in the United States and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent. The job openings rate was unchanged over the month and has been little changed since November 2005. In September, the job openings rate did not change significantly in any industry or region. The industries with the highest seasonally adjusted job openings rate in September 2006 were edu- cation and health services (3.8 percent), leisure and hospitality (3.8 per- cent), and professional and business services (3.7 percent).