Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2015-07-07

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.4 million on the last business day of May, the highest since the series began in December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires was unchanged at 5.0 million in May and the number of separations was little changed at 4.7 million. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 1.9 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was little changed 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 5.4 million on the last business day of May, remaining at a historically high level. The job openings rate for May 2015 was 3.6 percent. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and government.