Job Openings And Labor Turnover: June 2006 — 2006-08-09

The hires and total separations rates edged down, while the job openings rate was essentially unchanged in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This release includes estimates 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 June 2006, there were 4.0 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent. The job open- ings rate was about unchanged over the month and has been essentially unchanged since November 2005. In June, the job openings rate increased in construction and government and declined in professional and business services. The indus- tries with the highest seasonally adjusted job openings rate in June 2006 were education and health services (3.7 percent), leisure and hospitality (3.6 per- cent), and professional and business services (3.4 percent).