Job Openings And Labor Turnover: September 2007 — 2007-11-06

On the last business day of September, there were 4.1 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate and total separations rate were unchanged in September, while the hires rate was essentially unchanged. This re- lease includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. In September, the job openings rate remained at 2.9 percent. The rate has been 2.9 percent for 7 of the past 8 months. Job openings include only those jobs still open on the last business day of the month. The job open- ings rate changed significantly in September only in the construction in- dustry, rising from 1.9 in August to 2.4 in September. The job openings rate did not change significantly in any region.