Job Openings And Labor Turnover: April 2006 — 2006-06-06

The job openings rate was unchanged, while the hires and total separations rates decreased in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Depart- ment 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 April 2006, there were 4.1 million job open- ings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent. The job openings rate was unchanged over the month in every industry and region, but the overall rate has generally trended upward since September 2003. The industries with the highest seasonally adjusted job openings rate in April 2006 were professional and business services (4.1 percent), leisure and hospi- tality (3.8 percent), and education and health services (3.7 percent).