Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2014-07-08

There were 4.6 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from 4.5 million in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.4 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) were essentially unchanged in May. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed. 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. There were 4.6 million job openings in May, little changed from 4.5 million in April. The number of job openings was also little changed for total private and government. The job openings level increased for nondurable manufacturing and for health care and social assistance in May, while it decreased for retail trade and for arts, entertainment, and recreation.