Job Openings And Labor Turnover: June 2007 — 2007-08-08

On the last business day of June, there were 4.3 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 3.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate increased slightly in June, while the hires rate and the to- tal separations rate were essentially unchanged. This release includes es- timates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. In June, the job openings rate increased slightly to 3.0 percent after remaining steady at 2.9 percent for the prior 4 months. Job openings in- clude only those jobs still open on the last business day of the month. The job openings rate rose in June in retail trade and in professional and business services but fell in construction. The job openings rate increas- ed over the month in the West region.