Job Openings And Labor Turnover: July 2006 — 2006-09-12

The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were essentially unchanged in July, 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 July 2006, there were 3.8 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.8 percent. The job open- ings rate was unchanged over the month and has been little changed since Novem- ber 2005. In July, the job openings rate increased in government. There were no significant decreases in the job openings rate in any industry or region. The industries with the highest seasonally adjusted job openings rates in July 2006 were education and health services (3.6 percent), leisure and hospitality (3.4 percent), and professional and business services (3.3 percent).