Job Openings And Labor Turnover: August 2007 — 2007-10-10

On the last business day of August, 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 was unchanged in August, while the hires rate and the total separations rate were essentially unchanged. 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. In August, the job openings rate remained at 2.9 percent. The rate has been 2.9 percent for 6 of the past 7 months. Job openings include only those jobs still open on the last business day of the month. The job open- ings rate did not change significantly in August in any industry. Region- ally, the job openings rate declined in the Northeast and West.