Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2014-05-09

There were 4.0 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from 4.1 million in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.4 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) were unchanged in March. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed in March. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by geographic region. There were 4.0 million job openings in March, little changed from 4.1 million in February. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for government. The number of job openings was little changed in all industries. The West region experienced a decrease in job openings in March.