Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2013-07-09

There were 3.8 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) also were little changed in May. 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. The number of job openings in May was 3.8 million, little changed from April. (See table 1.) The number of job openings was little changed over the month in most industries but rose in retail trade and fell in professional and business services. The number of job openings rose in the Midwest but was essentially unchanged in the other three regions. The number of job openings in May (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the year for total nonfarm, total private, and government.