Job Openings And Labor Turnover: March 2007 — 2007-05-08

On the last business day of March, there were 4.2 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 and hires rates were unchanged, and the total separations rate was essentially unchanged in March. This release includes estimates of the num- ber and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. At 2.9 percent in March, the job openings rate has been essentially flat since November 2005. In March, the job openings rate rose in professional and business services and fell in construction. None of the regions expe- rienced a significant over-the-month change in the job openings rate.