Job Openings And Labor Turnover: October 2007 — 2007-12-11

On the last business day of October, 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, hires, and total separations rates were all essentially un- changed in October. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by in- dustry and geographic region. In October, the job openings rate remained at 2.9 percent. The rate has been 2.9 percent for 8 of the past 9 months. Job openings include only those jobs open on the last business day of the month. The job openings rate changed significantly in October only in retail trade, falling from 2.3 percent in September to 1.9 percent in October.