Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2012-12-11

There were 3.7 million job openings on the last business day of October, little changed from September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.2 percent) and separations rate (3.1 percent) were also little changed in October. 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 October (not seasonally adjusted) was up over the year for total nonfarm and total private, but little changed for government. Job openings increased over the year for construction, nondurable goods manufacturing, other services, and state and local government, but fell in wholesale trade. The Midwest and Northeast regions experienced a rise in job openings over the year. (See table 7.) In October, the hires rate was little changed at 3.2 percent.