Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2013-06-11

There were 3.8 million job openings on the last business day of April, little changed from 3.9 million in March, 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 April. 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 April was 3.8 million, little changed from March. (See table 1.) In April, the number of job openings was little changed in all industries and regions. The number of job openings in April (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the year for total nonfarm and government and was little changed for total private. Job openings increased over the year for several industries and state and local government. Job openings decreased over the year for information; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and federal government.