Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release - 2024 M05 Results — 2024-07-02

The number of job openings changed little at 8.1 million on the last business day of May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, both the number of hires and total separations were little changed at 5.8 million and 5.4 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.5 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.7 million) changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. On the last business day of May, the number of job openings changed little at 8.1 million. This measure was down by 1.2 million over the year. The job openings rate was little changed at 4.9 percent in May. Job openings decreased in accommodation and food services (-147,000) and in private educational services (-34,000).