Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2010-07-13

There were 3.2 million job openings on the last business day of May 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was little changed over the month at 2.4 percent. The hires rate (3.4 percent) was little changed and the separations rate (3.1 percent) was unchanged. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region. Job Openings The number of job openings in May was 3.2 million, which was little changed from April. Although the month-to-month change is small, the number of job openings has risen by 868,000 (37 percent) since the most recent trough of 2.3 million in July 2009.