Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2015-08-12

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.2 million on the last business day of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires and separations were little changed at 5.2 and 4.9 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate remained at 1.9 percent for the third month in a row and the layoffs and discharges rate was little changed at 1.3 percent. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions. Job openings were little changed at 5.2 million on the last business day of June. The job openings rate for June 2015 remained at 3.6 percent for the third month in a row. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and government. Job openings decreased in nondurable goods manufacturing and were little changed in all four regions.