Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2011-10-12

(Note: August estimates of hires, separations, and job openings originally published on October 12, 2011, had not been adjusted to account for a strike in the information industry. With the release of September estimates, August estimates found in the September release and database reflect both regular revisions and corrections. Estimates in this release will not be corrected. For further assistance, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/jolts_corrections_11082011.htm.) There were 3.1 million job openings on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) were essentially unchanged over the month. The job openings rate has trended upward slowly since the end of the recession in June 2009 (as determined by the National Bureau of Economic Research). 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.