Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2014-03-11

There were 4.0 million job openings on the last business day of January, little changed from December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) were little changed in January. 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 release also includes 2013 annual estimates for hires and separations. The annual levels for hires and quits increased in 2013 while the annual total for layoffs and discharges decreased. The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the year for total nonfarm and total private but decreased for government. Over the year, the number of job openings increased in several industries while it decreased in real estate and rental and leasing and in federal government.