Job Openings And Labor Turnover: May 2007 — 2007-07-10

On the last business day of May, there were 4.2 million job openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 2.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The job openings rate was unchanged in May, and the hires and total separations rates were essentially unchanged. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total non- farm sector by industry and geographic region. In May, the job openings rate was unchanged at 2.9 percent. Job openings include only those jobs still open on the last business day of the month. The job openings rate rose over the month in the accommodations and food ser- vices industry. None of the regions experienced a significant over-the-month change in the job openings rate.