Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2015-09-09

The number of job openings again rose to a series high of 5.8 million on the last business day of July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires and separations edged down to 5.0 million and 4.7 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was 1.9 percent for the fourth month in a row, and the layoffs and discharges rate declined to 1.1 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 increased to a new series high in July, reaching 5.8 million. The prior series high was 5.4 million in May 2015. The series began in December 2000. The job openings rate for July rose to 3.9 percent after measuring 3.6 percent in the prior 3 months.