Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2017-04-11

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.7 million on the last business day of February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed at 5.3 million and 5.1 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.1 percent, and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 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. On the last business day of February, there were 5.7 million job openings, little changed from January. The job openings rate was 3.8 percent in February. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for government.