Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2018-06-05

The number of job openings was little changed at 6.7 million on the last business day of April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were little changed at 5.6 million and 5.4 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate increased to 1.2 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 April, the job openings level was little changed but reached a new series high of 6.7 million. The series began in December 2000. The job openings rate was 4.3 percent in April 2018. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for government.