For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, May 10, 2016
JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MARCH 2016
Job Openings
The number of job openings was little changed at 5.8 million on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires edged down to 5.3 million while separations were little changed at 5.0 million.
Within separations, the quits rate was 2.1 percent, and the layoffs and discharges rate was 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.
Job openings were little changed at 5.8 million in March. The job openings rate was 3.9 percent. The number of job openings was little changed in March for total private and edged up for government. Job openings increased in professional and business services (+124,000), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+35,000), and nondurable goods manufacturing (+29,000). Job openings decreased in retail trade (-80,000), educational services (-36,000), and wholesale trade (-35,000). The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions. (See table 1.)
Hires
The number of hires edged down to 5.3 million in March. The hires rate was 3.7 percent. The number of hires decreased for total private (-241,000) and was little changed for government. Hires rose in state and local government education (+23,000), but fell in retail trade (-85,000) and educational services (-21,000). In the regions, hires decreased in the West. (See table 2.)
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