Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Bureau of Labor Statistics: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MAY 2014



Job openings little changed at 4.6 million in May; hires and separations hold steady.

There were 4.6 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from 4.5 million in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.4 percent) and separations rate (3.2 percent) were essentially unchanged in May. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed. 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.

See the entire JOLT’s Report for May, 2014 including explanations and data tables by going here….

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