From today’s BLS Release:
There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of January, little changed from 4.9 million in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires decreased to 5.0 million in January and separations were little changed at 4.8 million. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.0 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 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. The release also includes 2014 annual estimates for hires and separations. The annual number of hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations increased in 2014.
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| Millions: | January 2014 | December 2014 | January 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Openings | 3.91 | 4.88 | 5.00 |
| Hires | 4.60 | 5.24 | 5.00 |
| All Separations | 4.47 | 4.90 | 4.82 |
| – Quits | 2.38 | 2.71 | 2.80 |
For more charts looking at individual industries, US regions as well as a comparison with the Payrolls Survey, please visit our JOLTS Charts page which will be updated each month.