From today’s BLS Release:
There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from 5.1 million in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires were little changed at 5.1 million in March and separations were little changed at 5.0 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.0 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.3 percent; both rates were little different from the previous month. 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.
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| Millions: | March 2014 | February 2015 | March 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Openings | 4.21 | 5.14 | 4.99 |
| Hires | 4.74 | 5.01 | 5.07 |
| All Separations | 4.52 | 4.79 | 4.98 |
| – Quits | 2.43 | 2.72 | 2.78 |
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.