Job openings (6.1 million), hires, and separations little changed in September

[mahatmakanejeeves]

It's time for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary (JOLTS) again.

Job openings (6.1 million), hires, and separations little changed in September

Economic News Release USDL-17-1480

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary

For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, November 7, 2017

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – SEPTEMBER 2017

The number of job openings was little changed at 6.1 million on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed at 5.3 million and 5.2 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate and the layoffs and discharges rate were little changed at 2.2 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively. 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

On the last business day of September, there were 6.1 million job openings, little changed from August. Job openings have been at or near record high levels since June. The job openings rate was 4.0 percent in September. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for government. Job openings increased in professional and business services (+156,000), other services (+52,000), state and local government education (+36,000), and federal government (+15,000). Job openings decreased in accommodation and food services (-111,000) and information (-28,000). The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions. (See table 1.)

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Hurricane Irma
Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida during September, the reference month for the preliminary estimates in this release. All possible efforts were made to contact and collect data from survey respondents in the hurricane-affected areas. A review of the data indicated that Hurricane Irma had no discernible effect on the JOLTS estimates for September. For more information, see www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts-harvey-irma.htm.
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Hires

The number of hires was little changed at 5.3 million in September. The hires rate was 3.6 percent. The number of hires was little changed for total private and for government. The number of hires was little changed in all industries and regions. (See table 2.)

Separations

Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is
referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore,
the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and
discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations
due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers to other locations of the same firm.
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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for October 2017 are scheduled to be released on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (EST).

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[awesomerwb1]

1. So, so the brown people

aren't taking ALL of OUR jobs??

Those numbers will probably be higher after the hurricanes?