BLS Report: June job openings increase to series high; hires increase and total separations edge up
They're early this month.
Related:
Wed Jan 27, 2021: BLS Report: Gross job losses 20.4 million and gross job gains 5.7 million in the 2nd quarter of 2020
People come; people go.
This is JOLTS, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. It comes out a few days after the monthly payroll employment report.
The number of quits indicates how confident people are of finding another job if they leave the one they have.
Previous reports:
Wed Jul 7, 2021: BLS Report: May job openings and hires little changed; total separations decrease
Tue Jun 8, 2021: BLS Report: April job openings reach series high; total separations increase and hires little change
Tue May 11, 2021: BLS Report: March job openings reach a series high; hires and total separations little changed
Tue Apr 6, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and hires edge up in February; total separations little changed
Fri Mar 12, 2021: BLS Report: Total separations decrease in January; job openings and hires change little
Tue Feb 9, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and total separations little changed in December; hires decrease
Tue Jan 12, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and hires little changed in November; total separations increase
Wed Dec 9, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings (6.7 million) and hires little changed; separations increase in October
Thu Nov 12, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings (6.4 million), hires, and separations little changed in September
Tue Oct 6, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings and hires little changed in August; total separations decrease
Thu Sep 10, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings rise in July, hires decrease, and total separations little changed
Wed Aug 12, 2020: BLS Report: Hires decrease in June; job openings, quits, and total separations rise
Tue Jul 7, 2020: BLS Report: Hires increase 2.4 million in May; job openings rise while layoffs and discharges fall
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Economic News Release USDL-21-1465
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Monday, August 9, 2021
Technical information: (202) 691-5870 • JoltsInfo@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/jlt
Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov
JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – JUNE 2021
The number of job openings increased to a series high of 10.1 million on the last business day of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rose to 6.7 million and total separations edged up to 5.6 million. Within separations, the quits rate increased to 2.7 percent. The layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 0.9 percent, matching the series low reached last month. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, by four geographic regions, and by establishment size class.
Job Openings
On the last business day of June, the job openings level increased to a series high of 10.1 million (+590,000). The job openings rate rose to 6.5 percent. Job openings increased in several industries, with the largest increases in professional and business services (+227,000); retail trade (+133,000); and accommodation and food services (+121,000). The number of job openings increased in the South region. (See table 1.)
Hires
In June, the number and rate of hires increased to 6.7 million (+697,000) and 4.6 percent, respectively. Hires increased in retail trade (+291,000); state and local government education (+94,000); and durable goods manufacturing (+36,000). The number of hires increased in the South and Midwest regions. (See table 2.)
Separations
Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 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 estimates for July 2021 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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