For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, March 10, 2015 USDL-15-0385

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – JANUARY 2015

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.

Job Openings

There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of January, little changed from December.

This was the highest level of job openings since January 2001. The job openings rate for January was 

3.4 percent. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and government in January. 

Job openings increased for accommodation and food services and in the West region. (See table 1.)

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 2.6

 2.8

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 3.8

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Percent

2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, February 2012 - January 2015

2013

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

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Hires

Separations

Percent

2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted, February 2012 - January 2015

2013

Revisions to the JOLTS Data

Effective with this release, revisions to data from January 2010 forward incorporate annual updates to 

the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover 

Survey seasonal adjustment factors. See page 4 for more information on the revisions.
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The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in January

for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Job openings increased over the year for many

industries including professional and business services, health care and social assistance, and 

accommodation and food services. Job openings decreased over the year in mining and logging. The 

number of openings increased over the year in all four regions. (See table 7.)

Hires

There were 5.0 million hires in January, down from December. The hires rate in January was 3.5

percent. The number of hires decreased for total private in January and was little changed in

government. Hires decreased over the month in construction and in the Northeast region. (See table 2.)

Over the 12 months ending in January, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) increased for total 

nonfarm and total private, and was little changed for government. Hires increased over the year in retail 

trade and in finance and insurance. Hires decreased over the year in educational services. In the regions, 

hires increased over the year in the Midwest. (See table 8.)

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 include separations 

due to retirement, death, and disability, as well as transfers to other locations of the same firm.

There were 4.8 million total separations in January, little changed from December. The separations rate 

was 3.4 percent. The number of total separations was little changed for total private and government, 

and in all four regions. (See table 3.)

There were 2.8 million quits in January, little changed from December. The quits rate in January was 

2.0 percent. The number of quits was little changed for total private and unchanged for government over 

the month. Quits increased in January in professional and business services and in health care and social 

assistance. The number of quits increased in the Midwest region. (See table 4.)

The number of quits (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in January for total 

nonfarm and total private and was little changed for government. Over the year, quits increased for

several industries, including the professional and business services and the accommodation and food

services industries. The number of quits increased over the year in all four regions. (See table 10.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in January, little changed from December. The layoffs 

and discharges rate was 1.2 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed over the 

month for total private and government, and in all four regions. (See table 5.) Seasonally adjusted

estimates of layoffs and discharges are not available for individual industries.

The number of layoffs and discharges (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the 12 months 

ending in January for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and 

discharges increased in mining and logging, construction, and federal government. The number 

decreased over the year in finance and insurance; educational services; and health care and social 

assistance. Layoffs and discharges was little changed in all four regions. (See table 11.)
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In January, there were 354,000 other separations for total nonfarm, a decrease from December. Over 

the month, the number of other separations decreased for total private to 287,000 and was little changed 

for government at 67,000. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not 

available for individual industries or regions.

Over the 12 months ending in January, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted) was 

little changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Other separations increased over the year

in retail trade and educational services. The number decreased in wholesale trade, information, and 

federal government. Other separations increased in the West region but decreased in the Midwest region.

(See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

Large numbers of hires and separations occur every month throughout the business cycle. Net 

employment change results from the relationship between hires and separations. When the number of 

hires exceeds the number of separations, employment rises, even if the hires level is steady or declining. 

Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even 

if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in January 2015, hires totaled 59.1

million and separations totaled 56.0 million, yielding a net employment gain of 3.1 million. These 

figures include workers who may have been hired and separated more than once during the year.

Annual Levels and Rates

This release contains the 2014 annual levels and rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and 

discharges, and other separations. Note that annual figures for job openings are not calculated because 

job openings are measured on a stock, or point-in-time, basis rather than on a flow basis over a specified 

time period. The annual figures and additional tables are published with the release of January data each 

year. (See the Technical Note for additional information on these measures.)

Calculating annual levels and rates allows additional comparisons across years. In 2014, annual levels 

for hires, quits, and other separations rose for the fourth consecutive year. The layoffs and discharges 

annual level rose in 2014 after declining in 2013.

In 2014, annual hires increased to 58.7 million (42.2 percent of employment) and annual total 

separations rose to 55.5 million (39.9 percent of employment). Annual quits increased to 30.5 million 

(22.0 percent of employment) in 2014. Annual layoffs and discharges increased in 2014 to 20.4 million 

(14.7 percent of employment). Annual other separations rose in 2014 to 4.6 million (3.3 percent of 

employment). (See tables 13 through 22.)

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for February 2015 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 3,906 4,877 4,998 4,600 5,239 4,996 4,473 4,901 4,821

Total private1...................................... 3,518 4,396 4,523 4,317 4,920 4,686 4,172 4,593 4,495

Construction.................................... 131 140 120 295 438 364 237 393 332

Manufacturing.................................. 263 310 330 248 276 262 236 253 252

Durable goods............................... 166 195 202 143 164 157 137 146 145

Nondurable goods........................... 96 115 127 106 112 105 100 108 107

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 670 831 876 947 1,118 1,087 973 1,079 1,074

Retail trade................................... 381 516 516 627 787 768 669 767 738

Professional and business services......... 644 967 927 961 1,040 1,022 923 942 984

Education and health services3.............. 721 923 889 571 602 559 573 541 529

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 646 837 801 482 528 497 487 470 464

Leisure and hospitality........................ 599 651 755 819 930 881 788 881 845

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 88 65 66 132 137 147 126 131 148

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 512 586 689 687 793 734 661 750 698

Government4

...................................... 388 482 475 283 319 310 301 308 327

State and local................................. 339 409 422 258 289 276 256 280 276

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.4

Total private1

...................................... 2.9 3.6 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.8

Construction.................................... 2.1 2.2 1.9 4.9 7.0 5.8 3.9 6.3 5.3

Manufacturing.................................. 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0

Durable goods............................... 2.1 2.4 2.5 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9

Nondurable goods........................... 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.0

Retail trade................................... 2.4 3.2 3.2 4.1 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.9 4.7

Professional and business services......... 3.3 4.7 4.5 5.1 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 5.0

Education and health services3

.............. 3.3 4.1 3.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.5 4.4 4.2 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.0 4.2 4.8 5.7 6.2 5.9 5.4 5.9 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 4.0 3.0 3.0 6.4 6.4 6.9 6.1 6.1 6.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 4.0 4.4 5.1 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.9 5.4

Government4...................................... 1.7 2.2 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5

State and local................................. 1.7 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4

1

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

2

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

3

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

4

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Revisions to Job Openings and Labor Turnover Data 

In accordance with annual practice, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data have 

been revised to reflect annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics (CES), or establishment 

survey, employment estimates. The JOLTS employment levels (not published) are ratio-adjusted to the 

CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are applied to all JOLTS data elements. This annual 

benchmark process resulted in revisions to all not seasonally adjusted JOLTS data series from April 

2013 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was established. Additionally, the seasonally 

adjusted JOLTS data series have been recalculated from January 2010 forward to reflect updated 

seasonal adjustment factors. Further, the methodology incorporated in 2009 to more closely align the 

hires and separations estimates with the monthly payroll employment change created a dependency of 

the not seasonally adjusted estimates on the seasonal adjustment process. Therefore, the not seasonally 

adjusted data series have been recalculated from January 2010 forward to reflect the updated seasonal 

adjustment factors’ effect on the alignment process.

Tables B through G below present revised total nonfarm data for January through December 2014. The 

December 2014 revisions also reflect the routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the 

final December estimates. Tables presenting revisions to total nonfarm data for January 2010 through 

December 2013 will be available later today on the JOLTS website. The website also contains all 

revised seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data. The revision tables and data can be 

accessed through the JOLTS homepage at //www.bls.gov/jlt.

Table B. Revisions in job openings data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014

January............................ 3,874 3,906 32 2.7 2.8 0.1

February........................... 4,125 4,160 35 2.9 2.9 . 0

March...............................4,166 4,210 44 2.9 3.0 . 1

April.................................4,464 4,417 -47 3.1 3.1 . 0

May................................. 4,577 4,608 31 3.2 3.2 . 0

June................................ 4,675 4,710 35 3.3 3.3 . 0

July..................................4,605 4,726 121 3.2 3.3 . 1

August............................. 4,853 4,925 72 3.4 3.4 . 0

September.........................4,685 4,678 -7 3.2 3.2 . 0

October............................ 4,830 4,849 19 3.3 3.4 . 1

November.......................... 4,847 4,886 39 3.3 3.4 . 1

December......................... 5,028 4,877 -151 3.5 3.4 -.1

Year and month
Table C. Revisions in hires data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014

January............................ 4,516 4,600 84 3.3 3.3 0.0

February........................... 4,699 4,698 -1 3.4 3.4 . 0

March...............................4,706 4,744 38 3.4 3.4 . 0

April.................................4,770 4,790 20 3.5 3.5 . 0

May................................. 4,738 4,805 67 3.4 3.5 . 1

June................................ 4,791 4,820 29 3.5 3.5 . 0

July..................................4,934 5,003 69 3.6 3.6 . 0

August............................. 4,742 4,792 50 3.4 3.4 . 0

September.........................5,075 5,061 -14 3.6 3.6 . 0

October............................ 5,101 5,106 5 3.7 3.7 . 0

November.......................... 5,054 5,026 -28 3.6 3.6 . 0

December......................... 5,148 5,239 91 3.7 3.7 . 0

Year and month

Table D. Revisions in total separations data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014

January............................ 4,419 4,473 54 3.2 3.2 0.0

February........................... 4,459 4,486 27 3.2 3.3 . 1

March...............................4,491 4,519 28 3.3 3.3 . 0

April.................................4,550 4,522 -28 3.3 3.3 . 0

May................................. 4,530 4,543 13 3.3 3.3 . 0

June................................ 4,520 4,523 3 3.3 3.3 . 0

July..................................4,629 4,711 82 3.3 3.4 . 1

August............................. 4,531 4,569 38 3.3 3.3 . 0

September.........................4,809 4,829 20 3.4 3.5 . 1

October............................ 4,863 4,906 43 3.5 3.5 . 0

November.......................... 4,700 4,628 -72 3.4 3.3 -.1

December......................... 4,886 4,901 15 3.5 3.5 . 0

Year and month
Table E. Revisions in quits data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014 

January............................ 2,368 2,384 16 1.7 1.7 0.0

February........................... 2,475 2,438 -37 1.8 1.8 . 0

March...............................2,461 2,430 -31 1.8 1.8 . 0

April.................................2,467 2,413 -54 1.8 1.7 -.1

May................................. 2,487 2,494 7 1.8 1.8 . 0

June................................ 2,484 2,469 -15 1.8 1.8 . 0

July..................................2,547 2,542 -5 1.8 1.8 . 0

August............................. 2,510 2,516 6 1.8 1.8 . 0

September.........................2,735 2,733 -2 2.0 2.0 . 0

October............................ 2,712 2,746 34 1.9 2.0 . 1

November.......................... 2,661 2,662 1 1.9 1.9 . 0

December......................... 2,717 2,715 -2 1.9 1.9 . 0

Year and month

Table F. Revisions in layoffs and discharges data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014 

January............................ 1,703 1,752 49 1.2 1.3 0.1

February........................... 1,596 1,671 75 1.2 1.2 . 0

March...............................1,638 1,684 46 1.2 1.2 . 0

April.................................1,701 1,703 2 1.2 1.2 . 0

May................................. 1,656 1,659 3 1.2 1.2 . 0

June................................ 1,657 1,700 43 1.2 1.2 . 0

July..................................1,726 1,827 101 1.2 1.3 . 1

August............................. 1,619 1,663 44 1.2 1.2 . 0

September.........................1,653 1,694 41 1.2 1.2 . 0

October............................ 1,757 1,745 -12 1.3 1.2 -.1

November.......................... 1,655 1,595 -60 1.2 1.1 -.1

December......................... 1,726 1,725 -1 1.2 1.2 . 0

Year and month
Table G. Revisions in other separations data, seasonally adjusted

Levels (in thousands) Rates

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

A s

previously

 published

As revised Difference

2014 

January............................ 348 337 -11 0.3 0.2 -0.1

February........................... 388 377 -11 0.3 0.3 . 0

March............................... 392 405 13 0.3 0.3 . 0

April................................. 382 406 24 0.3 0.3 . 0

May................................. 387 390 3 0.3 0.3 . 0

June................................ 378 354 -24 0.3 0.3 . 0

July.................................. 356 343 -13 0.3 0.2 -.1

August............................. 402 390 -12 0.3 0.3 . 0

September......................... 420 402 -18 0.3 0.3 . 0

October............................ 394 414 20 0.3 0.3 . 0

November.......................... 384 371 -13 0.3 0.3 . 0

December......................... 443 461 18 0.3 0.3 . 0

Year and month
Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects and compiles 

JOLTS data monthly from a sample of nonfarm 

establishments. A more detailed discussion of JOLTS 

concepts and methodology is available online at

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch18.pdf.

Coverage and collection

The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as federal, state, and local government 

entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data 

are collected for total employment, job openings, hires, 

quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total 

separations.

Concepts

Industry classification. The industry classifications in 

this release are in accordance with the 2012 version of the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

that includes the 12th day of the reference month. Fulltime, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, 

and hourly employees are included, as are employees on 

paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners 

of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or 

persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire 

pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of 

temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, 

outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where they 

are working.

Job openings. Job openings information is collected for 

the last business day of the reference month. A job 

opening requires that: 1) a specific position exists and 

there is work available for that position, 2) work could 

start within 30 days whether or not the employer found a 

suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively 

recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the 

position. Included are full-time, part-time, permanent, 

short-term, and seasonal openings. Active recruiting 

means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position by advertising in newspapers or on the Internet, 

posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or 

using other similar methods.

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, 

demotions, or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also 

excluded are jobs with start dates more than 30 days in 

the future, jobs for which employees have been hired but 

have not yet reported for work, and jobs to be filled by 

employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing 

companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job 

openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job 

openings by the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires. The hires level is the total number of additions to 

the payroll occurring at any time during the reference 

month, including both new and rehired employees, fulltime and part-time, permanent, short-term and seasonal 

employees, employees recalled to the location after a 

layoff lasting more than 7 days, on-call or intermittent 

employees who returned to work after having been 

formally separated, and transfers from other locations. 

The hires count does not include transfers or promotions 

within the reporting site, employees returning from strike, 

employees of temporary help agencies or employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of 

hires by employment and multiplying that quotient by 

100.

Separations. The separations level is the total number of 

employment terminations occurring at any time during the 

reference month, and is reported by type of separation—

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

(Some respondents are only able to report total 

separations.) The quits count includes voluntary 

separations by employees (except for retirements, which 

are reported as other separations). The layoffs and 

discharges count is comprised of involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer and includes layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last 

more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 

downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for 

cause; terminations of permanent or short-term 

employees; and terminations of seasonal employees. The 

other separations count includes retirements, transfers to 

other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. 

The separations count does not include transfers within 

the same location or employees on strike. The separations 

rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates 

are computed similarly.

Annual estimates. Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs 

and discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. Annual 

rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average 

employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

This figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 

12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual 

estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted 

data and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job openings 

because job openings are a stock, or point-in-time, 

measurement for the last business day of each month.
Sample and estimation methodology

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business and government establishments. 

The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry 

sector, and establishment size class. The establishments 

are drawn from a universe of over 9.1 million 

establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which

includes all employers subject to state unemployment 

insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees

program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or 

ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

estimates of the CES survey. A ratio of CES to JOLTS 

employment is used to adjust the levels for all other 

JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only 

be as current as its sampling frame. The time lag from the 

birth of an establishment until its appearance on the 

sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, 

many of these new units may fail within the first year. 

Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the 

sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot 

capture job openings, hires, and separations from these 

units during their early existence. To compensate for the 

inability to capture data from these establishments, BLS 

has developed a birth/death model that uses birth and 

death activity from previous years. The estimates of job 

openings, hires, and separations produced by the 

birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates 

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-12 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several 

JOLTS series utilizing moving averages as seasonal 

filters. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is 

used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are 

calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and 

including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at 

the beginning and end of the series and to detect and 

adjust for outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be 

used to derive a measure of net employment change. This 

change should be comparable to the net employment 

change from the much larger CES survey. However, 

definitional differences as well as sampling and nonsampling errors between the two surveys historically 

caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit 

the divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

Monthly Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend 

(hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality 

of the JOLTS data. First, the two series are seasonally 

adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied 

employment change and the CES net employment change 

is calculated. Next, the JOLTS implied employment 

change is adjusted to equal the CES net employment 

change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure 

adjusts the two components (hires, separations) 

proportionally to their contribution to the total churn 

(hires plus separations). The adjusted hires and 

separations are converted back to not seasonally adjusted 

data by reversing the application of the original seasonal 

factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been 

used to adjust the level estimates, rate estimates are 

computed from the adjusted levels. 

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample is surveyed rather than 

the entire population, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the "true" population values 

they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected, and 

this variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence. That means that there is a 90-

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the "true" population value because 

of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available

at www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by non-sampling 

error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, 

including the failure to include a segment of the 

population, the inability to obtain data from all units in 

the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents 

to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by 

respondents, errors made in the collection or processing 

of the data, and errors from the employment benchmark 

data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total.............................................. 3,906 4,678 4,849 4,886 4,877 4,998 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,518 4,195 4,440 4,424 4,396 4,523 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7

Construction................................ 131 103 139 130 140 120 2.1 1.6 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.9

Manufacturing.............................. 263 292 283 332 310 330 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6

Durable goods........................... 166 178 180 206 195 202 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.5

Nondurable goods....................... 96 114 103 126 115 127 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 670 834 873 850 831 876 2.5 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2

Retail trade............................... 381 511 500 497 516 516 2.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 644 861 964 1,009 967 927 3.3 4.3 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.5

Education and health services6

.......... 721 872 854 825 923 889 3.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.1 3.9

Health care and social assistance. . .. 646 771 769 752 837 801 3.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 599 662 698 616 651 755 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 88 52 54 44 65 66 4.0 2.4 2.5 2.0 3.0 3.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 512 610 644 571 586 689 4.0 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.4 5.1

Government7.................................. 388 483 409 462 482 475 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.1

State and local............................. 339 419 355 400 409 422 1.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 623 787 757 791 817 841 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1

South........................................... 1,420 1,823 1,876 1,889 1,902 1,882 2.8 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

Midwest........................................ 894 1,027 1,065 1,109 1,086 1,090 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3

West............................................ 969 1,041 1,150 1,097 1,072 1,185 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,600 5,061 5,106 5,026 5,239 4,996 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,317 4,719 4,802 4,714 4,920 4,686 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9

Construction................................ 295 291 322 326 438 364 4.9 4.7 5.2 5.2 7.0 5.8

Manufacturing.............................. 248 279 286 269 276 262 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1

Durable goods........................... 143 162 174 158 164 157 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 106 116 112 111 112 105 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 947 1,018 1,129 1,123 1,118 1,087 3.6 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1

Retail trade............................... 627 690 779 774 787 768 4.1 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 961 1,116 1,085 968 1,040 1,022 5.1 5.8 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.2

Education and health services6

.......... 571 635 601 578 602 559 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 482 540 518 512 528 497 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 819 886 903 908 930 881 5.7 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 132 139 149 135 137 147 6.4 6.6 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 687 747 754 774 793 734 5.5 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.7

Government7.................................. 283 342 303 312 319 310 1.3 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4

State and local............................. 258 311 275 268 289 276 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 701 813 765 761 819 691 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.6

South........................................... 1,860 1,961 2,020 1,987 2,072 2,006 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9

Midwest........................................ 955 1,129 1,150 1,217 1,170 1,199 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8

West............................................ 1,084 1,158 1,170 1,061 1,177 1,100 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.5

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,473 4,829 4,906 4,628 4,901 4,821 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,172 4,519 4,586 4,338 4,593 4,495 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8

Construction................................ 237 280 303 298 393 332 3.9 4.5 4.9 4.8 6.3 5.3

Manufacturing.............................. 236 262 258 224 253 252 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.0

Durable goods........................... 137 145 148 126 146 145 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.9

Nondurable goods....................... 100 117 110 98 108 107 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 973 994 1,060 1,043 1,079 1,074 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0

Retail trade............................... 669 688 735 729 767 738 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.7

Professional and business services. . . .. 923 1,047 1,064 906 942 984 4.9 5.4 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.0

Education and health services6

.......... 573 577 587 522 541 529 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 487 497 502 454 470 464 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 788 877 841 838 881 845 5.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 126 142 133 131 131 148 6.1 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 661 735 708 707 750 698 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.4

Government7.................................. 301 310 320 289 308 327 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5

State and local............................. 256 278 285 254 280 276 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 755 745 786 661 844 786 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.5 3.2 3.0

South........................................... 1,735 1,968 1,957 1,875 1,989 1,944 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8

Midwest........................................ 969 1,050 1,079 1,062 976 1,011 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.2

West............................................ 1,015 1,066 1,083 1,030 1,092 1,081 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total............................................... 2,384 2,733 2,746 2,662 2,715 2,799 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,257 2,570 2,591 2,528 2,572 2,655 1.9 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2

Construction................................ 92 120 105 94 144 135 1.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 2.3 2.1

Manufacturing.............................. 112 130 126 113 135 138 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1

Durable goods........................... 59 73 77 57 77 84 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1

Nondurable goods....................... 54 57 49 56 58 54 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 562 575 615 637 650 617 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3

Retail trade............................... 428 407 449 462 459 448 2.8 2.6 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 476 540 537 433 444 555 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.8

Education and health services6

.......... 307 344 360 346 336 359 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 271 308 311 308 297 326 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8

Leisure and hospitality.................... 482 566 563 611 588 572 3.3 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 49 52 54 54 49 60 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 434 514 510 557 540 512 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.0

Government7.................................. 128 163 155 134 144 144 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 117 152 143 122 133 132 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 332 367 374 368 422 384 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5

South........................................... 1,004 1,127 1,180 1,120 1,169 1,171 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3

Midwest........................................ 511 635 566 589 528 608 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.9

West............................................ 537 604 627 585 596 635 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total............................................... 1,752 1,694 1,745 1,595 1,725 1,669 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,648 1,612 1,656 1,494 1,623 1,552 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 104 83 89 101 102 116 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5

State and local............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 358 299 335 232 355 336 1.4 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.3

South........................................... 610 661 605 613 617 629 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Midwest........................................ 375 354 438 396 358 357 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.1

West............................................ 410 380 367 354 394 347 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

- Data not available.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Sept.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total............................................... 337 402 414 371 461 354 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 268 338 339 316 399 287 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 69 64 75 54 62 67 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

State and local............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

REGION8

Northeast...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

South........................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Midwest........................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

West............................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

- Data not available.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS

seasonal adjustment factors.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 3,966 4,373 5,053 2.8 3.0 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,613 3,913 4,621 3.1 3.2 3.8

Mining and logging............................................... 31 19 13 3.5 2.1 1.5

Construction....................................................... 128 97 117 2.2 1.5 1.9

Manufacturing..................................................... 256 275 322 2.1 2.2 2.6

Durable goods.................................................. 161 176 198 2.1 2.2 2.5

Nondurable goods............................................. 94 99 124 2.1 2.1 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 677 707 885 2.5 2.5 3.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 149 152 187 2.5 2.5 3.1

Retail trade..................................................... 361 411 493 2.3 2.5 3.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 167 144 205 3.2 2.6 3.8

Information........................................................ 107 96 120 3.8 3.3 4.2

Financial activities................................................ 248 244 359 3.1 2.9 4.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 203 191 277 3.3 3.1 4.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 45 53 82 2.2 2.5 3.9

Professional and business services............................ 712 927 990 3.7 4.5 4.9

Education and health services.................................. 742 871 916 3.4 3.8 4.1

Educational services.......................................... 73 78 86 2.2 2.2 2.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 669 793 830 3.6 4.1 4.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 556 527 712 3.9 3.5 4.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 89 48 70 4.6 2.4 3.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 467 478 643 3.8 3.7 4.9

Other services.................................................... 155 149 187 2.8 2.6 3.3

Government.......................................................... 353 460 432 1.6 2.0 1.9

Federal............................................................. 43 70 45 1.5 2.5 1.6

State and local.................................................... 310 390 387 1.6 2.0 2.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 626 700 840 2.4 2.6 3.1

South................................................................. 1,500 1,746 1,974 3.0 3.3 3.8

Midwest............................................................... 852 1,000 1,039 2.7 3.0 3.2

West.................................................................. 987 926 1,200 3.1 2.8 3.7

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,398 3,750 4,743 3.2 2.7 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,141 3,549 4,464 3.6 3.0 3.8

Mining and logging............................................... 35 21 36 4.0 2.3 4.0

Construction....................................................... 260 252 320 4.6 4.1 5.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 257 181 272 2.1 1.5 2.2

Durable goods.................................................. 154 108 168 2.0 1.4 2.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 104 73 103 2.3 1.6 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 794 884 901 3.1 3.2 3.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 134 117 151 2.3 2.0 2.6

Retail trade..................................................... 486 583 589 3.2 3.6 3.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 174 183 161 3.4 3.4 3.1

Information........................................................ 89 62 92 3.3 2.2 3.4

Financial activities................................................ 171 170 212 2.2 2.1 2.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 111 130 147 1.9 2.2 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 60 40 65 3.0 1.9 3.2

Professional and business services............................ 1,050 783 1,113 5.7 4.0 5.8

Education and health services.................................. 594 433 583 2.8 2.0 2.7

Educational services.......................................... 90 38 63 2.7 1.1 1.9

Health care and social assistance........................... 504 395 520 2.8 2.2 2.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 695 641 746 5.0 4.4 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 100 94 111 5.4 4.8 5.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 595 547 635 5.0 4.3 5.1

Other services.................................................... 197 122 190 3.6 2.2 3.4

Government.......................................................... 257 201 279 1.2 0.9 1.3

Federal............................................................. 22 25 30 0.8 0.9 1.1

State and local.................................................... 235 176 249 1.2 0.9 1.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 643 588 631 2.5 2.2 2.4

South................................................................. 1,880 1,486 2,018 3.8 2.9 4.0

Midwest............................................................... 884 825 1,100 2.9 2.6 3.5

West.................................................................. 991 851 994 3.2 2.7 3.2

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,998 4,628 5,358 3.7 3.3 3.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,712 4,357 5,047 4.1 3.7 4.3

Mining and logging............................................... 31 33 44 3.7 3.6 5.0

Construction....................................................... 266 438 372 4.7 7.1 6.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 253 216 262 2.1 1.8 2.1

Durable goods.................................................. 150 124 151 2.0 1.6 1.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 102 92 111 2.3 2.0 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,328 1,128 1,452 5.1 4.1 5.5

Wholesale trade................................................ 130 122 154 2.3 2.1 2.6

Retail trade..................................................... 903 823 998 6.0 5.1 6.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 295 184 299 5.8 3.4 5.7

Information........................................................ 93 67 91 3.5 2.4 3.3

Financial activities................................................ 202 201 220 2.6 2.5 2.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 131 161 142 2.2 2.7 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 71 41 78 3.6 2.0 3.9

Professional and business services............................ 1,006 926 1,069 5.5 4.7 5.6

Education and health services.................................. 577 462 540 2.7 2.1 2.5

Educational services.......................................... 75 52 59 2.3 1.5 1.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 502 409 480 2.8 2.2 2.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 773 743 815 5.6 5.1 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 104 100 121 5.6 5.1 6.4

Accommodation and food services.......................... 669 644 694 5.6 5.1 5.6

Other services.................................................... 184 142 182 3.4 2.5 3.3

Government.......................................................... 286 271 311 1.3 1.2 1.4

Federal............................................................. 60 27 66 2.2 1.0 2.4

State and local.................................................... 226 243 245 1.2 1.2 1.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 854 834 898 3.4 3.2 3.5

South................................................................. 1,929 1,802 2,160 3.9 3.5 4.3

Midwest............................................................... 1,102 972 1,123 3.6 3.1 3.6

West.................................................................. 1,113 1,020 1,176 3.6 3.2 3.8

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 2,358 2,211 2,772 1.7 1.6 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,244 2,100 2,643 2.0 1.8 2.3

Mining and logging............................................... 11 10 13 1.3 1.1 1.5

Construction....................................................... 82 99 122 1.5 1.6 2.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 99 96 122 0.8 0.8 1.0

Durable goods.................................................. 53 53 75 0.7 0.7 1.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 46 43 48 1.0 0.9 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 586 566 643 2.3 2.1 2.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 60 69 87 1.0 1.2 1.5

Retail trade..................................................... 452 416 473 3.0 2.6 3.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 75 81 83 1.5 1.5 1.6

Information........................................................ 48 31 46 1.8 1.1 1.7

Financial activities................................................ 70 87 122 0.9 1.1 1.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 35 64 88 0.6 1.1 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 35 23 34 1.8 1.1 1.7

Professional and business services............................ 474 385 561 2.6 2.0 2.9

Education and health services.................................. 312 272 369 1.5 1.2 1.7

Educational services.......................................... 33 25 30 1.0 0.7 0.9

Health care and social assistance........................... 280 247 339 1.6 1.3 1.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 456 472 540 3.3 3.2 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 39 35 49 2.1 1.8 2.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 417 437 491 3.5 3.5 4.0

Other services.................................................... 105 81 105 1.9 1.4 1.9

Government.......................................................... 114 111 129 0.5 0.5 0.6

Federal............................................................. 12 10 13 0.4 0.3 0.5

State and local.................................................... 102 101 116 0.5 0.5 0.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 345 337 398 1.4 1.3 1.5

South................................................................. 1,008 953 1,178 2.1 1.9 2.3

Midwest............................................................... 483 430 577 1.6 1.4 1.8

West.................................................................. 521 492 619 1.7 1.5 2.0

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 2,194 1,976 2,116 1.6 1.4 1.5

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,107 1,882 2,016 1.9 1.6 1.7

Mining and logging............................................... 14 20 26 1.6 2.2 2.9

Construction....................................................... 175 323 246 3.1 5.2 4.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 119 101 112 1.0 0.8 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 77 59 58 1.0 0.8 0.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 41 42 54 0.9 0.9 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 655 451 665 2.5 1.6 2.5

Wholesale trade................................................ 52 47 58 0.9 0.8 1.0

Retail trade..................................................... 398 317 409 2.6 2.0 2.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 205 87 198 4.0 1.6 3.8

Information........................................................ 31 28 35 1.1 1.0 1.3

Financial activities................................................ 97 60 70 1.2 0.7 0.9

Finance and insurance........................................ 68 48 36 1.2 0.8 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 29 12 34 1.4 0.6 1.7

Professional and business services............................ 437 462 416 2.4 2.4 2.2

Education and health services.................................. 225 147 131 1.1 0.7 0.6

Educational services.......................................... 39 23 23 1.2 0.6 0.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 186 124 108 1.0 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 294 240 249 2.1 1.6 1.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 62 60 69 3.3 3.1 3.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 232 180 179 1.9 1.4 1.4

Other services.................................................... 62 50 67 1.1 0.9 1.2

Government.......................................................... 87 93 100 0.4 0.4 0.5

Federal............................................................. 26 7 34 0.9 0.2 1.3

State and local.................................................... 62 86 65 0.3 0.4 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 425 439 412 1.7 1.7 1.6

South................................................................. 769 649 797 1.6 1.3 1.6

Midwest............................................................... 490 459 473 1.6 1.4 1.5

West.................................................................. 510 429 434 1.7 1.3 1.4

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Jan.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 447 441 470 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 362 374 387 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 7 2 5 0.8 0.2 0.5

Construction....................................................... 9 16 4 0.2 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 35 19 28 0.3 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 20 12 18 0.3 0.1 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 15 7 10 0.3 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 87 111 144 0.3 0.4 0.5

Wholesale trade................................................ 18 5 9 0.3 0.1 0.1

Retail trade..................................................... 53 90 117 0.4 0.6 0.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 15 16 19 0.3 0.3 0.4

Information........................................................ 15 8 10 0.5 0.3 0.4

Financial activities................................................ 35 54 28 0.4 0.7 0.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 27 49 18 0.5 0.8 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 8 6 10 0.4 0.3 0.5

Professional and business services............................ 95 79 91 0.5 0.4 0.5

Education and health services.................................. 40 43 40 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 3 4 7 0.1 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 37 39 33 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 23 31 27 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 3 4 3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 20 26 24 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 17 11 11 0.3 0.2 0.2

Government.......................................................... 85 66 83 0.4 0.3 0.4

Federal............................................................. 23 11 18 0.8 0.4 0.7

State and local.................................................... 62 55 64 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 84 58 88 0.3 0.2 0.3

South................................................................. 153 200 185 0.3 0.4 0.4

Midwest............................................................... 128 83 73 0.4 0.3 0.2

West.................................................................. 81 99 124 0.3 0.3 0.4

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 13. Annual hires levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[in thousands]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 48,740 50,283 52,367 54,241 58,657

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 44,903 47,179 48,916 50,787 55,048

Mining and logging........................................................ 282 339 379 346 407

Construction............................................................... 4,022 4,193 3,969 3,844 3,799

Manufacturing............................................................. 3,155 3,040 2,982 2,895 3,115

Durable goods.......................................................... 1,806 1,771 1,793 1,740 1,838

Nondurable goods...................................................... 1,348 1,270 1,186 1,151 1,280

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 9,734 10,001 10,480 11,153 12,776

Wholesale trade........................................................ 1,405 1,508 1,558 1,422 1,760

Retail trade.............................................................. 6,725 6,808 6,999 7,810 8,827

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 1,605 1,683 1,922 1,919 2,187

Information................................................................. 642 742 767 844 926

Financial activities......................................................... 2,017 1,882 2,183 2,406 2,322

Finance and insurance................................................ 1,338 1,193 1,412 1,580 1,534

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 679 689 771 825 788

Professional and business services.................................... 9,425 10,458 10,604 10,970 12,109

Education and health services.......................................... 5,856 5,801 6,229 6,463 6,887

Educational services................................................... 889 947 883 900 992

Health care and social assistance................................... 4,965 4,856 5,344 5,565 5,896

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 7,824 8,510 9,099 9,634 10,469

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 1,326 1,452 1,540 1,569 1,719

Accommodation and food services................................... 6,496 7,057 7,559 8,063 8,749

Other services............................................................. 1,945 2,216 2,226 2,241 2,238

Government.................................................................. 3,842 3,104 3,450 3,453 3,611

Federal..................................................................... 1,044 335 364 368 375

State and local............................................................ 2,793 2,769 3,086 3,084 3,237

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 8,669 8,434 8,443 8,527 8,880

South.......................................................................... 18,297 19,209 20,731 21,464 23,104

Midwest....................................................................... 11,159 11,596 11,623 11,878 13,256

West........................................................................... 10,616 11,049 11,568 12,377 13,420

1 The annual hires level is the total number of hires during the entire year.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 14. Annual hires rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[percent]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 37.4 38.1 39.0 39.8 42.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 41.7 43.0 43.6 44.3 47.0

Mining and logging........................................................ 40.0 43.0 44.7 40.1 45.4

Construction............................................................... 72.9 75.8 70.3 65.6 61.9

Manufacturing............................................................. 27.4 25.9 25.0 24.1 25.6

Durable goods.......................................................... 25.6 24.4 24.0 23.1 23.9

Nondurable goods...................................................... 30.2 28.5 26.6 25.7 28.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 39.5 39.9 41.1 43.1 48.4

Wholesale trade........................................................ 25.8 27.2 27.5 24.8 30.2

Retail trade.............................................................. 46.6 46.4 47.2 51.8 57.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 33.8 34.7 38.7 38.0 42.1

Information................................................................. 23.7 27.7 28.7 31.2 33.8

Financial activities......................................................... 26.2 24.5 28.0 30.5 29.1

Finance and insurance................................................ 23.2 20.7 24.2 26.8 25.9

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 35.1 35.8 39.4 41.3 38.5

Professional and business services.................................... 56.3 60.3 59.1 59.2 63.4

Education and health services.......................................... 29.4 28.7 30.1 30.6 32.1

Educational services................................................... 28.2 29.1 26.4 26.8 29.0

Health care and social assistance................................... 29.7 28.6 30.8 31.4 32.7

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 60.0 63.7 66.1 67.6 71.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 69.3 75.7 78.2 77.3 81.7

Accommodation and food services................................... 58.3 61.7 64.1 66.0 69.4

Other services............................................................. 36.5 41.3 41.0 40.9 40.2

Government.................................................................. 17.1 14.1 15.7 15.8 16.5

Federal..................................................................... 35.1 11.7 12.9 13.3 13.7

State and local............................................................ 14.3 14.4 16.2 16.2 16.9

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 34.9 33.7 33.5 33.5 34.3

South.......................................................................... 38.7 40.1 42.6 43.4 45.8

Midwest....................................................................... 37.8 38.7 38.3 38.7 42.4

West........................................................................... 37.1 38.2 38.7 40.3 42.7

1 The annual hires rate is the number of hires during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 15. Annual total separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[in thousands]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 47,752 48,227 50,047 51,783 55,524

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 43,627 44,757 46,545 48,280 51,992

Mining and logging........................................................ 209 241 359 330 361

Construction............................................................... 4,247 3,981 3,855 3,613 3,526

Manufacturing............................................................. 3,050 2,825 2,808 2,776 2,899

Durable goods.......................................................... 1,678 1,540 1,648 1,649 1,643

Nondurable goods...................................................... 1,372 1,287 1,158 1,126 1,257

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 9,396 9,487 10,067 10,592 12,184

Wholesale trade........................................................ 1,400 1,386 1,467 1,363 1,654

Retail trade.............................................................. 6,538 6,512 6,832 7,420 8,525

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 1,458 1,590 1,765 1,809 2,006

Information................................................................. 711 741 781 802 883

Financial activities......................................................... 2,076 1,841 2,092 2,320 2,194

Finance and insurance................................................ 1,362 1,157 1,351 1,535 1,469

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 714 684 739 783 728

Professional and business services.................................... 8,897 9,871 10,001 10,420 11,412

Education and health services.......................................... 5,531 5,417 5,750 6,138 6,374

Educational services................................................... 811 823 862 863 903

Health care and social assistance................................... 4,720 4,595 4,887 5,274 5,469

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 7,581 8,191 8,645 9,131 9,996

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 1,283 1,474 1,451 1,490 1,637

Accommodation and food services................................... 6,298 6,718 7,193 7,641 8,360

Other services............................................................. 1,929 2,159 2,191 2,158 2,165

Government.................................................................. 4,123 3,472 3,501 3,504 3,532

Federal..................................................................... 991 370 384 434 385

State and local............................................................ 3,132 3,101 3,116 3,068 3,145

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 8,637 8,115 8,233 8,441 8,772

South.......................................................................... 17,661 18,496 19,759 20,295 22,049

Midwest....................................................................... 10,890 11,100 11,242 11,142 12,168

West........................................................................... 10,563 10,511 10,813 11,905 12,535

1 The annual total separations level is the total number of total separations during the entire year.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 16. Annual total separations rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[percent]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 36.7 36.6 37.3 38.0 39.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 40.5 40.8 41.5 42.2 44.4

Mining and logging........................................................ 29.6 30.6 42.3 38.2 40.3

Construction............................................................... 77.0 72.0 68.3 61.7 57.4

Manufacturing............................................................. 26.5 24.1 23.5 23.1 23.8

Durable goods.......................................................... 23.8 21.2 22.1 21.8 21.4

Nondurable goods...................................................... 30.7 28.9 26.0 25.2 27.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 38.1 37.8 39.5 41.0 46.2

Wholesale trade........................................................ 25.7 25.0 25.9 23.8 28.4

Retail trade.............................................................. 45.3 44.4 46.0 49.2 55.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 30.7 32.8 35.5 35.8 38.6

Information................................................................. 26.3 27.7 29.2 29.6 32.2

Financial activities......................................................... 27.0 23.9 26.9 29.4 27.5

Finance and insurance................................................ 23.6 20.1 23.2 26.1 24.8

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 36.9 35.5 37.8 39.2 35.6

Professional and business services.................................... 53.2 57.0 55.8 56.3 59.8

Education and health services.......................................... 27.8 26.8 27.8 29.1 29.7

Educational services................................................... 25.7 25.3 25.8 25.7 26.4

Health care and social assistance................................... 28.2 27.1 28.2 29.7 30.3

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 58.1 61.3 62.8 64.1 68.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 67.1 76.8 73.7 73.4 77.8

Accommodation and food services................................... 56.6 58.8 61.0 62.5 66.3

Other services............................................................. 36.2 40.3 40.3 39.4 38.8

Government.................................................................. 18.3 15.7 16.0 16.0 16.2

Federal..................................................................... 33.3 12.9 13.6 15.7 14.1

State and local............................................................ 16.1 16.1 16.3 16.1 16.4

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 34.8 32.4 32.6 33.1 33.9

South.......................................................................... 37.3 38.6 40.6 41.0 43.7

Midwest....................................................................... 36.8 37.1 37.1 36.3 38.9

West........................................................................... 36.9 36.3 36.2 38.7 39.9

1 The annual total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 17. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[in thousands]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 22,062 23,539 25,074 27,636 30,522

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 20,752 22,150 23,530 26,079 28,842

Mining and logging........................................................ 92 139 193 168 182

Construction............................................................... 898 947 973 1,175 1,323

Manufacturing............................................................. 1,132 1,253 1,294 1,318 1,450

Durable goods.......................................................... 563 643 710 746 798

Nondurable goods...................................................... 568 610 584 576 652

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 4,924 5,219 5,558 6,073 7,032

Wholesale trade........................................................ 539 618 700 721 903

Retail trade.............................................................. 3,731 3,872 3,994 4,478 5,153

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 652 728 864 873 976

Information................................................................. 349 405 443 427 490

Financial activities......................................................... 1,010 978 1,087 1,170 1,179

Finance and insurance................................................ 670 646 704 779 758

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 343 330 382 388 421

Professional and business services.................................... 3,991 4,438 4,384 5,269 5,614

Education and health services.......................................... 2,987 3,000 3,304 3,621 3,856

Educational services................................................... 357 380 406 400 452

Health care and social assistance................................... 2,629 2,620 2,895 3,222 3,402

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 4,418 4,797 5,223 5,698 6,468

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 450 519 530 574 607

Accommodation and food services................................... 3,966 4,276 4,693 5,123 5,861

Other services............................................................. 954 978 1,070 1,163 1,248

Government.................................................................. 1,307 1,390 1,545 1,557 1,679

Federal..................................................................... 142 111 130 133 125

State and local............................................................ 1,167 1,279 1,416 1,423 1,555

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 3,476 3,380 3,687 3,843 4,200

South.......................................................................... 8,890 9,535 10,505 11,520 12,727

Midwest....................................................................... 5,003 5,485 5,651 6,195 6,817

West........................................................................... 4,690 5,139 5,230 6,077 6,778

1 The annual quits level is the total number of quits during the entire year.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 18. Annual quits rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[percent]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 16.9 17.9 18.7 20.3 22.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 19.3 20.2 21.0 22.8 24.6

Mining and logging........................................................ 13.0 17.6 22.8 19.5 20.3

Construction............................................................... 16.3 17.1 17.2 20.1 21.6

Manufacturing............................................................. 9.8 10.7 10.8 11.0 11.9

Durable goods.......................................................... 8.0 8.8 9.5 9.9 10.4

Nondurable goods...................................................... 12.7 13.7 13.1 12.9 14.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 20.0 20.8 21.8 23.5 26.7

Wholesale trade........................................................ 9.9 11.1 12.4 12.6 15.5

Retail trade.............................................................. 25.8 26.4 26.9 29.7 33.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 13.7 15.0 17.4 17.3 18.8

Information................................................................. 12.9 15.1 16.6 15.8 17.9

Financial activities......................................................... 13.1 12.7 14.0 14.8 14.8

Finance and insurance................................................ 11.6 11.2 12.1 13.2 12.8

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 17.7 17.1 19.5 19.4 20.6

Professional and business services.................................... 23.9 25.6 24.4 28.5 29.4

Education and health services.......................................... 15.0 14.8 16.0 17.2 18.0

Educational services................................................... 11.3 11.7 12.2 11.9 13.2

Health care and social assistance................................... 15.7 15.4 16.7 18.2 18.8

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 33.9 35.9 37.9 40.0 44.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 23.5 27.0 26.9 28.3 28.8

Accommodation and food services................................... 35.6 37.4 39.8 41.9 46.5

Other services............................................................. 17.9 18.2 19.7 21.2 22.4

Government.................................................................. 5.8 6.3 7.0 7.1 7.7

Federal..................................................................... 4.8 3.9 4.6 4.8 4.6

State and local............................................................ 6.0 6.7 7.4 7.5 8.1

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 14.0 13.5 14.6 15.1 16.2

South.......................................................................... 18.8 19.9 21.6 23.3 25.2

Midwest....................................................................... 16.9 18.3 18.6 20.2 21.8

West........................................................................... 16.4 17.8 17.5 19.8 21.6

1 The annual quits rate is the number of quits during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 19. Annual layoffs and discharges levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[in thousands]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 21,827 20,801 20,872 19,889 20,418

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 19,775 19,466 19,686 18,725 19,347

Mining and logging........................................................ 95 83 143 137 144

Construction............................................................... 3,157 2,868 2,766 2,325 2,049

Manufacturing............................................................. 1,678 1,330 1,252 1,191 1,163

Durable goods.......................................................... 959 742 778 743 679

Nondurable goods...................................................... 720 587 473 444 483

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 3,674 3,396 3,570 3,552 3,965

Wholesale trade........................................................ 734 585 638 518 616

Retail trade.............................................................. 2,320 2,154 2,249 2,320 2,516

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 620 657 685 713 834

Information................................................................. 294 277 276 307 305

Financial activities......................................................... 778 659 625 716 650

Finance and insurance................................................ 462 355 339 406 411

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 318 304 286 309 240

Professional and business services.................................... 4,319 4,821 5,022 4,665 5,120

Education and health services.......................................... 2,122 1,873 1,952 1,929 2,022

Educational services................................................... 406 374 390 407 393

Health care and social assistance................................... 1,715 1,500 1,560 1,519 1,630

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 2,807 3,109 3,091 3,042 3,154

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 790 925 896 881 989

Accommodation and food services................................... 2,016 2,186 2,193 2,161 2,163

Other services............................................................. 855 1,048 998 865 777

Government.................................................................. 2,049 1,337 1,185 1,163 1,070

Federal..................................................................... 738 134 128 150 130

State and local............................................................ 1,312 1,202 1,060 1,014 940

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 4,409 4,030 3,753 3,745 3,742

South.......................................................................... 7,421 7,557 7,770 7,245 7,456

Midwest....................................................................... 5,016 4,694 4,645 4,015 4,431

West........................................................................... 4,980 4,522 4,701 4,884 4,791

1 The annual layoffs and discharges level is the total number of layoffs and discharges during the entire year.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 20. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[percent]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 16.8 15.8 15.6 14.6 14.7

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 18.3 17.7 17.5 16.3 16.5

Mining and logging........................................................ 13.5 10.5 16.9 15.9 16.1

Construction............................................................... 57.2 51.8 49.0 39.7 33.4

Manufacturing............................................................. 14.6 11.3 10.5 9.9 9.5

Durable goods.......................................................... 13.6 10.2 10.4 9.8 8.8

Nondurable goods...................................................... 16.1 13.2 10.6 9.9 10.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 14.9 13.5 14.0 13.7 15.0

Wholesale trade........................................................ 13.5 10.6 11.3 9.0 10.6

Retail trade.............................................................. 16.1 14.7 15.2 15.4 16.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 13.1 13.5 13.8 14.1 16.1

Information................................................................. 10.9 10.3 10.3 11.3 11.1

Financial activities......................................................... 10.1 8.6 8.0 9.1 8.1

Finance and insurance................................................ 8.0 6.2 5.8 6.9 6.9

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 16.4 15.8 14.6 15.5 11.7

Professional and business services.................................... 25.8 27.8 28.0 25.2 26.8

Education and health services.......................................... 10.7 9.3 9.4 9.1 9.4

Educational services................................................... 12.9 11.5 11.7 12.1 11.5

Health care and social assistance................................... 10.2 8.8 9.0 8.6 9.0

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 21.5 23.3 22.5 21.3 21.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 41.3 48.2 45.5 43.4 47.0

Accommodation and food services................................... 18.1 19.1 18.6 17.7 17.2

Other services............................................................. 16.0 19.6 18.4 15.8 13.9

Government.................................................................. 9.1 6.1 5.4 5.3 4.9

Federal..................................................................... 24.8 4.7 4.5 5.4 4.8

State and local............................................................ 6.7 6.3 5.5 5.3 4.9

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 17.8 16.1 14.9 14.7 14.4

South.......................................................................... 15.7 15.8 16.0 14.6 14.8

Midwest....................................................................... 17.0 15.7 15.3 13.1 14.2

West........................................................................... 17.4 15.6 15.7 15.9 15.3

1 The annual layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 21. Annual other separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[in thousands]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 3,865 3,886 4,101 4,259 4,584

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 3,097 3,143 3,331 3,473 3,801

Mining and logging........................................................ 25 21 21 25 34

Construction............................................................... 193 168 119 113 154

Manufacturing............................................................. 241 245 263 265 288

Durable goods.......................................................... 155 155 163 162 164

Nondurable goods...................................................... 86 89 97 103 124

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 795 872 938 969 1,187

Wholesale trade........................................................ 125 182 127 124 137

Retail trade.............................................................. 485 488 592 625 854

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 187 200 217 222 196

Information................................................................. 67 56 65 68 89

Financial activities......................................................... 286 206 376 432 364

Finance and insurance................................................ 232 156 305 349 298

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 55 48 73 83 67

Professional and business services.................................... 590 612 598 486 676

Education and health services.......................................... 422 544 493 589 498

Educational services................................................... 49 70 65 56 60

Health care and social assistance................................... 376 475 430 533 440

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 356 286 334 394 375

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 38 30 28 34 39

Accommodation and food services................................... 317 255 305 357 332

Other services............................................................. 119 133 122 129 141

Government.................................................................. 768 746 769 786 783

Federal..................................................................... 116 125 127 155 130

State and local............................................................ 654 619 642 633 649

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 747 704 789 846 827

South.......................................................................... 1,356 1,410 1,489 1,532 1,869

Midwest....................................................................... 871 921 945 932 919

West........................................................................... 891 850 876 945 969

1 The annual other separations level is the total number of other separations during the entire year.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.
Table 22. Annual other separations rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

[percent]

Industry and region 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Total.............................................................................. 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.................................................................. 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.2

Mining and logging........................................................ 3.5 2.7 2.5 2.9 3.8

Construction............................................................... 3.5 3.0 2.1 1.9 2.5

Manufacturing............................................................. 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4

Durable goods.......................................................... 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1

Nondurable goods...................................................... 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities...................................... 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.7 4.5

Wholesale trade........................................................ 2.3 3.3 2.2 2.2 2.4

Retail trade.............................................................. 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.1 5.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities........................... 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.4 3.8

Information................................................................. 2.5 2.1 2.4 2.5 3.2

Financial activities......................................................... 3.7 2.7 4.8 5.5 4.6

Finance and insurance................................................ 4.0 2.7 5.2 5.9 5.0

Real estate and rental and leasing................................... 2.8 2.5 3.7 4.2 3.3

Professional and business services.................................... 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.6 3.5

Education and health services.......................................... 2.1 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.3

Educational services................................................... 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.8

Health care and social assistance................................... 2.2 2.8 2.5 3.0 2.4

Leisure and hospitality.................................................... 2.7 2.1 2.4 2.8 2.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................................. 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.9

Accommodation and food services................................... 2.8 2.2 2.6 2.9 2.6

Other services............................................................. 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.5

Government.................................................................. 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6

Federal..................................................................... 3.9 4.4 4.5 5.6 4.8

State and local............................................................ 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.4

REGION2

Northeast..................................................................... 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.2

South.......................................................................... 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.7

Midwest....................................................................... 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9

West........................................................................... 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1

1 The annual other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.

2 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.