For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, April 5, 2016 USDL-16-0697

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – FEBRUARY 2016

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.4 million on the last business day of February, the

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires increased to 5.4 million while separations were 

little changed at 5.1 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.1 percent, and the layoffs and 

discharges rate was 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.

Job Openings

Job openings were little changed at 5.4 million in February. The job openings rate was 3.7 percent. The 

number of job openings was little changed in February for total private and for government. Job 

openings increased in educational services (+48,000) and federal government (+19,000) but decreased in 

health care and social assistance (-147,000), finance and insurance (-54,000), and mining and logging 

(-8,000). Job openings edged up in construction (+36,000) and edged down in durable goods

manufacturing (-19,000). The number of job openings edged down in the Midwest region. (See table 1.)

Hires

The number of hires increased to 5.4 million (+297,000) in February, the highest level since November 

2006. The hires rate in February was 3.8 percent. The number of hires increased for total private

(+278,000) and was little changed for government. Hires increased in retail trade (+102,000), 

accommodation and food services (+78,000), educational services (+44,000), and state and local 

government, excluding education (+25,000). Hires declined in mining and logging (-9,000). In the 

regions, hires increased in the South. (See table 2.)

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Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, February 2013 - February 2016

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Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted, February 2013 - February 2016
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Separations

Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is 

referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, 

the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and 

discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations 

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

There were 5.1 million total separations in February, little changed from January. The total separations

rate in February was 3.5 percent. The number of total separations was little changed for total private and

for government. Total separations rose in accommodation and food services (+98,000). In arts,

entertainment, and recreation, total separations edged down (-31,000). The number of total separations

was little changed over the month in all regions. (See table 3.)

The number of quits was little changed in February at 3.0 million. The quits rate was 2.1 percent. Over 

the month, the number of quits edged up for total private (+107,000) and was little changed for 

government. Quits increased in health care and social assistance (+32,000) and decreased in mining and 

logging (-8,000). The number of quits edged up in arts, entertainment, and recreation (+10,000) and 

edged down in other services (-29,000) and state and local education (-7,000). In the regions, quits 

increased in the Midwest. (See table 4.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in February, little changed from January. 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 for government. In February, layoffs and discharges decreased in arts, 

entertainment, and recreation (-41,000) and federal government (-6,000). Layoffs and discharges edged 

up in accommodation and food services (+58,000). The number of layoffs and discharges edged down in 

the Midwest. (See table 5.)

In February, other separations was little changed for total nonfarm, edged down for total private

(-44,000), and edged up for government (+8,000). The number of other separations increased in retail 

trade (+31,000), nondurable goods manufacturing (+5,000), mining and logging (+3,000), and federal 

government (+3,000). Other separations decreased in health care and social assistance (-29,000), finance 

and insurance (-14,000), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (-10,000), real estate and rental and 

leasing (-8,000), and information (-6,000). In the regions, the number of other separations declined in 

the Northeast. (See table 6.)

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 February, hires totaled 62.1 million 

and separations totaled 59.4 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.7 million. These totals 

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

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for March 2016 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 5,131 5,604 5,445 5,091 5,125 5,422 4,740 4,977 5,050

Total private....................................... 4,595 5,137 4,960 4,759 4,789 5,067 4,420 4,631 4,706

Mining and logging1............................ 10 17 9 26 26 17 42 43 37

Construction1................................... 152 157 193 336 305 327 304 279 305

Manufacturing.................................. 300 336 313 260 274 277 259 266 302

Durable goods1.............................. 189 183 164 154 168 167 154 158 183

Nondurable goods1

.......................... 111 153 149 106 106 110 104 108 119

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 883 979 968 1,061 1,062 1,189 954 1,052 1,066

Wholesale trade1............................ 162 199 191 155 137 144 132 142 132

Retail trade................................... 539 602 617 731 765 867 660 725 765

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities1

..................................... 183 178 160 175 161 178 161 185 168

Information1

..................................... 110 97 96 80 84 79 78 79 66

Financial activities.............................. 344 372 328 171 229 234 151 215 215

Finance and insurance..................... 252 298 244 112 164 162 102 154 150

Real estate and rental and leasing1. . . . .. 92 74 85 59 65 72 48 60 65

Professional and business services......... 920 1,088 1,050 1,049 1,080 1,063 1,010 1,053 1,033

Education and health services............... 952 1,129 1,031 617 579 647 550 557 548

Educational services1

....................... 105 83 131 85 60 104 65 77 85

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 848 1,046 899 531 519 544 485 480 464

Leisure and hospitality........................ 745 745 745 932 967 1,035 873 907 975

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 65 68 58 155 157 146 151 157 126

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 680 677 687 777 810 888 722 750 848

Other services1................................. 177 217 227 226 183 198 200 181 162

Government....................................... 536 467 486 332 335 355 320 346 344

Federal1

......................................... 93 80 99 37 41 43 33 41 39

State and local................................. 443 387 387 295 295 312 286 304 305

State and local education.................. 154 152 152 146 162 154 146 168 163

State and local, excluding education1

. . .. 289 235 235 149 133 158 140 137 142

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.5

Total private....................................... 3.7 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.2 3.7 3.8 3.9

Mining and logging1

............................ 1.1 2.2 1.2 3.0 3.4 2.3 4.8 5.7 5.0

Construction1

................................... 2.3 2.3 2.8 5.3 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.2 4.6

Manufacturing.................................. 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4

Durable goods1

.............................. 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.4

Nondurable goods1.......................... 2.4 3.2 3.1 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 3.2 3.5 3.4 4.0 3.9 4.4 3.6 3.9 3.9

Wholesale trade1

............................ 2.7 3.3 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.2

Retail trade................................... 3.4 3.7 3.7 4.7 4.8 5.5 4.2 4.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities1

..................................... 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.1

Information1

..................................... 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.4

Financial activities.............................. 4.1 4.3 3.8 2.1 2.8 2.9 1.9 2.6 2.6

Finance and insurance..................... 4.0 4.7 3.8 1.9 2.7 2.7 1.7 2.5 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing1. . . . .. 4.3 3.4 3.9 2.9 3.1 3.4 2.3 2.9 3.1

Professional and business services......... 4.5 5.2 5.0 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2

Education and health services............... 4.2 4.8 4.4 2.8 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.4

Educational services1

....................... 2.9 2.3 3.6 2.5 1.7 3.0 1.9 2.2 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 4.4 5.2 4.5 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.7 4.6 4.6 6.2 6.3 6.7 5.8 5.9 6.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.0 3.0 2.6 7.3 7.1 6.6 7.1 7.2 5.7

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 5.0 4.9 4.9 6.0 6.1 6.7 5.6 5.7 6.4

Other services1

................................. 3.1 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.2 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted — Continued

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Government....................................... 2.4 2.1 2.2 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6

Federal1

......................................... 3.3 2.8 3.5 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.4

State and local................................. 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6

State and local education.................. 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6

State and local, excluding education1

. . .. 3.1 2.5 2.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6

1 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in the job openings series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data

are identical.

p Preliminary
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-13 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) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 5,131 5,422 5,198 5,281 5,604 5,445 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 4,595 4,938 4,725 4,786 5,137 4,960 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.8 4.1 3.9

Mining and logging3

....................... 10 19 15 14 17 9 1.1 2.3 1.9 1.8 2.2 1.2

Construction3............................... 152 129 101 124 157 193 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.3 2.8

Manufacturing.............................. 300 311 238 317 336 313 2.4 2.5 1.9 2.5 2.6 2.5

Durable goods3

.......................... 189 181 138 174 183 164 2.4 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.3 2.1

Nondurable goods3

...................... 111 130 100 143 153 149 2.4 2.8 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 883 931 861 822 979 968 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.4

Wholesale trade3

........................ 162 183 128 137 199 191 2.7 3.0 2.1 2.3 3.3 3.1

Retail trade............................... 539 563 527 538 602 617 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.7 3.7

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities3

................................. 183 185 205 147 178 160 3.3 3.3 3.6 2.6 3.2 2.9

Information3................................. 110 114 68 101 97 96 3.9 4.0 2.4 3.5 3.4 3.3

Financial activities......................... 344 308 356 390 372 328 4.1 3.6 4.2 4.5 4.3 3.8

Finance and insurance................. 252 242 312 319 298 244 4.0 3.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 3.8

Real estate and rental and leasing3

... 92 67 44 71 74 85 4.3 3.1 2.0 3.3 3.4 3.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 920 1,149 1,126 1,034 1,088 1,050 4.5 5.5 5.4 4.9 5.2 5.0

Education and health services........... 952 1,050 1,113 1,075 1,129 1,031 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.4

Educational services3

................... 105 107 89 93 83 131 2.9 3.0 2.5 2.6 2.3 3.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 848 942 1,023 982 1,046 899 4.4 4.8 5.2 4.9 5.2 4.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 745 737 732 710 745 745 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 65 62 64 62 68 58 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 3.0 2.6

Accommodation and food services. .. 680 676 668 648 677 687 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.9

Other services3

............................. 177 190 116 199 217 227 3.1 3.3 2.0 3.4 3.7 3.8

Government................................... 536 484 473 495 467 486 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

Federal3

..................................... 93 61 72 80 80 99 3.3 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.5

State and local............................. 443 423 401 415 387 387 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0

State and local education.............. 154 153 160 171 152 152 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5

State and local, excluding

education3

............................. 289 270 241 245 235 235 3.1 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 839 907 897 887 900 845 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.1

South........................................... 1,881 2,057 2,071 1,981 2,077 2,062 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8

Midwest........................................ 1,199 1,293 1,121 1,100 1,311 1,238 3.7 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.7

West............................................ 1,213 1,166 1,109 1,313 1,316 1,300 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.8

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical.

4 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
Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 5,091 5,212 5,253 5,401 5,125 5,422 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 4,759 4,856 4,904 5,042 4,789 5,067 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.2

Mining and logging......................... 26 32 21 33 26 17 3.0 4.0 2.8 4.3 3.4 2.3

Construction................................ 336 314 340 322 305 327 5.3 4.8 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.9

Manufacturing.............................. 260 264 278 274 274 277 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2

Durable goods........................... 154 144 153 163 168 167 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods....................... 106 120 126 112 106 110 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,061 1,057 1,085 1,087 1,062 1,189 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.4

Wholesale trade......................... 155 128 134 128 137 144 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4

Retail trade............................... 731 748 766 760 765 867 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.5

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 175 181 186 199 161 178 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.7 3.0 3.3

Information.................................. 80 87 71 72 84 79 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.9

Financial activities......................... 171 205 208 217 229 234 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.8 2.9

Finance and insurance................. 112 136 137 142 164 162 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.7

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 59 70 71 75 65 72 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.1 3.4

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,049 1,058 1,056 1,175 1,080 1,063 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.9 5.4 5.3

Education and health services........... 617 644 661 641 579 647 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.6 2.9

Educational services.................... 85 87 102 84 60 104 2.5 2.5 2.9 2.4 1.7 3.0

Health care and social assistance. . .. 531 558 559 557 519 544 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.9

Leisure and hospitality.................... 932 991 992 1,024 967 1,035 6.2 6.5 6.5 6.7 6.3 6.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 155 171 131 151 157 146 7.3 7.8 5.9 6.9 7.1 6.6

Accommodation and food services. .. 777 820 861 873 810 888 6.0 6.3 6.6 6.6 6.1 6.7

Other services.............................. 226 204 190 198 183 198 4.0 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.5

Government................................... 332 356 349 359 335 355 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6

Federal...................................... 37 40 45 45 41 43 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6

State and local............................. 295 316 304 314 295 312 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6

State and local education.............. 146 152 157 165 162 154 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 149 165 148 149 133 158 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 843 846 851 827 795 849 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2

South........................................... 1,933 1,954 1,985 2,109 1,851 2,059 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.0 3.5 3.9

Midwest........................................ 1,160 1,192 1,197 1,249 1,259 1,287 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 4.0

West............................................ 1,155 1,220 1,219 1,216 1,220 1,227 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 4,740 4,912 4,958 5,128 4,977 5,050 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 4,420 4,544 4,616 4,774 4,631 4,706 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.9

Mining and logging......................... 42 34 35 45 43 37 4.8 4.3 4.6 5.9 5.7 5.0

Construction................................ 304 275 292 283 279 305 4.8 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.6

Manufacturing.............................. 259 271 267 263 266 302 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4

Durable goods........................... 154 150 154 162 158 183 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.4

Nondurable goods....................... 104 120 113 101 108 119 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 954 1,003 1,040 1,074 1,052 1,066 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9

Wholesale trade......................... 132 121 127 133 142 132 2.3 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2

Retail trade............................... 660 706 744 762 725 765 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 161 176 169 178 185 168 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.1

Information.................................. 78 81 79 61 79 66 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.2 2.9 2.4

Financial activities......................... 151 192 190 203 215 215 1.9 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6

Finance and insurance................. 102 123 136 142 154 150 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 48 69 54 62 60 65 2.3 3.3 2.6 2.9 2.9 3.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,010 1,002 1,020 1,095 1,053 1,033 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.2

Education and health services........... 550 558 600 578 557 548 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4

Educational services.................... 65 80 97 74 77 85 1.9 2.3 2.8 2.1 2.2 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 485 479 503 504 480 464 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality.................... 873 935 939 1,003 907 975 5.8 6.1 6.1 6.5 5.9 6.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 151 168 130 141 157 126 7.1 7.7 5.9 6.5 7.2 5.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 722 767 809 862 750 848 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.6 5.7 6.4

Other services.............................. 200 191 154 168 181 162 3.6 3.4 2.7 3.0 3.2 2.8

Government................................... 320 369 342 354 346 344 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

Federal...................................... 33 44 42 40 41 39 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.4

State and local............................. 286 325 300 314 304 305 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

State and local education.............. 146 166 160 161 168 163 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 140 160 140 153 137 142 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.6

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 717 733 797 855 775 814 2.7 2.8 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.1

South........................................... 1,931 1,972 1,952 2,011 1,906 1,979 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.8

Midwest........................................ 999 1,091 1,112 1,105 1,114 1,140 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6

West............................................ 1,093 1,117 1,098 1,156 1,182 1,117 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.4

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 2,703 2,797 2,862 3,088 2,851 2,950 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.1

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 2,554 2,631 2,705 2,922 2,684 2,791 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.2 2.3

Mining and logging......................... 12 14 18 16 19 11 1.4 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.6 1.5

Construction................................ 121 87 129 137 86 102 1.9 1.3 2.0 2.1 1.3 1.5

Manufacturing.............................. 131 147 145 133 147 156 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3

Durable goods........................... 74 74 74 80 83 90 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2

Nondurable goods....................... 57 73 71 54 64 66 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 575 646 627 719 637 647 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.7 2.3 2.4

Wholesale trade......................... 69 68 72 81 86 90 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5

Retail trade............................... 422 470 471 518 462 471 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.3 2.9 3.0

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 84 108 85 120 90 87 1.6 2.0 1.6 2.2 1.6 1.6

Information.................................. 47 43 42 35 38 38 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4

Financial activities......................... 91 114 86 122 111 125 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.5

Finance and insurance................. 67 69 62 87 81 87 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing3... 24 45 24 36 30 38 1.1 2.1 1.1 1.7 1.4 1.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 521 531 522 614 550 566 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.1 2.8 2.8

Education and health services........... 380 364 408 385 343 371 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.6

Educational services.................... 35 38 55 49 47 43 1.0 1.1 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 345 326 353 336 296 328 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 564 588 636 671 636 687 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 51 56 53 60 64 74 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 513 532 583 611 572 613 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.6

Other services3

............................. 111 97 91 89 117 88 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.6

Government................................... 149 166 157 166 167 159 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7

Federal...................................... 11 14 14 13 13 13 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

State and local............................. 138 152 143 153 154 146 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

State and local education.............. 68 77 72 75 80 73 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 70 75 71 78 73 72 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 350 382 400 445 401 423 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6

South........................................... 1,119 1,126 1,137 1,286 1,179 1,172 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.2

Midwest........................................ 600 648 687 656 629 734 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.3

West............................................ 633 641 638 701 641 621 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.9

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical.

4 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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Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 1,683 1,721 1,718 1,672 1,704 1,715 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 1,575 1,593 1,599 1,549 1,582 1,594 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

Mining and logging3

....................... 27 18 12 26 21 21 3.1 2.2 1.6 3.4 2.8 2.8

Construction................................ 175 177 157 138 182 193 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.9

Manufacturing.............................. 107 102 101 104 97 117 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Durable goods........................... 68 61 64 65 61 78 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0

Nondurable goods....................... 38 41 37 39 35 39 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 281 273 302 266 312 295 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.1

Wholesale trade3

........................ 49 46 45 39 48 34 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6

Retail trade............................... 165 176 189 177 194 194 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 67 51 69 50 71 67 1.3 0.9 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.2

Information.................................. 23 29 31 19 25 18 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.7

Financial activities......................... 42 46 58 62 57 64 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8

Finance and insurance................. 19 27 32 38 37 40 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 23 19 26 24 20 24 1.1 0.9 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 429 409 441 414 442 418 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1

Education and health services........... 135 146 156 149 152 145 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6

Educational services.................... 25 37 37 22 27 38 0.7 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.8 1.1

Health care and social assistance. . .. 109 109 119 127 126 107 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 283 314 280 298 237 254 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 95 109 72 80 91 50 4.5 5.0 3.3 3.6 4.1 2.3

Accommodation and food services. .. 188 205 208 219 146 204 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.1 1.5

Other services.............................. 75 79 59 72 56 69 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.3 1.0 1.2

Government................................... 108 129 119 123 122 120 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5

Federal...................................... 12 11 11 10 15 9 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3

State and local............................. 96 118 108 113 108 112 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

State and local education.............. 50 61 62 61 65 67 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 46 57 46 52 43 44 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 298 285 329 324 299 341 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3

South........................................... 674 669 647 601 576 649 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2

Midwest........................................ 322 364 348 374 407 329 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.0

West............................................ 389 404 393 372 422 396 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical.

4 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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Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015

Dec.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total............................................... 354 394 378 368 422 385 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 291 320 311 303 365 321 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging......................... 3 2 5 3 2 5 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.7

Construction3

............................... 7 11 6 8 11 10 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing.............................. 21 22 20 26 22 28 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods........................... 12 15 15 17 13 14 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods3...................... 9 7 5 8 9 14 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 97 84 110 89 102 123 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5

Wholesale trade......................... 14 7 10 14 8 8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Retail trade............................... 73 60 84 68 69 100 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities3

................................. 10 17 15 8 24 14 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3

Information3................................. 8 9 5 7 16 10 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.4

Financial activities......................... 18 32 46 19 47 26 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.3

Finance and insurance................. 16 27 42 17 36 22 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing3... 2 5 4 2 11 3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 61 63 56 66 61 49 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Education and health services........... 35 48 36 44 61 33 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Educational services3................... 5 4 5 4 3 4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance3

. .. 31 44 31 40 58 29 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 26 34 23 34 34 34 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation3

... 5 4 5 2 3 3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services3... 21 30 18 32 32 31 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services3............................. 14 15 4 7 8 4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Government................................... 63 74 66 65 56 64 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal...................................... 10 19 17 17 14 17 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6

State and local............................. 52 55 49 48 43 47 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education.............. 28 27 26 25 22 22 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 24 28 23 23 20 25 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 69 66 67 86 75 51 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

South........................................... 138 177 168 125 151 158 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Midwest........................................ 77 79 77 75 77 77 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West............................................ 71 72 66 82 119 100 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical.

4 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.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 4,964 5,635 5,291 3.4 3.8 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,451 5,196 4,827 3.7 4.2 3.9

Mining and logging............................................... 10 17 9 1.2 2.2 1.3

Construction....................................................... 152 157 193 2.5 2.5 3.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 300 336 313 2.4 2.7 2.5

Durable goods.................................................. 189 183 164 2.4 2.3 2.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 111 153 149 2.4 3.3 3.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 819 940 912 3.0 3.4 3.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 162 199 191 2.7 3.3 3.2

Retail trade..................................................... 474 563 560 3.0 3.5 3.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 183 178 160 3.3 3.2 2.9

Information........................................................ 110 97 96 3.9 3.4 3.3

Financial activities................................................ 315 411 301 3.8 4.8 3.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 223 337 217 3.6 5.2 3.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 92 74 85 4.3 3.5 3.9

Professional and business services............................ 924 1,106 1,050 4.6 5.3 5.1

Education and health services.................................. 910 1,214 984 4.0 5.2 4.2

Educational services.......................................... 105 83 131 2.8 2.4 3.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 806 1,131 852 4.2 5.7 4.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 732 702 743 4.8 4.6 4.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 62 69 53 3.1 3.4 2.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 670 633 689 5.1 4.7 5.1

Other services.................................................... 177 217 227 3.1 3.7 3.9

Government.......................................................... 513 439 464 2.3 2.0 2.0

Federal............................................................. 93 80 99 3.3 2.8 3.5

State and local.................................................... 420 359 365 2.1 1.8 1.8

State and local education..................................... 131 124 130 1.2 1.2 1.2

State and local, excluding education........................ 289 235 235 3.2 2.6 2.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 788 896 785 3.0 3.3 2.9

South................................................................. 1,844 2,139 2,024 3.5 4.0 3.8

Midwest............................................................... 1,157 1,263 1,205 3.6 3.8 3.7

West.................................................................. 1,174 1,338 1,277 3.6 4.0 3.8

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.

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Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 4,142 4,847 4,445 3.0 3.4 3.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,900 4,547 4,185 3.3 3.8 3.5

Mining and logging............................................... 22 31 14 2.6 4.2 2.0

Construction....................................................... 278 267 271 4.7 4.3 4.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 227 287 242 1.9 2.3 2.0

Durable goods.................................................. 138 183 149 1.8 2.4 1.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 89 105 93 2.0 2.3 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 793 876 908 3.0 3.2 3.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 134 150 127 2.3 2.6 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 532 585 657 3.5 3.7 4.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 128 141 124 2.4 2.6 2.3

Information........................................................ 65 96 63 2.4 3.5 2.3

Financial activities................................................ 133 249 190 1.7 3.0 2.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 90 183 136 1.5 3.0 2.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 43 65 55 2.1 3.2 2.7

Professional and business services............................ 925 1,173 933 4.8 6.0 4.7

Education and health services.................................. 513 595 546 2.3 2.7 2.4

Educational services.......................................... 67 55 87 1.9 1.6 2.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 447 540 459 2.4 2.9 2.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 743 804 846 5.2 5.5 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 101 120 95 5.3 6.2 4.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 643 684 751 5.2 5.4 5.9

Other services.................................................... 199 168 173 3.6 3.0 3.1

Government.......................................................... 243 300 260 1.1 1.4 1.2

Federal............................................................. 28 35 33 1.0 1.3 1.2

State and local.................................................... 215 265 227 1.1 1.4 1.2

State and local education..................................... 107 151 113 1.0 1.5 1.1

State and local, excluding education........................ 108 114 114 1.2 1.3 1.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 615 712 628 2.4 2.7 2.4

South................................................................. 1,647 1,880 1,771 3.2 3.7 3.4

Midwest............................................................... 910 1,148 1,019 2.9 3.6 3.2

West.................................................................. 970 1,107 1,027 3.1 3.5 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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Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 3,830 5,465 4,100 2.7 3.9 2.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,628 5,134 3,888 3.1 4.3 3.2

Mining and logging............................................... 40 43 34 4.6 5.9 4.7

Construction....................................................... 256 325 260 4.3 5.2 4.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 216 263 262 1.8 2.1 2.1

Durable goods.................................................. 132 161 163 1.7 2.1 2.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 85 101 99 1.9 2.2 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 808 1,382 909 3.1 5.1 3.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 118 153 119 2.0 2.6 2.0

Retail trade..................................................... 571 953 665 3.7 6.1 4.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 120 277 125 2.3 5.1 2.3

Information........................................................ 65 98 54 2.4 3.6 1.9

Financial activities................................................ 115 251 169 1.4 3.1 2.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 73 183 109 1.2 3.0 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 42 68 60 2.1 3.3 2.9

Professional and business services............................ 870 1,156 888 4.5 5.9 4.5

Education and health services.................................. 452 576 444 2.1 2.6 2.0

Educational services.......................................... 37 70 47 1.0 2.1 1.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 415 506 397 2.3 2.7 2.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 622 864 723 4.3 5.9 4.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 85 134 75 4.4 6.9 3.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 538 731 649 4.3 5.7 5.1

Other services.................................................... 183 175 145 3.3 3.1 2.6

Government.......................................................... 202 330 212 0.9 1.5 0.9

Federal............................................................. 26 71 30 1.0 2.6 1.1

State and local.................................................... 176 259 182 0.9 1.4 0.9

State and local education..................................... 72 133 78 0.7 1.3 0.7

State and local, excluding education........................ 104 126 104 1.2 1.4 1.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 532 876 624 2.1 3.3 2.4

South................................................................. 1,599 2,072 1,654 3.2 4.0 3.2

Midwest............................................................... 798 1,234 897 2.6 3.9 2.8

West.................................................................. 901 1,282 924 2.8 4.0 2.9

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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Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 2,215 2,835 2,429 1.6 2.0 1.7

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,106 2,689 2,315 1.8 2.3 1.9

Mining and logging............................................... 10 18 9 1.2 2.4 1.2

Construction....................................................... 97 75 81 1.6 1.2 1.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 103 131 126 0.8 1.1 1.0

Durable goods.................................................. 58 77 72 0.7 1.0 0.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 45 55 53 1.0 1.2 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 482 673 545 1.8 2.5 2.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 58 92 79 1.0 1.6 1.4

Retail trade..................................................... 356 496 397 2.3 3.2 2.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 68 85 68 1.3 1.6 1.3

Information........................................................ 39 44 30 1.4 1.6 1.1

Financial activities................................................ 72 112 103 0.9 1.4 1.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 48 82 65 0.8 1.3 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 24 30 38 1.2 1.4 1.8

Professional and business services............................ 441 559 485 2.3 2.8 2.5

Education and health services.................................. 320 357 314 1.5 1.6 1.4

Educational services.......................................... 22 44 28 0.6 1.3 0.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 298 313 287 1.6 1.7 1.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 432 603 534 3.0 4.1 3.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 33 52 49 1.7 2.6 2.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 399 551 485 3.2 4.3 3.8

Other services.................................................... 111 117 88 2.0 2.1 1.6

Government.......................................................... 109 146 115 0.5 0.7 0.5

Federal............................................................. 10 14 11 0.3 0.5 0.4

State and local.................................................... 100 132 104 0.5 0.7 0.5

State and local education..................................... 42 67 44 0.4 0.7 0.4

State and local, excluding education........................ 58 65 60 0.7 0.7 0.7

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 278 418 338 1.1 1.6 1.3

South................................................................. 933 1,193 978 1.8 2.3 1.9

Midwest............................................................... 472 589 590 1.5 1.9 1.9

West.................................................................. 533 635 522 1.7 2.0 1.6

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.

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Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 1,297 2,114 1,319 0.9 1.5 0.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,246 1,996 1,266 1.1 1.7 1.1

Mining and logging............................................... 27 21 21 3.2 2.9 2.9

Construction....................................................... 152 238 170 2.6 3.8 2.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 94 105 110 0.8 0.9 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 63 67 79 0.8 0.9 1.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 31 37 31 0.7 0.8 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 236 579 242 0.9 2.1 0.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 49 48 34 0.8 0.8 0.6

Retail trade..................................................... 145 364 166 1.0 2.3 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 42 167 42 0.8 3.1 0.8

Information........................................................ 18 38 14 0.7 1.4 0.5

Financial activities................................................ 30 77 48 0.4 0.9 0.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 14 50 29 0.2 0.8 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 17 28 18 0.8 1.3 0.9

Professional and business services............................ 370 502 357 1.9 2.5 1.8

Education and health services.................................. 96 158 97 0.4 0.7 0.4

Educational services.......................................... 10 22 16 0.3 0.7 0.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 86 135 81 0.5 0.7 0.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 165 228 156 1.1 1.6 1.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 46 80 23 2.4 4.1 1.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 119 148 132 1.0 1.2 1.0

Other services.................................................... 58 50 52 1.0 0.9 0.9

Government.......................................................... 51 118 53 0.2 0.5 0.2

Federal............................................................. 8 35 5 0.3 1.3 0.2

State and local.................................................... 43 83 48 0.2 0.4 0.2

State and local education..................................... 17 48 25 0.2 0.5 0.2

State and local, excluding education........................ 25 35 23 0.3 0.4 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 187 361 238 0.7 1.4 0.9

South................................................................. 543 704 533 1.1 1.4 1.0

Midwest............................................................... 259 532 239 0.8 1.7 0.8

West.................................................................. 309 517 309 1.0 1.6 1.0

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.

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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Feb.

2015

Jan.

2016

Feb.

2016p

Total..................................................................... 318 516 351 0.2 0.4 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 276 450 307 0.2 0.4 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 2 4 4 0.3 0.6 0.6

Construction....................................................... 7 11 10 0.1 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 20 27 26 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 11 17 12 0.1 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 9 9 14 0.2 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 91 130 122 0.3 0.5 0.5

Wholesale trade................................................ 11 13 6 0.2 0.2 0.1

Retail trade..................................................... 70 92 102 0.5 0.6 0.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 10 24 14 0.2 0.5 0.3

Information........................................................ 8 16 10 0.3 0.6 0.4

Financial activities................................................ 13 63 18 0.2 0.8 0.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 11 52 15 0.2 0.8 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 2 11 3 0.1 0.5 0.2

Professional and business services............................ 59 95 46 0.3 0.5 0.2

Education and health services.................................. 35 61 33 0.2 0.3 0.1

Educational services.......................................... 5 3 4 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 31 58 29 0.2 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 26 34 34 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 5 3 3 0.3 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 21 32 31 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 14 8 4 0.2 0.1 0.1

Government.......................................................... 42 67 44 0.2 0.3 0.2

Federal............................................................. 8 23 14 0.3 0.8 0.5

State and local.................................................... 33 44 30 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education..................................... 13 18 9 0.1 0.2 0.1

State and local, excluding education........................ 21 26 21 0.2 0.3 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 68 97 47 0.3 0.4 0.2

South................................................................. 124 176 143 0.2 0.3 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 67 113 68 0.2 0.4 0.2

West.................................................................. 60 130 93 0.2 0.4 0.3

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.