For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, May 9, 2014 USDL-14-0747

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MARCH 2014

There were 4.0 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from 4.1 million in 

February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.4 percent) and separations 

rate (3.2 percent) were unchanged in March. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent) was 

unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed in March. This release 

includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector 

by industry and by geographic region.

Job Openings

There were 4.0 million job openings in March, little changed from 4.1 million in February. The number 

of job openings was little changed for total private and for government. The number of job openings was 

little changed in all industries. The West region experienced a decrease in job openings in March. (See 

table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the year ending in March

for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Over the year, the job openings level increased in three

industries and decreased in three industries. Over the 12 months ending in March, the number of job 

openings increased in the Midwest region but decreased in the Northeast. (See table 7.)

Hires

There were 4.6 million hires in March, little changed from 4.7 million in February. The number of hires 

was little changed for total private and for government. In March, the number of hires was little changed 

in all industries and regions. (See table 2.)

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 1.8

 2.0

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 3.0

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 3.4

 3.6

Percent

2012 2014

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, April 2011 - March 2014

2013

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2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

Hires

Separations

Percent

2012 2014

Chart 2. Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted, April 2011 - March 2014

2013
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Over the 12 months ending in March, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) increased for total 

nonfarm and total private and was little changed for government. The hires level increased over the year

in four industries and decreased in construction. The number of hires rose in the South region. (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 4.4 million total separations in March, little changed from February. The number of total 

separations was essentially unchanged for total private and government. (See table 3.)

In March, the quits rate was unchanged at 1.8 percent for total nonfarm. The rate also was unchanged for 

total private (2.0 percent) and government (0.6 percent). The quits rate was essentially unchanged over 

the month in all industries and in all four regions. (See table 4.)

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

nonfarm and total private. The quits level was little changed in government. The number of quits 

increased in four industries and in the South and West regions over the year. (See table 10.)

The layoffs and discharges rate was little changed in March at 1.1 percent. The rate was unchanged over 

the month for total private (1.3 percent) and government (0.4 percent). The layoffs and discharges rate 

was unchanged in all four regions. Seasonally adjusted estimates of layoffs and discharges are not 

available for individual industries. (See table 5.)

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

in March for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and discharges 

increased in mining and logging and information but decreased in other services and federal 

government. The number of layoffs and discharges decreased in the Northeast region. (See table 11.)

In March, there were 381,000 other separations for total nonfarm, little changed from February. The 

number of other separations was little changed over the month for total private and government. (See 

table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not available for individual industries or 

regions. Over the 12 months ending in March, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted)

was little changed for total nonfarm, total private, and increased for government. (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 March 2014, hires totaled 54.7 million 
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and separations totaled 52.5 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.2 million. These figures 

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

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for April 2014 are scheduled to be released 

on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 3,879 4,125 4,014 4,301 4,699 4,625 4,186 4,459 4,431

Total private1...................................... 3,506 3,736 3,631 4,020 4,401 4,315 3,877 4,168 4,129

Construction.................................... 106 127 104 346 289 260 325 254 256

Manufacturing.................................. 274 258 243 204 234 231 211 224 236

Durable goods............................... 186 151 145 126 137 138 127 126 133

Nondurable goods........................... 89 106 98 78 96 94 85 98 103

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 629 757 697 820 1,027 996 831 962 951

Retail trade................................... 400 477 454 560 722 691 573 681 670

Professional and business services......... 714 817 819 851 1,015 981 784 962 914

Education and health services3.............. 703 687 687 533 527 562 486 490 528

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 638 618 619 454 448 478 421 417 448

Leisure and hospitality........................ 508 578 611 783 841 804 745 812 778

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 65 68 57 124 135 121 109 131 124

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 443 511 554 658 706 683 636 681 654

Government4

...................................... 373 388 383 282 298 311 309 290 302

State and local................................. 325 338 328 255 270 280 266 256 266

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 2.8 2.9 2.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.2 3.2

Total private1

...................................... 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.6

Construction.................................... 1.8 2.1 1.7 5.9 4.9 4.4 5.6 4.3 4.3

Manufacturing.................................. 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.0

Durable goods............................... 2.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8

Nondurable goods........................... 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.7 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.4 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.6

Retail trade................................... 2.6 3.0 2.9 3.7 4.7 4.5 3.8 4.5 4.4

Professional and business services......... 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.6 5.3 5.2 4.3 5.1 4.8

Education and health services3

.............. 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.5 3.3 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................ 3.5 3.8 4.0 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.1 3.1 2.7 6.2 6.5 5.8 5.4 6.3 6.0

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 3.5 4.0 4.3 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.3

Government4...................................... 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

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

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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. Estimates of sampling errors are 

available upon request.

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

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total.............................................. 3,879 4,126 3,914 3,874 4,125 4,014 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.8

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,506 3,757 3,552 3,477 3,736 3,631 3.0 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.0

Construction................................ 106 165 124 124 127 104 1.8 2.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.7

Manufacturing.............................. 274 298 288 259 258 243 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.0

Durable goods........................... 186 175 177 155 151 145 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.9

Nondurable goods....................... 89 123 111 103 106 98 1.9 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 629 786 763 675 757 697 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.6

Retail trade............................... 400 439 474 379 477 454 2.6 2.8 3.0 2.4 3.0 2.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 714 750 680 614 817 819 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.1 4.1 4.1

Education and health services6

.......... 703 682 624 700 687 687 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.1

Health care and social assistance. . .. 638 610 552 631 618 619 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 508 562 524 618 578 611 3.5 3.8 3.5 4.1 3.8 4.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 65 84 43 110 68 57 3.1 3.9 2.0 5.0 3.1 2.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 443 477 481 508 511 554 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.3

Government7.................................. 373 369 361 396 388 383 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7

State and local............................. 325 313 311 345 338 328 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 764 692 688 666 694 676 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5

South........................................... 1,472 1,535 1,490 1,440 1,569 1,591 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.1

Midwest........................................ 807 941 836 846 910 902 2.6 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8

West............................................ 836 957 900 921 952 846 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.7

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total............................................... 4,301 4,574 4,578 4,516 4,699 4,625 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,020 4,286 4,291 4,228 4,401 4,315 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7

Construction................................ 346 299 251 281 289 260 5.9 5.1 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.4

Manufacturing.............................. 204 269 253 244 234 231 1.7 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9

Durable goods........................... 126 147 146 138 137 138 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8

Nondurable goods....................... 78 122 107 106 96 94 1.7 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 820 1,012 1,003 921 1,027 996 3.2 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.9 3.8

Retail trade............................... 560 694 734 607 722 691 3.7 4.6 4.8 4.0 4.7 4.5

Professional and business services. . . .. 851 950 980 980 1,015 981 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2

Education and health services6

.......... 533 522 539 556 527 562 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 454 448 461 475 448 478 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 783 792 795 789 841 804 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.8 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 124 141 126 117 135 121 6.2 6.8 6.1 5.6 6.5 5.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 658 651 668 672 706 683 5.4 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.5

Government7.................................. 282 288 287 288 298 311 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

State and local............................. 255 249 259 262 270 280 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 748 696 702 684 697 708 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7

South........................................... 1,622 1,824 1,761 1,849 1,846 1,800 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6

Midwest........................................ 907 1,022 1,053 944 1,040 1,010 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.2

West............................................ 1,024 1,032 1,063 1,039 1,118 1,108 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.6

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total............................................... 4,186 4,316 4,468 4,419 4,459 4,431 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,877 4,028 4,170 4,113 4,168 4,129 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

Construction................................ 325 275 287 241 254 256 5.6 4.7 4.9 4.1 4.3 4.3

Manufacturing.............................. 211 228 247 242 224 236 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0

Durable goods........................... 127 126 145 138 126 133 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8

Nondurable goods....................... 85 103 102 104 98 103 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 831 933 927 947 962 951 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6

Retail trade............................... 573 668 671 655 681 670 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.4

Professional and business services. . . .. 784 888 952 940 962 914 4.3 4.7 5.1 5.0 5.1 4.8

Education and health services6

.......... 486 492 517 561 490 528 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . .. 421 416 442 471 417 448 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 745 761 771 763 812 778 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 109 127 116 106 131 124 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.1 6.3 6.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 636 634 655 657 681 654 5.3 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.3

Government7.................................. 309 287 297 306 290 302 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

State and local............................. 266 253 265 261 256 266 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 740 659 732 745 699 665 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.6

South........................................... 1,595 1,680 1,716 1,695 1,755 1,776 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5

Midwest........................................ 864 941 965 990 969 980 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.1

West............................................ 987 1,036 1,055 989 1,035 1,011 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total............................................... 2,103 2,448 2,417 2,368 2,475 2,476 1.6 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,972 2,325 2,286 2,240 2,341 2,339 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0

Construction................................ 90 75 85 96 91 98 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.6

Manufacturing.............................. 97 120 121 118 114 120 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0

Durable goods........................... 50 66 66 61 60 66 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9

Nondurable goods....................... 47 54 55 56 54 55 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 453 559 529 539 556 573 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2

Retail trade............................... 333 410 383 421 419 426 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 338 500 540 474 486 496 1.8 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.6

Education and health services6

.......... 285 283 316 305 304 288 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3

Health care and social assistance. . .. 258 250 283 269 265 253 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4

Leisure and hospitality.................... 469 540 457 485 538 512 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 51 53 53 42 47 53 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.3 2.5

Accommodation and food services. .. 418 487 404 443 491 460 3.5 3.9 3.3 3.6 4.0 3.7

Government7.................................. 131 124 131 129 134 138 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

State and local............................. 119 113 119 118 124 126 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 277 344 342 328 341 327 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

South........................................... 893 1,007 983 978 1,056 1,054 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1

Midwest........................................ 474 551 518 541 542 537 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

West............................................ 459 547 574 522 536 558 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total............................................... 1,755 1,511 1,702 1,703 1,596 1,574 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,635 1,419 1,597 1,596 1,506 1,481 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 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.................................. 120 92 105 106 90 93 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 396 252 318 335 289 274 1.6 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1

South........................................... 586 551 603 596 564 569 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Midwest........................................ 316 304 368 376 342 345 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

West............................................ 457 404 412 395 401 386 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Nov.

2013

Dec.

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total............................................... 328 356 349 348 388 381 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 270 285 287 277 321 310 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

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.................................. 58 71 62 71 66 71 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 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.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 3,879 3,924 4,013 2.8 2.8 2.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,504 3,553 3,629 3.0 3.0 3.1

Mining and logging............................................... 15 23 40 1.7 2.5 4.3

Construction....................................................... 110 114 103 2.0 2.0 1.8

Manufacturing..................................................... 278 248 241 2.3 2.0 2.0

Durable goods.................................................. 194 145 150 2.5 1.9 1.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 84 103 90 1.9 2.3 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 638 674 689 2.5 2.5 2.6

Wholesale trade................................................ 125 148 115 2.1 2.5 1.9

Retail trade..................................................... 403 397 452 2.7 2.6 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 111 129 123 2.2 2.5 2.4

Information........................................................ 100 100 97 3.6 3.6 3.5

Financial activities................................................ 271 205 208 3.4 2.5 2.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 226 154 173 3.7 2.6 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 46 51 34 2.3 2.5 1.7

Professional and business services............................ 680 804 802 3.6 4.1 4.1

Education and health services.................................. 691 663 679 3.2 3.0 3.1

Educational services.......................................... 61 65 64 1.7 1.8 1.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 630 597 614 3.4 3.2 3.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 543 570 658 3.8 3.9 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 68 68 57 3.5 3.5 2.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 475 502 601 3.9 4.0 4.7

Other services.................................................... 178 152 112 3.2 2.7 2.0

Government.......................................................... 375 371 384 1.7 1.6 1.7

Federal............................................................. 55 53 66 1.9 1.9 2.4

State and local.................................................... 320 318 319 1.6 1.6 1.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 743 642 654 2.8 2.4 2.5

South................................................................. 1,489 1,529 1,621 3.0 3.0 3.2

Midwest............................................................... 808 845 898 2.6 2.7 2.8

West.................................................................. 840 907 840 2.7 2.9 2.7

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 4,055 3,861 4,363 3.0 2.8 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,852 3,643 4,134 3.4 3.2 3.6

Mining and logging............................................... 30 28 38 3.5 3.2 4.3

Construction....................................................... 358 237 265 6.5 4.3 4.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 204 205 228 1.7 1.7 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 129 125 140 1.7 1.7 1.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 75 81 89 1.7 1.8 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 787 806 961 3.1 3.1 3.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 111 122 129 2.0 2.1 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 546 554 674 3.7 3.7 4.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 130 131 159 2.6 2.6 3.1

Information........................................................ 43 48 76 1.6 1.8 2.9

Financial activities................................................ 164 140 165 2.1 1.8 2.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 105 95 105 1.8 1.6 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 58 45 60 3.0 2.3 3.0

Professional and business services............................ 803 893 926 4.4 4.8 4.9

Education and health services.................................. 457 438 491 2.2 2.0 2.3

Educational services.......................................... 48 61 54 1.4 1.7 1.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 410 377 437 2.3 2.1 2.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 814 687 829 5.9 5.0 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 133 95 125 7.1 5.0 6.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 681 592 704 5.7 4.9 5.8

Other services.................................................... 193 159 153 3.6 2.9 2.8

Government.......................................................... 203 218 229 0.9 1.0 1.0

Federal............................................................. 25 21 30 0.9 0.8 1.1

State and local.................................................... 178 196 199 0.9 1.0 1.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 686 501 655 2.7 2.0 2.5

South................................................................. 1,561 1,592 1,729 3.2 3.2 3.5

Midwest............................................................... 863 831 953 2.8 2.7 3.1

West.................................................................. 945 937 1,026 3.1 3.1 3.3

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.

p Preliminary
Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 3,518 3,582 3,777 2.6 2.6 2.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,313 3,397 3,569 2.9 3.0 3.1

Mining and logging............................................... 26 27 29 3.1 3.1 3.3

Construction....................................................... 269 211 213 4.9 3.8 3.8

Manufacturing..................................................... 184 187 212 1.5 1.6 1.8

Durable goods.................................................. 113 107 124 1.5 1.4 1.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 71 80 88 1.6 1.8 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 709 843 819 2.8 3.3 3.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 99 103 108 1.7 1.8 1.9

Retail trade..................................................... 481 607 566 3.3 4.1 3.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 130 133 144 2.6 2.6 2.8

Information........................................................ 42 55 76 1.6 2.1 2.8

Financial activities................................................ 157 129 162 2.0 1.6 2.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 111 84 117 1.9 1.4 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 46 45 45 2.4 2.3 2.3

Professional and business services............................ 724 805 838 4.0 4.3 4.4

Education and health services.................................. 424 399 461 2.0 1.9 2.1

Educational services.......................................... 39 42 50 1.1 1.2 1.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 385 357 411 2.2 2.0 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 605 583 637 4.4 4.2 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 77 69 89 4.1 3.7 4.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 528 514 548 4.4 4.3 4.5

Other services.................................................... 171 159 122 3.2 2.9 2.2

Government.......................................................... 205 185 208 0.9 0.8 0.9

Federal............................................................. 36 28 31 1.3 1.0 1.1

State and local.................................................... 169 157 177 0.9 0.8 0.9

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 577 533 519 2.3 2.1 2.0

South................................................................. 1,398 1,448 1,586 2.9 2.9 3.2

Midwest............................................................... 700 754 796 2.3 2.5 2.6

West.................................................................. 843 847 875 2.8 2.8 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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 1,866 2,012 2,217 1.4 1.5 1.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,769 1,916 2,115 1.6 1.7 1.8

Mining and logging............................................... 16 14 14 1.9 1.6 1.6

Construction....................................................... 79 73 87 1.4 1.3 1.5

Manufacturing..................................................... 89 90 113 0.7 0.7 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 48 48 65 0.6 0.6 0.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 41 42 48 0.9 1.0 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 399 482 512 1.6 1.9 2.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 54 51 64 0.9 0.9 1.1

Retail trade..................................................... 283 363 366 1.9 2.4 2.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 62 67 81 1.2 1.3 1.6

Information........................................................ 23 31 38 0.8 1.2 1.4

Financial activities................................................ 91 68 88 1.2 0.9 1.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 64 43 58 1.1 0.7 1.0

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 27 24 31 1.4 1.2 1.5

Professional and business services............................ 323 401 467 1.8 2.1 2.5

Education and health services.................................. 270 252 266 1.3 1.2 1.2

Educational services.......................................... 20 27 25 0.6 0.8 0.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 250 225 241 1.4 1.3 1.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 397 420 444 2.9 3.0 3.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 38 30 41 2.0 1.6 2.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 360 390 403 3.0 3.3 3.3

Other services.................................................... 81 85 85 1.5 1.6 1.6

Government.......................................................... 97 96 103 0.4 0.4 0.5

Federal............................................................. 11 8 10 0.4 0.3 0.4

State and local.................................................... 86 88 92 0.4 0.5 0.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 235 266 277 0.9 1.0 1.1

South................................................................. 813 876 976 1.7 1.8 2.0

Midwest............................................................... 412 426 466 1.4 1.4 1.5

West.................................................................. 406 443 498 1.3 1.5 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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 1,373 1,231 1,231 1.0 0.9 0.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,306 1,190 1,177 1.2 1.0 1.0

Mining and logging............................................... 7 10 12 0.8 1.1 1.3

Construction....................................................... 186 124 120 3.4 2.2 2.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 79 75 73 0.7 0.6 0.6

Durable goods.................................................. 56 49 43 0.8 0.6 0.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 23 27 30 0.5 0.6 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 242 275 215 1.0 1.1 0.8

Wholesale trade................................................ 31 49 33 0.5 0.8 0.6

Retail trade..................................................... 165 181 140 1.1 1.2 0.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 47 45 43 0.9 0.9 0.8

Information........................................................ 11 21 33 0.4 0.8 1.2

Financial activities................................................ 44 40 46 0.6 0.5 0.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 27 21 34 0.5 0.4 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 17 19 12 0.9 1.0 0.6

Professional and business services............................ 360 338 329 2.0 1.8 1.7

Education and health services.................................. 115 109 150 0.5 0.5 0.7

Educational services.......................................... 17 12 22 0.5 0.3 0.6

Health care and social assistance........................... 98 97 127 0.6 0.5 0.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 181 138 167 1.3 1.0 1.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 38 38 46 2.0 2.0 2.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 143 99 122 1.2 0.8 1.0

Other services.................................................... 80 60 34 1.5 1.1 0.6

Government.......................................................... 67 41 53 0.3 0.2 0.2

Federal............................................................. 16 7 11 0.6 0.2 0.4

State and local.................................................... 52 34 43 0.3 0.2 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 284 203 189 1.1 0.8 0.7

South................................................................. 492 449 479 1.0 0.9 1.0

Midwest............................................................... 232 258 250 0.8 0.8 0.8

West.................................................................. 365 321 313 1.2 1.1 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

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Mar.

2013

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014p

Total..................................................................... 279 339 328 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 238 292 277 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 3 3 4 0.3 0.4 0.4

Construction....................................................... 4 15 6 0.1 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 16 22 26 0.1 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 9 11 16 0.1 0.1 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 7 11 10 0.2 0.3 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 68 87 92 0.3 0.3 0.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 14 3 11 0.3 0.1 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 33 62 60 0.2 0.4 0.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 21 21 20 0.4 0.4 0.4

Information........................................................ 8 2 5 0.3 0.1 0.2

Financial activities................................................ 22 21 28 0.3 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 20 20 25 0.3 0.3 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 2 2 3 0.1 0.1 0.1

Professional and business services............................ 40 65 42 0.2 0.3 0.2

Education and health services.................................. 40 39 45 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 2 3 2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 38 36 43 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 27 25 26 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 2 1 3 0.1 0.0 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 25 24 24 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 10 13 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Government.......................................................... 41 48 52 0.2 0.2 0.2

Federal............................................................. 9 13 10 0.3 0.5 0.4

State and local.................................................... 32 35 42 0.2 0.2 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 57 64 53 0.2 0.2 0.2

South................................................................. 95 123 131 0.2 0.2 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 58 70 80 0.2 0.2 0.3

West.................................................................. 71 83 64 0.2 0.3 0.2

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.