For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 16, 2015 USDL-15-2008

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2015

The number of job openings decreased to 5.4 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau 

of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires and separations was little changed at 5.1 million 

and 4.8 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was 1.9 percent for the fifth month in a 

row, and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.2 percent. This release includes estimates of 

the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by 

four geographic regions.

Job Openings

Job openings decreased to 5.4 million in August after reaching a series high of 5.7 million in July. The 

job openings rate for August was 3.6 percent, the same rate as in April, May, and June. The number of 

job openings decreased in August for total private and government. Job openings declined in state and 

local government (-33,000) and nondurable goods manufacturing (-25,000). The number of openings 

was little changed in all four regions. (See table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in August

for total nonfarm, total private and government. Job openings rose over the year for several industries

with the largest increases occurring in professional and business services (+184,000) and in health care 

and social assistance (+103,000). Job openings decreased over the year in arts, entertainment, and 

recreation (-31,000) and in mining and logging (-14,000). Among the regions, the number of job 

openings increased over the year in the South (+198,000), Midwest (+109,000), and the West 

(+109,000). (See table 7.)

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2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, September 2012 - August 2015

2013

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Separations

Percent

2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted, September 2012 - August 2015

2013
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Hires

The number of hires was 5.1 million in August, about the same as in July. The hires rate was 3.6

percent. The number of hires was little changed for total private and government in August. There was 

little change in the number of hires in all industries and regions over the month. (See table 2.)

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

nonfarm, total private, and government. At the industry level, hires increased in accommodation and 

food services (+165,000), state and local government (+129,000), health care and social assistance 

(+87,000), and federal government (+9,000). Among the regions, the number of hires rose in the 

Northeast (+151,000) and in the South (+144,000). (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 includes separations 

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

There were 4.8 million total separations in August, about the same as in July. The separations rate was 

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

August, total separations was little changed in all industries and increased in the Northeast region 

(+105,000). (See table 3.)

There were 2.7 million quits in August, little changed from July. The number of quits has held between 

2.7 million and 2.8 million for the past 12 months after increasing steadily since the end of the recession. 

The quits rate was unchanged in August, measuring 1.9 percent for the fifth month in a row. The number 

of quits was little changed for total private and government over the month. Quits increased in arts, 

entertainment, and recreation (+17,000) and in nondurable goods manufacturing (+15,000). The number 

of quits was little changed in all four regions. (See table 4.)

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

nonfarm, total private, and government. Several industries experienced an increase in the number of 

quits over the year led by accommodation and food services (+97,000) and health care and social 

assistance (+86,000). Quits decreased over the year in real estate, rental, and leasing (-23,000). In the 

regions, quits increased in the South (+170,000) and Northeast (+84,000). (See table 10.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in August, about the same as in July. The layoffs and

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

for total private and government. Within the regions, the number increased in the Northeast (+111,000).

(See table 5.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of layoffs and discharges are not available for individual

industries.

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

ending in August for total nonfarm and total private, and increased for government. The number of 

layoffs and discharges rose over the year in accommodation and food services (+107,000), state and 

local government (+41,000) and durable goods manufacturing (+30,000). Layoffs and discharges 

decreased over the year in professional and business services (-122,000), arts entertainment and 
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recreation (-54,000) and wholesale trade (-32,000). The number of layoffs and discharges rose over the 

year in the Midwest region (+130,000) and fell in the South region (-143,000). (See table 11.)

In August, there were 417,000 other separations for total nonfarm, about the same as in July. Over the 

month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 355,000 and decreased for

government to 62,000. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not available 

for individual industries or regions.

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

little changed for total nonfarm, edged up for total private, and decreased for government. Other 

separations increased over the year in retail trade (+39,000), professional and business services 

(+37,000), and information (+5,000). The number of other separations decreased in accommodation and 

food services (-25,000) and in state and local government (-14,000). Other separations was little 

changed in all four regions over the year. (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 August 2015, hires totaled 60.9

million and separations totaled 58.2 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 September 2015 are scheduled to be 

released on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total nonfarm........................................ 4,925 5,668 5,370 4,792 5,065 5,078 4,569 4,796 4,846

Total private1...................................... 4,478 5,139 4,878 4,506 4,709 4,730 4,272 4,454 4,518

Construction.................................... 127 140 138 346 300 327 315 270 308

Manufacturing.................................. 307 339 334 242 265 265 233 254 272

Durable goods............................... 183 197 216 141 161 162 128 168 169

Nondurable goods........................... 124 142 117 100 104 103 105 85 103

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 888 1,009 971 1,017 1,122 1,082 1,009 1,050 1,058

Retail trade................................... 560 632 594 688 778 758 700 738 758

Professional and business services......... 919 1,177 1,104 1,020 1,003 997 956 962 945

Education and health services3.............. 882 1,050 993 521 589 602 481 542 533

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 799 946 899 440 507 514 407 463 451

Leisure and hospitality........................ 697 776 709 862 927 979 831 882 928

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 67 59 45 144 120 134 148 103 123

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 630 716 665 718 808 845 683 779 805

Government4

...................................... 447 529 493 286 356 348 296 343 328

State and local................................. 380 455 422 258 312 310 271 300 295

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total nonfarm........................................ 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4

Total private1

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

Construction.................................... 2.0 2.1 2.1 5.6 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.2 4.8

Manufacturing.................................. 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.2

Durable goods............................... 2.3 2.5 2.7 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods........................... 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.9 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9

Retail trade................................... 3.5 3.9 3.6 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.8

Professional and business services......... 4.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8

Education and health services3

.............. 3.9 4.5 4.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 4.2 4.8 4.6 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.5 4.9 4.5 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.6 5.8 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.1 2.7 2.0 6.8 5.6 6.2 7.0 4.8 5.7

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 4.7 5.2 4.9 5.7 6.2 6.5 5.4 6.0 6.2

Government4...................................... 2.0 2.4 2.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5

State and local................................. 1.9 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5

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-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)2 Rates3

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 4,925 5,334 5,357 5,323 5,668 5,370 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,478 4,849 4,857 4,859 5,139 4,878 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.9

Construction................................ 127 137 163 137 140 138 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing.............................. 307 335 333 310 339 334 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6

Durable goods........................... 183 215 194 190 197 216 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.7

Nondurable goods....................... 124 120 139 120 142 117 2.7 2.6 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 888 951 957 945 1,009 971 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.5

Retail trade............................... 560 530 537 543 632 594 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 919 1,070 1,103 1,209 1,177 1,104 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.3

Education and health services6

.......... 882 992 968 1,002 1,050 993 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.3

Health care and social assistance. . .. 799 893 883 910 946 899 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 697 716 735 701 776 709 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 67 67 77 77 59 45 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.5 2.7 2.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 630 649 658 624 716 665 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.9

Government7.................................. 447 485 499 463 529 493 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.2

State and local............................. 380 414 427 395 455 422 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.1

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 787 833 805 788 919 837 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1

South........................................... 1,954 1,994 2,021 2,070 2,211 2,125 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.0

Midwest........................................ 1,069 1,199 1,240 1,240 1,248 1,188 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6

West............................................ 1,115 1,308 1,290 1,224 1,289 1,220 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7

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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 4,792 5,034 5,060 5,182 5,065 5,078 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,506 4,698 4,732 4,854 4,709 4,730 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

Construction................................ 346 345 320 325 300 327 5.6 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.1

Manufacturing.............................. 242 252 245 271 265 265 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.1

Durable goods........................... 141 144 141 158 161 162 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1

Nondurable goods....................... 100 109 104 113 104 103 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,017 1,039 1,107 1,146 1,122 1,082 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0

Retail trade............................... 688 722 782 786 778 758 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,020 1,040 1,040 1,054 1,003 997 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0

Education and health services6

.......... 521 598 598 585 589 602 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 440 517 515 499 507 514 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8

Leisure and hospitality.................... 862 907 932 923 927 979 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 144 130 154 136 120 134 6.8 6.0 7.1 6.3 5.6 6.2

Accommodation and food services. .. 718 777 778 787 808 845 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.5

Government7.................................. 286 336 328 328 356 348 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

State and local............................. 258 300 286 292 312 310 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 718 770 803 766 791 833 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1

South........................................... 1,912 1,944 1,966 2,089 2,053 2,008 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9

Midwest........................................ 1,047 1,214 1,150 1,158 1,078 1,086 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4

West............................................ 1,116 1,107 1,141 1,168 1,142 1,151 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 4,569 4,895 4,799 4,906 4,796 4,846 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,272 4,574 4,480 4,596 4,454 4,518 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8

Construction................................ 315 300 280 333 270 308 5.1 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.2 4.8

Manufacturing.............................. 233 262 238 266 254 272 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2

Durable goods........................... 128 153 141 160 168 169 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods....................... 105 109 97 105 85 103 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,009 1,028 1,071 1,077 1,050 1,058 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

Retail trade............................... 700 713 745 746 738 758 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 956 1,005 961 991 962 945 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8

Education and health services6

.......... 481 520 547 533 542 533 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 407 450 467 450 463 451 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality.................... 831 948 892 882 882 928 5.6 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 148 132 120 136 103 123 7.0 6.2 5.5 6.3 4.8 5.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 683 816 772 746 779 805 5.4 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.2

Government7.................................. 296 321 319 310 343 328 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5

State and local............................. 271 285 280 276 300 295 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 720 756 730 727 693 798 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.0

South........................................... 1,882 1,952 1,909 1,877 1,928 1,901 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7

Midwest........................................ 973 1,138 1,087 1,145 1,118 1,094 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

West............................................ 994 1,049 1,073 1,157 1,058 1,053 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.3 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

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 2,516 2,709 2,730 2,738 2,737 2,741 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,369 2,562 2,579 2,576 2,578 2,582 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Construction................................ 131 120 115 107 109 104 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6

Manufacturing.............................. 116 141 122 138 129 140 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1

Durable goods........................... 64 80 71 81 82 78 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0

Nondurable goods....................... 52 62 51 57 47 62 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 562 611 624 618 604 584 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

Retail trade............................... 412 446 444 462 427 423 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7

Professional and business services. . . .. 456 506 516 510 493 507 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6

Education and health services6

.......... 289 346 358 347 363 363 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 254 309 315 306 311 322 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 551 562 573 585 615 640 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 53 47 53 52 54 71 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.3

Accommodation and food services. .. 499 515 520 533 561 570 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4

Government7.................................. 147 147 151 161 159 160 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 140 136 140 150 146 148 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 339 388 381 370 397 394 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5

South........................................... 1,043 1,125 1,123 1,129 1,185 1,176 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3

Midwest........................................ 579 603 632 616 622 582 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8

West............................................ 555 593 595 622 534 589 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 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

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 1,663 1,784 1,660 1,779 1,646 1,688 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,582 1,679 1,562 1,686 1,535 1,581 1.3 1.4 1.3 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.................................. 81 105 98 93 110 107 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 306 295 273 280 222 333 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3

South........................................... 677 682 615 599 583 550 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Midwest........................................ 329 432 380 456 402 434 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4

West............................................ 352 374 392 445 439 370 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2

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

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015

June

2015

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 390 402 409 389 413 417 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 322 333 340 333 340 355 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 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.................................. 68 70 69 56 73 62 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

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 5,076 6,142 5,544 3.5 4.2 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,597 5,547 5,008 3.7 4.4 4.0

Mining and logging............................................... 31 26 17 3.3 3.0 2.1

Construction....................................................... 143 153 148 2.2 2.3 2.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 313 388 336 2.5 3.0 2.6

Durable goods.................................................. 184 219 219 2.3 2.7 2.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 129 169 117 2.8 3.5 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 935 1,102 1,038 3.4 3.9 3.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 157 226 178 2.6 3.7 2.9

Retail trade..................................................... 601 676 651 3.8 4.1 4.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 176 199 209 3.3 3.6 3.8

Information........................................................ 90 115 105 3.1 3.9 3.6

Financial activities................................................ 359 384 344 4.3 4.5 4.0

Finance and insurance........................................ 271 261 274 4.4 4.1 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 88 123 70 4.0 5.5 3.2

Professional and business services............................ 913 1,192 1,097 4.5 5.6 5.2

Education and health services.................................. 901 1,167 1,014 4.1 5.1 4.4

Educational services.......................................... 89 120 99 2.8 3.7 3.0

Health care and social assistance........................... 812 1,046 915 4.3 5.3 4.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 727 834 728 4.5 5.0 4.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 83 53 52 3.4 2.1 2.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 644 781 675 4.7 5.5 4.8

Other services.................................................... 184 186 180 3.2 3.1 3.1

Government.......................................................... 479 596 536 2.3 2.8 2.5

Federal............................................................. 72 70 73 2.6 2.5 2.6

State and local.................................................... 407 526 463 2.2 2.8 2.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 860 986 913 3.2 3.6 3.3

South................................................................. 1,947 2,387 2,145 3.7 4.4 4.0

Midwest............................................................... 1,132 1,356 1,241 3.5 4.1 3.7

West.................................................................. 1,137 1,413 1,246 3.5 4.2 3.7

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 5,274 5,507 5,674 3.8 3.9 4.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,763 5,110 5,024 4.0 4.2 4.1

Mining and logging............................................... 31 34 28 3.3 4.0 3.3

Construction....................................................... 336 356 321 5.2 5.3 4.8

Manufacturing..................................................... 263 294 287 2.1 2.4 2.3

Durable goods.................................................. 151 169 175 1.9 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 113 125 112 2.5 2.7 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,052 1,142 1,112 4.0 4.2 4.1

Wholesale trade................................................ 157 161 131 2.7 2.7 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 720 772 787 4.7 4.9 5.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 175 209 194 3.4 3.9 3.7

Information........................................................ 87 81 77 3.1 2.9 2.7

Financial activities................................................ 204 213 191 2.5 2.6 2.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 142 144 130 2.4 2.4 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 62 69 61 3.0 3.2 2.9

Professional and business services............................ 1,055 1,058 1,020 5.5 5.3 5.1

Education and health services.................................. 664 683 765 3.1 3.1 3.5

Educational services.......................................... 145 107 160 4.7 3.4 5.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 519 576 606 2.9 3.1 3.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 888 991 1,043 5.8 6.2 6.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 119 116 110 5.0 4.6 4.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 768 875 933 5.9 6.5 7.0

Other services.................................................... 183 258 181 3.3 4.5 3.2

Government.......................................................... 511 397 650 2.5 1.9 3.1

Federal............................................................. 30 38 39 1.1 1.4 1.4

State and local.................................................... 482 359 611 2.7 2.0 3.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 723 912 874 2.8 3.5 3.3

South................................................................. 2,153 2,185 2,297 4.3 4.2 4.5

Midwest............................................................... 1,190 1,117 1,230 3.8 3.5 3.9

West.................................................................. 1,209 1,293 1,274 3.8 4.0 4.0

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

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 5,502 5,190 5,884 4.0 3.7 4.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 5,075 4,776 5,408 4.3 3.9 4.5

Mining and logging............................................... 31 36 37 3.3 4.3 4.5

Construction....................................................... 356 297 345 5.5 4.5 5.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 292 270 344 2.4 2.2 2.8

Durable goods.................................................. 162 180 209 2.1 2.3 2.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 130 90 134 2.9 2.0 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,106 1,094 1,172 4.2 4.1 4.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 163 166 131 2.8 2.8 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 776 744 851 5.0 4.7 5.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 167 184 190 3.2 3.5 3.6

Information........................................................ 74 85 88 2.7 3.0 3.1

Financial activities................................................ 228 180 212 2.8 2.2 2.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 155 120 149 2.6 2.0 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 74 60 64 3.5 2.8 3.0

Professional and business services............................ 1,085 969 1,060 5.6 4.9 5.3

Education and health services.................................. 618 650 690 2.9 3.0 3.2

Educational services.......................................... 119 112 140 3.8 3.5 4.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 499 537 549 2.8 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,047 964 1,201 6.8 6.1 7.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 200 94 177 8.5 3.8 7.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 847 870 1,024 6.5 6.5 7.6

Other services.................................................... 239 231 259 4.3 4.0 4.6

Government.......................................................... 427 414 476 2.1 2.0 2.3

Federal............................................................. 28 35 38 1.0 1.3 1.4

State and local.................................................... 399 378 438 2.2 2.1 2.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 876 742 1,003 3.4 2.8 3.8

South................................................................. 2,245 2,114 2,292 4.4 4.1 4.4

Midwest............................................................... 1,245 1,129 1,384 4.0 3.5 4.3

West.................................................................. 1,136 1,205 1,205 3.6 3.8 3.7

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

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 3,257 3,148 3,558 2.3 2.2 2.5

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,026 2,954 3,308 2.6 2.4 2.7

Mining and logging............................................... 19 18 18 2.1 2.2 2.2

Construction....................................................... 171 142 142 2.6 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 163 150 195 1.3 1.2 1.6

Durable goods.................................................. 92 96 107 1.2 1.2 1.4

Nondurable goods............................................. 71 54 88 1.6 1.2 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 694 645 716 2.6 2.4 2.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 79 90 76 1.3 1.5 1.3

Retail trade..................................................... 516 449 525 3.3 2.9 3.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 99 106 115 1.9 2.0 2.2

Information........................................................ 47 50 56 1.7 1.8 2.0

Financial activities................................................ 151 103 120 1.9 1.3 1.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 96 70 87 1.6 1.2 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 55 33 32 2.6 1.5 1.5

Professional and business services............................ 545 552 606 2.8 2.8 3.0

Education and health services.................................. 374 437 470 1.8 2.0 2.2

Educational services.......................................... 60 70 72 1.9 2.2 2.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 313 367 399 1.7 2.0 2.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 729 721 858 4.7 4.5 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 89 70 121 3.8 2.8 5.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 640 651 737 4.9 4.9 5.5

Other services.................................................... 133 136 126 2.4 2.4 2.2

Government.......................................................... 230 193 251 1.1 0.9 1.2

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

State and local.................................................... 221 179 233 1.2 1.0 1.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 447 444 531 1.7 1.7 2.0

South................................................................. 1,316 1,343 1,486 2.6 2.6 2.9

Midwest............................................................... 811 716 809 2.6 2.2 2.5

West.................................................................. 683 644 732 2.2 2.0 2.3

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

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 1,822 1,598 1,868 1.3 1.1 1.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,702 1,471 1,707 1.4 1.2 1.4

Mining and logging............................................... 9 16 17 1.0 1.9 2.0

Construction....................................................... 160 136 187 2.5 2.0 2.8

Manufacturing..................................................... 103 97 126 0.8 0.8 1.0

Durable goods.................................................. 55 68 85 0.7 0.9 1.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 48 28 40 1.1 0.6 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 297 322 301 1.1 1.2 1.1

Wholesale trade................................................ 69 65 37 1.2 1.1 0.6

Retail trade..................................................... 176 198 203 1.1 1.3 1.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 52 58 62 1.0 1.1 1.2

Information........................................................ 19 22 20 0.7 0.8 0.7

Financial activities................................................ 55 59 58 0.7 0.7 0.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 38 39 32 0.6 0.6 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 17 20 26 0.8 0.9 1.2

Professional and business services............................ 500 377 378 2.6 1.9 1.9

Education and health services.................................. 193 159 170 0.9 0.7 0.8

Educational services.......................................... 50 33 58 1.6 1.0 1.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 143 126 112 0.8 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 269 196 322 1.7 1.2 2.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 107 20 53 4.5 0.8 2.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 162 176 269 1.2 1.3 2.0

Other services.................................................... 97 87 129 1.7 1.5 2.3

Government.......................................................... 120 127 161 0.6 0.6 0.8

Federal............................................................. 10 10 9 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local.................................................... 111 117 152 0.6 0.7 0.8

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 348 222 396 1.3 0.8 1.5

South................................................................. 757 588 614 1.5 1.1 1.2

Midwest............................................................... 352 319 482 1.1 1.0 1.5

West.................................................................. 366 469 375 1.2 1.5 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 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

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Aug.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 423 444 458 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 347 351 394 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Construction....................................................... 26 19 16 0.4 0.3 0.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 26 23 22 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 15 16 17 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 11 7 6 0.2 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 116 127 155 0.4 0.5 0.6

Wholesale trade................................................ 15 12 18 0.3 0.2 0.3

Retail trade..................................................... 84 97 123 0.5 0.6 0.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 17 19 14 0.3 0.4 0.3

Information........................................................ 8 13 13 0.3 0.5 0.4

Financial activities................................................ 22 18 35 0.3 0.2 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 20 10 30 0.3 0.2 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 2 7 6 0.1 0.3 0.3

Professional and business services............................ 39 40 76 0.2 0.2 0.4

Education and health services.................................. 51 54 49 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 9 9 10 0.3 0.3 0.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 42 44 39 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 49 47 22 0.3 0.3 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 4 5 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 44 42 19 0.3 0.3 0.1

Other services.................................................... 9 8 4 0.2 0.1 0.1

Government.......................................................... 76 93 64 0.4 0.5 0.3

Federal............................................................. 9 12 11 0.3 0.4 0.4

State and local.................................................... 67 82 53 0.4 0.5 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 81 76 76 0.3 0.3 0.3

South................................................................. 172 183 192 0.3 0.4 0.4

Midwest............................................................... 82 94 93 0.3 0.3 0.3

West.................................................................. 88 92 98 0.3 0.3 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.