For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, July 7, 2015 USDL-15-1321

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MAY 2015

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

highest since the series began in December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

The number of hires was unchanged at 5.0 million in May and the number of separations was little 

changed at 4.7 million. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 1.9 percent and the layoffs 

and discharges rate was little changed 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 were little changed at 5.4 million on the last business day of May, remaining at a 

historically high level. The job openings rate for May 2015 was 3.6 percent. The number of job openings

was little changed for total private and government. Job openings increased in nondurable goods 

manufacturing and in state and local government. Job openings were little changed in all four regions.

(See table 1.)

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

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

the largest increases occurring in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care and 

social assistance. Job openings decreased over the year in mining and logging and in arts, entertainment, 

and recreation. The number of job openings increased over the year in the South, Midwest, and West

regions. (See table 7.)

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 2.4

 2.6

 2.8

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 3.6

 3.8

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Percent

2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

June 2012 - May 2015

2013

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2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

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3.2

3.4

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3.8

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Hires

Separations

Percent

2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted,

June 2012 - May 2015

2013
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Hires

The number of hires was 5.0 million in May, unchanged from April. The hires rate was 3.5 percent. The 

number of hires was little changed for total private and government in May. 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 May, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed for

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

government. Among the industries, the number of hires decreased over the year in mining and logging. 

The number of hires was little changed over the year in all four regions. (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 4.7 million total separations in May, about the same as in April. The separations rate was 

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

all industries and regions over the month. (See table 3.)

There were 2.7 million quits in May, unchanged from April. The quits rate in May was 1.9 percent. The

number of quits was little changed for total private and government over the month. The number of quits

was little changed in all industries and in all four regions in May. (See table 4.)

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

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

health care and social assistance and in accommodation and food services. The number of quits was 

little changed in all four regions. (See table 10.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in May, about the same as in April. The layoffs and 

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

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

layoffs and discharges are not available for individual industries.

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

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

increased over the year in federal government, but decreased in real estate and rental and leasing. There 

was little change in layoffs and discharges over the year in all four regions. (See table 11.)

In May, there were 391,000 other separations for total nonfarm, about the same as in April. Over the 

month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 324,000 and for

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

for individual industries or regions.
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Over the 12 months ending in May, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted) was little 

changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Other separations increased in federal 

government, but decreased in accommodation and food services and in state and local government. The 

number of other separations was little changed in all four regions. (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 May 2015, hires totaled 60.2 million 

and separations totaled 57.4 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.8 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 June 2015 are scheduled to be released 

on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 4,608 5,334 5,363 4,805 5,034 5,000 4,543 4,895 4,743

Total private1...................................... 4,179 4,849 4,852 4,517 4,698 4,668 4,250 4,574 4,433

Construction.................................... 127 137 149 323 345 322 288 300 287

Manufacturing.................................. 292 335 347 241 252 240 228 262 237

Durable goods............................... 174 215 209 152 144 142 133 153 142

Nondurable goods........................... 118 120 139 89 109 98 96 109 95

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 762 951 983 1,080 1,039 1,073 1,026 1,028 1,044

Retail trade................................... 437 530 550 754 722 749 719 713 713

Professional and business services......... 881 1,070 1,097 955 1,040 1,010 900 1,005 944

Education and health services3.............. 806 992 967 550 598 607 500 520 547

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 729 893 870 479 517 516 426 450 469

Leisure and hospitality........................ 762 716 737 879 907 927 834 948 880

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 85 67 68 154 130 151 133 132 116

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 676 649 669 725 777 776 701 816 763

Government4

...................................... 430 485 511 288 336 331 293 321 309

State and local................................. 370 414 446 258 300 291 262 285 271

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.3

Total private1

...................................... 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7

Construction.................................... 2.0 2.1 2.3 5.3 5.4 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.5

Manufacturing.................................. 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.1 1.9

Durable goods............................... 2.2 2.7 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8

Nondurable goods........................... 2.6 2.6 3.0 2.0 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.8 3.4 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.9

Retail trade................................... 2.8 3.3 3.4 4.9 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6

Professional and business services......... 4.4 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.7 5.1 4.8

Education and health services3

.............. 3.6 4.3 4.2 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.9 4.6 4.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.9 4.5 4.6 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.7 6.3 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.9 3.0 3.0 7.3 6.0 7.0 6.4 6.2 5.4

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 5.1 4.8 4.9 5.8 6.0 6.0 5.6 6.3 5.9

Government4...................................... 1.9 2.2 2.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.4

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

1

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

2

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

3

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

4

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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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. 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

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total.............................................. 4,608 4,965 5,144 5,109 5,334 5,363 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,179 4,459 4,656 4,626 4,849 4,852 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.9

Construction................................ 127 137 160 168 137 149 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.1 2.3

Manufacturing.............................. 292 324 323 333 335 347 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7

Durable goods........................... 174 199 206 211 215 209 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6

Nondurable goods....................... 118 125 117 122 120 139 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 762 844 903 880 951 983 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.5

Retail trade............................... 437 494 543 515 530 550 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.4

Professional and business services. . . .. 881 929 940 1,014 1,070 1,097 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.9 5.2 5.3

Education and health services6

.......... 806 907 925 903 992 967 3.6 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 729 812 818 810 893 870 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 762 727 734 740 716 737 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 85 64 73 92 67 68 3.9 2.9 3.3 4.1 3.0 3.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 676 663 661 649 649 669 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.9

Government7.................................. 430 506 488 483 485 511 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3

State and local............................. 370 432 420 416 414 446 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.3

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 781 817 856 827 833 821 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0

South........................................... 1,704 1,867 1,862 1,881 1,994 2,034 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.8

Midwest........................................ 1,090 1,140 1,229 1,203 1,199 1,242 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.8

West............................................ 1,034 1,141 1,197 1,198 1,308 1,267 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.9 3.8

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

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total............................................... 4,805 4,994 5,011 5,088 5,034 5,000 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,517 4,679 4,700 4,759 4,698 4,668 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9

Construction................................ 323 353 326 307 345 322 5.3 5.6 5.1 4.8 5.4 5.0

Manufacturing.............................. 241 259 259 257 252 240 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9

Durable goods........................... 152 157 154 152 144 142 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8

Nondurable goods....................... 89 102 105 105 109 98 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,080 1,080 1,042 1,105 1,039 1,073 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.0

Retail trade............................... 754 760 714 756 722 749 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 955 1,003 1,033 1,073 1,040 1,010 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.1

Education and health services6

.......... 550 563 619 591 598 607 2.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8

Health care and social assistance. . .. 479 499 527 518 517 516 2.7 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8

Leisure and hospitality.................... 879 901 919 928 907 927 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 154 144 147 152 130 151 7.3 6.7 6.9 7.1 6.0 7.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 725 757 772 776 777 776 5.8 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0

Government7.................................. 288 315 311 329 336 331 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

State and local............................. 258 280 278 294 300 291 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 733 719 820 784 770 810 2.8 2.7 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1

South........................................... 1,881 1,986 1,881 1,947 1,944 1,905 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7

Midwest........................................ 1,139 1,182 1,179 1,215 1,214 1,161 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6

West............................................ 1,052 1,108 1,131 1,142 1,107 1,124 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total............................................... 4,543 4,834 4,793 5,065 4,895 4,743 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,250 4,504 4,466 4,735 4,574 4,433 3.6 3.8 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7

Construction................................ 288 299 311 345 300 287 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.4 4.7 4.5

Manufacturing.............................. 228 251 264 264 262 237 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.9

Durable goods........................... 133 147 157 152 153 142 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.8

Nondurable goods....................... 96 104 107 112 109 95 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,026 1,076 956 1,120 1,028 1,044 3.9 4.0 3.6 4.2 3.8 3.9

Retail trade............................... 719 743 652 768 713 713 4.7 4.8 4.2 4.9 4.6 4.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 900 1,003 1,006 1,019 1,005 944 4.7 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.8

Education and health services6

.......... 500 529 558 536 520 547 2.3 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . .. 426 462 496 465 450 469 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 834 863 859 933 948 880 5.7 5.8 5.7 6.2 6.3 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 133 148 153 150 132 116 6.4 6.9 7.2 7.0 6.2 5.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 701 715 706 783 816 763 5.6 5.6 5.5 6.1 6.3 5.9

Government7.................................. 293 330 327 331 321 309 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4

State and local............................. 262 282 293 296 285 271 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 732 795 722 785 756 744 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.0 2.9 2.8

South........................................... 1,743 1,917 1,905 1,942 1,952 1,839 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.6

Midwest........................................ 1,005 1,052 1,065 1,193 1,138 1,085 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.4

West............................................ 1,063 1,070 1,101 1,145 1,049 1,075 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total............................................... 2,494 2,779 2,720 2,769 2,709 2,699 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,357 2,636 2,571 2,611 2,562 2,549 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

Construction................................ 121 105 118 122 120 117 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8

Manufacturing.............................. 120 140 131 129 141 122 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0

Durable goods........................... 70 85 75 72 80 72 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9

Nondurable goods....................... 50 54 56 56 62 50 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 613 623 564 649 611 619 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.3

Retail trade............................... 445 452 413 492 446 441 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 433 554 516 474 506 481 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.4

Education and health services6

.......... 315 361 388 353 346 358 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 276 327 357 313 309 313 1.5 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 502 582 560 613 562 576 3.4 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 48 56 52 46 47 51 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 454 526 508 567 515 525 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.4 4.0 4.1

Government7.................................. 137 143 149 158 147 150 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 127 132 137 147 136 139 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 344 385 348 398 388 388 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5

South........................................... 1,026 1,126 1,098 1,128 1,125 1,091 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1

Midwest........................................ 583 637 631 629 603 613 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9

West............................................ 542 631 643 613 593 607 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9

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

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total............................................... 1,659 1,722 1,688 1,894 1,784 1,653 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,578 1,603 1,579 1,791 1,679 1,561 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.3

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

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

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

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

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

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

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

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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

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

Government7.................................. 81 119 110 103 105 92 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 309 335 305 308 295 286 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

South........................................... 560 656 662 690 682 586 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1

Midwest........................................ 330 370 340 479 432 397 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.2

West............................................ 460 361 381 418 374 384 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 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

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total............................................... 390 333 385 403 402 391 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 315 265 316 333 333 324 0.3 0.2 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.................................. 75 68 69 70 70 67 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

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,639 5,800 5,430 3.2 3.9 3.7

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,188 5,304 4,900 3.5 4.3 3.9

Mining and logging............................................... 32 14 16 3.5 1.6 1.9

Construction....................................................... 137 160 155 2.2 2.5 2.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 305 358 361 2.5 2.8 2.8

Durable goods.................................................. 177 236 212 2.3 2.9 2.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 128 122 149 2.8 2.6 3.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 761 995 1,009 2.8 3.6 3.6

Wholesale trade................................................ 150 189 173 2.5 3.1 2.8

Retail trade..................................................... 442 545 566 2.8 3.4 3.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 169 261 269 3.2 4.7 4.8

Information........................................................ 92 124 97 3.3 4.3 3.4

Financial activities................................................ 292 410 304 3.5 4.8 3.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 227 302 229 3.7 4.8 3.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 64 108 75 3.0 5.0 3.5

Professional and business services............................ 859 1,163 1,099 4.3 5.6 5.3

Education and health services.................................. 798 1,072 963 3.6 4.6 4.2

Educational services.......................................... 78 103 98 2.2 2.8 2.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 720 969 865 3.8 5.0 4.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 791 824 769 5.0 5.2 4.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 106 86 82 4.6 4.0 3.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 685 737 687 5.1 5.4 5.0

Other services.................................................... 122 184 127 2.1 3.2 2.2

Government.......................................................... 451 496 530 2.0 2.2 2.3

Federal............................................................. 62 79 66 2.2 2.8 2.4

State and local.................................................... 388 417 464 2.0 2.1 2.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 804 916 843 3.0 3.4 3.1

South................................................................. 1,703 2,223 2,053 3.3 4.2 3.8

Midwest............................................................... 1,101 1,275 1,268 3.4 3.9 3.8

West.................................................................. 1,030 1,387 1,266 3.2 4.2 3.8

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 5,435 5,465 5,597 3.9 3.9 3.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 5,108 5,206 5,241 4.4 4.4 4.4

Mining and logging............................................... 40 33 22 4.5 3.8 2.7

Construction....................................................... 417 447 415 6.8 7.1 6.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 279 268 271 2.3 2.2 2.2

Durable goods.................................................. 177 157 164 2.3 2.0 2.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 102 110 107 2.3 2.5 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,149 1,078 1,133 4.4 4.1 4.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 160 150 146 2.8 2.6 2.5

Retail trade..................................................... 821 748 811 5.4 4.8 5.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 167 180 176 3.2 3.4 3.3

Information........................................................ 77 80 85 2.8 2.9 3.0

Financial activities................................................ 217 236 219 2.7 2.9 2.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 129 155 144 2.2 2.6 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 88 81 75 4.3 3.9 3.6

Professional and business services............................ 1,030 1,184 1,074 5.4 6.0 5.5

Education and health services.................................. 527 582 583 2.5 2.6 2.6

Educational services.......................................... 46 50 62 1.3 1.4 1.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 482 532 521 2.7 2.9 2.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,140 1,095 1,203 7.6 7.3 7.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 249 180 250 11.4 8.6 11.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 891 915 953 7.0 7.1 7.3

Other services.................................................... 230 202 236 4.1 3.6 4.2

Government.......................................................... 327 260 356 1.5 1.2 1.6

Federal............................................................. 38 37 51 1.4 1.4 1.9

State and local.................................................... 289 223 305 1.5 1.1 1.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 831 842 919 3.2 3.2 3.5

South................................................................. 2,062 2,105 2,080 4.1 4.1 4.0

Midwest............................................................... 1,397 1,385 1,382 4.5 4.4 4.3

West.................................................................. 1,145 1,132 1,216 3.6 3.5 3.8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,540 4,780 4,689 3.3 3.4 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,186 4,557 4,322 3.6 3.8 3.6

Mining and logging............................................... 32 41 33 3.6 4.8 4.0

Construction....................................................... 272 283 270 4.4 4.5 4.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 229 259 228 1.9 2.1 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 134 154 138 1.7 2.0 1.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 96 105 90 2.1 2.3 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 984 989 994 3.8 3.7 3.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 138 136 127 2.4 2.3 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 710 696 699 4.7 4.5 4.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 135 158 168 2.6 3.0 3.2

Information........................................................ 73 71 79 2.7 2.5 2.8

Financial activities................................................ 175 227 178 2.2 2.8 2.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 101 154 111 1.7 2.6 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 74 73 67 3.6 3.5 3.2

Professional and business services............................ 914 1,077 929 4.8 5.5 4.7

Education and health services.................................. 515 516 565 2.4 2.3 2.6

Educational services.......................................... 84 51 90 2.5 1.4 2.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 430 465 475 2.4 2.5 2.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 792 919 840 5.3 6.1 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 112 148 96 5.1 7.1 4.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 680 770 744 5.3 6.0 5.7

Other services.................................................... 201 176 206 3.6 3.1 3.6

Government.......................................................... 354 223 367 1.6 1.0 1.6

Federal............................................................. 29 32 37 1.1 1.2 1.4

State and local.................................................... 325 191 330 1.7 1.0 1.7

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 672 722 678 2.6 2.7 2.6

South................................................................. 1,827 1,980 1,890 3.6 3.9 3.7

Midwest............................................................... 982 1,065 1,053 3.1 3.3 3.3

West.................................................................. 1,059 1,013 1,068 3.4 3.2 3.3

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

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 2,565 2,761 2,748 1.8 2.0 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,401 2,645 2,569 2.1 2.2 2.1

Mining and logging............................................... 17 14 17 1.9 1.7 2.1

Construction....................................................... 131 129 129 2.1 2.1 2.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 129 149 126 1.1 1.2 1.0

Durable goods.................................................. 75 86 74 1.0 1.1 1.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 54 62 52 1.2 1.4 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 620 633 623 2.4 2.4 2.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 91 87 86 1.6 1.5 1.5

Retail trade..................................................... 464 460 456 3.0 3.0 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 65 86 81 1.3 1.6 1.5

Information........................................................ 44 41 42 1.6 1.5 1.5

Financial activities................................................ 85 118 108 1.1 1.5 1.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 53 79 65 0.9 1.3 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 32 39 43 1.6 1.9 2.1

Professional and business services............................ 444 522 484 2.3 2.7 2.5

Education and health services.................................. 319 347 360 1.5 1.6 1.6

Educational services.......................................... 39 31 46 1.1 0.9 1.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 280 316 314 1.6 1.7 1.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 493 581 560 3.3 3.9 3.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 47 42 50 2.2 2.0 2.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 446 540 510 3.5 4.2 3.9

Other services.................................................... 119 111 120 2.1 2.0 2.1

Government.......................................................... 164 116 179 0.7 0.5 0.8

Federal............................................................. 11 10 12 0.4 0.4 0.4

State and local.................................................... 153 106 166 0.8 0.5 0.8

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 343 391 384 1.3 1.5 1.4

South................................................................. 1,068 1,198 1,116 2.1 2.3 2.2

Midwest............................................................... 585 588 620 1.9 1.8 1.9

West.................................................................. 568 584 628 1.8 1.8 2.0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 1,583 1,653 1,554 1.1 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,476 1,595 1,442 1.3 1.3 1.2

Mining and logging............................................... 14 25 14 1.5 2.9 1.6

Construction....................................................... 132 136 131 2.1 2.2 2.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 77 87 77 0.6 0.7 0.6

Durable goods.................................................. 44 54 47 0.6 0.7 0.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 33 33 29 0.7 0.7 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 275 262 261 1.0 1.0 1.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 40 32 31 0.7 0.5 0.5

Retail trade..................................................... 181 179 160 1.2 1.2 1.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 55 51 70 1.1 1.0 1.3

Information........................................................ 21 23 24 0.8 0.8 0.9

Financial activities................................................ 54 78 45 0.7 1.0 0.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 17 52 27 0.3 0.9 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 37 26 17 1.8 1.3 0.8

Professional and business services............................ 411 490 393 2.2 2.5 2.0

Education and health services.................................. 164 118 165 0.8 0.5 0.7

Educational services.......................................... 39 17 39 1.1 0.5 1.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 124 101 126 0.7 0.5 0.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 266 320 261 1.8 2.1 1.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 61 104 44 2.8 5.0 1.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 204 215 217 1.6 1.7 1.7

Other services.................................................... 63 56 72 1.1 1.0 1.3

Government.......................................................... 107 59 112 0.5 0.3 0.5

Federal............................................................. 6 11 10 0.2 0.4 0.4

State and local.................................................... 100 47 102 0.5 0.2 0.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 259 263 235 1.0 1.0 0.9

South................................................................. 591 655 601 1.2 1.3 1.2

Midwest............................................................... 308 385 364 1.0 1.2 1.1

West.................................................................. 426 350 355 1.4 1.1 1.1

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

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

May

2014

Apr.

2015

May

2015p

Total..................................................................... 392 366 387 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 309 318 311 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 1 2 2 0.1 0.2 0.3

Construction....................................................... 8 18 10 0.1 0.3 0.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 22 23 25 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 14 14 16 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 9 10 9 0.2 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 89 94 110 0.3 0.4 0.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 8 16 11 0.1 0.3 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 65 57 84 0.4 0.4 0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 16 20 16 0.3 0.4 0.3

Information........................................................ 9 6 13 0.3 0.2 0.5

Financial activities................................................ 36 31 25 0.5 0.4 0.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 31 23 19 0.5 0.4 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 5 8 7 0.2 0.4 0.3

Professional and business services............................ 59 65 52 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services.................................. 32 51 40 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 6 3 5 0.2 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 27 48 35 0.1 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 34 18 20 0.2 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 4 2 2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 30 16 17 0.2 0.1 0.1

Other services.................................................... 19 10 14 0.3 0.2 0.2

Government.......................................................... 84 49 76 0.4 0.2 0.3

Federal............................................................. 11 11 15 0.4 0.4 0.5

State and local.................................................... 72 37 61 0.4 0.2 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 70 68 59 0.3 0.3 0.2

South................................................................. 168 127 173 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 88 92 70 0.3 0.3 0.2

West.................................................................. 65 79 85 0.2 0.2 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.