For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, May 12, 2015 USDL-15-0888

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MARCH 2015

There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of March, little changed from 5.1 million in

February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires were little changed at 5.1 million in 

March and separations were little changed at 5.0 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.0

percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.3 percent; both rates were little different from the 

previous month. 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

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

The job openings rate for March was 3.4 percent. The job openings level was little changed for total 

private and government. Job openings decreased in health care and social assistance but increased in 

arts, entertainment, and recreation. The number of job 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 March

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

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

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

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

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 2.8

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Percent

2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, April 2012 - March 2015

2013

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

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3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

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Hires

Separations

Percent

2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted, April 2012 - March 2015

2013
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Hires

There were 5.1 million hires in March, little changed from February. The hires rate in March was 3.6

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

little or no change in the number of hires in all industries and regions over the month. (See table 2.)

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

nonfarm and total private and was little changed for government. Hires increased in wholesale trade as 

well as in accommodation and food services. The number of hires decreased in mining and logging. The 

number of hires increased in the Midwest region. (See table 8.)

Separations

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

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

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

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

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

There were 5.0 million total separations in March, little changed from February. The separations rate 

was 3.5 percent. The number of total separations was little changed in total private and government but

increased in the Midwest region. (See table 3.)

There were 2.8 million quits in March, little changed from February. The quits rate in March was 2.0

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

number of quits increased in March for retail trade as well as for accommodation and food services.

Quits decreased in health care and social assistance. Over the month 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 March for total 

nonfarm, total private, and government. Over the year, quits increased in several industries including

retail trade, health care and social assistance, and accommodation and food services. The number of 

quits increased over the year in the Northeast, Midwest, and West regions. (See table 10.)

There were 1.8 million layoffs and discharges in March, about the same as in February. The layoffs and 

discharges rate was 1.3 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed over the month

for total private and government, and increased in the Midwest region. (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 March for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and discharges 

increased in mining and logging but decreased in health care and social assistance. There was little 

change in layoffs and discharges in all four regions. (See table 11.)

In March, there were 407,000 other separations for total nonfarm, about the same as in February. Over 

the month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 338,000 and unchanged

for government at 69,000. (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 March, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted) was 

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

in real estate and rental and leasing but increased in professional and business services. Other 

separations increased in the West region. (See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

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

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

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

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

if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in March 2015, hires totaled 59.7

million and separations totaled 56.7 million, yielding a net employment gain of 3.0 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 April 2015 are scheduled to be released 

on Tuesday, June 9, 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

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 4,210 5,144 4,994 4,744 5,011 5,067 4,519 4,793 4,983

Total private1...................................... 3,794 4,656 4,506 4,434 4,700 4,736 4,210 4,466 4,653

Construction.................................... 123 160 147 259 326 297 244 311 325

Manufacturing.................................. 278 323 320 252 259 254 247 264 264

Durable goods............................... 163 206 194 145 154 150 130 157 153

Nondurable goods........................... 115 117 125 107 105 103 116 107 111

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 755 903 859 1,027 1,042 1,110 991 956 1,108

Retail trade................................... 495 543 495 712 714 767 702 652 764

Professional and business services......... 779 940 985 1,000 1,033 1,053 938 1,006 980

Education and health services3.............. 715 925 851 574 619 583 550 558 532

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 647 818 760 486 527 512 457 496 466

Leisure and hospitality........................ 633 734 739 821 919 931 771 859 920

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 64 73 92 126 147 147 123 153 147

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 569 661 647 695 772 784 647 706 773

Government4

...................................... 415 488 488 309 311 331 308 327 329

State and local................................. 349 420 426 276 278 298 274 293 295

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 3.0 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

Total private1

...................................... 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.9

Construction.................................... 2.0 2.5 2.3 4.3 5.1 4.7 4.0 4.9 5.1

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

Durable goods............................... 2.1 2.6 2.4 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0

Nondurable goods........................... 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.6 4.1

Retail trade................................... 3.1 3.4 3.1 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.9

Professional and business services......... 4.0 4.6 4.8 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.0 5.2 5.0

Education and health services3

.............. 3.2 4.1 3.7 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.5 4.3 4.0 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.2 4.7 4.7 5.6 6.1 6.2 5.3 5.7 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.0 3.3 4.1 6.1 6.9 6.9 5.9 7.2 6.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 4.4 4.9 4.8 5.6 6.0 6.1 5.2 5.5 6.0

Government4...................................... 1.9 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5

State and local................................. 1.8 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.5 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-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

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total.............................................. 4,210 4,886 4,877 4,965 5,144 4,994 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,794 4,424 4,396 4,459 4,656 4,506 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6

Construction................................ 123 130 140 137 160 147 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.3

Manufacturing.............................. 278 332 310 324 323 320 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5

Durable goods........................... 163 206 195 199 206 194 2.1 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4

Nondurable goods....................... 115 126 115 125 117 125 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 755 850 831 844 903 859 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.1

Retail trade............................... 495 497 516 494 543 495 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 779 1,009 967 929 940 985 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8

Education and health services6

.......... 715 825 923 907 925 851 3.2 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 647 752 837 812 818 760 3.5 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.0

Leisure and hospitality.................... 633 616 651 727 734 739 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 64 44 65 64 73 92 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.9 3.3 4.1

Accommodation and food services. .. 569 571 586 663 661 647 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.9 4.9 4.8

Government7.................................. 415 462 482 506 488 488 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2

State and local............................. 349 400 409 432 420 426 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 706 791 817 817 856 827 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0

South........................................... 1,639 1,889 1,902 1,867 1,862 1,813 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4

Midwest........................................ 949 1,109 1,086 1,140 1,229 1,205 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7

West............................................ 916 1,097 1,072 1,141 1,197 1,148 2.9 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5

1

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,744 5,026 5,239 4,994 5,011 5,067 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,434 4,714 4,920 4,679 4,700 4,736 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0

Construction................................ 259 326 438 353 326 297 4.3 5.2 7.0 5.6 5.1 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 252 269 276 259 259 254 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Durable goods........................... 145 158 164 157 154 150 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9

Nondurable goods....................... 107 111 112 102 105 103 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,027 1,123 1,118 1,080 1,042 1,110 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.1

Retail trade............................... 712 774 787 760 714 767 4.7 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,000 968 1,040 1,003 1,033 1,053 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.4

Education and health services6

.......... 574 578 602 563 619 583 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.8 2.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 486 512 528 499 527 512 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.8

Leisure and hospitality.................... 821 908 930 901 919 931 5.6 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.1 6.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 126 135 137 144 147 147 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 695 774 793 757 772 784 5.6 6.1 6.2 5.9 6.0 6.1

Government7.................................. 309 312 319 315 311 331 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5

State and local............................. 276 268 289 280 278 298 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 717 761 819 719 820 758 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.9

South........................................... 1,843 1,987 2,072 1,986 1,881 1,948 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.8

Midwest........................................ 1,049 1,217 1,170 1,182 1,179 1,218 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8

West............................................ 1,135 1,061 1,177 1,108 1,131 1,144 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,519 4,628 4,901 4,834 4,793 4,983 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,210 4,338 4,593 4,504 4,466 4,653 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.9

Construction................................ 244 298 393 299 311 325 4.0 4.8 6.3 4.7 4.9 5.1

Manufacturing.............................. 247 224 253 251 264 264 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1

Durable goods........................... 130 126 146 147 157 153 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 116 98 108 104 107 111 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 991 1,043 1,079 1,076 956 1,108 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.1

Retail trade............................... 702 729 767 743 652 764 4.6 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.2 4.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 938 906 942 1,003 1,006 980 5.0 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.0

Education and health services6

.......... 550 522 541 529 558 532 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 457 454 470 462 496 466 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 771 838 881 863 859 920 5.3 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 123 131 131 148 153 147 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.9 7.2 6.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 647 707 750 715 706 773 5.2 5.5 5.9 5.6 5.5 6.0

Government7.................................. 308 289 308 330 327 329 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

State and local............................. 274 254 280 282 293 295 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 701 661 844 795 722 783 2.7 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 3.0

South........................................... 1,805 1,875 1,989 1,917 1,905 1,896 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.7

Midwest........................................ 980 1,062 976 1,052 1,065 1,176 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.7

West............................................ 1,033 1,030 1,092 1,070 1,101 1,128 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5

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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total............................................... 2,430 2,662 2,715 2,779 2,720 2,783 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,299 2,528 2,572 2,636 2,571 2,625 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

Construction................................ 91 94 144 105 118 122 1.5 1.5 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.9

Manufacturing.............................. 129 113 135 140 131 124 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0

Durable goods........................... 66 57 77 85 75 70 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9

Nondurable goods....................... 63 56 58 54 56 54 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 565 637 650 623 564 658 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.5

Retail trade............................... 414 462 459 452 413 497 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7 3.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 482 433 444 554 516 466 2.6 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.6 2.4

Education and health services6

.......... 280 346 336 361 388 352 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 243 308 297 327 357 312 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 509 611 588 582 560 623 3.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7 4.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 50 54 49 56 52 46 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.1

Accommodation and food services. .. 458 557 540 526 508 577 3.7 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 4.5

Government7.................................. 130 134 144 143 149 158 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 120 122 133 132 137 147 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 332 368 422 385 348 395 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.5

South........................................... 1,009 1,120 1,169 1,126 1,098 1,111 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2

Midwest........................................ 538 589 528 637 631 644 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0 2.0

West............................................ 550 585 596 631 643 634 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total............................................... 1,684 1,595 1,725 1,722 1,688 1,793 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,584 1,494 1,623 1,603 1,579 1,690 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4

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.................................. 100 101 102 119 110 103 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 307 232 355 335 305 311 1.2 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2

South........................................... 619 613 617 656 662 636 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2

Midwest........................................ 349 396 358 370 340 455 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.4

West............................................ 409 354 394 361 381 391 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 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.

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- Data not available.
Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total............................................... 405 371 461 333 385 407 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 327 316 399 265 316 338 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

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

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

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

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

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

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

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

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

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

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

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

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

Government7.................................. 78 54 62 68 69 69 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

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

REGION8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary

- Data not available.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,177 4,910 4,921 3.0 3.4 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,761 4,439 4,438 3.2 3.6 3.6

Mining and logging............................................... 30 13 18 3.4 1.4 2.1

Construction....................................................... 123 150 147 2.1 2.5 2.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 273 304 323 2.2 2.4 2.6

Durable goods.................................................. 164 193 202 2.1 2.4 2.5

Nondurable goods............................................. 109 111 120 2.4 2.4 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 755 830 840 2.8 3.1 3.1

Wholesale trade................................................ 114 163 147 1.9 2.7 2.4

Retail trade..................................................... 499 487 491 3.2 3.1 3.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 141 179 202 2.7 3.3 3.7

Information........................................................ 101 113 104 3.6 3.9 3.6

Financial activities................................................ 233 319 267 2.9 3.8 3.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 197 237 190 3.2 3.8 3.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 36 82 77 1.8 3.9 3.6

Professional and business services............................ 760 930 963 3.9 4.6 4.7

Education and health services.................................. 696 893 821 3.1 3.9 3.6

Educational services.......................................... 63 105 84 1.7 2.8 2.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 633 789 736 3.4 4.1 3.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 664 717 775 4.5 4.7 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 62 68 93 3.1 3.4 4.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 602 649 682 4.7 4.9 5.1

Other services.................................................... 126 169 181 2.2 2.9 3.1

Government.......................................................... 416 471 483 1.8 2.1 2.1

Federal............................................................. 77 74 72 2.8 2.7 2.6

State and local.................................................... 339 397 411 1.7 2.0 2.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 682 786 790 2.6 2.9 2.9

South................................................................. 1,661 1,809 1,812 3.2 3.5 3.4

Midwest............................................................... 934 1,160 1,193 2.9 3.6 3.6

West.................................................................. 900 1,155 1,127 2.8 3.5 3.4

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 4,435 4,092 4,753 3.2 2.9 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,206 3,859 4,505 3.7 3.3 3.8

Mining and logging............................................... 35 24 26 4.1 2.7 3.0

Construction....................................................... 259 270 283 4.5 4.5 4.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 251 222 248 2.1 1.8 2.0

Durable goods.................................................. 146 136 148 1.9 1.8 1.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 105 86 100 2.3 1.9 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 982 792 1,058 3.8 3.0 4.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 123 134 163 2.1 2.3 2.8

Retail trade..................................................... 687 532 738 4.6 3.5 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 172 126 157 3.4 2.4 3.0

Information........................................................ 76 65 70 2.8 2.3 2.5

Financial activities................................................ 180 136 174 2.3 1.7 2.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 110 92 128 1.9 1.5 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 69 43 46 3.5 2.1 2.3

Professional and business services............................ 942 904 996 5.0 4.7 5.1

Education and health services.................................. 494 512 509 2.3 2.3 2.3

Educational services.......................................... 56 68 47 1.6 1.9 1.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 438 444 461 2.4 2.4 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 832 739 946 5.9 5.1 6.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 122 98 143 6.3 5.1 7.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 710 641 803 5.8 5.1 6.3

Other services.................................................... 156 196 194 2.8 3.5 3.5

Government.......................................................... 229 233 248 1.0 1.0 1.1

Federal............................................................. 32 26 33 1.2 0.9 1.2

State and local.................................................... 197 207 215 1.0 1.1 1.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 657 605 694 2.6 2.3 2.6

South................................................................. 1,770 1,620 1,875 3.6 3.2 3.7

Midwest............................................................... 971 918 1,131 3.1 2.9 3.6

West.................................................................. 1,037 949 1,052 3.4 3.0 3.3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 3,851 3,805 4,279 2.8 2.7 3.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,643 3,599 4,052 3.2 3.1 3.4

Mining and logging............................................... 31 37 38 3.6 4.2 4.4

Construction....................................................... 198 246 251 3.5 4.1 4.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 223 220 235 1.8 1.8 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 122 134 139 1.6 1.7 1.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 101 86 96 2.3 1.9 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 843 796 948 3.3 3.0 3.6

Wholesale trade................................................ 107 118 145 1.9 2.0 2.5

Retail trade..................................................... 581 558 642 3.9 3.7 4.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 155 120 161 3.1 2.3 3.1

Information........................................................ 76 62 74 2.8 2.3 2.7

Financial activities................................................ 176 121 163 2.2 1.5 2.0

Finance and insurance........................................ 120 78 123 2.0 1.3 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 56 43 40 2.8 2.1 1.9

Professional and business services............................ 878 858 932 4.7 4.5 4.8

Education and health services.................................. 466 460 470 2.2 2.1 2.1

Educational services.......................................... 53 36 44 1.5 1.0 1.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 413 423 426 2.3 2.3 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 631 616 766 4.4 4.3 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 92 83 105 4.8 4.3 5.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 539 533 660 4.4 4.3 5.2

Other services.................................................... 120 184 177 2.2 3.3 3.2

Government.......................................................... 208 206 226 0.9 0.9 1.0

Federal............................................................. 30 26 31 1.1 1.0 1.1

State and local.................................................... 178 180 195 0.9 0.9 1.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 549 522 626 2.1 2.0 2.4

South................................................................. 1,607 1,555 1,693 3.2 3.1 3.3

Midwest............................................................... 785 837 955 2.5 2.7 3.0

West.................................................................. 909 891 1,004 2.9 2.8 3.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 2,186 2,206 2,496 1.6 1.6 1.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,089 2,096 2,376 1.8 1.8 2.0

Mining and logging............................................... 14 8 13 1.6 1.0 1.5

Construction....................................................... 79 92 103 1.4 1.5 1.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 123 103 119 1.0 0.8 1.0

Durable goods.................................................. 67 58 70 0.9 0.8 0.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 57 45 49 1.3 1.0 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 503 477 585 1.9 1.8 2.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 66 58 79 1.1 1.0 1.3

Retail trade..................................................... 352 352 428 2.3 2.3 2.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 85 67 78 1.7 1.3 1.5

Information........................................................ 40 40 43 1.5 1.5 1.5

Financial activities................................................ 85 77 91 1.1 1.0 1.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 55 52 71 0.9 0.9 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 30 24 20 1.5 1.2 1.0

Professional and business services............................ 471 431 455 2.5 2.2 2.4

Education and health services.................................. 257 326 318 1.2 1.5 1.4

Educational services.......................................... 27 22 29 0.8 0.6 0.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 230 304 288 1.3 1.7 1.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 436 432 546 3.1 3.0 3.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 40 33 35 2.1 1.7 1.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 396 398 511 3.2 3.2 4.0

Other services.................................................... 81 111 105 1.5 2.0 1.9

Government.......................................................... 97 110 120 0.4 0.5 0.5

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

State and local.................................................... 87 100 110 0.4 0.5 0.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 280 272 335 1.1 1.0 1.3

South................................................................. 944 912 1,033 1.9 1.8 2.0

Midwest............................................................... 459 493 554 1.5 1.6 1.8

West.................................................................. 504 529 574 1.6 1.7 1.8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 1,323 1,284 1,412 1.0 0.9 1.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,264 1,232 1,354 1.1 1.0 1.1

Mining and logging............................................... 13 27 23 1.5 3.0 2.6

Construction....................................................... 113 147 139 2.0 2.5 2.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 72 95 91 0.6 0.8 0.7

Durable goods.................................................. 40 65 55 0.5 0.8 0.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 32 31 36 0.7 0.7 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 245 232 267 0.9 0.9 1.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 33 48 61 0.6 0.8 1.0

Retail trade..................................................... 162 141 143 1.1 0.9 0.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 50 43 62 1.0 0.8 1.2

Information........................................................ 32 14 23 1.2 0.5 0.8

Financial activities................................................ 59 31 57 0.7 0.4 0.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 44 15 42 0.7 0.2 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 15 16 14 0.7 0.8 0.7

Professional and business services............................ 363 378 388 1.9 2.0 2.0

Education and health services.................................. 163 93 112 0.8 0.4 0.5

Educational services.......................................... 24 10 12 0.7 0.3 0.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 140 83 100 0.8 0.5 0.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 167 156 193 1.2 1.1 1.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 48 46 68 2.5 2.4 3.4

Accommodation and food services.......................... 119 110 125 1.0 0.9 1.0

Other services.................................................... 37 58 62 0.7 1.0 1.1

Government.......................................................... 59 52 58 0.3 0.2 0.3

Federal............................................................. 10 8 13 0.4 0.3 0.5

State and local.................................................... 49 44 46 0.3 0.2 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 218 191 221 0.8 0.7 0.8

South................................................................. 522 522 535 1.0 1.0 1.1

Midwest............................................................... 253 269 336 0.8 0.9 1.1

West.................................................................. 330 303 319 1.1 1.0 1.0

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Mar.

2014

Feb.

2015

Mar.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 342 316 371 0.2 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 290 272 322 0.3 0.2 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 4 2 2 0.4 0.2 0.3

Construction....................................................... 6 7 9 0.1 0.1 0.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 28 21 26 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 15 11 15 0.2 0.1 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 12 10 11 0.3 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 95 87 96 0.4 0.3 0.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 8 11 5 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade..................................................... 67 65 70 0.4 0.4 0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 21 10 20 0.4 0.2 0.4

Information........................................................ 5 9 8 0.2 0.3 0.3

Financial activities................................................ 32 13 15 0.4 0.2 0.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 21 11 9 0.4 0.2 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 12 2 6 0.6 0.1 0.3

Professional and business services............................ 44 49 89 0.2 0.3 0.5

Education and health services.................................. 46 40 40 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 3 5 2 0.1 0.1 0.1

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

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 27 29 26 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 3 4 2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 23 24 24 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 3 14 10 0.1 0.3 0.2

Government.......................................................... 52 45 48 0.2 0.2 0.2

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

State and local.................................................... 42 36 40 0.2 0.2 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 51 60 70 0.2 0.2 0.3

South................................................................. 142 122 125 0.3 0.2 0.2

Midwest............................................................... 73 75 65 0.2 0.2 0.2

West.................................................................. 76 60 111 0.2 0.2 0.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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