For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, July 8, 2014 USDL-14-1285

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – MAY 2014

There were 4.6 million job openings on the last business day of May, little changed from 4.5 million in 

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

rate (3.2 percent) were essentially unchanged in May. Within separations, the quits rate (1.8 percent)

was unchanged and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.1 percent) was little changed. 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 4.6 million job openings in May, little changed from 4.5 million in April. The number of job 

openings was also little changed for total private and government. The job openings level increased for 

nondurable manufacturing and for health care and social assistance in May, while it decreased for retail 

trade and for arts, entertainment, and recreation. The number of job openings was little changed in all 

four regions in May. (See table 1.)

Over the 12 months ending in May, the number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) rose for total 

nonfarm, total private, and government. Over the year, the job openings level increased in nearly half of 

the industries and in all four regions. (See table 7.)

Hires

There were 4.7 million hires in May, little changed from April. The number of hires was little changed

for total private and government, and in all industries and regions. (See table 2.)

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2012 2014

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

June 2011 - May 2014

2013

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2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

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3.2

3.4

3.6

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Hires

Separations

Percent

2012 2014

Chart 2. Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted,

June 2011 - May 2014

2013
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Over the 12 months ending in May, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed for

total nonfarm, total private, and government. The hires level increased over the year in mining and 

logging and in retail trade, but decreased in finance and insurance. The number of hires was little 

changed 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 include separations 

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

There were 4.5 million total separations in May, little changed from April. The number of total 

separations was little changed for total private and government. (See table 3.)

The quits rate was unchanged at 1.8 percent in May. The rate also was essentially unchanged for total 

private (2.1 percent) and unchanged for government (0.6 percent). The quits rate was little changed over 

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

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

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

year in wholesale trade, retail trade, and in accommodation and food services while decreasing in 

finance and insurance. In the regions, the number of quits rose over the year in the Midwest and South. 

(See table 10.)

The layoffs and discharges rate was little changed in May at 1.1 percent. The rate was little changed

over the month for total private (1.3 percent) and unchanged for government (0.4 percent). The layoffs 

and discharges rate was essentially unchanged in all four regions. Seasonally adjusted estimates of 

layoffs and discharges are not available for individual industries. (See table 5.)

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

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

over the year in mining and logging and decreased in federal government. The number of layoffs and 

discharges fell in the Midwest over the year. (See table 11.)

In May, there were 392,000 other separations for total nonfarm, little changed from April. The number

of other separations for total private was little changed over the month at 319,000 and rose to 73,000 for

government. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not available for 

individual industries or regions. Over the 12 months ending in May, the number of other separations (not 

seasonally adjusted) was little changed for total nonfarm and total private, and was up for government.

(See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

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

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

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

Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even 
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if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in May 2014, hires totaled 55.3 million 

and separations totaled 53.0 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.3 million. These figures 

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

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

on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 3,879 4,464 4,635 4,541 4,770 4,718 4,401 4,550 4,495

Total private1...................................... 3,495 4,043 4,212 4,268 4,477 4,428 4,103 4,269 4,205

Construction.................................... 107 92 130 331 286 312 316 259 280

Manufacturing.................................. 236 275 292 247 238 240 256 236 230

Durable goods............................... 150 179 176 149 145 150 155 143 134

Nondurable goods........................... 86 95 116 97 94 90 101 93 96

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 748 877 784 904 1,074 1,062 880 1,026 1,015

Retail trade................................... 485 570 460 637 764 748 613 744 721

Professional and business services......... 676 857 919 916 1,010 967 847 970 917

Education and health services3.............. 694 726 815 558 575 534 557 531 481

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 633 658 736 482 499 463 485 468 411

Leisure and hospitality........................ 495 677 703 795 847 835 753 817 806

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 60 88 59 122 155 133 110 150 124

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 435 589 644 673 692 702 643 666 682

Government4

...................................... 384 421 423 272 293 290 298 281 289

State and local................................. 334 362 368 250 264 261 255 248 257

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.2

Total private1

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

Construction.................................... 1.8 1.5 2.1 5.7 4.8 5.2 5.4 4.3 4.7

Manufacturing.................................. 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9

Durable goods............................... 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.8

Nondurable goods........................... 1.9 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.1 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.8 3.2 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.0 3.4 3.9 3.9

Retail trade................................... 3.1 3.6 2.9 4.2 5.0 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.7

Professional and business services......... 3.5 4.3 4.6 4.9 5.3 5.1 4.6 5.1 4.8

Education and health services3

.............. 3.2 3.3 3.7 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.2

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.4 3.5 3.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................ 3.4 4.4 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.7 5.3 5.6 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 2.9 4.1 2.7 6.0 7.4 6.4 5.4 7.2 5.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 3.4 4.5 4.9 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.5

Government4...................................... 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

State and local................................. 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3

1

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

2

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

3

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

4

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects and compiles 

JOLTS data monthly from a sample of nonfarm 

establishments. A more detailed discussion of JOLTS 

concepts and methodology is available online at

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch18.pdf.

Coverage and collection

The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as federal, state, and local government 

entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data 

are collected for total employment, job openings, hires, 

quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total 

separations.

Concepts

Industry classification. The industry classifications in 

this release are in accordance with the 2012 version of the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

that includes the 12th day of the reference month. Fulltime, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, 

and hourly employees are included, as are employees on 

paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners 

of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or 

persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire 

pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of 

temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, 

outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where they 

are working.

Job openings. Job openings information is collected for 

the last business day of the reference month. A job 

opening requires that: 1) a specific position exists and 

there is work available for that position, 2) work could 

start within 30 days whether or not the employer found a 

suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively 

recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the 

position. Included are full-time, part-time, permanent, 

short-term, and seasonal openings. Active recruiting 

means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position by advertising in newspapers or on the Internet, 

posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or 

using other similar methods.

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, 

demotions, or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also 

excluded are jobs with start dates more than 30 days in 

the future, jobs for which employees have been hired but 

have not yet reported for work, and jobs to be filled by 

employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing 

companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job 

openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job 

openings by the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires. The hires level is the total number of additions to 

the payroll occurring at any time during the reference 

month, including both new and rehired employees, fulltime and part-time, permanent, short-term and seasonal 

employees, employees recalled to the location after a 

layoff lasting more than 7 days, on-call or intermittent 

employees who returned to work after having been 

formally separated, and transfers from other locations. 

The hires count does not include transfers or promotions 

within the reporting site, employees returning from strike, 

employees of temporary help agencies or employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of 

hires by employment and multiplying that quotient by 

100.

Separations. The separations level is the total number of 

employment terminations occurring at any time during the 

reference month, and is reported by type of separation—

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

(Some respondents are only able to report total 

separations.) The quits count includes voluntary 

separations by employees (except for retirements, which 

are reported as other separations). The layoffs and 

discharges count is comprised of involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer and includes layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last 

more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 

downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for 

cause; terminations of permanent or short-term 

employees; and terminations of seasonal employees. The 

other separations count includes retirements, transfers to 

other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. 

The separations count does not include transfers within 

the same location or employees on strike. The separations 

rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates 

are computed similarly.

Annual estimates. Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs 

and discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. Annual 

rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average 

employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

This figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 

12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual 

estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted 

data and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job openings 

because job openings are a stock, or point-in-time, 

measurement for the last business day of each month.
Sample and estimation methodology

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business and government establishments. 

The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry 

sector, and establishment size class. The establishments 

are drawn from a universe of over 9.1 million 

establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which

includes all employers subject to state unemployment 

insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees

program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or 

ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

estimates of the CES survey. A ratio of CES to JOLTS 

employment is used to adjust the levels for all other 

JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only 

be as current as its sampling frame. The time lag from the 

birth of an establishment until its appearance on the 

sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, 

many of these new units may fail within the first year. 

Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the 

sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot 

capture job openings, hires, and separations from these 

units during their early existence. To compensate for the 

inability to capture data from these establishments, BLS 

has developed a birth/death model that uses birth and 

death activity from previous years. The estimates of job 

openings, hires, and separations produced by the 

birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates 

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-12 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several 

JOLTS series utilizing moving averages as seasonal 

filters. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is 

used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are 

calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and 

including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at 

the beginning and end of the series and to detect and 

adjust for outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be 

used to derive a measure of net employment change. This 

change should be comparable to the net employment 

change from the much larger CES survey. However, 

definitional differences as well as sampling and nonsampling errors between the two surveys historically 

caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit 

the divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

Monthly Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend 

(hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality 

of the JOLTS data. First, the two series are seasonally 

adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied 

employment change and the CES net employment change 

is calculated. Next, the JOLTS implied employment 

change is adjusted to equal the CES net employment 

change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure 

adjusts the two components (hires, separations) 

proportionally to their contribution to the total churn 

(hires plus separations). The adjusted hires and 

separations are converted back to not seasonally adjusted 

data by reversing the application of the original seasonal 

factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been 

used to adjust the level estimates, rate estimates are 

computed from the adjusted levels. 

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample is surveyed rather than 

the entire population, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the "true" population values 

they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected, and 

this variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence. That means that there is a 90-

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the "true" population value because 

of sampling error. Estimates of sampling errors are 

available upon request.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by non-sampling 

error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, 

including the failure to include a segment of the 

population, the inability to obtain data from all units in 

the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents 

to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by 

respondents, errors made in the collection or processing 

of the data, and errors from the employment benchmark 

data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total.............................................. 3,879 3,874 4,125 4,166 4,464 4,635 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,495 3,477 3,736 3,758 4,043 4,212 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.5

Construction................................ 107 124 127 116 92 130 1.8 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.5 2.1

Manufacturing.............................. 236 259 258 264 275 292 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.4

Durable goods........................... 150 155 151 165 179 176 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.2

Nondurable goods....................... 86 103 106 99 95 116 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 748 675 757 761 877 784 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.8 3.2 2.9

Retail trade............................... 485 379 477 488 570 460 3.1 2.4 3.0 3.1 3.6 2.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 676 614 817 787 857 919 3.5 3.1 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.6

Education and health services6

.......... 694 700 687 725 726 815 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 633 631 618 658 658 736 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.9

Leisure and hospitality.................... 495 618 578 627 677 703 3.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 60 110 68 64 88 59 2.9 5.0 3.1 3.0 4.1 2.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 435 508 511 563 589 644 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.9

Government7.................................. 384 396 388 407 421 423 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9

State and local............................. 334 345 338 347 362 368 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.9

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 663 666 694 688 769 828 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.1

South........................................... 1,507 1,440 1,569 1,599 1,614 1,699 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.3

Midwest........................................ 884 846 910 943 1,047 1,057 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.3

West............................................ 825 921 952 935 1,034 1,051 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3

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

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total............................................... 4,541 4,516 4,699 4,706 4,770 4,718 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,268 4,228 4,401 4,398 4,477 4,428 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Construction................................ 331 281 289 257 286 312 5.7 4.7 4.9 4.3 4.8 5.2

Manufacturing.............................. 247 244 234 248 238 240 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0

Durable goods........................... 149 138 137 144 145 150 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 97 106 96 105 94 90 2.2 2.4 2.1 2.3 2.1 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 904 921 1,027 1,023 1,074 1,062 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.0

Retail trade............................... 637 607 722 716 764 748 4.2 4.0 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.9

Professional and business services. . . .. 916 980 1,015 1,017 1,010 967 4.9 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1

Education and health services6

.......... 558 556 527 569 575 534 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . .. 482 475 448 485 499 463 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.6

Leisure and hospitality.................... 795 789 841 811 847 835 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.8 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 122 117 135 122 155 133 6.0 5.6 6.5 5.9 7.4 6.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 673 672 706 689 692 702 5.5 5.4 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.6

Government7.................................. 272 288 298 307 293 290 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3

State and local............................. 250 262 270 277 264 261 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 749 684 697 723 754 721 2.9 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.8

South........................................... 1,729 1,849 1,846 1,847 1,814 1,852 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7

Midwest........................................ 1,065 944 1,040 1,038 1,137 1,130 3.5 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.6

West............................................ 997 1,039 1,118 1,098 1,066 1,015 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3

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

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total............................................... 4,401 4,419 4,459 4,491 4,550 4,495 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,103 4,113 4,168 4,180 4,269 4,205 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6

Construction................................ 316 241 254 245 259 280 5.4 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 256 242 224 243 236 230 2.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9

Durable goods........................... 155 138 126 129 143 134 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8

Nondurable goods....................... 101 104 98 114 93 96 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.1 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 880 947 962 989 1,026 1,015 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9

Retail trade............................... 613 655 681 697 744 721 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 4.7

Professional and business services. . . .. 847 940 962 924 970 917 4.6 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.1 4.8

Education and health services6

.......... 557 561 490 542 531 481 2.6 2.6 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 485 471 417 458 468 411 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 753 763 812 778 817 806 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 110 106 131 124 150 124 5.4 5.1 6.3 6.0 7.2 5.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 643 657 681 653 666 682 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.5

Government7.................................. 298 306 290 311 281 289 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

State and local............................. 255 261 256 275 248 257 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 728 745 699 653 733 708 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.7

South........................................... 1,684 1,695 1,755 1,787 1,739 1,729 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4

Midwest........................................ 1,004 990 969 1,008 1,015 990 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2

West............................................ 984 989 1,035 1,043 1,062 1,068 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total............................................... 2,198 2,368 2,475 2,461 2,467 2,527 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,063 2,240 2,341 2,330 2,331 2,395 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1

Construction................................ 100 96 91 87 114 123 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.9 2.1

Manufacturing.............................. 117 118 114 125 111 118 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0

Durable goods........................... 66 61 60 66 61 70 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9

Nondurable goods....................... 51 56 54 59 50 48 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 445 539 556 578 565 615 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.3

Retail trade............................... 322 421 419 432 422 455 2.1 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0

Professional and business services. . . .. 409 474 486 511 487 475 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 2.5

Education and health services6

.......... 283 305 304 275 305 300 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 247 269 265 240 270 263 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 457 485 538 510 515 520 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 40 42 47 52 46 50 2.0 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 417 443 491 458 469 470 3.4 3.6 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.8

Government7.................................. 135 129 134 131 136 132 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

State and local............................. 123 118 124 120 125 121 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 322 328 341 320 341 360 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4

South........................................... 908 978 1,056 1,018 985 1,025 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0

Midwest........................................ 502 541 542 562 573 604 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9

West............................................ 466 522 536 561 568 539 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.7

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

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total............................................... 1,783 1,703 1,596 1,638 1,701 1,575 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,683 1,596 1,506 1,532 1,615 1,491 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 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.................................. 101 106 90 106 86 84 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 334 335 289 275 309 271 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0

South........................................... 620 596 564 598 624 546 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1

Midwest........................................ 416 376 342 358 354 290 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.9

West............................................ 414 395 401 406 414 468 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.5

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

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Jan.

2014

Feb.

2014

Mar.

2014

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total............................................... 420 348 388 392 382 392 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 358 277 321 318 323 319 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.................................. 62 71 66 73 59 73 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

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 3,885 4,938 4,694 2.8 3.4 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,483 4,499 4,249 3.0 3.7 3.5

Mining and logging............................................... 24 29 28 2.7 3.1 3.0

Construction....................................................... 118 122 146 2.0 2.0 2.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 241 295 301 2.0 2.4 2.4

Durable goods.................................................. 153 198 180 2.0 2.5 2.3

Nondurable goods............................................. 89 97 122 2.0 2.1 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 746 910 787 2.8 3.4 2.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 126 175 163 2.1 2.9 2.7

Retail trade..................................................... 487 577 461 3.2 3.7 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 133 157 164 2.6 3.0 3.1

Information........................................................ 86 121 102 3.1 4.4 3.7

Financial activities................................................ 278 320 301 3.4 3.9 3.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 211 271 243 3.5 4.4 4.0

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 67 49 58 3.2 2.3 2.8

Professional and business services............................ 638 943 898 3.3 4.7 4.5

Education and health services.................................. 690 783 826 3.2 3.5 3.7

Educational services.......................................... 62 75 80 1.8 2.1 2.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 628 707 746 3.4 3.8 4.0

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 518 810 730 3.5 5.3 4.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 78 124 71 3.6 5.7 3.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 440 686 660 3.4 5.2 4.9

Other services.................................................... 144 168 129 2.6 3.0 2.3

Government.......................................................... 403 439 445 1.8 1.9 2.0

Federal............................................................. 51 66 56 1.8 2.4 2.0

State and local.................................................... 352 373 389 1.8 1.9 2.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 675 846 845 2.6 3.2 3.1

South................................................................. 1,506 1,830 1,718 2.9 3.5 3.3

Midwest............................................................... 873 1,123 1,066 2.8 3.5 3.3

West.................................................................. 831 1,139 1,065 2.6 3.6 3.3

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

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 5,131 5,254 5,329 3.8 3.8 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,829 5,029 5,005 4.2 4.3 4.3

Mining and logging............................................... 32 46 40 3.7 5.1 4.4

Construction....................................................... 417 380 405 7.1 6.5 6.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 284 257 278 2.4 2.1 2.3

Durable goods.................................................. 171 162 176 2.3 2.1 2.3

Nondurable goods............................................. 113 95 102 2.5 2.1 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 957 1,137 1,128 3.7 4.4 4.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 116 170 150 2.0 2.9 2.6

Retail trade..................................................... 687 807 812 4.6 5.3 5.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 154 159 165 3.1 3.1 3.2

Information........................................................ 77 73 72 2.8 2.8 2.7

Financial activities................................................ 239 194 212 3.0 2.5 2.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 164 114 124 2.8 1.9 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 75 81 88 3.7 4.0 4.3

Professional and business services............................ 1,002 1,171 1,046 5.4 6.1 5.5

Education and health services.................................. 557 564 517 2.6 2.6 2.4

Educational services.......................................... 51 48 46 1.5 1.3 1.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 506 516 471 2.9 2.9 2.6

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,017 1,038 1,079 7.0 7.2 7.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 186 215 203 8.9 10.6 9.4

Accommodation and food services.......................... 831 822 876 6.7 6.6 6.9

Other services.................................................... 247 170 227 4.5 3.1 4.1

Government.......................................................... 302 225 324 1.4 1.0 1.5

Federal............................................................. 30 29 37 1.1 1.1 1.4

State and local.................................................... 272 196 287 1.4 1.0 1.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 857 848 830 3.3 3.3 3.2

South................................................................. 1,889 1,973 2,015 3.8 3.9 4.0

Midwest............................................................... 1,280 1,297 1,377 4.1 4.2 4.4

West.................................................................. 1,105 1,136 1,108 3.6 3.7 3.6

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

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 4,304 4,476 4,445 3.1 3.2 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,964 4,276 4,105 3.5 3.7 3.5

Mining and logging............................................... 20 28 33 2.3 3.2 3.6

Construction....................................................... 283 243 267 4.8 4.1 4.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 258 232 233 2.2 1.9 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 154 141 137 2.0 1.9 1.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 104 91 97 2.3 2.0 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 812 983 961 3.2 3.8 3.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 100 127 127 1.7 2.2 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 577 714 701 3.9 4.7 4.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 134 141 133 2.7 2.8 2.6

Information........................................................ 75 69 70 2.8 2.6 2.6

Financial activities................................................ 193 185 176 2.5 2.3 2.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 135 121 105 2.3 2.1 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 58 65 70 2.9 3.2 3.4

Professional and business services............................ 852 1,026 906 4.6 5.4 4.7

Education and health services.................................. 562 540 490 2.7 2.5 2.3

Educational services.......................................... 84 46 80 2.5 1.3 2.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 478 495 409 2.7 2.8 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 707 819 773 4.9 5.7 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 90 165 102 4.3 8.1 4.7

Accommodation and food services.......................... 618 654 671 5.0 5.3 5.3

Other services.................................................... 202 151 196 3.7 2.7 3.5

Government.......................................................... 340 199 340 1.5 0.9 1.5

Federal............................................................. 39 28 30 1.4 1.0 1.1

State and local.................................................... 300 171 310 1.5 0.9 1.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 650 720 649 2.5 2.8 2.5

South................................................................. 1,730 1,758 1,787 3.5 3.5 3.5

Midwest............................................................... 964 948 963 3.1 3.0 3.1

West.................................................................. 960 1,051 1,046 3.1 3.4 3.4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 2,245 2,503 2,581 1.6 1.8 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,085 2,393 2,424 1.8 2.1 2.1

Mining and logging............................................... 12 17 15 1.4 1.9 1.7

Construction....................................................... 103 117 134 1.8 2.0 2.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 126 114 127 1.0 0.9 1.1

Durable goods.................................................. 69 64 76 0.9 0.8 1.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 56 50 51 1.3 1.1 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 439 579 611 1.7 2.2 2.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 49 72 86 0.9 1.2 1.5

Retail trade..................................................... 325 426 459 2.2 2.8 3.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 65 81 66 1.3 1.6 1.3

Information........................................................ 38 37 46 1.4 1.4 1.7

Financial activities................................................ 105 86 83 1.3 1.1 1.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 76 51 54 1.3 0.9 0.9

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 29 35 30 1.4 1.7 1.4

Professional and business services............................ 426 489 484 2.3 2.6 2.5

Education and health services.................................. 283 314 298 1.3 1.5 1.4

Educational services.......................................... 36 30 38 1.1 0.8 1.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 246 285 260 1.4 1.6 1.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 449 538 516 3.1 3.7 3.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 39 41 48 1.8 2.0 2.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 410 497 468 3.3 4.0 3.7

Other services.................................................... 105 100 110 1.9 1.8 2.0

Government.......................................................... 160 111 157 0.7 0.5 0.7

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

State and local.................................................... 148 100 146 0.8 0.5 0.7

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 321 346 363 1.2 1.3 1.4

South................................................................. 940 1,028 1,057 1.9 2.0 2.1

Midwest............................................................... 497 557 609 1.6 1.8 1.9

West.................................................................. 487 572 552 1.6 1.8 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

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 1,661 1,610 1,470 1.2 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,548 1,562 1,368 1.4 1.3 1.2

Mining and logging............................................... 7 9 14 0.9 1.0 1.6

Construction....................................................... 166 121 125 2.8 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 102 94 82 0.8 0.8 0.7

Durable goods.................................................. 68 63 47 0.9 0.8 0.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 34 31 35 0.8 0.7 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 292 305 253 1.1 1.2 1.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 45 45 35 0.8 0.8 0.6

Retail trade..................................................... 198 215 165 1.3 1.4 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 49 45 53 1.0 0.9 1.0

Information........................................................ 31 26 19 1.1 1.0 0.7

Financial activities................................................ 54 65 52 0.7 0.8 0.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 31 40 16 0.5 0.7 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 23 25 36 1.1 1.2 1.7

Professional and business services............................ 399 476 374 2.2 2.5 2.0

Education and health services.................................. 189 174 160 0.9 0.8 0.7

Educational services.......................................... 40 13 37 1.2 0.4 1.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 149 161 123 0.8 0.9 0.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 218 257 222 1.5 1.8 1.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 48 123 51 2.3 6.1 2.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 170 133 171 1.4 1.1 1.3

Other services.................................................... 90 35 66 1.6 0.6 1.2

Government.......................................................... 113 48 103 0.5 0.2 0.5

Federal............................................................. 12 9 7 0.4 0.3 0.2

State and local.................................................... 101 39 96 0.5 0.2 0.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 269 292 221 1.0 1.1 0.8

South................................................................. 642 608 563 1.3 1.2 1.1

Midwest............................................................... 387 310 260 1.3 1.0 0.8

West.................................................................. 363 400 426 1.2 1.3 1.4

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

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

May

2013

Apr.

2014

May

2014p

Total..................................................................... 397 362 394 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 331 322 313 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging............................................... 1 3 3 0.1 0.3 0.3

Construction....................................................... 14 5 7 0.2 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 31 23 24 0.3 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 17 14 14 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 14 9 10 0.3 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 80 99 97 0.3 0.4 0.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 6 10 6 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade..................................................... 54 74 77 0.4 0.5 0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 20 15 14 0.4 0.3 0.3

Information........................................................ 6 6 6 0.2 0.2 0.2

Financial activities................................................ 35 34 40 0.4 0.4 0.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 28 29 35 0.5 0.5 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 7 4 5 0.3 0.2 0.2

Professional and business services............................ 27 61 48 0.1 0.3 0.3

Education and health services.................................. 90 51 32 0.4 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 7 2 6 0.2 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 83 49 27 0.5 0.3 0.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 40 25 36 0.3 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 3 1 3 0.1 0.1 0.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 37 23 32 0.3 0.2 0.3

Other services.................................................... 7 16 20 0.1 0.3 0.4

Government.......................................................... 66 40 80 0.3 0.2 0.4

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

State and local.................................................... 51 32 68 0.3 0.2 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 60 81 66 0.2 0.3 0.3

South................................................................. 147 122 167 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 80 81 94 0.3 0.3 0.3

West.................................................................. 109 78 67 0.4 0.3 0.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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