For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, August 7, 2018 USDL-18-1276

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – JUNE 2018

The number of job openings was little changed at 6.7 million on the last business day of June, the U.S. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were little changed at

5.7 million and 5.5 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent 

and the layoffs and discharges rate was little changed at 1.2 percent. This release includes estimates of 

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

four geographic regions.

Job Openings

On the last business day of June, the job openings level was little changed at 6.7 million. The job 

openings rate was 4.3 percent. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and for 

government. Job openings increased in educational services (+20,000) but decreased in transportation, 

warehousing, and utilities (-84,000). The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions. 

(See table 1.)

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Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

June 2015 - June 2018

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

June 2015 - June 2018

Errors in JOLTS federal government estimates

On June 12, 2018, BLS identified errors in the JOLTS federal government hires, total separations, and 

layoffs and discharges estimates from January 2011 forward. These data have been suppressed from 

the BLS database and this news release. For more information on this error and correction plans, 

please visit: www.bls.gov/bls/errata/jolts-errata-06122018.htm.
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Hires

The number of hires was little changed at 5.7 million in June. The hires rate was 3.8 percent. The 

number of hires was little changed for total private. Hires increased in finance and insurance (+31,000). 

The number of hires was essentially unchanged in all four regions. (See table 2.)

Separations

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

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

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

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

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

The number of total separations was little changed at 5.5 million in June. The total separations rate was 

3.7 percent. The number of total separations was little changed for total private. Total separations was 

little changed in all industries and regions. (See table 3.)

The number of quits was little changed in June at 3.4 million. The quits rate was 2.3 percent. The 

number of quits was little changed for total private and for government. Quits fell in educational 

services (-14,000). The number of quits was little changed in all four regions. (See table 4.)

The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed at 1.7 million in June. The layoffs and 

discharges rate was 1.2 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed for total 

private. Layoffs and discharges increased in health care and social assistance (+36,000). The number of 

layoffs and discharges was little changed in all four regions. (See table 5.)

The number of other separations rose in June (+57,000). The other separations level edged up for total 

private (+45,000) and increased for government (+13,000). Other separations increased in a number of 

industries, with the largest increases in finance and insurance (+19,000) and other services (+13,000).

Other separations was essentially unchanged in all four regions. (See table 6.)

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 June, hires totaled 66.6 million and 

separations totaled 64.1 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.5 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 July 2018 are scheduled to be released 

on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 6,125 6,659 6,662 5,467 5,747 5,651 5,296 5,419 5,502

Total private....................................... 5,572 6,052 6,053 5,129 5,404 5,303 4,970 5,093 5,162

Mining and logging1............................ 28 34 31 30 42 40 24 35 35

Construction1................................... 202 253 263 347 386 366 342 340 357

Manufacturing.................................. 411 474 482 326 356 351 318 342 330

Durable goods1.............................. 229 296 307 193 208 210 182 193 185

Nondurable goods1

.......................... 182 178 175 133 149 141 136 149 145

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 1,050 1,308 1,272 1,082 1,099 1,101 1,076 1,073 1,110

Wholesale trade1............................ 230 183 216 146 130 133 139 119 133

Retail trade................................... 622 793 807 731 738 734 743 726 767

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities1

..................................... 198 332 248 205 231 235 194 228 211

Information1

..................................... 99 132 119 71 89 87 72 92 89

Financial activities.............................. 364 350 385 208 202 240 190 191 225

Finance and insurance..................... 291 262 282 131 129 160 120 120 146

Real estate and rental and leasing1. . . . .. 73 88 103 78 73 80 70 71 79

Professional and business services......... 1,150 1,159 1,133 1,147 1,190 1,167 1,120 1,143 1,123

Education and health services............... 1,214 1,248 1,294 658 723 713 624 652 675

Educational services1

....................... 100 112 132 80 102 91 92 95 79

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 1,114 1,136 1,161 578 621 622 532 557 596

Leisure and hospitality........................ 826 877 898 1,032 1,081 1,036 990 1,038 1,017

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 92 88 93 179 181 174 164 166 185

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 734 789 805 853 900 862 826 872 832

Other services1

................................. 228 218 174 228 236 201 214 188 200

Government....................................... 552 607 610 – – – – – –

Federal1

......................................... 94 97 90 – – – – – –

State and local................................. 458 510 520 303 314 316 287 295 304

State and local education.................. 148 173 186 137 147 159 133 144 152

State and local, excluding education1

. . .. 311 337 334 167 167 157 154 150 152

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 4.0 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7

Total private....................................... 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1

Mining and logging1

............................ 4.0 4.5 4.1 4.5 5.7 5.4 3.5 4.8 4.8

Construction1

................................... 2.8 3.4 3.5 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.7 4.9

Manufacturing.................................. 3.2 3.6 3.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.7 2.6

Durable goods1

.............................. 2.9 3.6 3.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3

Nondurable goods1.......................... 3.7 3.6 3.5 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities........... 3.7 4.5 4.4 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

Wholesale trade1

............................ 3.8 3.0 3.5 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.0 2.2

Retail trade................................... 3.8 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities1

..................................... 3.3 5.4 4.1 3.6 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.9 3.6

Information1

..................................... 3.4 4.5 4.1 2.5 3.2 3.1 2.6 3.3 3.2

Financial activities.............................. 4.1 3.9 4.3 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.6

Finance and insurance..................... 4.4 4.0 4.3 2.1 2.0 2.5 1.9 1.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing1. . . . .. 3.2 3.8 4.4 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.5

Professional and business services......... 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.4

Education and health services............... 5.0 5.0 5.2 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.9

Educational services1

....................... 2.7 2.9 3.4 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.1

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 5.4 5.4 5.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.8 3.0

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.9 5.1 5.2 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.4 6.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.8 3.6 3.8 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.0 7.1 7.9

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 5.1 5.4 5.5 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.0 6.3 6.0

Other services1

................................. 3.8 3.6 2.9 3.9 4.0 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted — Continued

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Government....................................... 2.4 2.6 2.7 – – – – – –

Federal1

......................................... 3.2 3.4 3.1 – – – – – –

State and local................................. 2.3 2.5 2.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6

State and local education.................. 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5

State and local, excluding education1

. . .. 3.3 3.6 3.5 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7

1 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in the job openings series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data

are identical.

p Preliminary

-Data not available
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 2017 version of the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

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

and hourly employees are included, as are employees on 

paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners 

of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or 

persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire 

pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of 

temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, 

outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where they 

are working. 

Job openings. Job openings information is collected for 

the last business day of the reference month. A job 

opening requires that: 1) a specific position exists and 

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

start within 30 days whether or not the employer found a 

suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively 

recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the 

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

short-term, and seasonal openings. Active recruiting 

means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position by advertising in newspapers or on the Internet, 

posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or 

using other similar methods. 

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, 

demotions, or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also 

excluded are jobs with start dates more than 30 days in 

the future, jobs for which employees have been hired but 

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

employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing 

companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job 

openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job 

openings by the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100. 

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

the payroll occurring at any time during the reference 

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

employees, employees recalled to the location after a 

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

employees who returned to work after having been 

formally separated, and transfers from other locations. 

The hires count does not include transfers or promotions 

within the reporting site, employees returning from strike, 

employees of temporary help agencies or employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of 

hires by employment and multiplying that quotient by 

100.

Separations. The separations level is the total number of 

employment terminations occurring at any time during the 

reference month, and is reported by type of separation—

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

(Some respondents are only able to report total 

separations.) The quits count includes voluntary 

separations by employees (except for retirements, which 

are reported as other separations). The layoffs and 

discharges count is comprised of involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer and includes layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last 

more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 

downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for 

cause; terminations of permanent or short-term 

employees; and terminations of seasonal employees. The 

other separations count includes retirements, transfers to 

other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. 

The separations count does not include transfers within 

the same location or employees on strike. The separations 

rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates 

are computed similarly. 

Annual estimates. Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs 

and discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. Annual 

rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average 

employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

This figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 

12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual 

estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted 

data and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job openings 

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

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

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business and government establishments. 

The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry 

sector, and establishment size class. The establishments 

are drawn from a universe of over 9.1 million 

establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which

includes all employers subject to state unemployment 

insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees

program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or 

ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

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

employment is used to adjust the levels for all other 

JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only 

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

birth of an establishment until its appearance on the 

sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, 

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

Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the 

sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot 

capture job openings, hires, and separations from these 

units during their early existence. To compensate for the 

inability to capture data from these establishments, BLS 

has developed a birth/death model that uses birth and 

death activity from previous years. The estimates of job 

openings, hires, and separations produced by the 

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

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-13 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several 

JOLTS series utilizing moving averages as seasonal 

filters. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is 

used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are 

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

including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at 

the beginning and end of the series and to detect and 

adjust for outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be 

used to derive a measure of net employment change. This 

change should be comparable to the net employment 

change from the much larger CES survey. However, 

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

caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit 

the divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

Monthly Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend 

(hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality 

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

adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied 

employment change and the CES net employment change 

is calculated. Next, the JOLTS implied employment 

change is adjusted to equal the CES net employment 

change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure 

adjusts the two components (hires, separations) 

proportionally to their contribution to the total churn 

(hires plus separations). The adjusted hires and 

separations are converted back to not seasonally adjusted 

data by reversing the application of the original seasonal 

factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been 

used to adjust the level estimates, rate estimates are 

computed from the adjusted levels. 

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample is surveyed rather than 

the entire population, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the "true" population values 

they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected, and 

this variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at the 90-

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

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the "true" population value because 

of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available

at www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by non-sampling 

error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, 

including the failure to include a segment of the 

population, the inability to obtain data from all units in 

the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents 

to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by 

respondents, errors made in the collection or processing 

of the data, and errors from the employment benchmark 

data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 6,125 6,078 6,633 6,840 6,659 6,662 4.0 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.3

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 5,572 5,489 6,026 6,263 6,052 6,053 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6

Mining and logging3....................... 28 24 22 27 34 31 4.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 4.5 4.1

Construction3

............................... 202 180 235 243 253 263 2.8 2.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5

Manufacturing.............................. 411 414 421 452 474 482 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7

Durable goods3

.......................... 229 261 253 281 296 307 2.9 3.2 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.7

Nondurable goods3

...................... 182 153 168 171 178 175 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,050 1,093 1,231 1,298 1,308 1,272 3.7 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.4

Wholesale trade3

........................ 230 174 199 214 183 216 3.8 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.5

Retail trade............................... 622 663 733 771 793 807 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities3

................................. 198 256 299 313 332 248 3.3 4.2 4.9 5.1 5.4 4.1

Information3................................. 99 118 152 188 132 119 3.4 4.1 5.2 6.3 4.5 4.1

Financial activities......................... 364 406 368 335 350 385 4.1 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.9 4.3

Finance and insurance................. 291 339 281 237 262 282 4.4 5.1 4.3 3.6 4.0 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing3

... 73 67 87 98 88 103 3.2 2.9 3.7 4.2 3.8 4.4

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,150 1,016 1,160 1,254 1,159 1,133 5.3 4.7 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.1

Education and health services........... 1,214 1,192 1,269 1,287 1,248 1,294 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2

Educational services3

................... 100 81 103 114 112 132 2.7 2.1 2.7 3.0 2.9 3.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 1,114 1,111 1,166 1,173 1,136 1,161 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.4 5.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 826 812 900 940 877 898 4.9 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 92 84 86 113 88 93 3.8 3.4 3.5 4.6 3.6 3.8

Accommodation and food services. .. 734 728 815 827 789 805 5.1 5.0 5.5 5.6 5.4 5.5

Other services3

............................. 228 234 268 239 218 174 3.8 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.6 2.9

Government................................... 552 590 607 577 607 610 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.7

Federal3

..................................... 94 69 96 82 97 90 3.2 2.4 3.3 2.9 3.4 3.1

State and local............................. 458 520 511 495 510 520 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6

State and local education.............. 148 180 174 175 173 186 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8

State and local, excluding

education3

............................. 311 340 337 320 337 334 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 1,045 1,019 1,134 1,196 1,104 1,142 3.7 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 4.0

South........................................... 2,208 2,182 2,329 2,405 2,414 2,408 4.0 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.2

Midwest........................................ 1,472 1,465 1,629 1,656 1,667 1,629 4.3 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.7

West............................................ 1,400 1,412 1,541 1,582 1,474 1,484 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.2

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

series.

4 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) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 5,467 5,511 5,486 5,581 5,747 5,651 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 5,129 5,178 5,150 5,236 5,404 5,303 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2

Mining and logging......................... 30 36 35 39 42 40 4.5 5.1 4.9 5.3 5.7 5.4

Construction................................ 347 352 343 347 386 366 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.1

Manufacturing.............................. 326 382 353 358 356 351 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

Durable goods........................... 193 215 211 213 208 210 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.6

Nondurable goods....................... 133 167 142 145 149 141 2.8 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,082 1,080 1,080 1,109 1,099 1,101 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0

Wholesale trade......................... 146 139 139 128 130 133 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2

Retail trade............................... 731 724 721 759 738 734 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.6

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 205 216 220 222 231 235 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.0

Information.................................. 71 82 84 84 89 87 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.1

Financial activities......................... 208 227 183 194 202 240 2.5 2.7 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.8

Finance and insurance................. 131 153 115 127 129 160 2.1 2.4 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.5

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 78 73 68 68 73 80 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.5

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,147 1,150 1,178 1,143 1,190 1,167 5.6 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.7 5.6

Education and health services........... 658 673 662 687 723 713 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0

Educational services.................... 80 88 91 103 102 91 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 578 584 571 584 621 622 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1

Leisure and hospitality.................... 1,032 1,028 1,013 1,050 1,081 1,036 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 179 167 161 171 181 174 7.7 7.1 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 853 861 852 879 900 862 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.2

Other services.............................. 228 170 219 223 236 201 3.9 2.9 3.7 3.8 4.0 3.4

Government................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Federal...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

State and local............................. 303 296 297 308 314 316 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6

State and local education.............. 137 145 146 155 147 159 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 167 151 151 153 167 157 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 877 802 786 806 854 892 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3

South........................................... 2,170 2,138 2,182 2,229 2,304 2,276 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.2

Midwest........................................ 1,238 1,238 1,218 1,224 1,336 1,237 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.1 3.8

West............................................ 1,183 1,333 1,299 1,322 1,252 1,247 3.5 3.9 3.8 3.9 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.

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-Data not available
Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 5,296 5,173 5,322 5,424 5,419 5,502 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 4,970 4,844 4,986 5,085 5,093 5,162 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1

Mining and logging......................... 24 32 34 34 35 35 3.5 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.8 4.8

Construction................................ 342 305 352 318 340 357 4.9 4.3 4.9 4.4 4.7 4.9

Manufacturing.............................. 318 350 342 343 342 330 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6

Durable goods........................... 182 192 198 198 193 185 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.3

Nondurable goods....................... 136 159 145 145 149 145 2.9 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 1,076 1,010 1,067 1,104 1,073 1,110 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.9 4.0

Wholesale trade......................... 139 135 131 136 119 133 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.2

Retail trade............................... 743 672 732 757 726 767 4.7 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 194 202 205 211 228 211 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.6

Information.................................. 72 84 75 85 92 89 2.6 3.0 2.7 3.1 3.3 3.2

Financial activities......................... 190 199 171 198 191 225 2.2 2.3 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.6

Finance and insurance................. 120 148 106 122 120 146 1.9 2.3 1.7 1.9 1.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 70 51 64 76 71 79 3.2 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.2 3.5

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,120 1,081 1,163 1,114 1,143 1,123 5.5 5.2 5.6 5.3 5.5 5.4

Education and health services........... 624 644 615 641 652 675 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9

Educational services.................... 92 96 91 91 95 79 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.1

Health care and social assistance. . .. 532 548 525 549 557 596 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0

Leisure and hospitality.................... 990 984 973 1,050 1,038 1,017 6.2 6.1 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 164 157 145 176 166 185 7.0 6.7 6.2 7.5 7.1 7.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 826 827 828 874 872 832 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.3 6.0

Other services.............................. 214 155 194 199 188 200 3.7 2.7 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.4

Government................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Federal...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

State and local............................. 287 288 296 304 295 304 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6

State and local education.............. 133 142 149 160 144 152 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 154 147 147 144 150 152 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7

REGION3

Northeast...................................... 856 758 773 802 795 806 3.2 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9

South........................................... 2,110 2,123 2,166 2,194 2,173 2,223 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1

Midwest........................................ 1,142 1,045 1,125 1,144 1,237 1,222 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.7

West............................................ 1,188 1,248 1,258 1,285 1,214 1,252 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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-Data not available
Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 3,166 3,208 3,387 3,349 3,480 3,402 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 3,001 3,045 3,217 3,166 3,287 3,211 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5

Mining and logging......................... 14 21 21 22 23 22 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.9

Construction................................ 133 150 149 154 162 157 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2

Manufacturing.............................. 194 215 211 204 197 194 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5

Durable goods........................... 105 122 126 116 111 105 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.3

Nondurable goods....................... 90 93 85 88 86 90 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 656 626 667 688 737 739 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.7

Wholesale trade......................... 82 86 84 84 86 80 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3

Retail trade............................... 472 424 461 486 512 538 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.4

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 102 116 122 119 138 121 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.4 2.1

Information.................................. 42 49 43 48 56 48 1.5 1.8 1.6 1.7 2.0 1.7

Financial activities......................... 113 118 101 97 110 120 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.4

Finance and insurance................. 68 83 62 45 66 68 1.1 1.3 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1

Real estate and rental and leasing3

... 45 35 39 52 44 52 2.1 1.6 1.7 2.3 2.0 2.3

Professional and business services. . . .. 624 690 715 671 692 701 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.3

Education and health services........... 426 406 433 433 468 442 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.9

Educational services.................... 51 48 46 52 50 36 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.0

Health care and social assistance. . .. 375 358 387 381 417 406 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0

Leisure and hospitality.................... 659 694 731 724 714 690 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 66 67 92 70 71 70 2.8 2.9 3.9 3.0 3.0 3.0

Accommodation and food services. .. 593 627 639 653 643 620 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.4

Other services3

............................. 141 76 145 125 129 98 2.4 1.3 2.5 2.1 2.2 1.7

Government................................... 165 163 171 184 193 191 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9

Federal...................................... 16 14 15 16 15 15 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6

State and local............................. 148 149 156 168 178 175 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

State and local education.............. 74 78 79 90 93 92 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 75 71 77 78 85 83 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 461 422 438 460 471 442 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6

South........................................... 1,292 1,376 1,419 1,385 1,457 1,426 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6

Midwest........................................ 659 647 718 717 775 792 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4

West............................................ 755 764 813 786 777 742 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.2

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 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

series.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 1,772 1,620 1,547 1,731 1,618 1,723 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.1 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 1,668 1,516 1,448 1,640 1,538 1,638 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.3

Mining and logging3....................... 7 9 11 11 10 11 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

Construction................................ 196 149 180 156 159 191 2.8 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.6

Manufacturing.............................. 99 114 110 118 124 114 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9

Durable goods........................... 62 58 60 69 69 67 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8

Nondurable goods....................... 37 57 50 49 55 48 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 322 306 302 343 262 295 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 1.1

Wholesale trade3

........................ 39 41 32 43 21 42 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.7

Retail trade............................... 204 193 199 220 163 184 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.2

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities.................................. 79 73 71 80 79 69 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2

Information.................................. 25 26 27 29 25 34 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.2

Financial activities......................... 52 52 41 72 72 75 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.9

Finance and insurance................. 32 37 23 50 46 51 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing. .. 20 15 19 22 26 24 0.9 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 443 344 376 386 383 364 2.2 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7

Education and health services........... 155 183 143 165 146 177 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7

Educational services.................... 32 40 37 33 38 33 0.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9

Health care and social assistance. . .. 122 143 106 132 108 144 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 307 270 224 303 304 297 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.9 1.9 1.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 95 87 49 102 91 111 4.1 3.7 2.1 4.3 3.9 4.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 212 183 174 201 213 186 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3

Other services.............................. 61 63 34 59 51 81 1.1 1.1 0.6 1.0 0.9 1.4

Government................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Federal...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

State and local............................. 92 90 87 85 73 77 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

State and local education.............. 36 40 45 46 33 34 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 55 50 42 39 40 43 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 336 280 268 263 267 302 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1

South........................................... 690 620 604 680 610 663 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 1.2

Midwest........................................ 408 334 326 366 392 345 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.0

West............................................ 337 385 350 422 349 412 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.2

1

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

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

3 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

series.

4 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) Rates2

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

Feb.

2018

Mar.

2018

Apr.

2018

May

2018

June

2018p

Total............................................... 357 346 387 344 321 378 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private................................... 301 283 322 279 268 313 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging......................... 2 1 2 1 2 3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4

Construction3

............................... 13 7 22 8 19 9 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing.............................. 25 21 21 21 21 22 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods........................... 15 12 13 13 13 13 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods3

...................... 10 8 9 8 8 8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . .. 98 77 98 73 74 76 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Wholesale trade......................... 17 8 14 10 12 12 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Retail trade............................... 68 56 72 52 51 45 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and

utilities3

................................. 13 13 12 12 11 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Information3................................. 5 9 4 8 10 8 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3

Financial activities......................... 25 30 29 29 9 30 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4

Finance and insurance................. 20 28 21 27 8 27 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing3

... 5 2 7 2 1 3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1

Professional and business services. . . .. 53 47 72 57 67 58 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services........... 44 55 39 43 39 56 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services3

................... 9 8 7 6 6 10 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Health care and social assistance3

. .. 35 47 32 36 32 45 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 24 20 19 24 19 30 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation3

... 3 3 4 4 4 4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Accommodation and food services3... 21 17 15 20 15 26 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Other services3............................. 12 16 16 15 8 21 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4

Government................................... 57 63 66 65 52 65 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Federal...................................... 10 14 13 13 8 13 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5

State and local............................. 47 49 53 52 44 52 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

State and local education.............. 23 24 25 25 19 26 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding

education.............................. 23 25 28 28 25 26 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION4

Northeast...................................... 59 56 67 78 57 61 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

South........................................... 128 127 144 128 106 133 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest........................................ 76 64 81 60 70 86 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

West............................................ 95 99 95 77 88 98 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

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

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

3 No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted

series.

4 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.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 6,070 6,696 6,653 4.0 4.3 4.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 5,498 6,091 6,020 4.2 4.6 4.5

Mining and logging............................................... 28 34 31 3.9 4.5 4.1

Construction....................................................... 202 253 263 2.7 3.4 3.4

Manufacturing..................................................... 411 474 482 3.2 3.6 3.6

Durable goods.................................................. 229 296 307 2.9 3.6 3.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 182 178 175 3.7 3.6 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,024 1,321 1,264 3.6 4.6 4.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 230 183 216 3.7 3.0 3.5

Retail trade..................................................... 596 806 800 3.6 4.8 4.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 198 332 248 3.4 5.4 4.1

Information........................................................ 99 132 119 3.4 4.5 4.1

Financial activities................................................ 365 332 390 4.1 3.7 4.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 292 244 287 4.4 3.7 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 73 88 103 3.2 3.8 4.3

Professional and business services............................ 1,152 1,199 1,147 5.3 5.4 5.1

Education and health services.................................. 1,152 1,192 1,245 4.8 4.8 5.0

Educational services.......................................... 100 112 132 2.8 2.9 3.6

Health care and social assistance........................... 1,052 1,080 1,113 5.1 5.2 5.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 837 937 903 4.8 5.4 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 86 108 92 3.2 4.3 3.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 751 828 812 5.0 5.5 5.3

Other services.................................................... 228 218 174 3.7 3.6 2.8

Government.......................................................... 572 605 633 2.5 2.6 2.8

Federal............................................................. 94 97 90 3.2 3.4 3.1

State and local.................................................... 478 508 543 2.4 2.5 2.7

State and local education..................................... 167 171 209 1.6 1.6 2.0

State and local, excluding education........................ 311 337 334 3.2 3.6 3.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 1,018 1,112 1,127 3.6 3.9 3.9

South................................................................. 2,225 2,416 2,469 4.0 4.2 4.3

Midwest............................................................... 1,435 1,711 1,591 4.2 4.9 4.6

West.................................................................. 1,392 1,457 1,466 3.9 4.1 4.1

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

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 6,272 6,469 6,469 4.3 4.3 4.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 5,841 6,101 6,038 4.7 4.8 4.7

Mining and logging............................................... 35 45 47 5.1 6.1 6.3

Construction....................................................... 405 499 426 5.7 6.9 5.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 408 400 436 3.3 3.2 3.4

Durable goods.................................................. 236 237 258 3.0 3.0 3.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 172 163 178 3.6 3.4 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,093 1,170 1,116 4.0 4.2 4.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 167 133 152 2.8 2.2 2.5

Retail trade..................................................... 741 815 742 4.7 5.1 4.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 186 222 221 3.3 3.8 3.8

Information........................................................ 83 92 101 2.9 3.3 3.6

Financial activities................................................ 246 225 281 2.9 2.6 3.3

Finance and insurance........................................ 156 142 187 2.5 2.3 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 90 82 94 4.0 3.7 4.1

Professional and business services............................ 1,240 1,255 1,259 6.0 6.0 6.0

Education and health services.................................. 728 714 798 3.2 3.0 3.4

Educational services.......................................... 100 83 106 2.9 2.2 3.0

Health care and social assistance........................... 628 631 691 3.2 3.2 3.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 1,299 1,398 1,300 7.7 8.4 7.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 295 308 293 11.1 12.7 11.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 1,004 1,090 1,007 7.1 7.7 7.0

Other services.................................................... 304 304 276 5.2 5.2 4.6

Government.......................................................... – – – – – –

Federal............................................................. – – – – – –

State and local.................................................... 390 333 394 2.0 1.7 2.0

State and local education..................................... 107 90 125 1.1 0.8 1.2

State and local, excluding education........................ 283 243 269 3.0 2.7 2.9

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 1,065 996 1,103 3.9 3.6 4.0

South................................................................. 2,366 2,494 2,462 4.4 4.6 4.5

Midwest............................................................... 1,461 1,624 1,461 4.5 4.9 4.4

West.................................................................. 1,381 1,355 1,443 4.1 3.9 4.2

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 5,504 5,462 5,739 3.7 3.7 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 5,004 5,081 5,193 4.0 4.0 4.1

Mining and logging............................................... 23 36 35 3.4 5.0 4.7

Construction....................................................... 299 320 319 4.2 4.4 4.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 332 341 339 2.7 2.7 2.7

Durable goods.................................................. 192 192 192 2.5 2.4 2.4

Nondurable goods............................................. 141 149 147 3.0 3.1 3.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,046 1,046 1,085 3.8 3.8 3.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 139 109 135 2.3 1.8 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 719 734 750 4.5 4.6 4.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 189 203 200 3.3 3.5 3.4

Information........................................................ 69 88 88 2.5 3.2 3.2

Financial activities................................................ 190 185 228 2.2 2.2 2.6

Finance and insurance........................................ 120 118 149 1.9 1.9 2.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 70 67 79 3.1 3.0 3.5

Professional and business services............................ 1,127 1,165 1,125 5.5 5.6 5.3

Education and health services.................................. 731 697 791 3.2 2.9 3.4

Educational services.......................................... 159 120 140 4.6 3.2 4.0

Health care and social assistance........................... 572 577 651 2.9 2.9 3.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 974 1,023 986 5.8 6.2 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 125 129 142 4.7 5.3 5.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 849 893 844 6.0 6.3 5.9

Other services.................................................... 212 180 197 3.6 3.1 3.3

Government.......................................................... – – – – – –

Federal............................................................. – – – – – –

State and local.................................................... 464 353 512 2.4 1.8 2.6

State and local education..................................... 308 215 354 3.1 2.0 3.5

State and local, excluding education........................ 156 138 157 1.7 1.5 1.7

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 856 727 809 3.2 2.7 2.9

South................................................................. 2,247 2,283 2,362 4.2 4.2 4.3

Midwest............................................................... 1,148 1,249 1,247 3.5 3.8 3.8

West.................................................................. 1,252 1,203 1,321 3.7 3.5 3.8

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 3,364 3,590 3,623 2.3 2.4 2.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,112 3,357 3,320 2.5 2.7 2.6

Mining and logging............................................... 14 24 21 2.0 3.3 2.8

Construction....................................................... 139 173 162 1.9 2.4 2.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 207 205 204 1.7 1.6 1.6

Durable goods.................................................. 112 116 108 1.4 1.5 1.4

Nondurable goods............................................. 95 89 96 2.0 1.9 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 658 741 747 2.4 2.7 2.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 86 81 82 1.5 1.4 1.4

Retail trade..................................................... 472 533 546 3.0 3.4 3.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 100 127 119 1.8 2.2 2.0

Information........................................................ 40 54 45 1.4 2.0 1.6

Financial activities................................................ 118 113 126 1.4 1.3 1.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 73 70 74 1.2 1.1 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 45 44 52 2.0 2.0 2.3

Professional and business services............................ 631 692 710 3.1 3.3 3.4

Education and health services.................................. 476 491 492 2.1 2.1 2.1

Educational services.......................................... 76 53 53 2.2 1.4 1.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 400 437 439 2.0 2.2 2.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 689 736 714 4.1 4.4 4.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 71 68 75 2.7 2.8 2.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 618 668 639 4.4 4.7 4.4

Other services.................................................... 141 129 98 2.4 2.2 1.6

Government.......................................................... 251 233 304 1.1 1.0 1.4

Federal............................................................. 18 15 17 0.6 0.5 0.6

State and local.................................................... 233 218 287 1.2 1.1 1.5

State and local education..................................... 151 128 196 1.5 1.2 1.9

State and local, excluding education........................ 82 90 91 0.9 1.0 1.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 468 467 451 1.7 1.7 1.6

South................................................................. 1,399 1,511 1,545 2.6 2.8 2.8

Midwest............................................................... 687 817 839 2.1 2.5 2.5

West.................................................................. 809 795 788 2.4 2.3 2.3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 1,743 1,540 1,683 1.2 1.0 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,601 1,451 1,567 1.3 1.1 1.2

Mining and logging............................................... 7 10 11 1.1 1.4 1.5

Construction....................................................... 146 128 148 2.0 1.8 2.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 99 115 111 0.8 0.9 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 63 63 68 0.8 0.8 0.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 35 52 43 0.7 1.1 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 300 223 270 1.1 0.8 1.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 39 21 42 0.7 0.4 0.7

Retail trade..................................................... 184 137 167 1.2 0.9 1.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 76 65 61 1.3 1.1 1.0

Information........................................................ 24 24 35 0.9 0.9 1.3

Financial activities................................................ 47 62 70 0.6 0.7 0.8

Finance and insurance........................................ 27 39 46 0.4 0.6 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 20 22 24 0.9 1.0 1.1

Professional and business services............................ 446 410 359 2.2 2.0 1.7

Education and health services.................................. 211 168 243 0.9 0.7 1.0

Educational services.......................................... 74 60 76 2.2 1.6 2.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 137 108 167 0.7 0.5 0.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 261 268 242 1.6 1.6 1.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 51 58 63 1.9 2.4 2.4

Accommodation and food services.......................... 210 210 179 1.5 1.5 1.2

Other services.................................................... 59 44 78 1.0 0.7 1.3

Government.......................................................... – – – – – –

Federal............................................................. – – – – – –

State and local.................................................... 133 85 111 0.7 0.4 0.6

State and local education..................................... 86 59 75 0.9 0.6 0.7

State and local, excluding education........................ 47 25 36 0.5 0.3 0.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 319 211 287 1.2 0.8 1.0

South................................................................. 708 654 665 1.3 1.2 1.2

Midwest............................................................... 380 352 314 1.2 1.1 0.9

West.................................................................. 336 323 416 1.0 0.9 1.2

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

June

2017

May

2018

June

2018p

Total..................................................................... 397 332 433 0.3 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 291 273 307 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 2 1 3 0.3 0.2 0.4

Construction....................................................... 13 19 9 0.2 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 27 21 24 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 17 13 16 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 10 8 8 0.2 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 89 82 69 0.3 0.3 0.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 13 7 11 0.2 0.1 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 62 64 38 0.4 0.4 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 13 11 20 0.2 0.2 0.3

Information........................................................ 5 10 8 0.2 0.4 0.3

Financial activities................................................ 26 10 31 0.3 0.1 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 20 8 28 0.3 0.1 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 5 1 3 0.2 0.1 0.1

Professional and business services............................ 50 64 56 0.2 0.3 0.3

Education and health services.................................. 44 39 56 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 9 6 10 0.3 0.2 0.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 35 32 45 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 24 19 30 0.1 0.1 0.2

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

Accommodation and food services.......................... 21 15 26 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services.................................................... 12 8 21 0.2 0.1 0.4

Government.......................................................... 106 59 126 0.5 0.3 0.6

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

State and local.................................................... 97 50 114 0.5 0.3 0.6

State and local education..................................... 70 28 84 0.7 0.3 0.8

State and local, excluding education........................ 27 23 30 0.3 0.2 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 69 49 71 0.3 0.2 0.3

South................................................................. 141 117 152 0.3 0.2 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 80 80 95 0.2 0.2 0.3

West.................................................................. 107 86 116 0.3 0.3 0.3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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