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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2010

There were 3.2 million job openings on the last business day of August 2010, the U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics reported today. The job openings rate was unchanged over the month at 2.4 percent. The hires 

rate (3.2 percent) and the separations rate (3.2 percent) were little changed. This release includes 

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

industry and geographic region. 

Job Openings

The number of job openings in August was 3.2 million, which was little changed from July. Although 

the month-to-month change is small, the number of job openings has risen by 863,000 (37 percent) since 

the most recent series trough of 2.3 million in July 2009. (See table 1.) This trough immediately 

followed the end of the recession in June 2009 (as designated by the National Bureau of Economic 

Research). Even with the gains since July 2009, the number of job openings remained below the 4.4 

million jobs open when the recession began in December 2007. 

The number of job openings in August (not seasonally adjusted) increased from 12 months earlier for 

total nonfarm and total private. Over that period, the job openings level decreased in educational 

services but increased in many other industries and in all of the regions. (See table 5.) 

1.6

1.8

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2.4

2.6

2.8

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3.2

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3.6

3.8

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Percent

2008 2009 2010

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

September 2007 - August 2010

NOTE: The shaded area represents the recession that began in Dec. 2007 and ended in June 2009

as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). 

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

4.2

Percent

2008 2009 2010

Chart 2. Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted,

September 2007 - August 2010

Hires

Separations

NOTE: The shaded area represents the recession that began in Dec. 2007 and ended in June 2009

as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). 
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Hires

In August, the hires rate was little changed for total nonfarm at 3.2 percent. There were 4.1 million hires

during the month for total nonfarm, 280,000 (7 percent) higher than its most recent trough in June 2009. 

This trough coincided with the official end of the recession. Hires remain below the 5.0 million hires in 

December 2007 when the recession began. The hires level in August was little changed for all industries 

and regions. (See table 2.)

Over the 12 months ending in August, the hires rate (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed for total 

nonfarm, total private, and government. The hires rate increased over the past 12 months in mining and 

logging and in construction. The rate decreased in real estate and rental and leasing as well as in health 

care and social assistance. (See table 6.) 

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Industry Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total ......................................................2,411 3,141 3,201 3,975 4,275 4,136 4,166 4,390 4,196

Total private 1

....................................... 2,098 2,821 2,849 3,696 3,985 3,855 3,883 3,940 3,785

Construction....................................... 66 101 68 278 361 382 335 361 357

Manufacturing.................................... 134 238 192 254 297 268 297 271 278

Trade, transportation, and utilities 2

......... 425 485 455 798 864 799 826 855 812

Retail trade..................................... 248 295 281 545 608 569 558 613 576

Professional and business services......... 404 564 689 680 810 808 711 830 804

Education and health services............... 531 515 494 531 515 487 501 491 445

Leisure and hospitality ........................ 241 365 391 711 712 671 718 701 656

Arts, entertainment, and recreation...... 20 42 40 115 119 105 116 121 107

Accommodation and food services...... 221 323 351 596 593 566 602 580 550

Government 3

..................................... 313 320 352 279 289 282 283 450 411

 State and local government.................. 287 246 274 252 247 244 259 268 264

Total ...................................................... 1.8 2.4 2.4 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.2

Total private 1

....................................... 1.9 2.5 2.6 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5

Construction....................................... 1.1 1.8 1.2 4.7 6.4 6.8 5.7 6.5 6.4

Manufacturing.................................... 1.1 2.0 1.6 2.2 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities 2

......... 1.7 1.9 1.8 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.3

Retail trade.................................... 1.7 2.0 1.9 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.0

Professional and business services......... 2.4 3.3 4.0 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.3 5.0 4.8

Education and health services............... 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.3

Leisure and hospitality ........................ 1.8 2.7 2.9 5.4 5.4 5.1 5.5 5.3 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation...... 1.0 2.1 2.0 6.1 6.2 5.5 6.1 6.3 5.6

Accommodation and food services...... 1.9 2.8 3.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.4 5.2 4.9

Government 3

..................................... 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.8

 State and local government.................. 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4

 1 Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not show n separately.

 2 Includes w holesale trade and transportation, w arehousing, and utilities, not show n separately.

 3 Includes federal government, not show n separately.

 p = preliminary.

Rates (percent)

Job openings Hires Total separations

Levels (in thousands)
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Separations 

Total separations includes quits (voluntary separations), layoffs and discharges (involuntary 

separations), and other separations (including retirements). The total separations, or turnover, rate in 

August was little changed for total nonfarm and total private but decreased for government. Over the 12 

months ending in August, the total separations rate (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed for total 

nonfarm and total private but increased for government. (See tables 3 and 7.) 

The quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to change jobs. In August, the

quits rate remained unchanged at 1.5 percent for total nonfarm and 1.7 percent for total private and was 

little changed in every industry and region. (See table 4.) The number of quits for total nonfarm fell by 

1.4 million between the November 2006 peak and the September 2009 trough. Since September 2009, 

the number of quits has risen by 282,000. 

Over the 12 months ending in August, the quits rate (not seasonally adjusted) increased for total 

nonfarm and total private, and was little changed for government. The quits rate increased over the 12 

months ending in August in nondurable goods manufacturing, professional and business services, and 

other services as well as in the Northeast and Midwest regions. (See table 8.) 

The layoffs and discharges component of total separations is seasonally adjusted at the total nonfarm, 

total private, and government levels. The layoffs and discharges level decreased in August for total 

nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and discharges for total nonfarm peaked

at 2.6 million in January 2009, falling to 1.8 million in August 2010. In government, the number of 

layoffs and discharges in August (236,000) was higher than when the recession began in December 2007 

(117,000) due, in part, to the release of temporary Census 2010 workers in August. (See table B below.)

The layoffs and discharges level (not seasonally adjusted) declined over the 12 months ending in August 

for total nonfarm and total private but increased for government. The layoffs and discharges level

increased over the year in federal government reflecting, in part, the layoffs of temporary Census 2010 

workers. In many industries, the layoffs and discharges level declined. The layoffs and discharges level

decreased over the year in the Midwest and West regions. (See table 9.)

The other separations series is not seasonally adjusted. In August, there were 367,000 other separations 

for total nonfarm, 289,000 for total private, and 78,000 for government. Compared to August 2009, the 

number of other separations was little changed for total nonfarm and total private but increased for 

government. The rise in government other separations is due to an increase in state and local 

government. (See table 10.) 

Table B. Layoffs and discharges, seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total...............................................................2,129 2,112 1,830 1.6 1.6 1.4

Total private...................................................2,006 1,848 1,594 1.9 1.7 1.5

Government................................................... 123 265 236 0.5 1.2 1.0

 p = preliminary.

Industry

Levels (in thousands) Rates
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Relative Contributions to Separations 

The total separations level is influenced by the relative contribution of its three components—quits, 

layoffs and discharges, and other separations. The percentage of total separations at the total nonfarm 

level attributable to the individual components has varied over time, but for the majority of the months 

since the series began in December 2000, the proportion of quits has exceeded the proportion of layoffs 

and discharges. Other separations is historically a very small portion of total separations; it has rarely 

been above 10 percent of the total.

Since February 2010, the proportions of quits and layoffs and discharges at the total nonfarm level have 

been close. In August 2010, the proportion of quits was 48 percent and the proportion of layoffs and 

discharges was 44 percent for total nonfarm. For total private, the proportions were 50 percent quits and 

42 percent layoffs and discharges. For government, the proportions were 28 percent quits and 57 percent 

layoffs and discharges. (See table C below.)

Net Change in Employment

Over the 12 months ending in August, hires totaled 50.2 million and separations totaled 50.1 million, 

yielding a net employment gain of 0.1 million.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for September 2010 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. (EST). 

Table C. Quits and layoffs and discharges as a percentage of total separations, seasonally adjusted

(Levels in thousands)

Level

Percent 

of total Level

Percent 

of total Level

Percent 

of total Level

Percent 

of total Level

Percent 

of total Level

Percent 

of total

Total .................................... 1,779 43% 1,974 45% 1,998 48% 2,129 51% 2,112 48% 1,830 44%

Total private...........................1,669 43% 1,855 47% 1,881 50% 2,006 52% 1,848 47% 1,594 42%

Government........................... 110 39% 119 26% 116 28% 123 43% 265 59% 236 57%

 p = preliminary.

Industry

Quits Layoffs and discharges

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010p

Aug.

2009

July

2010

Aug.

2010p
Technical Note

 The data for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover 

Survey (JOLTS) are collected and compiled monthly 

from a sample of business establishments by the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Collection

 In a monthly survey of business establishments, data 

are collected for total employment, job openings, hires, 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

Data collection methods include computer-assisted 

telephone interviewing, touchtone data entry, web, fax, 

e-mail, and mail.

Coverage

 The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments such as factories, offices, and stores, as well 

as federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 

states and the District of Columbia.

Concepts

 Industry classification. The industry classifications 

in this release are in accordance with the 2007 version 

of the North American Industry Classification System 

(NAICS). In order to ensure the highest possible quality of data, State Workforce Agencies verify with 

employers and update, if necessary, the industry code, 

location, and ownership classification of all establishments on a 3-year cycle. Changes in establishment 

characteristics resulting from the verification process 

are always introduced into the JOLTS sampling frame

with the data reported for the first month of the year.

 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. Establishments submit job openings 

information 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 regardless of 

whether a suitable candidate is found, and 3) the 

employer is actively recruiting from outside the 

establishment to fill the position. Included are fulltime, 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. Hires are 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. Separations are the total number of 

terminations of employment occurring at any time 

during the reference month, and are reported by type of 

separation—quits, layoffs and discharges, and other 

separations. Quits are voluntary separations by employees (except for retirements, which are reported as 

other separations). Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer and 

include 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. Other separations include retirements, transfers to other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. Separations do 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, 

dividing the number by employment and multiplying 

by 100.

 Annual estimates. Annual estimates of rates and 

levels of hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are released with the 

January news release each year.

 The JOLTS annual level estimates for hires, quits, 

layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total 

separations are the sum of the 12 published monthly 

levels. The annual rate estimates 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. Note that both the JOLTS and CES annual levels 

are rounded to the nearest thousand before the annual 

estimates are calculated. Consistent with BLS practices, annual estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted data.

 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. 

Only jobs still open on the last day of the month are 

counted. For the same reason job openings cannot be 

cumulated throughout each month, annual figures for 

job openings cannot be created by summing the 

monthly estimates. Hires and separations are flow 

measures and are cumulated over the month with a 

total reported for the month. Therefore, the annual figures can be created by summing the monthly estimates.

Special collection procedures

 An implied measure of employment change can be 

derived from the JOLTS data by subtracting separations from hires for a given month. Aggregating 

these monthly changes historically produced employment levels that overstated employment change as 

measured by CES at the total nonfarm level. Research 

into this problem showed that a significant amount of 

the divergence between the CES employment levels 

and the derived JOLTS employment levels was traceable to the Employment Services industry and to the 

State Government Education industry. In the former 

industry, businesses have a difficult time reporting 

hires and separations of temporary help workers. In 

the latter industry, employers have difficulty reporting 

hires and separations of student workers. BLS now devotes additional resources to the collection, editing, and 

review of data for these industries. BLS analysts more 

closely examine reported data that do not provide a 

consistent picture over time, and re-contact the 

respondents as necessary. Analysts work with the 

respondents to adjust their reporting practices as 

possible. Units that cannot be reconciled but are clearly incorrect on a consistent basis are not used; they are 

replaced by imputed values using standard techniques.

Sample and estimation methodology

 The JOLTS survey design is a random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business establishments, including 

factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, 

and local governments in the 50 states and the District 

of Columbia. The establishments are drawn from a 

universe of over 9.1 million establishments compiled 

as part of the operations of the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW), program. This 

program includes all employers subject to state 

Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws and federal 

agencies subject to Unemployment Compensation for 

Federal Employees (UCFE).

 The sampling frame is stratified by ownership, region, 

industry sector, and size class. The JOLTS sample is 

constructed from individual panels of sample units 

drawn on an annual basis. The full annual sample consists of one certainty panel composed of only large 

units selected with virtual certainty based on their size 

and 24 non-certainty panels. Each month a new noncertainty panel is rolled into collection, and the oldest 

non-certainty panel is rolled out. This means that at 

any given time the JOLTS sample is constructed from 

panels from three different annual sampling frames. 

The entire sample of old plus new panels is poststratified and re-weighted annually to represent the 

most recent sampling frame. Additionally, the out-ofbusiness establishments are removed from the old 

panels. The annual sample is supplemented with a 

quarterly sample of birth establishments (i.e., new 

establishments) to better reflect the impact of younger 

establishments in the JOLTS sample.

 JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked 

monthly to the employment estimates of the Current 

Employment Statistics (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 sepa-
rations from these units during their early existence. 

BLS has developed a model to estimate birth/death 

activity for current months by examining the birth/

death activity from previous years on the QCEW and 

projecting forward to the present using an econometric 

technique known as X-12 ARIMA modeling. The 

birth/death model also uses historical JOLTS data to 

estimate the amount of “churn” (hires and separations) 

that exists in establishments of various sizes. The 

model then combines the estimated churn with the 

projected employment change to estimate the number 

of hires and separations taking place in these units that 

cannot be measured through sampling. 

 The model-based estimate of total separations is 

distributed to the three components—quits; layoffs and 

discharges; and other separations—in proportion to 

their contribution to the sample-based estimate of total 

separations. Additionally, job openings for the modeled units are estimated by computing the ratio of 

openings to hires in the collected data and applying that 

ratio to the modeled hires. The estimates of job openings, hires, and separations produced by the birth/death 

model are then added to the sample-based estimates 

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

 BLS seasonally adjusts several JOLTS series using 

the X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjustment program. 

Seasonal adjustment is the process of estimating and 

removing periodic fluctuations caused by events such 

as weather, holidays, and the beginning and ending of 

the school year. Seasonal adjustment makes it easier to 

observe fundamental changes in the level of the series, 

particularly those associated with general economic 

expansions and contractions. 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 the data for the 

current month.

 JOLTS uses moving averages as seasonal filters in 

seasonal adjustment. JOLTS seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative seasonal adjustment models and REGARIMA (regression with autocorrelated 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

 JOLTS hires minus separations should be comparable 

to the CES net employment change. 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. The Monthly Alignment 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 trend and the CES net 

employment change is calculated. Next, the JOLTS 

implied employment trend is adjusted to equal the CES 

net employment change through a proportional adjustment. This proportional adjustment procedure adjusts 

the two components (hires, separations) proportionally 

to their contribution to the total churn (hires plus separations). For example, if hires are 40 percent of the 

churn for a given month, they will receive 40 percent 

of the needed adjustment and separations will receive 

60 percent of the needed adjustment. 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. The 

Monthly Alignment procedure assures a close match of 

the JOLTS implied employment trend with the CES 

trend. The CES series is considered a highly accurate 

measure of net employment change owing to its very 

large sample size and annual benchmarking to universe 

counts of employment from the QCEW program.

Using JOLTS data

 The JOLTS data series on job openings, hires, and 

separations are relatively new. The full sample is divided into panels, with one panel enrolled each month. 

A full complement of panels for the original data series 

based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification 

(SIC) system was not completely enrolled in the survey 

until January 2002. The supplemental panels of establishments needed to create NAICS estimates were not 

completely enrolled until May 2003. The data collected up until those points are from less than a full 

sample. Therefore, estimates from earlier months 

should be used with caution, as fewer sampled units 

were reporting data at that time.

 In March 2002, BLS procedures for collecting hires 

and separations data were revised to address possible 

underreporting. As a result, JOLTS hires and separations estimates for months prior to March 2002 may 

not be comparable to estimates for March 2002 and 

later.

 The federal government reorganization that involved 

transferring approximately 180,000 employees to the 

new Department of Homeland Security is not reflected 

in the JOLTS hires and separations estimates for the 
federal government. The Office of Personnel Management's record shows these transfers were completed in 

March 2003. The inclusion of transfers in the JOLTS 

definitions of hires and separations is intended to cover 

ongoing movements of workers between establishments. The Department of Homeland Security reorganization was a massive one-time event, and the 

inclusion of these intergovernmental transfers would 

distort the federal government time series.

Reliability of the estimates

 JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, 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 nonsampling 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 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p

Total......................................................2,411 2,785 3,302 2,939 2,864 3,141 3,201 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4

INDUSTRY

Total private 4.......................................2,098 2,363 2,675 2,597 2,537 2,821 2,849 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.6

Construction.................................... 66 83 88 79 53 101 68 1.1 1.5 1.5 1.4 .9 1.8 1.2

Manufacturing................................. 134 180 195 205 226 238 192 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities 5...... 425 470 456 452 449 485 455 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.8

Retail trade................................. 248 305 292 274 284 295 281 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9

Professional and business services...... 404 423 550 601 514 564 689 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.3 4.0

Education and health services............ 531 536 561 512 487 515 494 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.5

Leisure and hospitality ........................ 241 257 274 288 317 365 391 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.7 2.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation... 20 24 24 41 55 42 40 1.0 1.3 1.3 2.1 2.8 2.1 2.0

Accommodation and food services... 221 232 250 247 263 323 351 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.8 3.0

Government 6....................................... 313 421 627 342 327 320 352 1.4 1.8 2.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5

State and local government............... 287 262 260 237 238 246 274 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4

REGION 7

Northeast....................................... 504 599 678 657 631 639 688 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7

South............................................. 883 945 1,080 1,078 982 1,100 1,190 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.5

Midwest.......................................... 478 573 664 568 604 617 684 1.6 1.9 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.3

West............................................. 535 707 821 689 632 696 801 1.8 2.4 2.8 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.7

1

 Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the 7

 The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the 

month. regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New 2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and 

of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings. Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, 

 3 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North 

adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown. Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and 

 4 Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, 

other services, not shown separately. Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and 

 5 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, 

shown separately. Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

 6 Includes federal government, not shown separately. Wyoming.

 p = preliminary.

Table 2. Hires levels 1 and rates 2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p

Total......................................................3,975 4,331 4,292 4,581 4,250 4,275 4,136 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private 4.......................................3,696 3,970 3,935 3,846 3,946 3,985 3,855 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6

Construction.................................... 278 400 349 321 289 361 382 4.7 7.1 6.2 5.7 5.2 6.4 6.8

Manufacturing................................. 254 279 305 266 267 297 268 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities 5...... 798 897 856 819 876 864 799 3.2 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.2

Retail trade................................. 545 646 593 567 589 608 569 3.8 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.2 3.9

Professional and business services...... 680 744 780 805 825 810 808 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.8

Education and health services............ 531 503 496 479 523 515 487 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5

Leisure and hospitality ........................ 711 712 711 678 691 712 671 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation... 115 114 127 105 127 119 105 6.1 6.0 6.7 5.5 6.7 6.2 5.5

Accommodation and food services... 596 598 584 573 564 593 566 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.3 5.0

Government 6....................................... 279 360 357 735 304 289 282 1.2 1.6 1.6 3.2 1.3 1.3 1.3

State and local government............... 252 268 248 246 247 247 244 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3

REGION 7

Northeast....................................... 676 837 695 844 718 731 679 2.7 3.4 2.8 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.7

South............................................. 1,436 1,618 1,585 1,681 1,505 1,531 1,528 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.2

Midwest.......................................... 915 1,073 1,012 1,090 1,013 1,011 953 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.2

West............................................. 838 1,025 870 1,014 923 923 827 2.9 3.6 3.0 3.5 3.2 3.2 2.9

 1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month. 5

 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, 2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of not shown separately.

total employment. 6

 Includes federal government, not shown separately. 3

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal 7 See footnote 7, table 1. 

adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown. p

 = preliminary. 4

 Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and 

other services, not shown separately.

Industry and region

Industry and region

Levels Rates 3

 (in thousands)

Levels 3

 (in thousands) Rates
Table 3. Total separations levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p

Total................................................... 4,166 4,048 4,013 4,146 4,436 4,390 4,196 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.2

INDUSTRY

Total private 4.................................... 3,883 3,743 3,726 3,816 3,884 3,940 3,785 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5

Construction.................................... 335 365 345 340 314 361 357 5.7 6.5 6.1 6.1 5.6 6.5 6.4

Manufacturing................................. 297 245 249 238 260 271 278 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities 5...... 826 866 803 800 874 855 812 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.3

Retail trade................................. 558 620 551 574 604 613 576 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0

Professional and business services...... 711 699 733 806 777 830 804 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.8

Education and health services............ 501 455 475 446 493 491 445 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 718 677 684 707 668 701 656 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.3 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation... 116 119 114 122 113 121 107 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.5 5.9 6.3 5.6

Accommodation and food services... 602 558 570 585 555 580 550 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.2 4.9

Government 6.................................... 283 305 287 331 552 450 411 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 2.4 2.0 1.8

State and local government............... 259 268 248 263 275 268 264 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4

REGION 7

Northeast....................................... 698 821 690 734 748 775 759 2.8 3.3 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1

South............................................. 1,419 1,423 1,427 1,521 1,606 1,533 1,567 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3

Midwest.......................................... 913 895 948 988 981 1,018 933 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.2

West............................................. 992 920 944 920 928 929 892 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1

 1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire 5

 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities 

month. not shown separately. 2 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the 6

 Includes federal government, not shown separately.

entire month as a percent of total employment. 7

 See footnote 7, table 1. 3

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent p = preliminary.

seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown. 4

 Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, 

and other services, not shown separately.

Table 4. Quits levels 1 and rates 2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010p

Total................................................... 1,779 1,918 1,972 1,929 1,951 1,974 1,998 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

INDUSTRY

Total private 4.................................... 1,669 1,802 1,871 1,828 1,819 1,855 1,881 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

Construction.................................... 68 83 67 64 67 72 79 1.2 1.5 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4

Manufacturing................................. 82 89 99 96 105 97 106 .7 .8 .8 .8 .9 .8 .9

Trade, transportation, and utilities 5...... 408 424 442 438 443 451 416 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7

Retail trade................................. 307 316 330 338 331 347 311 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.2

Professional and business services...... 263 315 323 330 325 357 384 1.6 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.3

Education and health services............ 247 253 299 254 268 258 246 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

Leisure and hospitality ..................... 410 406 419 428 373 401 413 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 2.8 3.1 3.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation... 41 36 40 39 26 31 35 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.4 1.6 1.8

Accommodation and food services... 368 371 379 390 347 370 379 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.4

Government 6.................................... 110 117 101 101 131 119 116 .5 .5 .4 .4 .6 .5 .5

State and local government............... 100 105 93 88 105 100 100 .5 .5 .5 .4 .5 .5 .5

REGION 7

Northeast....................................... 275 325 332 286 341 318 341 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4

South............................................. 696 750 744 736 796 749 780 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7

Midwest.......................................... 383 438 442 496 438 475 469 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6

West............................................. 454 406 429 433 437 404 435 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

 1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month. 5

 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities 2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a not shown separately.

percent of total employment. 6

 Includes federal government, not shown separately. 3

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent 7 See footnote 7, table 1. 

seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown. p

 = preliminary. 4

 Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, 

and other services, not shown separately.

Industry and region

Industry and region

Levels 3

 (in thousands) Rates

Levels 3

 (in thousands) Rates
Table 5. Job openings levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 2,482 3,423 3,284 1.9 2.6 2.5

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 2,147 3,081 2,913 1.9 2.8 2.6

Mining and logging.................................... 4 16 17 .6 2.1 2.2

Construction............................................. 69 122 68 1.1 2.0 1.1

Manufacturing.......................................... 142 264 203 1.2 2.2 1.7

Durable goods....................................... 67 177 129 .9 2.4 1.8

Nondurable goods.................................... 75 87 73 1.6 1.9 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 470 536 508 1.9 2.1 2.0

Wholesale trade....................................... 98 129 100 1.7 2.2 1.7

Retail trade............................................. 279 335 312 1.9 2.3 2.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 93 72 97 1.9 1.5 2.0

Information................................................ 45 126 104 1.6 4.4 3.7

Financial activities...................................... 122 301 303 1.6 3.8 3.8

Finance and insurance.............................. 91 266 238 1.6 4.5 4.0

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 32 35 65 1.6 1.8 3.2

Professional and business services............... 393 595 686 2.3 3.4 3.9

Education and health services..................... 537 559 490 2.8 2.8 2.5

Educational services................................. 69 66 53 2.4 2.3 1.8

Health care and social assistance............... 468 492 438 2.8 2.9 2.6

Leisure and hospitality................................. 240 398 399 1.7 2.8 2.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 21 41 43 .9 1.8 1.9

Accommodation and food services............ 219 357 357 1.9 3.0 3.0

Other services.......................................... 125 164 135 2.3 2.9 2.4

Government................................................ 334 342 371 1.5 1.6 1.7

Federal................................................... 33 75 82 1.1 2.4 2.7

State and local........................................... 302 267 289 1.6 1.4 1.6

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 536 706 668 2.1 2.8 2.6

South...................................................... 895 1,221 1,185 1.9 2.5 2.5

Midwest................................................... 502 723 659 1.7 2.4 2.2

West...................................................... 548 772 772 1.9 2.6 2.6

 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 See footnote 7, table 1.

 p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region
Table 6. Hires levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 4,395 4,817 4,540 3.4 3.7 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 3,928 4,477 4,071 3.6 4.1 3.7

Mining and logging.................................... 15 30 31 2.1 4.0 4.1

Construction............................................. 279 418 394 4.5 7.1 6.7

Manufacturing.......................................... 274 336 289 2.3 2.9 2.5

Durable goods....................................... 139 200 150 1.9 2.8 2.1

Nondurable goods.................................... 134 137 139 2.9 3.0 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 840 915 836 3.4 3.7 3.4

Wholesale trade....................................... 112 142 120 2.0 2.5 2.1

Retail trade............................................. 586 615 607 4.0 4.3 4.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 142 158 109 3.0 3.4 2.3

Information................................................ 56 66 66 2.0 2.4 2.4

Financial activities...................................... 186 215 172 2.4 2.8 2.3

Finance and insurance.............................. 93 140 108 1.6 2.5 1.9

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 93 75 64 4.6 3.8 3.2

Professional and business services............... 686 874 812 4.2 5.2 4.8

Education and health services..................... 661 609 604 3.5 3.2 3.1

Educational services................................. 120 104 109 4.3 3.6 3.8

Health care and social assistance............... 541 505 494 3.4 3.1 3.0

Leisure and hospitality................................. 754 804 705 5.5 5.8 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 107 144 97 4.9 6.5 4.5

Accommodation and food services............ 647 660 608 5.6 5.7 5.2

Other services.......................................... 178 209 163 3.3 3.9 3.0

Government................................................ 467 339 469 2.2 1.6 2.2

Federal................................................... 34 46 44 1.2 1.5 1.5

State and local........................................... 433 293 424 2.3 1.6 2.3

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 731 888 739 3.0 3.6 3.0

South...................................................... 1,654 1,716 1,775 3.5 3.6 3.8

Midwest................................................... 1,032 1,112 1,074 3.5 3.8 3.6

West...................................................... 978 1,100 952 3.4 3.8 3.3

 1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month. 2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment. 3 See footnote 7, table 1. p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region
Table 7. Total separations levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 4,776 4,954 4,746 3.7 3.8 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 4,348 4,383 4,194 4.0 4.0 3.9

Mining and logging.................................... 24 21 23 3.5 2.8 3.0

Construction............................................. 360 394 385 5.8 6.7 6.5

Manufacturing.......................................... 318 280 302 2.7 2.4 2.6

Durable goods....................................... 174 152 164 2.4 2.1 2.3

Nondurable goods.................................... 144 128 138 3.1 2.8 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 874 895 851 3.5 3.6 3.4

Wholesale trade....................................... 136 136 121 2.4 2.4 2.2

Retail trade............................................. 600 625 617 4.1 4.3 4.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 138 134 114 2.9 2.9 2.4

Information................................................ 63 66 62 2.3 2.4 2.3

Financial activities...................................... 221 222 189 2.9 2.9 2.5

Finance and insurance.............................. 128 146 120 2.2 2.6 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 93 76 69 4.6 3.8 3.5

Professional and business services............... 717 909 819 4.3 5.4 4.9

Education and health services..................... 618 611 542 3.3 3.2 2.8

Educational services................................. 119 118 102 4.3 4.1 3.6

Health care and social assistance............... 499 493 440 3.1 3.0 2.7

Leisure and hospitality................................. 886 787 800 6.5 5.7 5.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 179 119 159 8.3 5.4 7.3

Accommodation and food services............ 706 669 641 6.1 5.8 5.5

Other services.......................................... 268 198 221 5.0 3.7 4.1

Government................................................ 428 571 552 2.0 2.7 2.6

Federal................................................... 33 183 156 1.2 6.0 5.3

State and local........................................... 395 388 396 2.1 2.1 2.2

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 864 911 892 3.5 3.7 3.6

South...................................................... 1,661 1,773 1,790 3.5 3.8 3.8

Midwest................................................... 1,088 1,157 1,066 3.7 3.9 3.6

West...................................................... 1,164 1,114 998 4.0 3.9 3.5

 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 See footnote 7, table 1. p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region
Table 8. Quits levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 2,200 2,353 2,498 1.7 1.8 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 2,030 2,204 2,324 1.9 2.0 2.1

Mining and logging.................................... 12 12 13 1.8 1.6 1.7

Construction............................................. 89 99 115 1.4 1.7 1.9

Manufacturing.......................................... 112 110 146 1.0 .9 1.2

Durable goods....................................... 62 61 77 .9 .8 1.1

Nondurable goods.................................... 50 49 69 1.1 1.1 1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 499 512 503 2.0 2.1 2.0

Wholesale trade....................................... 46 57 56 .8 1.0 1.0

Retail trade............................................. 380 378 381 2.6 2.6 2.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 72 77 66 1.5 1.6 1.4

Information................................................ 34 35 35 1.2 1.3 1.3

Financial activities...................................... 91 107 115 1.2 1.4 1.5

Finance and insurance.............................. 66 73 74 1.2 1.3 1.3

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 25 34 40 1.3 1.7 2.0

Professional and business services............... 300 424 464 1.8 2.5 2.7

Education and health services..................... 296 309 291 1.6 1.6 1.5

Educational services................................. 37 44 37 1.3 1.5 1.3

Health care and social assistance............... 258 265 254 1.6 1.6 1.5

Leisure and hospitality................................. 516 495 524 3.8 3.6 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 71 44 62 3.3 2.0 2.8

Accommodation and food services............ 445 451 463 3.8 3.9 4.0

Other services.......................................... 82 101 118 1.5 1.9 2.2

Government................................................ 169 149 174 .8 .7 .8

Federal................................................... 17 20 20 .6 .6 .7

State and local........................................... 153 129 154 .8 .7 .8

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 333 401 414 1.4 1.6 1.7

South...................................................... 838 900 943 1.8 1.9 2.0

Midwest................................................... 489 562 602 1.7 1.9 2.0

West...................................................... 539 489 538 1.9 1.7 1.9

 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 See footnote 7, table 1. p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region
Table 9. Layoffs and discharges levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 2,239 2,170 1,881 1.7 1.7 1.4

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 2,036 1,857 1,581 1.9 1.7 1.5

Mining and logging.................................... 10 7 7 1.5 1.0 1.0

Construction............................................. 266 280 265 4.3 4.8 4.5

Manufacturing.......................................... 185 146 133 1.6 1.2 1.1

Durable goods....................................... 97 77 74 1.3 1.1 1.0

Nondurable goods.................................... 88 69 58 1.9 1.5 1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 300 306 256 1.2 1.2 1.0

Wholesale trade....................................... 85 65 58 1.5 1.2 1.0

Retail trade............................................. 157 198 167 1.1 1.4 1.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 59 43 31 1.2 .9 .7

Information................................................ 22 28 24 .8 1.0 .9

Financial activities...................................... 112 83 51 1.5 1.1 .7

Finance and insurance.............................. 48 43 34 .8 .8 .6

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 64 40 17 3.2 2.0 .9

Professional and business services............... 364 422 303 2.2 2.5 1.8

Education and health services..................... 269 253 213 1.4 1.3 1.1

Educational services................................. 77 67 61 2.8 2.3 2.1

Health care and social assistance............... 193 187 152 1.2 1.1 .9

Leisure and hospitality................................. 342 242 235 2.5 1.8 1.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 103 66 92 4.8 3.0 4.3

Accommodation and food services............ 238 176 143 2.1 1.5 1.2

Other services.......................................... 165 89 94 3.1 1.6 1.8

Government................................................ 203 314 300 1.0 1.5 1.4

Federal................................................... 9 153 128 .3 5.0 4.4

State and local........................................... 194 161 172 1.0 .9 .9

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 476 434 418 1.9 1.8 1.7

South...................................................... 699 708 695 1.5 1.5 1.5

Midwest................................................... 502 503 376 1.7 1.7 1.3

West...................................................... 561 526 393 1.9 1.8 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 See footnote 7, table 1. p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region
Table 10. Other separations levels 1

 and rates 2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Aug. July Aug. Aug. July Aug.

2009 2010 2010p 2009 2010 2010p

Total............................................................ 338 431 367 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private................................................ 282 323 289 .3 .3 .3

Mining and logging.................................... 2 3 3 .3 .3 .3

Construction............................................. 5 16 5 .1 .3 .1

Manufacturing.......................................... 21 24 23 .2 .2 .2

Durable goods....................................... 15 14 12 .2 .2 .2

Nondurable goods.................................... 5 10 11 .1 .2 .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.................. 75 77 93 .3 .3 .4

Wholesale trade....................................... 5 14 7 .1 .2 .1

Retail trade............................................. 63 48 69 .4 .3 .5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...... 7 15 17 .1 .3 .4

Information................................................ 7 4 2 .3 .1 .1

Financial activities...................................... 18 32 23 .2 .4 .3

Finance and insurance.............................. 14 30 11 .2 .5 .2

Real estate and rental and leasing............... 4 2 12 .2 .1 .6

Professional and business services............... 52 63 53 .3 .4 .3

Education and health services..................... 52 48 38 .3 .2 .2

Educational services................................. 5 7 4 .2 .2 .1

Health care and social assistance............... 48 41 34 .3 .3 .2

Leisure and hospitality................................. 29 50 41 .2 .4 .3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation............ 5 9 5 .2 .4 .2

Accommodation and food services............ 24 42 36 .2 .4 .3

Other services.......................................... 22 8 8 .4 .1 .1

Government................................................ 56 108 78 .3 .5 .4

Federal................................................... 7 11 8 .3 .4 .3

State and local........................................... 48 98 70 .3 .5 .4

REGION 3

Northeast................................................ 55 76 60 .2 .3 .2

South...................................................... 123 166 152 .3 .4 .3

Midwest................................................... 97 92 88 .3 .3 .3

West...................................................... 63 98 67 .2 .3 .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 See footnote 7, table 1. p = preliminary.

Levels (in thousands) Rates

Industry and region