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USDL 05-1514

For release: 10:00 A.M. EDT

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted,

 December 2000 - June 2005

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

Percent

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Chart 2. Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted,

 December 2000 - June 2005

1.8

2.0

2.2

2.4

2.6

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.4

3.6

3.8

4.0

Percent

Separations

Hires

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JUNE 2005

The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were all essentially unchanged in June, the Bureau

of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. 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

On the last business day of June 2005, there were 3.5 million job openings in the United States, and the

job openings rate was 2.6 percent. (See table 1.) The job openings rate was little changed in June, but has

generally trended upward since September 2003. In June, the job openings rate was little changed in all

industries and regions except in the West, where it increased.

Hires and Separations

The hires rate was little changed at 3.5 percent in June. (See table 2.) Hires are any additions to the

payroll during the month. In June, the hires rate was little changed in each region, and changed significantly

only in the leisure and hospitality industry, where it increased.

The total separations, or turnover, rate was little changed at 3.3 percent in June. (See table 3.)

Separations are terminations of employment that occur at any time during the month. In June, the total

separations rate did not change significantly in any industry or region.
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Total............................................................ 4,740 4,635 4,235 4,504 4,362

 Total private ........................................ 4,185 4,398 4,309 3,966 4,256

Construction ................................... 93 107 446 420 390 367 408 370

Manufacturing ................................ 247 240 354 342 330 324 369 344

Trade, transportation, and

utilities ........................................... 553 597 624 951 1,030 1,040 874 989 950

Professional and business

services ......................................... 570 659 634 754 887 826 740 851 795

Education and health services .... 505 611 603 420 466 453 355 405 389

Leisure and hospitality ................. 412 440 479 761 750 863 782 750 745

Government .......................................... 361 378 381 315 339 331 262 254 255

Total 1......................................................... 2.3 2.5 2.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.3

Total private 1....................................... 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7

Construction ................................... 1.3 1.5 1.5 6.4 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.1

Manufacturing ................................ 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.4

Trade, transportation, and

utilities ........................................... 2.1 2.3 2.4 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.4 3.8 3.7

Professional and business

services ......................................... 3.4 3.8 3.6 4.6 5.3 4.9 4.5 5.1 4.7

Education and health services .... 2.9 3.4 3.4 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.2

Leisure and hospitality ................. 3.2 3.3 3.6 6.1 5.9 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.8

Government .......................................... 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2

 Job openings

Industry

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

Hires Total separations

June May June June May June June May June

2004 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Levels (in thousands)

Rates (percent)

 1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

 p = preliminary.

2005

4,492

2,777

3,140

3,050

3,416

4,111

111

259

3,165

3,541

1

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

and other separations (including retirements). The quits rate, which can serve as a barometer of workers’

ability to change jobs, remained at 1.9 percent in June. (See table 4.) The quits rate did not change

significantly in any industry in June. In the regions, the quits rate changed only in the West, where it

increased.

The other two components of total separations—layoffs and discharges, and other separations—are

not seasonally adjusted. From June 2004 to June 2005, the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged

at 1.1 percent, but the other separations rate decreased to 0.2 percent. (See tables 9 and 10.)

Hires and separations data help show dynamic flows in the labor market. Over the last 12 months, hires

have averaged 4.6 million per month and separations have averaged 4.4 million per month (not seasonally

adjusted). The comparable figures a year earlier were 4.3 million hires and 4.1 million separations. (See the

Technical Note for additional information on these measures.)
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For More Information

For additional information, please read the Technical Note or visit the JOLTS Web site at http://www.

bls.gov/jlt/. Additional information about JOLTS also may be obtained by e-mailing Joltsinfo@bls.gov or by

calling (202) 691-5870.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover release for July 2005 is scheduled to be issued on Wednesday,

September 7, 2005.

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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

Each month, data are collected in a survey of business

establishments for total employment, job openings, hires, quits,

layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Data collection

methods include computer-assisted telephone interviewing,

touchtone data entry, fax, 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 2002 version of the North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS). In order to

ensure the highest possible quality of data, State Employment

Security 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. Full-time, 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 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. Hires are the total number of additions to the payroll

occurring at any time during the reference month, including

both new and rehired employees, full-time 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.

Sample methodology

The JOLTS sample 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 eight million establishments

compiled as part of the operations of the Quarterly Census of

Employment and Wages, or 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. Large firms fall into the sample
with virtual certainty. JOLTS total employment estimates are

controlled 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. Rates are then computed from the adjusted levels.

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 with 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.

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.

Data users should note that seasonal adjustment of the

JOLTS series is conducted with fewer data observations than

is customary. The historical data, therefore, may be subject to

larger than normal revisions. Since the seasonal patterns in

economic data series typically emerge over time, the standard

use of moving averages as seasonal filters to capture these

effects requires longer series than are currently available. As

a result, the stable seasonal filter option is used in the seasonal

adjustment of the JOLTS data. When calculating seasonal

factors, this filter takes an average for each calendar month

after detrending the series. The stable seasonal filter assumes

that the seasonal factors are fixed; a necessary assumption

until sufficient data are available. When the stable seasonal

filter is no longer needed, other program features also may be

introduced, such as outlier adjustment and extended

diagnostic testing. Additionally, it is expected that more series,

such as layoffs and discharges and additional industries, may

be seasonally adjusted when more data are available.

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.

JOLTS hires and separations estimates cannot be used to

exactly explain net changes in nonfarm payroll employment.

Some reasons why it is problematic to compare changes in

payroll employment with JOLTS hires and separations,

especially on a monthly basis, are: 1) the reference period for

payroll employment is the pay period including the 12th of the

month, while the reference period for hires and separations is

the calendar month; and 2) payroll employment can vary from

month to month simply because part-time and on-call workers

may not always work during the pay period that includes the

12th of the month. Additionally, research has found that some

reporters systematically underreport separations relative to

hires due to a number of factors, including the nature of their

payroll systems and practices. The shortfall appears to be

about 2 percent or less over a 12-month period.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to sensory

impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200;

TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339.
Table 1. Job openings levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p

Total4...................................................... 3,140 3,385 3,569 3,598 3,576 3,416 3,541 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.......................................... 2,777 3,020 3,160 3,212 3,178 3,050 3,165 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8

Construction....................................... 93 127 133 170 113 107 111 1.3 1.8 1.8 2.3 1.5 1.5 1.5

Manufacturing....................................... 247 252 252 258 259 240 259 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 553 564 668 624 627 597 624 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4

Professional and business services......... 570 682 607 646 691 659 634 3.4 3.9 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6

Education and health services.................. 505 560 602 616 608 611 603 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4

Leisure and hospitality........................... 412 434 447 440 457 440 479 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6

Government............................................. 361 346 404 383 396 378 381 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7

REGION

Northeast............................................. 555 602 606 615 602 563 584 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2

South................................................ 1,157 1,342 1,399 1,447 1,414 1,303 1,290 2.4 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.6

Midwest............................................. 657 716 745 737 742 786 755 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.3

West................................................... 732 718 823 806 818 799 872 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.9

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 Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, 

of the month. New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and 2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, 

day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, 

 3

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia,

seasonal adjustment of the various series. and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan,

 4

 Includes natural resources and mining, information, financial activities, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,

and other services, not shown separately. and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii,

 P

 = preliminary. Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington,

 NOTE: The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise and Wyoming.

Table 2. Hires levels1 and rates2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p

Total4...................................................... 4,492 4,709 4,760 4,841 4,538 4,740 4,635 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.......................................... 4,185 4,374 4,430 4,497 4,212 4,398 4,309 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9

Construction....................................... 446 339 430 414 412 420 390 6.4 4.8 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.8 5.4

Manufacturing....................................... 354 307 336 334 319 342 330 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 951 1,056 1,055 1,047 1,042 1,030 1,040 3.7 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0

Professional and business services......... 754 882 853 895 792 887 826 4.6 5.3 5.1 5.3 4.7 5.3 4.9

Education and health services.................. 420 445 500 472 487 466 453 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6

Leisure and hospitality........................... 761 826 771 798 742 750 863 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.8

Government............................................. 315 341 329 336 329 339 331 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5

REGION

Northeast............................................. 747 762 820 856 825 764 763 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0

South................................................ 1,679 1,880 1,867 1,922 1,701 1,816 1,763 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.6 3.8 3.7

Midwest............................................. 1,032 1,092 1,081 1,034 1,020 1,129 1,056 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.4

West...................................................1,046 959 1,069 1,036 1,037 1,048 1,070 3.6 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7

 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

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

 4

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

 P

 = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels3 (in thousands) Rates

Levels3

 (in thousands) Rates
Table 3. Total separations levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p

Total4...................................................... 4,235 4,352 4,295 4,502 4,562 4,504 4,362 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.......................................... 3,966 4,091 4,035 4,237 4,306 4,256 4,111 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7

Construction....................................... 367 417 403 303 421 408 370 5.3 5.9 5.7 4.2 5.8 5.6 5.1

Manufacturing....................................... 324 361 341 360 369 369 344 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 874 882 940 980 1,018 989 950 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7

Professional and business services......... 740 836 772 924 869 851 795 4.5 5.0 4.6 5.5 5.2 5.1 4.7

Education and health services.................. 355 356 389 445 433 405 389 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2

Leisure and hospitality........................... 782 832 790 743 709 750 745 6.3 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.6 5.9 5.8

Government............................................. 262 258 260 267 256 254 255 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

REGION

Northeast............................................. 776 773 732 802 807 714 688 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.7

South................................................ 1,568 1,747 1,647 1,763 1,766 1,743 1,664 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5

Midwest............................................. 866 981 937 1,051 982 976 909 2.8 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.1 3.1 2.9

West................................................... 971 964 961 926 1,006 1,034 1,032 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.4 3.5 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

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

 4

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

 P

 = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Table 4. Quits levels1 and rates2 by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005p

Total4...................................................... 2,330 2,530 2,307 2,516 2,520 2,514 2,498 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.......................................... 2,207 2,412 2,192 2,383 2,395 2,391 2,369 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1

Construction....................................... 142 171 139 150 146 168 139 2.0 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.3 1.9

Manufacturing....................................... 169 185 181 186 178 183 194 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 532 563 512 583 577 589 575 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2

Professional and business services......... 370 417 410 424 417 420 401 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4

Education and health services.................. 226 230 259 280 272 249 260 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.5

Leisure and hospitality........................... 478 516 474 458 506 488 500 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.8 3.9

Government............................................. 121 124 117 124 125 123 125 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6

REGION

Northeast............................................. 344 424 340 410 446 373 349 1.4 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.4

South................................................ 931 1,053 914 1,003 992 1,020 977 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1

Midwest............................................. 494 539 509 561 540 554 540 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7

West................................................... 568 530 550 562 573 562 633 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9 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

 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

 4

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

 P

 = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels3 (in thousands) Rates

Levels3

 (in thousands) Rates
Table 5. Job openings levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 3,245 3,714 3,660 2.4 2.7 2.6

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 2,839 3,298 3,234 2.5 2.9 2.8

Natural resources and mining........................... 9 14 13 1.5 2.2 1.9

Construction................................................... 111 137 130 1.5 1.8 1.7

Manufacturing................................................ 265 268 276 1.8 1.8 1.9

Durable goods............................................. 160 174 184 1.7 1.9 2.0

Nondurable goods....................................... 105 94 92 1.9 1.7 1.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 547 623 617 2.1 2.4 2.3

Wholesale trade.......................................... 128 141 119 2.2 2.4 2.0

Retail trade................................................ 334 367 378 2.2 2.4 2.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 84 115 121 1.7 2.3 2.4

Information................................................... 73 78 91 2.3 2.4 2.8

Financial activities............................................ 194 214 230 2.3 2.6 2.7

Finance and insurance................................. 162 161 184 2.6 2.6 2.9

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 32 53 46 1.5 2.4 2.1

Professional and business services..................... 617 707 681 3.6 4.0 3.8

Education and health services........................... 516 642 614 3.0 3.6 3.5

Educational services.................................... 46 71 61 1.8 2.4 2.3

Health care and social assistance.................. 470 572 553 3.2 3.8 3.7

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 401 494 474 3.0 3.7 3.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 42 49 68 2.0 2.5 3.2

Accommodations and food services............... 359 445 407 3.2 3.9 3.5

Other services................................................ 105 120 108 1.9 2.1 1.9

Government...................................................... 407 416 426 1.9 1.8 1.9

Federal......................................................... 57 60 40 2.0 2.1 1.4

State and local.............................................. 350 357 387 1.8 1.8 2.0

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 574 624 603 2.2 2.4 2.3

South............................................................ 1,221 1,383 1,345 2.5 2.8 2.7

Midwest......................................................... 668 833 769 2.1 2.6 2.4

West............................................................ 782 874 943 2.6 2.9 3.1

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.

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates
Table 6. Hires levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 5,452 5,402 5,602 4.1 4.0 4.2

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 5,050 5,053 5,180 4.6 4.5 4.6

Natural resources and mining........................... 20 25 27 3.4 3.9 4.3

Construction................................................... 591 537 510 8.2 7.4 6.8

Manufacturing................................................ 406 393 377 2.8 2.8 2.6

Durable goods............................................. 261 246 251 2.9 2.7 2.8

Nondurable goods....................................... 145 148 126 2.7 2.8 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 1,041 1,124 1,137 4.1 4.4 4.4

Wholesale trade.......................................... 183 156 163 3.2 2.7 2.8

Retail trade................................................ 710 774 804 4.7 5.1 5.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 148 193 170 3.0 3.9 3.4

Information................................................... 92 90 83 2.9 2.8 2.6

Financial activities............................................ 282 258 190 3.5 3.1 2.3

Finance and insurance................................. 159 161 111 2.7 2.7 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 123 97 79 5.8 4.5 3.6

Professional and business services..................... 839 967 913 5.1 5.7 5.3

Education and health services........................... 504 456 541 3.0 2.6 3.2

Educational services.................................... 62 43 53 2.5 1.5 2.0

Health care and social assistance.................. 441 413 488 3.1 2.9 3.4

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 984 985 1,115 7.5 7.6 8.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 168 165 198 8.1 8.7 9.5

Accommodations and food services............... 815 819 917 7.4 7.4 8.2

Other services................................................ 292 219 287 5.3 4.0 5.2

Government...................................................... 402 349 422 1.9 1.6 1.9

Federal......................................................... 46 44 54 1.7 1.6 2.0

State and local.............................................. 356 305 369 1.9 1.6 1.9

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 997 891 1,006 3.9 3.5 3.9

South............................................................ 1,957 2,032 2,040 4.2 4.3 4.3

Midwest......................................................... 1,242 1,340 1,263 4.0 4.3 4.0

West............................................................ 1,256 1,139 1,292 4.3 3.9 4.4

 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.

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates
Table 7. Total separations levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 4,401 4,483 4,486 3.3 3.3 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 4,003 4,217 4,101 3.6 3.8 3.6

Natural resources and mining........................... 17 18 14 2.9 2.9 2.3

Construction................................................... 354 365 353 4.9 5.0 4.7

Manufacturing................................................ 340 359 346 2.4 2.5 2.4

Durable goods............................................. 234 245 213 2.6 2.7 2.4

Nondurable goods....................................... 106 114 133 1.9 2.1 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 854 1,020 910 3.3 4.0 3.5

Wholesale trade.......................................... 154 158 112 2.7 2.8 1.9

Retail trade................................................ 569 667 620 3.8 4.4 4.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 131 195 178 2.7 3.9 3.6

Information................................................... 67 69 82 2.1 2.2 2.6

Financial activities............................................ 227 181 192 2.8 2.2 2.3

Finance and insurance................................. 128 100 129 2.1 1.6 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 99 82 63 4.6 3.8 2.9

Professional and business services..................... 763 873 807 4.6 5.2 4.7

Education and health services........................... 421 421 452 2.5 2.4 2.6

Educational services.................................... 69 65 63 2.7 2.3 2.4

Health care and social assistance.................. 352 356 388 2.5 2.5 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 783 725 747 6.0 5.6 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 86 81 104 4.1 4.2 5.0

Accommodations and food services............... 698 645 643 6.4 5.8 5.7

Other services................................................ 175 185 197 3.2 3.4 3.5

Government...................................................... 398 267 385 1.8 1.2 1.8

Federal......................................................... 36 26 37 1.3 1.0 1.3

State and local.............................................. 361 240 349 1.9 1.2 1.8

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 861 637 754 3.4 2.5 3.0

South............................................................ 1,624 1,847 1,710 3.5 3.9 3.6

Midwest......................................................... 940 958 973 3.0 3.0 3.1

West............................................................ 977 1,042 1,049 3.4 3.5 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.

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates
Table 8. Quits levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 2,514 2,655 2,683 1.9 2.0 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 2,346 2,515 2,510 2.1 2.2 2.2

Natural resources and mining........................... 11 12 9 1.8 1.9 1.4

Construction................................................... 175 172 165 2.4 2.4 2.2

Manufacturing................................................ 180 191 208 1.2 1.3 1.4

Durable goods............................................. 120 122 125 1.3 1.4 1.4

Nondurable goods....................................... 60 69 83 1.1 1.3 1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 533 617 574 2.1 2.4 2.2

Wholesale trade.......................................... 102 73 72 1.8 1.3 1.3

Retail trade................................................ 378 476 420 2.5 3.1 2.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 53 68 82 1.1 1.4 1.6

Information................................................... 47 49 57 1.5 1.5 1.8

Financial activities............................................ 148 116 147 1.8 1.4 1.8

Finance and insurance................................. 83 61 97 1.4 1.0 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 64 55 50 3.0 2.6 2.3

Professional and business services..................... 390 449 417 2.4 2.7 2.4

Education and health services........................... 252 263 290 1.5 1.5 1.7

Educational services.................................... 31 29 37 1.2 1.0 1.4

Health care and social assistance.................. 221 234 253 1.6 1.6 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 483 521 506 3.7 4.0 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 39 47 54 1.9 2.5 2.6

Accommodations and food services............... 443 474 452 4.0 4.3 4.0

Other services................................................ 129 125 136 2.4 2.3 2.4

Government...................................................... 167 140 173 .8 .6 .8

Federal......................................................... 12 12 16 .4 .4 .6

State and local.............................................. 155 128 157 .8 .7 .8

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 387 386 381 1.5 1.5 1.5

South............................................................ 1,004 1,095 1,048 2.1 2.3 2.2

Midwest......................................................... 530 592 578 1.7 1.9 1.8

West............................................................ 593 581 676 2.0 2.0 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.

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates
Table 9. Layoffs and discharges levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 1,522 1,570 1,498 1.1 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 1,381 1,492 1,381 1.2 1.3 1.2

Natural resources and mining........................... 4 4 2 .7 .6 .4

Construction................................................... 166 183 174 2.3 2.5 2.3

Manufacturing................................................ 130 142 113 .9 1.0 .8

Durable goods............................................. 94 104 71 1.0 1.2 .8

Nondurable goods....................................... 36 38 42 .7 .7 .8

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 249 352 284 1.0 1.4 1.1

Wholesale trade.......................................... 39 79 35 .7 1.4 .6

Retail trade................................................ 146 160 168 1.0 1.1 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 63 112 81 1.3 2.3 1.6

Information................................................... 16 17 19 .5 .5 .6

Financial activities............................................ 57 56 33 .7 .7 .4

Finance and insurance................................. 30 30 22 .5 .5 .4

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 27 26 11 1.3 1.2 .5

Professional and business services..................... 302 377 356 1.8 2.2 2.1

Education and health services........................... 142 134 134 .8 .8 .8

Educational services.................................... 35 33 22 1.4 1.1 .8

Health care and social assistance.................. 107 101 112 .8 .7 .8

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 278 172 219 2.1 1.3 1.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 44 33 50 2.1 1.7 2.4

Accommodations and food services............... 234 139 169 2.1 1.3 1.5

Other services................................................ 37 55 48 .7 1.0 .9

Government...................................................... 141 78 116 .7 .4 .5

Federal......................................................... 16 7 9 .6 .3 .3

State and local.............................................. 125 71 107 .7 .4 .6

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 391 202 318 1.5 .8 1.2

South............................................................ 503 668 541 1.1 1.4 1.1

Midwest......................................................... 321 316 333 1.0 1.0 1.1

West............................................................ 308 384 306 1.1 1.3 1.0

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

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

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates
Table 10. Other separations levels1

 and rates2 by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and region June May June June May June

2004 2005 2005p 2004 2005 2005p

Total.................................................................. 365 258 305 .3 .2 .2

INDUSTRY

Total private...................................................... 276 209 209 .2 .2 .2

Natural resources and mining........................... 3 3 3 .4 .4 .4

Construction................................................... 13 10 15 .2 .1 .2

Manufacturing................................................ 31 25 25 .2 .2 .2

Durable goods............................................. 21 19 18 .2 .2 .2

Nondurable goods....................................... 10 6 8 .2 .1 .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..................... 73 50 53 .3 .2 .2

Wholesale trade.......................................... 13 5 6 .2 .1 .1

Retail trade................................................ 45 30 32 .3 .2 .2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities......... 15 15 16 .3 .3 .3

Information................................................... 5 3 6 .1 .1 .2

Financial activities............................................ 22 10 12 .3 .1 .1

Finance and insurance................................. 15 8 10 .2 .1 .2

Real estate and rental and leasing.................. 8 1 1 .4 .1 .1

Professional and business services..................... 71 46 33 .4 .3 .2

Education and health services........................... 27 24 28 .2 .1 .2

Educational services.................................... 3 3 5 .1 .1 .2

Health care and social assistance.................. 24 21 23 .2 .1 .2

Leisure and hospitality.................................... 23 33 22 .2 .3 .2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................. 2 1 1 .1 .1 (

3

)

Accommodations and food services............... 20 32 21 .2 .3 .2

Other services................................................ 9 5 13 .2 .1 .2

Government...................................................... 89 49 96 .4 .2 .4

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

State and local.............................................. 81 42 85 .4 .2 .4

REGION

Northeast...................................................... 83 49 55 .3 .2 .2

South............................................................ 117 84 121 .2 .2 .3

Midwest......................................................... 90 50 62 .3 .2 .2

West............................................................ 75 76 67 .3 .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 Data round to zero.

 P = preliminary.

 NOTE: See NOTE, table 1.

Levels (in thousands) Rates