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                JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  JUNE 2007

   On the last business day of June, there were 4.3 million job openings in
the United States, and the job openings rate was 3.0 percent, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The job
openings rate increased slightly in June, while the hires rate and the to-
tal separations rate were essentially unchanged.  This release includes es-
timates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for
the total nonfarm sector by industry and geographic region.

Job Openings

   In June, the job openings rate increased slightly to 3.0 percent after
remaining steady at 2.9 percent for the prior 4 months.  Job openings in-
clude only those jobs still open on the last business day of the month.
The job openings rate rose in June in retail trade and in professional and
business services but fell in construction.  The job openings rate increas-
ed over the month in the West region.  The seasonally adjusted job openings
rate was highest in June for the following industries: professional and
business services (4.3 percent) and accommodations and food services (4.0
percent).  (See table 1.)

   Over the year, the job openings rate increased in nondurable goods manu-
facturing; retail trade; and professional and business services.  The rate
decreased in construction and in transportation, warehousing, and utilities.
The job openings rate increased over the year in the West region.  (See
table 5.)

Hires

   The hires rate was little changed at 3.4 percent in June.  Hires are any
additions to the payroll during the month.  In June, the hires rate did not
increase significantly in any industry but decreased in retail trade.  The
hires rate decreased over the month in the South region.  The seasonally
adjusted hires rate was highest in June in accommodations and food services
(6.3 percent).  (See table 2.)

   From June 2006 to June 2007, the hires rate rose in natural resources
and mining; finance and insurance; and federal government.  The hires rate
fell in retail trade; transportation, warehousing, and utilities; and state
and local government.  The hires rate decreased over the year in both the
Northeast and South regions.  (See table 6.)

Separations

   The total separations, or turnover, rate was unchanged at 3.3 percent in
June.  Separations are terminations of employment that occur at any time dur-
ing the month.  Over the month, none of the industries or regions experienced
a significant change in the separations rate.  From June 2006 to June 2007,
the total separations rate increased in federal government.  The total sepa-
rations rate decreased in retail trade; transportation, warehousing, and uti-
lities; real estate and rental and leasing; and state and local government.
Geographically, the total separations rate fell over the year in both the
Northeast and South regions.  (See tables 3 and 7.)

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Table A.  Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally
adjusted
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                     |    Job openings    |       Hires        | Total separations  
                     |--------------------------------------------------------------
     Industry        | June | May  | June | June | May  | June | June | May  | June 
                     | 2006 | 2007 | 2007p| 2006 | 2007 | 2007p| 2006 | 2007 | 2007p
---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------
                     |                     Levels (in thousands)                    
                     |--------------------------------------------------------------
Total (1)............|3,995 |4,095 |4,305 |4,986 |4,982 |4,752 |4,654 |4,544 |4,513 
                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
  Total private (1)..|3,538 |3,627 |3,830 |4,520 |4,503 |4,339 |4,326 |4,233 |4,203 
    Construction.....|  168 |  157 |  110 |  369 |  351 |  348 |  356 |  346 |  348 
    Manufacturing....|  308 |  345 |  348 |  375 |  356 |  360 |  378 |  396 |  376 
    Trade, trans-    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     portation, and  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     utilities (2)...|  663 |  609 |  673 |1,075 |1,044 |  900 |1,046 |  950 |  969 
     Retail trade....|  386 |  337 |  427 |  747 |  715 |  603 |  771 |  685 |  681 
    Professional     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     and business    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     services........|  595 |  654 |  801 |  934 |  935 |  899 |  778 |  775 |  732 
    Education and    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     health ser-     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     vices...........|  665 |  703 |  708 |  489 |  507 |  512 |  439 |  437 |  467 
    Leisure and      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     hospitality (3) |  495 |  571 |  562 |  826 |  873 |  850 |  813 |  833 |  847 
     Accommodations  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
       and food      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
       services......|  434 |  500 |  486 |  717 |  755 |  727 |  689 |  715 |  718 
  Government (4).....|  455 |  468 |  469 |  392 |  409 |  398 |  316 |  315 |  309 
    State and local  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     government......|  421 |  424 |  427 |  341 |  330 |  317 |  257 |  239 |  238
                     |--------------------------------------------------------------
                     |                       Rates (percent)
                     |--------------------------------------------------------------
Total (1)............|  2.9 |  2.9 |  3.0 |  3.7 |  3.6 |  3.4 |  3.4 |  3.3 |  3.3 
                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
  Total private (1)..|  3.0 |  3.0 |  3.2 |  4.0 |  3.9 |  3.7 |  3.8 |  3.7 |  3.6 
    Construction.....|  2.1 |  2.0 |  1.4 |  4.8 |  4.6 |  4.5 |  4.6 |  4.5 |  4.5 
    Manufacturing....|  2.1 |  2.4 |  2.4 |  2.6 |  2.5 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.8 |  2.7 
    Trade, trans-    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     portation, and  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     utilities (2)...|  2.5 |  2.3 |  2.5 |  4.1 |  3.9 |  3.4 |  4.0 |  3.6 |  3.7 
     Retail trade....|  2.5 |  2.1 |  2.7 |  4.9 |  4.6 |  3.9 |  5.0 |  4.5 |  4.4 
    Professional     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     and business    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     services........|  3.3 |  3.5 |  4.3 |  5.3 |  5.2 |  5.0 |  4.4 |  4.3 |  4.1 
    Education and    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     health ser-     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     vices...........|  3.6 |  3.7 |  3.7 |  2.7 |  2.8 |  2.8 |  2.5 |  2.4 |  2.5 
    Leisure and      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     hospitality (3) |  3.6 |  4.0 |  4.0 |  6.3 |  6.5 |  6.3 |  6.2 |  6.2 |  6.2 
     Accommodations  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
       and food      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
       services......|  3.7 |  4.1 |  4.0 |  6.4 |  6.5 |  6.3 |  6.2 |  6.2 |  6.2 
  Government (4).....|  2.0 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.8 |  1.4 |  1.4 |  1.4 
    State and local  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     government......|  2.1 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.6 |  1.3 |  1.2 |  1.2 
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   1 Includes natural resources and mining, information, financial activities, and
other services, not shown separately.
   2 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not
shown separately.
   3 Includes arts, entertainment, and recreation, not shown separately.
   4 Includes federal government, not shown separately.
   p = preliminary.

                                  - 3 -


   Total separations include quits (voluntary separations), layoffs and dis-
charges (involuntary separations), and other separations (including retire-
ments).  The quits rate, which can serve as a barometer of workers' ability
to change jobs, was unchanged at 1.9 percent in June.  None of the indus-
tries experienced a significant change in the quits rate over the month.
The quits rate decreased in the South region.  In June, the seasonally ad-
justed quits rate was highest in the accommodations and food services indus-
try (4.6 percent).  (See table 4.)

   Over the year, the quits rate rose in natural resources and mining.  The
quits rate fell over the year in information and in real estate and rental
and leasing.  Geographically, the quits rate fell over the year in the South
region.  (See table 8.)

   The other two components of total separations--layoffs and discharges,
and other separations--are not seasonally adjusted.  For June, the layoffs
and discharges rate (1.1 percent) and level (1.5 million) were unchanged
from a year earlier.  The layoffs and discharges rate in June was highest
in educational services (2.0 percent), followed closely by arts, entertain-
ment, and recreation (1.9 percent) and construction (1.9 percent).  From
June 2006 to June 2007, the other separations rate was unchanged at 0.3 per-
cent and the level was essentially unchanged at 410,000.  (See tables 9
and 10.)

   The total separations rate is driven by the relative contribution of its
three components (quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations),
with quits contributing the largest portion.  The percentage of total sepa-
rations attributable to quits has risen and fallen over time along with to-
tal nonfarm employment levels.  The proportion of total separations due to
quits fell from 61 percent in February 2001 to 51 percent in August 2003
(seasonally adjusted), and has since risen.  In June 2007, quits accounted
for 58 percent of total separations.

Flows in the Labor Market

   Several industries consistently have high rates of both hires and sepa-
rations.  These include construction; retail trade; professional and busi-
ness services; arts, entertainment, and recreation; and accommodations and
food services.  In the 12 months ending in June 2007, these 5 industries
produced 34.4 million hires and 32.4 million separations.  Thus, these five
industries accounted for 58 percent of total nonfarm hires and 59 percent
of total nonfarm separations while comprising only 39 percent of total non-
farm employment.

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 2007 is scheduled
to be issued on Tuesday, September 11.





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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 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 characteris-
tics 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 re-
ceived 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 tempo-
rary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and
consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by the establish-
ment 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 posi-
tion, 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 news-
papers 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.
   
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  Hires.  Hires are the total number of additions to the payroll occurring
at any time during the reference month, including both new and rehired em-
ployees, full-time and part-time, permanent, short-term and seasonal em-
ployees, 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 (ex-
cept for retirements, which are reported as other separations).  Lay-
offs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the em-
ployer 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 re-
tirements, 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, divid-
ing 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 an-
nual level by the Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average employ-
ment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100.  This figure will be ap-
proximately 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 es-
timates will be 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.

                                  - 6 -

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 rel-
atively 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 supple-
mental 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 compar-
able with estimates for March 2002 and later.
   
  The federal government reorganization that involved transferring approx-
imately 180,000 employees to the new Department of Homeland Security is not 
reflected in the JOLTS hires and separations estimates for the federal gov-
ernment.  The Office of Personnel Management's record shows these transfers 
were completed in March 2003.  The inclusion of transfers in the JOLTS defi-
nitions of hires and separations is intended to cover ongoing movements of 
workers between establishments.  The Department of Homeland Security reorgan-
ization was a massive one-time event, and the inclusion of these intergovern-
mental 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 adjust-
ment 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.

                                  - 7 -

  Prior  to  the  January  2007 benchmark release in March  2007,  sea-
sonal adjustment of the JOLTS series was  conducted using the stable
seasonal filter option since  there  were not enough data observations
available  for  the standard use of moving averages as seasonal  filters.
Although the seasonal adjustment of the JOLTS series is conducted with
fewer data observations than is customary, the  number  of observations
is now above the minimum required  by  X-12-ARIMA to use the normal sea-
sonal filters.  Therefore, the standard use of moving averages as seasonal
filter is now in place for JOLTS seasonal adjustment.  JOLTS seasonal ad-
justment now 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.   Due to
the  improved diagnostics, three  additional industries are  now  season-
ally  adjusted:  retail trade,  accommodations  and  food services, and
state and local government. It is expected that more series  may  be sea-
sonally 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 seg-
ment 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 ex-
plain 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 in-
cludes 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 prac-
tices.  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
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Table 1.  Job openings levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region                June   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May   June    June  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  June
                                              2006   2007   2007   2007   2007   2007  2007p   2006  2007  2007  2007  2007  2007 2007p

Total (4)..................................  3,995  4,222  4,149  4,176  4,170  4,095  4,305    2.9   3.0   2.9   2.9   2.9   2.9   3.0

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4).........................  3,538  3,746  3,666  3,702  3,683  3,627  3,830    3.0   3.1   3.1   3.1   3.1   3.0   3.2
  Construction.............................    168    142    229    152    154    157    110    2.1   1.8   2.9   1.9   2.0   2.0   1.4
  Manufacturing............................    308    337    330    316    350    345    348    2.1   2.3   2.3   2.2   2.4   2.4   2.4
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).    663    727    660    677    669    609    673    2.5   2.7   2.4   2.5   2.5   2.3   2.5
   Retail trade............................    386    413    378    375    389    337    427    2.5   2.6   2.4   2.4   2.5   2.1   2.7
  Professional and business services.......    595    707    642    758    735    654    801    3.3   3.8   3.5   4.1   4.0   3.5   4.3
  Education and health services............    665    707    670    685    706    703    708    3.6   3.8   3.6   3.6   3.7   3.7   3.7
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............    495    552    566    574    512    571    562    3.6   4.0   4.0   4.1   3.7   4.0   4.0
   Accommodations and food services........    434    495    511    506    453    500    486    3.7   4.1   4.3   4.2   3.8   4.1   4.0
 Government (7)............................    455    477    482    470    488    468    469    2.0   2.1   2.1   2.1   2.1   2.1   2.1
  State and local government...............    421    439    438    430    439    424    427    2.1   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.1   2.1

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................    702    733    717    703    675    674    696    2.7   2.8   2.7   2.7   2.6   2.5   2.6
  South....................................  1,583  1,653  1,631  1,658  1,670  1,648  1,646    3.1   3.2   3.2   3.3   3.3   3.2   3.2
  Midwest..................................    786    822    783    797    779    799    843    2.4   2.5   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.6
  West.....................................    913  1,005  1,011  1,027  1,038    970  1,109    2.9   3.2   3.2   3.2   3.3   3.1   3.5

   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 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.
   5 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
   6 Includes arts, entertainment, and recreation, not shown separately.
   7 Includes federal government, not shown separately.
   8 The States (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are:  Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South:  Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and 
West Virginia; Midwest:  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
and Wisconsin; West:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 
Wyoming.
   p = preliminary.





Table 2.  Hires levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region                June   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May   June    June  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  June
                                              2006   2007   2007   2007   2007   2007  2007p   2006  2007  2007  2007  2007  2007 2007p

Total (4)..................................  4,986  4,959  4,815  4,815  4,832  4,982  4,752    3.7   3.6   3.5   3.5   3.5   3.6   3.4

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4).........................  4,520  4,607  4,509  4,416  4,423  4,503  4,339    4.0   4.0   3.9   3.8   3.8   3.9   3.7
  Construction.............................    369    299    298    356    330    351    348    4.8   3.9   3.9   4.6   4.3   4.6   4.5
  Manufacturing............................    375    369    371    318    350    356    360    2.6   2.6   2.6   2.3   2.5   2.5   2.6
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).  1,075  1,020  1,018  1,006  1,028  1,044    900    4.1   3.9   3.9   3.8   3.9   3.9   3.4
   Retail trade............................    747    757    695    691    706    715    603    4.9   4.9   4.5   4.5   4.6   4.6   3.9
  Professional and business services.......    934    954    953    881    828    935    899    5.3   5.4   5.3   4.9   4.6   5.2   5.0
  Education and health services............    489    508    518    497    507    507    512    2.7   2.8   2.9   2.7   2.8   2.8   2.8
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............    826    956    934    867    903    873    850    6.3   7.1   7.0   6.4   6.7   6.5   6.3
   Accommodations and food services........    717    825    778    726    811    755    727    6.4   7.2   6.8   6.3   7.0   6.5   6.3
 Government (7)............................    392    384    379    404    421    409    398    1.8   1.7   1.7   1.8   1.9   1.8   1.8
  State and local government...............    341    321    317    313    333    330    317    1.8   1.7   1.6   1.6   1.7   1.7   1.6

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................    705    833    709    740    759    705    668    2.8   3.2   2.8   2.9   2.9   2.7   2.6
  South....................................  1,934  1,899  1,837  1,835  1,894  1,960  1,791    4.0   3.9   3.7   3.7   3.8   4.0   3.6
  Midwest..................................  1,073  1,167  1,184  1,105  1,069  1,101  1,110    3.4   3.7   3.7   3.5   3.4   3.5   3.5
  West.....................................  1,188  1,142  1,156  1,157  1,122  1,143  1,152    3.9   3.7   3.8   3.8   3.6   3.7   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.
   5 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
   6 Includes arts, entertainment, and recreation, not shown separately.
   7 Includes federal government, not shown separately.
   8 See footnote 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 3.  Total separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region                June   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May   June    June  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  June
                                              2006   2007   2007   2007   2007   2007  2007p   2006  2007  2007  2007  2007  2007 2007p

Total (4)..................................  4,654  4,602  4,556  4,741  4,524  4,544  4,513    3.4   3.4   3.3   3.4   3.3   3.3   3.3

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4).........................  4,326  4,296  4,263  4,417  4,227  4,233  4,203    3.8   3.7   3.7   3.8   3.7   3.7   3.6
  Construction.............................    356    400    322    344    360    346    348    4.6   5.2   4.2   4.5   4.7   4.5   4.5
  Manufacturing.......................... ..   378    399    422    400    380    396    376    2.7   2.8   3.0   2.8   2.7   2.8   2.7
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).  1,046    973    943    974    975    950    969    4.0   3.7   3.6   3.7   3.7   3.6   3.7
   Retail trade............................    771    680    656    682    678    685    681    5.0   4.4   4.3   4.4   4.4   4.5   4.4
  Professional and business services.......    778    894    862    876    805    775    732    4.4   5.0   4.8   4.9   4.5   4.3   4.1
  Education and health services............    439    423    419    429    414    437    467    2.5   2.3   2.3   2.4   2.3   2.4   2.5
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............    813    768    835    846    861    833    847    6.2   5.7   6.2   6.3   6.4   6.2   6.2
   Accommodations and food services........    689    612    697    702    720    715    718    6.2   5.4   6.1   6.1   6.3   6.2   6.2
 Government (7)............................    316    309    294    315    311    315    309    1.4   1.4   1.3   1.4   1.4   1.4   1.4
  State and local government...............    257    254    243    238    241    239    238    1.3   1.3   1.2   1.2   1.2   1.2   1.2

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................    717    740    675    667    640    642    633    2.8   2.9   2.6   2.6   2.5   2.5   2.5
  South....................................  1,953  1,783  1,763  1,829  1,904  1,798  1,689    4.0   3.6   3.6   3.7   3.9   3.6   3.4
  Midwest..................................    937  1,034  1,054  1,006    981  1,024  1,019    3.0   3.3   3.3   3.2   3.1   3.2   3.2
  West.....................................  1,100  1,037  1,041  1,165  1,040  1,062  1,189    3.6   3.4   3.4   3.8   3.4   3.4   3.9

   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.
   5 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
   6 Includes arts, entertainment, and recreation, not shown separately.
   7 Includes federal government, not shown separately.
   8 See footnote 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 4.  Quits levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region                June   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May   June    June  Jan.  Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May  June
                                              2006   2007   2007   2007   2007   2007  2007p   2006  2007  2007  2007  2007  2007 2007p

Total (4)..................................  2,748  2,648  2,705  2,763  2,637  2,686  2,627    2.0   1.9   2.0   2.0   1.9   1.9   1.9

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4).........................  2,601  2,505  2,571  2,591  2,486  2,530  2,473    2.3   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.2   2.1
  Construction.............................    170    141    120    131    126    124    127    2.2   1.8   1.6   1.7   1.6   1.6   1.7
  Manufacturing............................    190    229    212    216    199    216    202    1.3   1.6   1.5   1.5   1.4   1.5   1.4
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).    617    594    606    608    600    606    616    2.4   2.3   2.3   2.3   2.3   2.3   2.3
   Retail trade............................    467    422    438    428    440    445    447    3.1   2.7   2.9   2.8   2.9   2.9   2.9
  Professional and business services.......    418    498    486    461    418    424    417    2.4   2.8   2.7   2.6   2.3   2.4   2.3
  Education and health services............    292    271    280    267    274    284    277    1.6   1.5   1.5   1.5   1.5   1.6   1.5
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............    618    489    579    590    592    551    588    4.7   3.7   4.3   4.4   4.4   4.1   4.3
   Accommodations and food services........    561    448    531    539    542    503    532    5.0   3.9   4.6   4.7   4.7   4.3   4.6
 Government (7)............................    146    150    139    155    153    157    153     .7    .7    .6    .7    .7    .7    .7
  State and local government...............    120    129    117    130    129    130    123     .6    .7    .6    .7    .7    .7    .6

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................    363    355    322    352    350    331    371    1.4   1.4   1.3   1.4   1.4   1.3   1.4
  South....................................  1,219  1,099  1,152  1,150  1,163  1,162  1,036    2.5   2.2   2.3   2.3   2.4   2.4   2.1
  Midwest..................................    555    595    599    588    544    551    569    1.8   1.9   1.9   1.9   1.7   1.7   1.8
  West.....................................    615    602    629    665    590    643    643    2.0   2.0   2.0   2.2   1.9   2.1   2.1

   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.
   5 Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
   6 Includes arts, entertainment, and recreation, not shown separately.
   7 Includes federal government, not shown separately.
   8 See footnote 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 5.  Job openings levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................  4,044    4,278    4,361           2.9      3.0      3.0

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  3,535    3,790    3,838           3.0      3.2      3.2
  Natural resources and mining..................     15       14       13           2.1      1.9      1.8
  Construction..................................    198      190      128           2.4      2.4      1.6
  Manufacturing.................................    317      356      356           2.2      2.5      2.5
   Durable goods................................    210      216      224           2.3      2.4      2.4
   Nondurable goods.............................    107      140      131           2.0      2.7      2.5
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    653      621      666           2.4      2.3      2.5
   Wholesale trade..............................    139      134      133           2.3      2.2      2.1
   Retail trade.................................    367      345      409           2.3      2.2      2.6
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    147      142      124           2.8      2.7      2.4
  Information...................................    137      141      158           4.3      4.3      4.8
  Financial activities..........................    279      247      259           3.2      2.8      3.0
   Finance and insurance........................    213      197      204           3.3      3.1      3.1
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     66       50       56           2.9      2.2      2.4
  Professional and business services............    610      665      823           3.3      3.6      4.4
  Education and health services.................    673      725      713           3.7      3.8      3.8
   Educational services.........................     69       71       78           2.5      2.3      2.7
   Health care and social assistance............    605      654      635           3.9      4.1      4.0
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    493      656      560           3.5      4.6      3.8
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     55       82       77           2.5      3.9      3.4
   Accommodations and food services.............    438      575      483           3.7      4.7      3.9
  Other services................................    159      175      161           2.8      3.1      2.8

 Government.....................................    509      488      523           2.3      2.1      2.3
  Federal.......................................     33       49       40           1.2      1.8      1.4
  State and local...............................    476      438      484           2.4      2.2      2.4

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    712      692      699           2.7      2.6      2.6
  South.........................................  1,587    1,756    1,636           3.1      3.4      3.2
  Midwest.......................................    786      822      848           2.4      2.5      2.6
  West..........................................    959    1,008    1,178           3.0      3.1      3.6

   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 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 6.  Hires levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................  5,980    5,689    5,708           4.4      4.1      4.1

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  5,461    5,261    5,184           4.7      4.5      4.4
  Natural resources and mining..................     23       36       33           3.3      5.0      4.6
  Construction..................................    477      464      452           6.0      6.0      5.7
  Manufacturing.................................    439      416      421           3.1      3.0      3.0
   Durable goods................................    283      242      260           3.1      2.7      2.9
   Nondurable goods.............................    156      174      161           3.0      3.4      3.1
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  1,210    1,165      994           4.6      4.4      3.8
   Wholesale trade..............................    175      187      179           2.9      3.1      3.0
   Retail trade.................................    850      812      662           5.6      5.3      4.3
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    185      166      153           3.7      3.3      3.0
  Information...................................     97       79       83           3.2      2.5      2.7
  Financial activities..........................    229      276      255           2.7      3.3      3.0
   Finance and insurance........................    140      177      187           2.3      2.8      3.0
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     89      100       67           4.0      4.5      3.0
  Professional and business services............  1,044      989      999           5.9      5.5      5.5
  Education and health services.................    585      504      613           3.3      2.7      3.4
   Educational services.........................     87       55      106           3.2      1.8      3.8
   Health care and social assistance............    498      449      508           3.3      2.9      3.3
  Leisure and hospitality.......................  1,091    1,129    1,090           8.0      8.2      7.7
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........    186      214      186           8.6     10.5      8.4
   Accommodations and food services.............    905      914      904           7.9      7.8      7.6
  Other services................................    265      204      243           4.8      3.7      4.4

 Government.....................................    518      428      524           2.4      1.9      2.4
  Federal.......................................     67       92      114           2.4      3.4      4.2
  State and local...............................    452      336      410           2.4      1.7      2.1

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    936      843      849           3.7      3.3      3.3
  South.........................................  2,282    2,215    2,085           4.6      4.5      4.2
  Midwest.......................................  1,307    1,386    1,363           4.1      4.3      4.3
  West..........................................  1,456    1,245    1,410           4.7      4.0      4.5

   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 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 7.  Total separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................  4,940    4,544    4,776           3.6      3.3      3.4

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  4,462    4,201    4,311           3.9      3.6      3.7
  Natural resources and mining..................     16       25       19           2.4      3.5      2.7
  Construction..................................    327      328      313           4.1      4.2      4.0
  Manufacturing.................................    380      403      372           2.7      2.9      2.6
   Durable goods................................    222      238      229           2.4      2.7      2.6
   Nondurable goods.............................    158      165      142           3.0      3.2      2.7
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  1,045      974      974           4.0      3.7      3.7
   Wholesale trade..............................    146      118      178           2.5      2.0      2.9
   Retail trade.................................    759      708      675           5.0      4.6      4.4
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    140      148      121           2.8      2.9      2.4
  Information...................................     92       77       74           3.0      2.5      2.4
  Financial activities..........................    224      245      202           2.7      2.9      2.4
   Finance and insurance........................    133      169      145           2.1      2.7      2.3
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     91       76       57           4.1      3.4      2.5
  Professional and business services............    835      722      743           4.7      4.0      4.1
  Education and health services.................    515      488      554           2.9      2.7      3.0
   Educational services.........................     86       69      103           3.2      2.3      3.7
   Health care and social assistance............    429      418      451           2.9      2.7      2.9
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    826      800      855           6.0      5.8      6.0
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     99       93       98           4.6      4.6      4.4
   Accommodations and food services.............    727      707      757           6.3      6.0      6.4
  Other services................................    202      140      205           3.7      2.5      3.7

 Government.....................................    478      344      465           2.2      1.5      2.1
  Federal.......................................     76       78       95           2.8      2.9      3.5
  State and local...............................    402      266      369           2.1      1.3      1.9

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    788      567      684           3.1      2.2      2.6
  South.........................................  2,053    1,931    1,780           4.2      3.9      3.6
  Midwest.......................................    938      982    1,021           3.0      3.1      3.2
  West..........................................  1,161    1,064    1,290           3.8      3.4      4.1

   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 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 8.  Quits levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................  2,993    2,850    2,838           2.2      2.1      2.0

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  2,788    2,668    2,628           2.4      2.3      2.2
  Natural resources and mining..................      8       18       13           1.2      2.5      1.8
  Construction..................................    193      142      146           2.4      1.8      1.8
  Manufacturing.................................    201      227      212           1.4      1.6      1.5
   Durable goods................................    120      133      128           1.3      1.5      1.4
   Nondurable goods.............................     81       94       83           1.5      1.8      1.6
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    623      651      627           2.4      2.5      2.4
   Wholesale trade..............................     86       66      112           1.4      1.1      1.9
   Retail trade.................................    464      495      449           3.0      3.2      2.9
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     74       90       66           1.5      1.8      1.3
  Information...................................     70       43       43           2.3      1.4      1.4
  Financial activities..........................    150      173      130           1.8      2.0      1.5
   Finance and insurance........................     91      128      101           1.5      2.0      1.6
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     58       45       29           2.6      2.0      1.3
  Professional and business services............    452      439      433           2.5      2.5      2.4
  Education and health services.................    328      305      314           1.9      1.7      1.7
   Educational services.........................     43       29       44           1.6       .9      1.6
   Health care and social assistance............    285      276      270           1.9      1.8      1.8
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    635      565      603           4.6      4.1      4.3
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     57       42       53           2.6      2.0      2.4
   Accommodations and food services.............    577      523      550           5.0      4.5      4.6
  Other services................................    127      107      107           2.3      1.9      1.9

 Government.....................................    204      182      209            .9       .8       .9
  Federal.......................................     30       30       33           1.1      1.1      1.2
  State and local...............................    174      152      177            .9       .8       .9

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    383      330      396           1.5      1.3      1.5
  South.........................................  1,339    1,259    1,118           2.7      2.5      2.2
  Midwest.......................................    578      585      591           1.8      1.8      1.8
  West..........................................    692      676      732           2.3      2.2      2.3

   1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.
   2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment. 
   3 See footnote 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 9.  Layoffs and discharges levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................  1,513    1,380    1,528           1.1      1.0      1.1

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  1,339    1,290    1,395           1.2      1.1      1.2
  Natural resources and mining..................      3        6        4            .4       .8       .5
  Construction..................................    114      164      154           1.4      2.1      1.9
  Manufacturing.................................    147      140      136           1.0      1.0      1.0
   Durable goods................................     80       80       86            .9       .9      1.0
   Nondurable goods.............................     67       60       50           1.3      1.2      1.0
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    312      265      249           1.2      1.0       .9
   Wholesale trade..............................     45       44       46            .8       .7       .8
   Retail trade.................................    225      177      165           1.5      1.2      1.1
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     42       45       37            .8       .9       .7
  Information...................................     14       24       22            .5       .8       .7
  Financial activities..........................     55       53       55            .7       .6       .6
   Finance and insurance........................     27       28       36            .4       .5       .6
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     28       24       19           1.3      1.1       .8
  Professional and business services............    310      247      265           1.7      1.4      1.5
  Education and health services.................    154      147      203            .9       .8      1.1
   Educational services.........................     37       37       55           1.4      1.2      2.0
   Health care and social assistance............    117      110      148            .8       .7      1.0
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    170      217      228           1.2      1.6      1.6
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     40       49       43           1.8      2.4      1.9
   Accommodations and food services.............    130      167      185           1.1      1.4      1.5
  Other services................................     60       27       80           1.1       .5      1.4

 Government.....................................    175       91      133            .8       .4       .6
  Federal.......................................     26       17       26           1.0       .6      1.0
  State and local...............................    148       74      107            .8       .4       .5

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    312      188      221           1.2       .7       .9
  South.........................................    541      562      529           1.1      1.1      1.1
  Midwest.......................................    269      321      326            .9      1.0      1.0
  West..........................................    390      310      452           1.3      1.0      1.5

   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 8, table 1.
   p = preliminary.





Table 10.  Other separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  June     May     June           June     May     June
                                                   2006     2007    2007p          2006     2007    2007p

Total...........................................    434      313      410           0.3      0.2      0.3

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................    335      242      288            .3       .2       .2
  Natural resources and mining..................      6        2        2            .8       .2       .3
  Construction..................................     19       22       14            .2       .3       .2
  Manufacturing.................................     32       36       24            .2       .3       .2
   Durable goods................................     22       25       15            .2       .3       .2
   Nondurable goods.............................     10       10        9            .2       .2       .2
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    109       58       98            .4       .2       .4
   Wholesale trade..............................     15        8       19            .3       .1       .3
   Retail trade.................................     70       36       60            .5       .2       .4
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     25       13       18            .5       .3       .4
  Information...................................      8       10        9            .2       .3       .3
  Financial activities..........................     20       20       17            .2       .2       .2
   Finance and insurance........................     15       13        9            .2       .2       .1
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........      5        7        8            .2       .3       .4
  Professional and business services............     73       36       44            .4       .2       .2
  Education and health services.................     33       36       37            .2       .2       .2
   Educational services.........................      6        4        5            .2       .1       .2
   Health care and social assistance............     27       32       33            .2       .2       .2
  Leisure and hospitality.......................     21       19       24            .2       .1       .2
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........      2        2        2            .1       .1       .1
   Accommodations and food services.............     20       16       23            .2       .1       .2
  Other services................................     14        6       17            .3       .1       .3

 Government.....................................     99       71      122            .5       .3       .6
  Federal.......................................     19       32       36            .7      1.2      1.3
  State and local...............................     80       39       86            .4       .2       .4

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................     93       50       67            .4       .2       .3
  South.........................................    172      110      133            .4       .2       .3
  Midwest.......................................     91       76      104            .3       .2       .3
  West..........................................     78       78      106            .3       .3       .3

  1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.
  2 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of
total employment.
  3 See footnote 8, table 1.
  p = preliminary.