For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, April 7, 2015 USDL-15-0562

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – FEBRUARY 2015

There were 5.1 million job openings on the last business day of February, little changed from 5.0 million 

in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires were little changed at 4.9 million in 

February and separations were little changed at 4.7 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 1.9

percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.1 percent; both rates were little different from the 

previous month. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and 

separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.

Job Openings

There were 5.1 million job openings on the last business day of February, little changed from January.

This was the highest level of job openings since January 2001. The job openings rate for February was 

3.5 percent. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and government and no 

industries posted significant changes from January. Job openings increased in the Midwest region. (See 

table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in February

for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Job openings increased over the year for many

industries including professional and business services, health care and social assistance, and 

accommodation and food services. Job openings decreased over the year in mining and logging. The 

number of openings increased over the year in all four regions. (See table 7.)

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2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, March 2012 - February 2015

2013

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2.4

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3.4

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3.8

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Hires

Separations

Percent

2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted, March 2012 - February 2015

2013
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Hires

There were 4.9 million hires in February, about the same as in January. The hires rate in February was 

3.5 percent. The number of hires was little changed for total private and government in February. There 

was little to no change in the number of hires in all industries over the month. In the regions, the 

number of hires increased in the Northeast and decreased in the South. (See table 2.)

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

for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of hires was little changed in all industries 

and increased in the Northeast region. (See table 8.)

Separations

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

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

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

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

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

There were 4.7 million total separations in February, about the same as in January. The separations rate 

was 3.3 percent. The number of total separations was little changed in total private and government and 

in all four regions. (See table 3.)

There were 2.7 million quits in February, about the same as in January. The quits rate in February was 

1.9 percent. The number of quits was little changed for total private and government over the month.

The number of quits was changed little in February for all industries and decreased in the Northeast 

region. (See table 4.)

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

nonfarm and total private and was little changed for government. Over the year, quits increased in

professional and business services and in health care and social assistance. The number of quits 

increased over the year in the Midwest and West regions. (See table 10.)

There were 1.6 million layoffs and discharges in February, about the same as in January. The layoffs 

and discharges rate was 1.1 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed over the 

month for total private and government, and in all four regions. (See table 5.) Seasonally adjusted

estimates of layoffs and discharges are not available for individual industries.

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

ending in February for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and 

discharges increased in mining and logging, and was changed little in all four regions. (See table 11.)

In February, there were 373,000 other separations for total nonfarm, about the same as in January.

Over the month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 310,000 and was 

little changed for government at 64,000. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations 

are not available for individual industries or regions.

Over the 12 months ending in February, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted) was 

little changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Other separations increased over the year
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in information and in arts, entertainment, and recreation. The number decreased in transportation,

warehousing, and utilities and in federal government. Other separations were little changed in all four 

regions. (See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

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

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

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

Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even 

if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in February 2015, hires totaled 59.3

million and separations totaled 56.1 million, yielding a net employment gain of 3.2 million. These 

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

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for March 2015 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, May 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 4,160 4,965 5,133 4,698 4,994 4,916 4,486 4,834 4,650

Total private1...................................... 3,744 4,459 4,649 4,398 4,679 4,605 4,196 4,504 4,329

Construction.................................... 122 137 166 289 353 299 252 299 271

Manufacturing.................................. 261 324 321 236 259 254 223 251 250

Durable goods............................... 152 199 202 140 157 155 126 147 148

Nondurable goods........................... 109 125 120 96 102 99 98 104 102

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 731 844 891 1,013 1,080 1,046 968 1,076 945

Retail trade................................... 463 494 523 715 760 717 689 743 652

Professional and business services......... 793 929 930 993 1,003 1,010 945 1,003 987

Education and health services3.............. 723 907 916 537 563 591 502 529 521

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 648 812 813 451 499 499 427 462 457

Leisure and hospitality........................ 601 727 763 869 901 915 845 863 859

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 71 64 63 136 144 142 139 148 139

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 531 663 700 733 757 773 706 715 721

Government4

...................................... 416 506 484 300 315 311 291 330 321

State and local................................. 361 432 413 269 280 278 259 282 287

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3

Total private1

...................................... 3.1 3.6 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.6

Construction.................................... 2.0 2.1 2.5 4.8 5.6 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.3

Manufacturing.................................. 2.1 2.6 2.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.0

Durable goods............................... 2.0 2.5 2.5 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.9

Nondurable goods........................... 2.4 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.5

Retail trade................................... 2.9 3.1 3.3 4.7 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.2

Professional and business services......... 4.0 4.6 4.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.2 5.1

Education and health services3

.............. 3.3 4.0 4.0 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.5 4.2 4.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.5

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.0 4.6 4.8 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 3.3 2.9 2.9 6.5 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.5

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 4.1 4.9 5.1 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.6

Government4...................................... 1.9 2.3 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5

State and local................................. 1.9 2.2 2.1 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5

1

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

2

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

3

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

4

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects and compiles 

JOLTS data monthly from a sample of nonfarm 

establishments. A more detailed discussion of JOLTS 

concepts and methodology is available online at

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

Coverage and collection

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

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

are collected for total employment, job openings, hires, 

quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total 

separations.

Concepts

Industry classification. The industry classifications in 

this release are in accordance with the 2012 version of the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

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

and hourly employees are included, as are employees on 

paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners 

of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or 

persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire 

pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of 

temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, 

outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where they 

are working.

Job openings. Job openings information is collected for 

the last business day of the reference month. A job 

opening requires that: 1) a specific position exists and 

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

start within 30 days whether or not the employer found a 

suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively 

recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the 

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

short-term, and seasonal openings. Active recruiting 

means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position by advertising in newspapers or on the Internet, 

posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or 

using other similar methods.

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, 

demotions, or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also 

excluded are jobs with start dates more than 30 days in 

the future, jobs for which employees have been hired but 

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

employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing 

companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job 

openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job 

openings by the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100.

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

the payroll occurring at any time during the reference 

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

employees, employees recalled to the location after a 

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

employees who returned to work after having been 

formally separated, and transfers from other locations. 

The hires count does not include transfers or promotions 

within the reporting site, employees returning from strike, 

employees of temporary help agencies or employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of 

hires by employment and multiplying that quotient by 

100.

Separations. The separations level is the total number of 

employment terminations occurring at any time during the 

reference month, and is reported by type of separation—

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

(Some respondents are only able to report total 

separations.) The quits count includes voluntary 

separations by employees (except for retirements, which 

are reported as other separations). The layoffs and 

discharges count is comprised of involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer and includes layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last 

more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 

downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for 

cause; terminations of permanent or short-term 

employees; and terminations of seasonal employees. The 

other separations count includes retirements, transfers to 

other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. 

The separations count does not include transfers within 

the same location or employees on strike. The separations 

rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates 

are computed similarly.

Annual estimates. Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs 

and discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. Annual 

rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average 

employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

This figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 

12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual 

estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted 

data and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job openings 

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

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

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business and government establishments. 

The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry 

sector, and establishment size class. The establishments 

are drawn from a universe of over 9.1 million 

establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which

includes all employers subject to state unemployment 

insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees

program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or 

ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

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

employment is used to adjust the levels for all other 

JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only 

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

birth of an establishment until its appearance on the 

sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, 

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

Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the 

sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot 

capture job openings, hires, and separations from these 

units during their early existence. To compensate for the 

inability to capture data from these establishments, BLS 

has developed a birth/death model that uses birth and 

death activity from previous years. The estimates of job 

openings, hires, and separations produced by the 

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

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-12 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several 

JOLTS series utilizing moving averages as seasonal 

filters. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is 

used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are 

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

including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at 

the beginning and end of the series and to detect and 

adjust for outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be 

used to derive a measure of net employment change. This 

change should be comparable to the net employment 

change from the much larger CES survey. However, 

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

caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit 

the divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

Monthly Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend 

(hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality 

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

adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied 

employment change and the CES net employment change 

is calculated. Next, the JOLTS implied employment 

change is adjusted to equal the CES net employment 

change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure 

adjusts the two components (hires, separations) 

proportionally to their contribution to the total churn 

(hires plus separations). The adjusted hires and 

separations are converted back to not seasonally adjusted 

data by reversing the application of the original seasonal 

factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been 

used to adjust the level estimates, rate estimates are 

computed from the adjusted levels. 

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample is surveyed rather than 

the entire population, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the "true" population values 

they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected, and 

this variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at the 90-

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

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the "true" population value because 

of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available

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

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by non-sampling 

error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, 

including the failure to include a segment of the 

population, the inability to obtain data from all units in 

the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents 

to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by 

respondents, errors made in the collection or processing 

of the data, and errors from the employment benchmark 

data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total.............................................. 4,160 4,849 4,886 4,877 4,965 5,133 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,744 4,440 4,424 4,396 4,459 4,649 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8

Construction................................ 122 139 130 140 137 166 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.5

Manufacturing.............................. 261 283 332 310 324 321 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5

Durable goods........................... 152 180 206 195 199 202 2.0 2.3 2.6 2.4 2.5 2.5

Nondurable goods....................... 109 103 126 115 125 120 2.4 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 731 873 850 831 844 891 2.7 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2

Retail trade............................... 463 500 497 516 494 523 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.3

Professional and business services. . . .. 793 964 1,009 967 929 930 4.0 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6

Education and health services6

.......... 723 854 825 923 907 916 3.3 3.8 3.7 4.1 4.0 4.0

Health care and social assistance. . .. 648 769 752 837 812 813 3.5 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.2

Leisure and hospitality.................... 601 698 616 651 727 763 4.0 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 71 54 44 65 64 63 3.3 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.9 2.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 531 644 571 586 663 700 4.1 4.8 4.3 4.4 4.9 5.1

Government7.................................. 416 409 462 482 506 484 1.9 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2

State and local............................. 361 355 400 409 432 413 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 683 757 791 817 817 840 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1

South........................................... 1,588 1,876 1,889 1,902 1,867 1,869 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5

Midwest........................................ 914 1,065 1,109 1,086 1,140 1,218 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.7

West............................................ 976 1,150 1,097 1,072 1,141 1,206 3.0 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.6

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary
Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,698 5,106 5,026 5,239 4,994 4,916 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,398 4,802 4,714 4,920 4,679 4,605 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9

Construction................................ 289 322 326 438 353 299 4.8 5.2 5.2 7.0 5.6 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 236 286 269 276 259 254 1.9 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1

Durable goods........................... 140 174 158 164 157 155 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 96 112 111 112 102 99 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,013 1,129 1,123 1,118 1,080 1,046 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9

Retail trade............................... 715 779 774 787 760 717 4.7 5.0 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 993 1,085 968 1,040 1,003 1,010 5.3 5.6 5.0 5.3 5.2 5.2

Education and health services6

.......... 537 601 578 602 563 591 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 451 518 512 528 499 499 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 869 903 908 930 901 915 6.0 6.1 6.1 6.2 6.0 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 136 149 135 137 144 142 6.5 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.7 6.6

Accommodation and food services. .. 733 754 774 793 757 773 5.9 5.9 6.1 6.2 5.9 6.0

Government7.................................. 300 303 312 319 315 311 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.4

State and local............................. 269 275 268 289 280 278 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 692 765 761 819 719 816 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.1

South........................................... 1,832 2,020 1,987 2,072 1,986 1,795 3.7 4.0 3.9 4.1 3.9 3.5

Midwest........................................ 1,054 1,150 1,217 1,170 1,182 1,188 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7

West............................................ 1,121 1,170 1,061 1,177 1,108 1,117 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.5

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

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total............................................... 4,486 4,906 4,628 4,901 4,834 4,650 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,196 4,586 4,338 4,593 4,504 4,329 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.6

Construction................................ 252 303 298 393 299 271 4.2 4.9 4.8 6.3 4.7 4.3

Manufacturing.............................. 223 258 224 253 251 250 1.8 2.1 1.8 2.1 2.0 2.0

Durable goods........................... 126 148 126 146 147 148 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.9

Nondurable goods....................... 98 110 98 108 104 102 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 968 1,060 1,043 1,079 1,076 945 3.7 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.5

Retail trade............................... 689 735 729 767 743 652 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.2

Professional and business services. . . .. 945 1,064 906 942 1,003 987 5.0 5.5 4.7 4.8 5.2 5.1

Education and health services6

.......... 502 587 522 541 529 521 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 427 502 454 470 462 457 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 845 841 838 881 863 859 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.8 5.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 139 133 131 131 148 139 6.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.9 6.5

Accommodation and food services. .. 706 708 707 750 715 721 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.6 5.6

Government7.................................. 291 320 289 308 330 321 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5

State and local............................. 259 285 254 280 282 287 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 680 786 661 844 795 709 2.6 3.0 2.5 3.2 3.0 2.7

South........................................... 1,749 1,957 1,875 1,989 1,917 1,800 3.5 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.8 3.5

Midwest........................................ 1,009 1,079 1,062 976 1,052 1,059 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.3

West............................................ 1,048 1,083 1,030 1,092 1,070 1,082 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4

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

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total............................................... 2,438 2,746 2,662 2,715 2,779 2,687 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,304 2,591 2,528 2,572 2,636 2,537 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.1

Construction................................ 92 105 94 144 105 96 1.5 1.7 1.5 2.3 1.7 1.5

Manufacturing.............................. 115 126 113 135 140 136 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1

Durable goods........................... 61 77 57 77 85 83 0.8 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.1

Nondurable goods....................... 54 49 56 58 54 53 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 557 615 637 650 623 565 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.1

Retail trade............................... 418 449 462 459 452 419 2.7 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.7

Professional and business services. . . .. 453 537 433 444 554 534 2.4 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.8 2.7

Education and health services6

.......... 309 360 346 336 361 350 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6

Health care and social assistance. . .. 271 311 308 297 327 318 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 529 563 611 588 582 575 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 44 54 54 49 56 55 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6

Accommodation and food services. .. 486 510 557 540 526 520 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0

Government7.................................. 135 155 134 144 143 149 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 125 143 122 133 132 137 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 341 374 368 422 385 333 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3

South........................................... 1,031 1,180 1,120 1,169 1,126 1,070 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1

Midwest........................................ 539 566 589 528 637 640 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.7 2.0 2.0

West............................................ 528 627 585 596 631 643 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0

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

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary
Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total............................................... 1,671 1,745 1,595 1,725 1,722 1,591 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,582 1,656 1,494 1,623 1,603 1,482 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.2

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 88 89 101 102 119 108 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 274 335 232 355 335 304 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.3 1.2

South........................................... 587 605 613 617 656 592 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2

Midwest........................................ 389 438 396 358 370 333 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.0

West............................................ 420 367 354 394 361 362 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1

1

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

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary

- Data not available.
Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Oct.

2014

Nov.

2014

Dec.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total............................................... 377 414 371 461 333 373 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 310 339 316 399 265 310 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 68 75 54 62 68 64 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

South........................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Midwest........................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

West............................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

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

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

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

4

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

5

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

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary

- Data not available.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 3,941 4,988 4,879 2.8 3.5 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,541 4,520 4,411 3.0 3.7 3.6

Mining and logging............................................... 26 17 15 2.9 1.9 1.7

Construction....................................................... 108 134 156 1.9 2.2 2.6

Manufacturing..................................................... 247 317 297 2.0 2.5 2.4

Durable goods.................................................. 144 196 185 1.9 2.5 2.3

Nondurable goods............................................. 104 121 112 2.3 2.6 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 653 829 818 2.5 3.0 3.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 131 175 163 2.2 2.9 2.7

Retail trade..................................................... 400 458 463 2.6 2.9 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 121 196 192 2.3 3.6 3.5

Information........................................................ 96 110 117 3.4 3.9 4.0

Financial activities................................................ 205 322 315 2.5 3.9 3.8

Finance and insurance........................................ 155 261 233 2.6 4.2 3.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 49 61 83 2.4 2.9 3.9

Professional and business services............................ 791 993 917 4.1 4.9 4.6

Education and health services.................................. 689 938 879 3.1 4.2 3.9

Educational services.......................................... 69 93 100 1.9 2.7 2.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 620 846 779 3.4 4.4 4.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 581 681 747 4.0 4.6 4.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 66 65 59 3.4 3.3 3.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 516 615 688 4.1 4.7 5.2

Other services.................................................... 145 180 150 2.6 3.1 2.6

Government.......................................................... 400 468 469 1.8 2.1 2.1

Federal............................................................. 60 69 77 2.2 2.5 2.8

State and local.................................................... 340 398 391 1.7 2.0 2.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 623 806 763 2.4 3.0 2.8

South................................................................. 1,553 1,957 1,800 3.0 3.7 3.4

Midwest............................................................... 837 1,088 1,150 2.7 3.4 3.5

West.................................................................. 928 1,137 1,166 2.9 3.5 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 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary
Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 3,828 4,753 3,998 2.8 3.4 2.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,604 4,468 3,764 3.2 3.8 3.2

Mining and logging............................................... 27 37 22 3.1 4.1 2.5

Construction....................................................... 237 310 244 4.2 5.2 4.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 204 269 216 1.7 2.2 1.8

Durable goods.................................................. 124 168 136 1.6 2.2 1.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 80 101 80 1.8 2.3 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 781 909 796 3.0 3.4 3.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 114 146 131 2.0 2.5 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 540 591 535 3.6 3.8 3.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 127 172 130 2.5 3.3 2.5

Information........................................................ 50 89 61 1.9 3.3 2.2

Financial activities................................................ 140 227 135 1.8 2.8 1.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 94 155 90 1.6 2.6 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 46 72 45 2.3 3.5 2.2

Professional and business services............................ 866 1,090 882 4.7 5.7 4.6

Education and health services.................................. 441 587 481 2.1 2.7 2.2

Educational services.......................................... 65 64 68 1.8 1.9 1.9

Health care and social assistance........................... 376 523 414 2.1 2.9 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 700 761 738 5.0 5.3 5.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 90 107 95 4.8 5.7 4.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 610 653 643 5.1 5.3 5.1

Other services.................................................... 158 189 188 2.9 3.4 3.4

Government.......................................................... 224 285 234 1.0 1.3 1.1

Federal............................................................. 24 31 25 0.9 1.1 0.9

State and local.................................................... 201 254 209 1.0 1.3 1.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 497 658 599 2.0 2.5 2.3

South................................................................. 1,577 2,003 1,548 3.2 4.0 3.1

Midwest............................................................... 822 1,084 922 2.7 3.5 2.9

West.................................................................. 932 1,007 928 3.0 3.2 2.9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

p Preliminary
Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 3,568 5,395 3,682 2.6 3.9 2.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,381 5,084 3,476 3.0 4.3 3.0

Mining and logging............................................... 27 48 34 3.2 5.3 3.8

Construction....................................................... 205 348 215 3.7 5.9 3.6

Manufacturing..................................................... 187 261 206 1.6 2.1 1.7

Durable goods.................................................. 107 153 124 1.4 2.0 1.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 80 108 82 1.8 2.4 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 825 1,460 794 3.2 5.5 3.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 94 149 114 1.6 2.6 2.0

Retail trade..................................................... 600 1,015 562 4.0 6.6 3.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 130 295 118 2.6 5.6 2.2

Information........................................................ 58 88 59 2.2 3.2 2.1

Financial activities................................................ 123 236 117 1.6 2.9 1.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 77 147 73 1.3 2.5 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 45 89 44 2.3 4.4 2.2

Professional and business services............................ 795 1,080 828 4.3 5.6 4.3

Education and health services.................................. 405 545 424 1.9 2.5 1.9

Educational services.......................................... 43 63 37 1.2 1.9 1.0

Health care and social assistance........................... 363 483 387 2.0 2.6 2.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 601 839 624 4.3 5.9 4.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 71 122 76 3.8 6.5 3.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 530 716 548 4.4 5.8 4.4

Other services.................................................... 155 180 175 2.8 3.2 3.1

Government.......................................................... 187 311 206 0.8 1.4 0.9

Federal............................................................. 26 61 27 1.0 2.3 1.0

State and local.................................................... 161 249 179 0.8 1.3 0.9

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 505 916 518 2.0 3.5 2.0

South................................................................. 1,429 2,146 1,457 2.9 4.3 2.9

Midwest............................................................... 790 1,175 833 2.6 3.8 2.7

West.................................................................. 843 1,158 874 2.7 3.7 2.8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 1,971 2,767 2,173 1.4 2.0 1.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,874 2,640 2,062 1.6 2.3 1.8

Mining and logging............................................... 14 13 9 1.6 1.5 1.0

Construction....................................................... 71 92 74 1.3 1.6 1.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 91 125 106 0.8 1.0 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 48 77 64 0.6 1.0 0.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 43 48 42 1.0 1.1 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 473 653 475 1.8 2.5 1.8

Wholesale trade................................................ 54 86 55 0.9 1.5 0.9

Retail trade..................................................... 357 481 354 2.4 3.1 2.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 62 87 65 1.2 1.6 1.2

Information........................................................ 35 44 33 1.3 1.6 1.2

Financial activities................................................ 64 126 73 0.8 1.6 0.9

Finance and insurance........................................ 41 88 50 0.7 1.5 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 23 37 24 1.2 1.8 1.2

Professional and business services............................ 378 562 447 2.0 2.9 2.3

Education and health services.................................. 255 370 294 1.2 1.7 1.3

Educational services.......................................... 26 31 22 0.8 0.9 0.6

Health care and social assistance........................... 229 339 272 1.3 1.9 1.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 410 555 447 2.9 3.9 3.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 28 45 37 1.5 2.4 1.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 382 510 410 3.2 4.1 3.3

Other services.................................................... 83 100 104 1.5 1.8 1.9

Government.......................................................... 98 127 111 0.4 0.6 0.5

Federal............................................................. 8 12 10 0.3 0.4 0.4

State and local.................................................... 90 115 101 0.5 0.6 0.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 269 407 260 1.1 1.6 1.0

South................................................................. 855 1,143 881 1.7 2.3 1.7

Midwest............................................................... 417 605 503 1.4 1.9 1.6

West.................................................................. 431 612 528 1.4 2.0 1.7

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 1,268 2,199 1,200 0.9 1.6 0.9

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,227 2,099 1,148 1.1 1.8 1.0

Mining and logging............................................... 10 30 23 1.2 3.4 2.6

Construction....................................................... 121 252 132 2.2 4.3 2.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 75 110 78 0.6 0.9 0.6

Durable goods.................................................. 48 59 48 0.6 0.8 0.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 27 51 30 0.6 1.1 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 262 677 223 1.0 2.5 0.8

Wholesale trade................................................ 36 57 49 0.6 1.0 0.8

Retail trade..................................................... 180 424 134 1.2 2.7 0.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 46 195 41 0.9 3.7 0.8

Information........................................................ 20 36 17 0.7 1.3 0.6

Financial activities................................................ 40 81 33 0.5 1.0 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 21 37 13 0.3 0.6 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 20 44 20 1.0 2.2 1.0

Professional and business services............................ 358 456 339 1.9 2.4 1.8

Education and health services.................................. 112 129 97 0.5 0.6 0.4

Educational services.......................................... 13 25 11 0.4 0.8 0.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 99 104 86 0.6 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 169 258 148 1.2 1.8 1.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 42 74 34 2.3 3.9 1.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 127 184 114 1.1 1.5 0.9

Other services.................................................... 59 70 59 1.1 1.3 1.1

Government.......................................................... 41 100 53 0.2 0.5 0.2

Federal............................................................. 6 31 8 0.2 1.1 0.3

State and local.................................................... 35 70 44 0.2 0.4 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 175 411 191 0.7 1.6 0.7

South................................................................. 456 834 460 0.9 1.7 0.9

Midwest............................................................... 308 498 262 1.0 1.6 0.8

West.................................................................. 329 455 287 1.1 1.5 0.9

1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Feb.

2014

Jan.

2015

Feb.

2015p

Total..................................................................... 328 429 309 0.2 0.3 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 280 345 266 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 3 5 2 0.4 0.5 0.2

Construction....................................................... 13 4 9 0.2 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 21 26 22 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods.................................................. 11 18 12 0.1 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods............................................. 11 8 10 0.2 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 90 130 97 0.4 0.5 0.4

Wholesale trade................................................ 4 6 10 0.1 0.1 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 64 110 74 0.4 0.7 0.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 22 13 12 0.4 0.3 0.2

Information........................................................ 3 8 9 0.1 0.3 0.3

Financial activities................................................ 18 30 11 0.2 0.4 0.1

Finance and insurance........................................ 16 22 10 0.3 0.4 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 2 8 1 0.1 0.4 0.1

Professional and business services............................ 59 61 42 0.3 0.3 0.2

Education and health services.................................. 38 46 33 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 4 7 5 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 34 40 28 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 22 26 29 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 1 3 5 0.1 0.2 0.2

Accommodation and food services.......................... 20 23 25 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 13 9 13 0.2 0.2 0.2

Government.......................................................... 48 83 42 0.2 0.4 0.2

Federal............................................................. 12 19 8 0.4 0.7 0.3

State and local.................................................... 36 64 34 0.2 0.3 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 61 97 66 0.2 0.4 0.3

South................................................................. 118 169 116 0.2 0.3 0.2

Midwest............................................................... 66 72 69 0.2 0.2 0.2

West.................................................................. 84 90 58 0.3 0.3 0.2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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