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                                           For release:  10:00 A.M. EDT
Media contact:               691-5902      Tuesday, March 13, 2007


              JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  JANUARY 2007


   The job openings, hires, and total separations rates were unchanged in
January, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Despite little month-to-month change in the hires and
separations rates, there continues to be considerable churning in the la-
bor market with large numbers of hires and separations every month.  This
release includes monthly estimates of the number and rate of job openings,
hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector by industry and geo-
graphic region.  This release also includes annual estimates for hires
and separations.  The annual hires rate rose slightly in 2006 while the
turnover, or separations, rate held steady.

Job Openings

   On the last business day of January 2007, there were 4.4 million job
openings in the United States, and the job openings rate was 3.1 percent.
The job openings rate was little changed during the first half of 2006 but
trended upward in the latter part of the year.  At 3.1 percent for December
and January, the job openings rate was the highest since February 2001.  In
January, the job openings rate rose in construction but fell in retail trade,
leisure and hospitality, and accommodations and food services.  Geographically,
the job openings rate increased in the West and decreased in the Northeast over
the month.  The seasonally adjusted job openings rate was highest in January
for the following industries:  professional and business services and accommod-
ations and food services (4.1 percent each) and education and health services
(3.9 percent).  (See table 1.)

                                                                          
   For the year ending in January 2007, the job openings rate increased in
nearly half the industries and decreased only in finance and insurance and
in real estate and rental and leasing. The job openings rate rose over the
year in the Midwest and West regions.  (See table 5.)

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   |                                                                     |
   |                      Revisions to the JOLTS Data                    |
   |                                                                     |
   |     The job openings, hires, and separations data in this release   |
   |  have been revised to incorporate annual updates to the Current     |
   |  Employment Statistics employment estimates and the Job Openings    |
   |  and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) seasonal adjustment factors.    |
   |  See page 5 for more information.                                   |
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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       | Jan. | Dec. | Jan. | Jan. | Dec. | Jan. | Jan. | Dec. | Jan. 
                    | 2006 | 2006 | 2007p| 2006 | 2006 | 2007p| 2006 | 2006 | 2007p
--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------
                    |                     Levels (in thousands)                    
                    |--------------------------------------------------------------
Total (1)...........|3,950 |4,401 |4,372 |4,876 |4,959 |4,984 |4,478 |4,540 |4,549 
                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
  Total private (1).|3,538 |3,928 |3,892 |4,546 |4,662 |4,637 |4,180 |4,253 |4,242 
    Construction....|  121 |  107 |  164 |  422 |  341 |  286 |  366 |  387 |  403 
    Manufacturing...|  312 |  362 |  353 |  374 |  375 |  376 |  356 |  372 |  401 
    Trade, trans-   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     portation, and |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     utilities (2)..|  647 |  767 |  746 |1,161 |  990 |  992 |  955 |  962 |  969 
     Retail Trade...|  411 |  471 |  419 |  828 |  699 |  733 |  682 |  707 |  672 
    Professional    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     and business   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     services.......|  763 |  745 |  764 |  916 |  963 |  962 |  831 |  851 |  872 
    Education and   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     health ser-    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     vices..........|  621 |  734 |  732 |  435 |  515 |  508 |  372 |  430 |  416 
    Leisure and hos-|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     pitality (3)...|  517 |  612 |  550 |  792 |  969 |  983 |  897 |  835 |  772 
     Accommodations |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
      and food      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
      services......|  453 |  538 |  485 |  687 |  793 |  849 |  792 |  757 |  623 
  Government (4)....|  410 |  473 |  476 |  359 |  371 |  382 |  297 |  283 |  310 
    State and local |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     government.....|  373 |  427 |  435 |  311 |  313 |  318 |  249 |  255 |  257 
                    |--------------------------------------------------------------
                    |                       Rates (percent)                        
                    |--------------------------------------------------------------
Total (1)...........|  2.8 |  3.1 |  3.1 |  3.6 |  3.6 |  3.6 |  3.3 |  3.3 |  3.3 
                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
  Total private (1).|  3.0 |  3.3 |  3.3 |  4.0 |  4.1 |  4.0 |  3.7 |  3.7 |  3.7 
    Construction....|  1.6 |  1.4 |  2.1 |  5.5 |  4.4 |  3.7 |  4.8 |  5.0 |  5.2 
    Manufacturing...|  2.2 |  2.5 |  2.4 |  2.6 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.5 |  2.6 |  2.8 
    Trade, trans-   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     portation, and |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     utilities (2)..|  2.4 |  2.8 |  2.8 |  4.4 |  3.8 |  3.8 |  3.6 |  3.7 |  3.7 
     Retail Trade...|  2.6 |  3.0 |  2.7 |  5.4 |  4.6 |  4.8 |  4.4 |  4.6 |  4.4 
    Professional    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     and business   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     services.......|  4.2 |  4.0 |  4.1 |  5.3 |  5.4 |  5.4 |  4.8 |  4.8 |  4.9 
    Education and   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     health ser-    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     vices..........|  3.4 |  3.9 |  3.9 |  2.5 |  2.8 |  2.8 |  2.1 |  2.4 |  2.3 
    Leisure and hos-|      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     pitality (3)...|  3.8 |  4.4 |  3.9 |  6.1 |  7.2 |  7.3 |  6.9 |  6.2 |  5.8 
     Accommodations |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
      and food      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
      services..... |  3.9 |  4.5 |  4.1 |  6.2 |  6.9 |  7.4 |  7.2 |  6.6 |  5.5 
  Government (4)....|  1.8 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  1.6 |  1.7 |  1.7 |  1.4 |  1.3 |  1.4 
    State and local |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      
     government ....|  1.9 |  2.2 |  2.2 |  1.6 |  1.6 |  1.6 |  1.3 |  1.3 |  1.3 
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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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current
Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment 
factors.


                                        - 3 -   


Hires

   The hires rate was unchanged at 3.6 percent, and the number of hires
held steady at 5.0 million in January.  Hires are any additions to the
payroll during the month.  In January, the hires rate did not change sig-
nificantly in any industry or region.  The seasonally adjusted hires rate
was highest in January for the accommodations and food services industry
(7.4 percent).  (See table 2.)

   From January 2006 to January 2007, the hires rate rose in wholesale
trade; information; healthcare and social assistance; accommodations and
food services; and federal government.  The rate declined in construction
and in transportation, warehousing and utilities.  Regionally, the hires
rate changed over the year only in the Midwest region where it rose. 
(See table 6.)

Separations

   The total separations, or turnover, rate was unchanged at 3.3 percent
and the number of separations held steady at 4.5 million in January.
Separations are terminations of employment that occur at any time during
the month.  In January, the total separations rate increased in government
but decreased in accommodations and food services.  Geographically, there
were no significant movements in the separations rate over the month.  From
January 2006 to January 2007, the total separations rate rose in durable
goods and in arts, entertainment, and recreation but fell in accommodations
and food services.  The separations rate did not change significantly in
any region over the year.  (See tables 3 and 7.)

   Total separations include quits (voluntary separations), layoffs and
discharges (involuntary separations), and other separations (including
retirements).  The quits rate, which can serve as a barometer of workers'
ability to change jobs, was essentially unchanged at 1.9 percent in Jan-
uary.  Over the month, the only industry to experience a change in the
quits rate was accommodations and food services, in which the rate de-
clined.  None of the regions experienced a significant change in the quits
rate.  In January, the seasonally adjusted quits rate was highest in the
accommodations and food services industry (4.2 percent), which also had
the highest hires rate.  (See table 4.)

   From January 2006 to January 2007, the quits rate rose in durable goods
manufacturing; nondurable goods manufacturing; and professional and busi-
ness services.  The rate declined in accommodations and food services.
The quits rate did not change significantly in any region over the year.
(See table 8.)

   The other two components of total separations--layoffs and discharges,
and other separations--are not seasonally adjusted.  From January 2006 to
January 2007, the layoffs and discharges rate (1.2 percent) was unchanged,
and the level (1.7 million) was little changed.  The construction industry
had the highest layoffs and discharges rate (4.3 percent).  From January
2006 to January 2007, the other separations rate (0.3 percent) was unchanged,
and the level (389,000) was little changed.  (See tables 9 and 10.)

Flows in the Labor Market

   Hires and separations data help show dynamic flows in the labor market.
Over the last 12 months, hires have averaged 5.0 million per month and
separations have averaged 4.6 million per month (not seasonally adjusted).
The comparable figures for the prior 12-month period were 4.8 million hires
and 4.5 million separations.  (See the Technical Note for additional
information on these measures.)

   Several industries have high rates of both hires and separations.  These
include construction; retail trade; professional and business services; arts,
entertainment, and recreation; and accommodations and food services.  In the
last 12 months, these five industries produced 35.1 million hires and 32.9
million separations.  Thus, these five industries accounted for 59 percent
of total nonfarm hires and 59 percent of total nonfarm separations, while
comprising only 39 percent of total nonfarm employment.


                                        - 4 -   


Annual Levels and Rates

   This release contains the 2006 annual rates and levels for hires, total
separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations.  (See
tables 11 through 20.)  Annual figures for job openings are not calculated
because job openings are measured on a stock, or point-in-time, basis rather
than on a flow basis over a specified time period.  The annual figures and
additional tables are published with the release of January data each year. 
(See the Technical Note for additional information on these measures.)

   Calculating annual levels and rates allows additional comparisons across
years.  Annual hires rose for the third year in a row, reaching 59.4 million
(43.6 percent) in 2006 after weaker hiring in 2002 and 2003.  Total separa-
tions remained flat in 2006 at 55.4 million (40.7 percent) after rising in
the prior 2 years.  Quits increased for the third year in a row, reaching
32.3 million (23.7 percent) in 2006.  In contrast, layoffs and discharges
fell to 18.9 million (13.9 percent) after staying relatively flat over the
past several years.  Other separations rose sharply to 4.2 million (3.1 per-
cent) in 2006 after little change from 2001 through 2005.

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 February 2007 is
scheduled to be issued on Tuesday, April 10.


                                        - 5 -   


             Revisions to Job Openings and Labor Turnover Data

   In accordance with annual practice, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover
Survey (JOLTS) data have been revised to reflect annual updates to the
Current Employment Statistics (CES), or establishment survey, employment
estimates.  The JOLTS employment levels (not published) are ratio-adjusted
to the CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are applied to all
JOLTS data elements.  This annual benchmark process resulted in revisions
to all not seasonally adjusted JOLTS data series from April 2005 forward,
the time period since the last benchmark was established.  Additionally,
the seasonally adjusted JOLTS data series have been recalculated from
December 2000 forward to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors.

   Table B presents revisions to seasonally adjusted total nonfarm job
openings data for April 2005 forward, while table C presents revisions to
hires data, table D presents revisions to total separations data, and table
E presents revisions to quits data.

   LABSTAT, the BLS public database on the Internet, contains all revised
historical seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted JOLTS data.  The
data can be accessed through the JOLTS homepage at http://www.bls.gov/jlt/.

   Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by
calling (202) 691-5870 or via the Internet on the JOLTS homepage.


Table B. Revisions in job openings data, April 2005-December 2006, seasonally
adjusted
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          |                                   |                                  
          |          Levels (in thousands)    |           Rates (percent)        
   Year   |---------------------------------- |----------------------------------
   and    |     As     |    As   |            |     As     |    As   |           
   month  | previously | revised | Difference | previously | revised | Difference
          | published  |         |            | published  |         |           
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2005    |            |         |            |            |         |           
April.....|    3,589   |  3,588  |     -1     |     2.6    |  2.6    |     0.0   
May.......|    3,364   |  3,485  |    121     |     2.5    |  2.5    |      .0   
June......|    3,598   |  3,635  |     37     |     2.6    |  2.6    |      .0   
July......|    3,580   |  3,644  |     64     |     2.6    |  2.6    |      .0   
August....|    3,697   |  3,631  |    -66     |     2.7    |  2.6    |     -.1   
September.|    3,728   |  3,729  |      1     |     2.7    |  2.7    |      .0   
October...|    3,867   |  3,904  |     37     |     2.8    |  2.8    |      .0   
November..|    4,031   |  4,021  |    -10     |     2.9    |  2.9    |      .0   
December..|    3,941   |  3,880  |    -61     |     2.8    |  2.8    |      .0   
          |            |         |            |            |         |           
  2006    |            |         |            |            |         |           
January...|    3,981   |  3,950  |    -31     |     2.9    |  2.8    |     -.1   
February..|    3,994   |  3,972  |    -22     |     2.9    |  2.8    |     -.1   
March.....|    4,089   |  3,999  |    -90     |     2.9    |  2.9    |      .0   
April.....|    4,070   |  3,999  |    -71     |     2.9    |  2.9    |      .0   
May.......|    3,945   |  4,037  |     92     |     2.8    |  2.9    |      .1   
June......|    3,960   |  3,995  |     35     |     2.8    |  2.9    |      .1   
July......|    3,844   |  3,891  |     47     |     2.8    |  2.8    |      .0   
August....|    4,061   |  4,188  |    127     |     2.9    |  3.0    |      .1   
September.|    4,154   |  4,177  |     23     |     3.0    |  3.0    |      .0   
October...|    4,248   |  4,157  |    -91     |     3.0    |  3.0    |      .0   
November..|    4,288   |  4,200  |    -88     |     3.1    |  3.0    |     -.1   
December..|    4,433   |  4,401  |    -32     |     3.2    |  3.1    |     -.1   
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Table C. Revisions in hires data, April 2005-December 2006, seasonally adjusted  
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          |          Levels (in thousands)    |           Rates (percent)        
   Year   |---------------------------------- |----------------------------------
   and    |     As     |    As   |            |     As     |    As   |           
   month  | previously | revised | Difference | previously | revised | Difference
          | published  |         |            | published  |         |           
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2005    |            |         |            |            |         |           
April.....|    4,574   |  4,661  |     87     |     3.4    |  3.5    |     0.1   
May.......|    4,778   |  4,850  |     72     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
June......|    4,807   |  4,803  |     -4     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
July......|    4,727   |  4,645  |    -82     |     3.5    |  3.5    |      .0   
August....|    4,824   |  4,927  |    103     |     3.6    |  3.7    |      .1   
September.|    4,748   |  4,876  |    128     |     3.5    |  3.6    |      .1   
October...|    4,822   |  4,874  |     52     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
November..|    4,813   |  4,808  |     -5     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
December..|    4,694   |  4,697  |      3     |     3.5    |  3.5    |      .0   
          |            |         |            |            |         |           
  2006    |            |         |            |            |         |           
January...|    4,941   |  4,876  |    -65     |     3.7    |  3.6    |     -.1   
February..|    4,954   |  4,955  |      1     |     3.7    |  3.7    |      .0   
March.....|    4,884   |  4,877  |     -7     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
April.....|    4,649   |  4,741  |     92     |     3.4    |  3.5    |      .1   
May.......|    4,949   |  5,068  |    119     |     3.7    |  3.7    |      .0   
June......|    4,899   |  4,986  |     87     |     3.6    |  3.7    |      .1   
July......|    4,995   |  5,141  |    146     |     3.7    |  3.8    |      .1   
August....|    4,831   |  4,912  |     81     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
September.|    4,803   |  4,917  |    114     |     3.5    |  3.6    |      .1   
October...|    4,988   |  4,983  |     -5     |     3.7    |  3.6    |     -.1   
November..|    5,042   |  4,994  |    -48     |     3.7    |  3.6    |     -.1   
December..|    4,889   |  4,959  |     70     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0   
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Table D. Revisions in total separations data, April 2005-December 2006, seasonally
adjusted
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          |          Levels (in thousands)    |           Rates (percent)         
   Year   |---------------------------------- |-----------------------------------
   and    |     As     |    As   |            |     As     |    As   |            
   month  | previously | revised | Difference | previously | revised | Difference 
          | published  |         |            | published  |         |            
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2005    |            |         |            |            |         |            
April.....|    4,614   |  4,602  |    -12     |     3.5    |  3.5    |     0.0    
May.......|    4,543   |  4,531  |    -12     |     3.4    |  3.4    |      .0    
June......|    4,590   |  4,527  |    -63     |     3.4    |  3.4    |      .0    
July......|    4,464   |  4,457  |     -7     |     3.3    |  3.3    |      .0    
August....|    4,633   |  4,626  |     -7     |     3.5    |  3.4    |     -.1    
September.|    4,798   |  4,825  |     27     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0    
October...|    4,359   |  4,392  |     33     |     3.3    |  3.3    |      .0    
November..|    4,476   |  4,441  |    -35     |     3.3    |  3.3    |      .0    
December..|    4,359   |  4,490  |    131     |     3.2    |  3.3    |      .1    
          |            |         |            |            |         |            
  2006    |            |         |            |            |         |            
January...|    4,285   |  4,478  |    193     |     3.2    |  3.3    |      .1    
February..|    4,531   |  4,601  |     70     |     3.4    |  3.4    |      .0    
March.....|    4,681   |  4,846  |    165     |     3.5    |  3.6    |      .1    
April.....|    4,495   |  4,405  |    -90     |     3.3    |  3.2    |     -.1    
May.......|    4,811   |  4,953  |    142     |     3.6    |  3.6    |      .0    
June......|    4,631   |  4,654  |     23     |     3.4    |  3.4    |      .0    
July......|    4,479   |  4,643  |    164     |     3.3    |  3.4    |      .1    
August....|    4,386   |  4,463  |     77     |     3.2    |  3.3    |      .1    
September.|    4,380   |  4,470  |     90     |     3.2    |  3.3    |      .1    
October...|    4,524   |  4,613  |     89     |     3.3    |  3.4    |      .1    
November..|    4,699   |  4,844  |    145     |     3.5    |  3.5    |      .0    
December..|    4,521   |  4,540  |     19     |     3.3    |  3.3    |      .0    
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                                        - 8 -   


Table E. Revisions in quits data, April 2005-December 2006, seasonally adjusted 
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          |                                   |                                  
          |          Levels (in thousands)    |           Rates (percent)        
   Year   |---------------------------------- |----------------------------------
   and    |     As     |    As   |            |     As     |    As   |           
   month  | previously | revised | Difference | previously | revised | Difference
          | published  |         |            | published  |         |           
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2005    |            |         |            |            |         |           
April.....|    2,586   |  2,581  |     -5     |     1.9    |  1.9    |     0.0   
May.......|    2,534   |  2,509  |    -25     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
June......|    2,541   |  2,496  |    -45     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
July......|    2,511   |  2,524  |     13     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
August....|    2,651   |  2,646  |     -5     |     2.0    |  2.0    |      .0   
September.|    2,681   |  2,780  |     99     |     2.0    |  2.1    |      .1   
October...|    2,619   |  2,605  |    -14     |     2.0    |  1.9    |     -.1   
November..|    2,683   |  2,622  |    -61     |     2.0    |  1.9    |     -.1   
December..|    2,567   |  2,571  |      4     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
          |            |         |            |            |         |           
  2006    |            |         |            |            |         |           
January...|    2,577   |  2,656  |     79     |     1.9    |  2.0    |      .1   
February..|    2,663   |  2,687  |     24     |     2.0    |  2.0    |      .0   
March.....|    2,763   |  2,797  |     34     |     2.0    |  2.1    |      .1   
April.....|    2,541   |  2,530  |    -11     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
May.......|    2,723   |  2,785  |     62     |     2.0    |  2.0    |      .0   
June......|    2,699   |  2,748  |     49     |     2.0    |  2.0    |      .0   
July......|    2,623   |  2,668  |     45     |     1.9    |  2.0    |      .1   
August....|    2,597   |  2,692  |     95     |     1.9    |  2.0    |      .1   
September.|    2,473   |  2,566  |     93     |     1.8    |  1.9    |      .1   
October...|    2,606   |  2,655  |     49     |     1.9    |  1.9    |      .0   
November..|    2,794   |  2,774  |    -20     |     2.1    |  2.0    |     -.1   
December..|    2,681   |  2,759  |     78     |     2.0    |  2.0    |      .0   
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                                  - 9 -

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.

                                  - 10 -

  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.

                                  - 11 -

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.

                                  - 12 -

  Prior to the January 2007 benchmark release in March 2007, seasonal
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 seasonal filters.
Therefore, the standard use of moving averages as seasonal filters is now 
in place for JOLTS seasonal adjustment.  JOLTS seasonal adjustment 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 seasonally adjusted:
retail trade, accommodations and food services, and state and local
government.  It is expected that more series may be seasonally adjusted
when more data are available.
   
Reliability of the estimates
   
  JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a
chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population
values they represent.  The exact difference, or sampling error, varies
depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is
measured by the standard error of the estimate.  BLS analysis is generally
conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.  That means that there is
a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a
sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true"
population value because of sampling error.  Estimates of sampling errors
are available upon request.
   
  The JOLTS estimates also are affected by nonsampling error.  Nonsampling
error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to include a 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
phone: 1-800-877-8339.





Table 1.  Job openings levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region              Jan.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.    Jan.  Aug.  Sept. Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                                            2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2007p  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2007p

Total (4).................................. 3,950  4,188  4,177  4,157  4,200  4,401  4,372    2.8   3.0   3.0   3.0   3.0   3.1   3.1

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4)......................... 3,538  3,714  3,715  3,702  3,735  3,928  3,892    3.0   3.1   3.1   3.1   3.1   3.3   3.3
  Construction.............................   121    185    148    137    106    107    164    1.6   2.3   1.9   1.7   1.4   1.4   2.1
  Manufacturing............................   312    330    317    364    328    362    353    2.2   2.3   2.2   2.5   2.3   2.5   2.4
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).   647    741    721    658    671    767    746    2.4   2.7   2.7   2.4   2.5   2.8   2.8
   Retail trade............................   411    431    396    370    417    471    419    2.6   2.7   2.5   2.4   2.7   3.0   2.7
  Professional and business services.......   763    682    755    709    705    745    764    4.2   3.7   4.1   3.9   3.8   4.0   4.1
  Education and health services............   621    683    701    749    713    734    732    3.4   3.7   3.8   4.0   3.8   3.9   3.9
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............   517    525    544    579    625    612    550    3.8   3.8   4.0   4.2   4.5   4.4   3.9
   Accommodations and food services........   453    471    469    487    528    538    485    3.9   4.0   4.0   4.1   4.4   4.5   4.1
 Government (7)............................   410    469    467    460    463    473    476    1.8   2.1   2.1   2.0   2.0   2.1   2.1
  State and local government...............   373    422    430    423    427    427    435    1.9   2.1   2.2   2.1   2.2   2.2   2.2

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................   711    746    770    760    772    849    755    2.7   2.8   2.9   2.9   2.9   3.2   2.9
  South.................................... 1,569  1,599  1,626  1,649  1,572  1,674  1,632    3.1   3.2   3.2   3.3   3.1   3.3   3.2
  Midwest..................................   738    851    789    769    770    810    837    2.3   2.6   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.5   2.6
  West.....................................   904  1,009  1,017    989  1,034  1,044  1,118    2.9   3.2   3.2   3.1   3.3   3.3   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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the
JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.





Table 2.  Hires levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region              Jan.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.  Aug.  Sept. Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                                            2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2007p  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2007p

Total (4).................................. 4,876  4,912  4,917  4,983  4,994  4,959  4,984    3.6   3.6   3.6   3.6   3.6   3.6   3.6

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4)......................... 4,546  4,434  4,482  4,616  4,665  4,662  4,637    4.0   3.9   3.9   4.0   4.1   4.1   4.0
  Construction.............................   422    369    336    345    395    341    286    5.5   4.8   4.4   4.5   5.1   4.4   3.7
  Manufacturing............................   374    359    314    366    363    375    376    2.6   2.5   2.2   2.6   2.6   2.7   2.7
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5). 1,161  1,070    965  1,008  1,012    990    992    4.4   4.1   3.7   3.8   3.8   3.8   3.8
   Retail trade............................   828    724    710    713    737    699    733    5.4   4.7   4.6   4.7   4.8   4.6   4.8
  Professional and business services.......   916    830  1,028    994  1,010    963    962    5.3   4.7   5.8   5.6   5.7   5.4   5.4
  Education and health services............   435    478    467    529    492    515    508    2.5   2.7   2.6   2.9   2.7   2.8   2.8
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............   792    834    859    893    903    969    983    6.1   6.3   6.5   6.7   6.8   7.2   7.3
   Accommodations and food services........   687    713    756    758    748    793    849    6.2   6.3   6.7   6.7   6.6   6.9   7.4
 Government (7)............................   359    407    386    363    348    371    382    1.6   1.8   1.7   1.6   1.6   1.7   1.7
  State and local government...............   311    336    318    320    303    313    318    1.6   1.7   1.6   1.7   1.6   1.6   1.6

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................   733    729    720    727    713    768    808    2.9   2.9   2.8   2.8   2.8   3.0   3.1
  South.................................... 1,970  1,927  2,019  1,969  1,979  1,900  1,890    4.1   3.9   4.1   4.0   4.0   3.9   3.8
  Midwest..................................   949  1,053  1,031  1,097  1,061  1,150  1,165    3.0   3.3   3.3   3.5   3.4   3.6   3.7
  West..................................... 1,258  1,176  1,163  1,198  1,249  1,209  1,165    4.2   3.9   3.8   3.9   4.1   3.9   3.8

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the
JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.





Table 3.  Total separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region              Jan.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.  Aug.  Sept. Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                                            2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2007p  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2007p

Total (4).................................. 4,478  4,463  4,470  4,613  4,844  4,540  4,549    3.3   3.3   3.3   3.4   3.5   3.3   3.3

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4)......................... 4,180  4,158  4,123  4,323  4,543  4,253  4,242    3.7   3.6   3.6   3.8   4.0   3.7   3.7
  Construction.............................   366    346    346    373    413    387    403    4.8   4.5   4.5   4.8   5.4   5.0   5.2
  Manufacturing............................   356    368    389    359    360    372    401    2.5   2.6   2.7   2.5   2.5   2.6   2.8
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).   955  1,002    990    987  1,020    962    969    3.6   3.8   3.8   3.8   3.9   3.7   3.7
   Retail trade............................   682    699    686    688    719    707    672    4.4   4.6   4.5   4.5   4.7   4.6   4.4
  Professional and business services.......   831    728    824    921    974    851    872    4.8   4.1   4.7   5.2   5.5   4.8   4.9
  Education and health services............   372    437    396    424    430    430    416    2.1   2.4   2.2   2.4   2.4   2.4   2.3
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............   897    804    726    791    838    835    772    6.9   6.1   5.5   6.0   6.3   6.2   5.8
   Accommodations and food services........   792    688    607    673    721    757    623    7.2   6.1   5.4   5.9   6.3   6.6   5.5
 Government (7)............................   297    307    315    298    305    283    310    1.4   1.4   1.4   1.3   1.4   1.3   1.4
  State and local government...............   249    242    251    248    256    255    257    1.3   1.3   1.3   1.3   1.3   1.3   1.3

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................   683    697    731    745    707    670    740    2.7   2.7   2.9   2.9   2.8   2.6   2.9
  South.................................... 1,707  1,828  1,742  1,709  2,011  1,796  1,778    3.5   3.7   3.6   3.5   4.1   3.7   3.6
  Midwest.................................. 1,012    962    970  1,072    985  1,054    991    3.2   3.1   3.1   3.4   3.1   3.3   3.1
  West..................................... 1,071  1,044  1,031  1,081  1,079  1,036  1,046    3.5   3.4   3.4   3.5   3.5   3.4   3.4

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the
JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.





Table 4.  Quits levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

                                                      Levels (3) (in thousands)                              Rates

           Industry and region              Jan.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.  Aug.  Sept. Oct.  Nov.  Dec.  Jan.
                                            2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2007p  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2006  2007p

Total (4).................................. 2,656  2,692  2,566  2,655  2,774  2,759  2,665    2.0   2.0   1.9   1.9   2.0   2.0   1.9

                INDUSTRY

 Total private (4)......................... 2,518  2,532  2,400  2,513  2,625  2,615  2,518    2.2   2.2   2.1   2.2   2.3   2.3   2.2
  Construction.............................   186    153    135    137    144    143    145    2.4   2.0   1.7   1.8   1.9   1.9   1.9
  Manufacturing............................   193    201    185    196    211    222    235    1.4   1.4   1.3   1.4   1.5   1.6   1.7
  Trade, transportation, and utilities (5).   599    610    591    593    661    597    580    2.3   2.3   2.3   2.3   2.5   2.3   2.2
   Retail trade............................   448    435    430    438    472    438    412    2.9   2.8   2.8   2.9   3.1   2.9   2.7
  Professional and business services.......   405    424    443    475    486    497    496    2.3   2.4   2.5   2.7   2.7   2.8   2.8
  Education and health services............   249    295    263    274    278    289    271    1.4   1.6   1.5   1.5   1.5   1.6   1.5
  Leisure and hospitality (6)..............   610    553    510    542    565    602    529    4.7   4.2   3.9   4.1   4.2   4.5   4.0
   Accommodations and food services........   567    508    462    496    520    560    479    5.1   4.5   4.1   4.4   4.6   4.9   4.2
 Government (7)............................   142    158    160    144    147    146    152     .7    .7    .7    .7    .7    .7    .7
  State and local government...............   122    130    125    124    125    130    129     .6    .7    .6    .6    .6    .7    .7

                 REGION (8)

  Northeast................................   385    409    383    359    409    367    355    1.5   1.6   1.5   1.4   1.6   1.4   1.4
  South.................................... 1,111  1,140  1,102  1,101  1,167  1,171  1,115    2.3   2.3   2.3   2.2   2.4   2.4   2.3
  Midwest..................................   546    558    541    604    543    559    579    1.7   1.8   1.7   1.9   1.7   1.8   1.8
  West.....................................   618    575    551    592    645    638    619    2.0   1.9   1.8   1.9   2.1   2.1   2.0

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the
JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.





Table 5.  Job openings levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................  3,626    3,888    4,022           2.7      2.7      2.9

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  3,248    3,451    3,583           2.8      2.9      3.1
  Natural resources and mining..................     10       15       16           1.5      2.2      2.3
  Construction..................................    101       73      137           1.4      1.0      1.8
  Manufacturing.................................    303      323      344           2.1      2.2      2.4
   Durable goods................................    211      201      209           2.3      2.2      2.3
   Nondurable goods.............................     92      122      135           1.7      2.3      2.6
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    559      647      654           2.1      2.3      2.4
   Wholesale trade..............................    106      140      171           1.8      2.3      2.8
   Retail trade.................................    348      378      354           2.2      2.3      2.3
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    105      129      129           2.1      2.5      2.5
  Information...................................    120      135      168           3.8      4.2      5.2
  Financial activities..........................    320      218      220           3.7      2.5      2.6
   Finance and insurance........................    233      152      177           3.7      2.4      2.8
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     87       67       44           4.0      2.9      2.0
  Professional and business services............    720      702      726           4.1      3.8      4.0
  Education and health services.................    587      695      689           3.2      3.7      3.7
   Educational services.........................     58       69       49           2.0      2.2      1.7
   Health care and social assistance............    529      626      640           3.5      4.0      4.1
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    459      491      487           3.6      3.6      3.7
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     60       55       61           3.5      3.0      3.4
   Accommodations and food services.............    399      436      426           3.6      3.7      3.7
  Other services................................     70      150      142           1.3      2.7      2.6

 Government.....................................    378      436      438           1.7      1.9      2.0
  Federal.......................................     35       41       38           1.3      1.5      1.4
  State and local...............................    344      395      400           1.8      2.0      2.0

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    621      732      659           2.4      2.8      2.5
  South.........................................  1,468    1,514    1,526           3.0      3.0      3.1
  Midwest.......................................    674      689      762           2.1      2.1      2.4
  West..........................................    863      953    1,075           2.8      3.0      3.4

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics
 employment estimates.





Table 6.  Hires levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................  4,207    3,720    4,311           3.2      2.7      3.2

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  3,880    3,493    3,962           3.5      3.0      3.5
  Natural resources and mining..................     15       16       23           2.4      2.3      3.3
  Construction..................................    320      212      215           4.4      2.8      2.9
  Manufacturing.................................    370      252      371           2.6      1.8      2.7
   Durable goods................................    209      142      227           2.3      1.6      2.6
   Nondurable goods.............................    162      109      144           3.1      2.1      2.8
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    873      795      751           3.4      3.0      2.9
   Wholesale trade..............................     99       98      145           1.7      1.7      2.5
   Retail trade.................................    555      559      496           3.6      3.5      3.3
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    218      138      110           4.4      2.7      2.2
  Information...................................     66       53       98           2.2      1.7      3.2
  Financial activities..........................    177      170      191           2.2      2.0      2.3
   Finance and insurance........................    131      111      134           2.1      1.8      2.2
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     46       59       57           2.2      2.7      2.6
  Professional and business services............    874      788      918           5.2      4.4      5.3
  Education and health services.................    408      374      475           2.3      2.1      2.6
   Educational services.........................     64       36       69           2.3      1.2      2.4
   Health care and social assistance............    344      339      406           2.3      2.2      2.7
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    617      727      770           5.0      5.6      6.0
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     78      133      103           4.6      7.4      5.9
   Accommodations and food services.............    539      594      667           5.1      5.3      6.0
  Other services................................    161      106      152           3.0      1.9      2.8

 Government.....................................    327      227      348           1.5      1.0      1.6
  Federal.......................................     44       51       59           1.6      1.9      2.2
  State and local...............................    283      176      289           1.5       .9      1.5

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    559      556      620           2.2      2.2      2.5
  South.........................................  1,785    1,411    1,711           3.7      2.9      3.5
  Midwest.......................................    812      792    1,005           2.6      2.5      3.2
  West..........................................  1,052      961      975           3.5      3.1      3.2

  1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.
  2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment. 
  3 See footnote 8, table 1.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics
 employment estimates.





Table 7.  Total separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................  4,331    4,369    4,389           3.3      3.2      3.2

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  4,085    4,136    4,133           3.7      3.6      3.7
  Natural resources and mining..................     18       15       20           2.8      2.2      2.8
  Construction..................................    426      407      467           5.9      5.4      6.4
  Manufacturing.................................    352      332      397           2.5      2.4      2.8
   Durable goods................................    193      195      243           2.2      2.2      2.7
   Nondurable goods.............................    159      138      154           3.1      2.7      3.0
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  1,005    1,080    1,001           3.9      4.0      3.8
   Wholesale trade..............................    102      130      111           1.8      2.2      1.9
   Retail trade.................................    768      806      744           5.0      5.1      4.9
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    135      144      146           2.7      2.8      2.9
  Information...................................     78       72       75           2.6      2.3      2.5
  Financial activities..........................    179      217      152           2.2      2.6      1.8
   Finance and insurance........................    117      145      105           1.9      2.3      1.7
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     62       72       47           2.9      3.3      2.2
  Professional and business services............    779      823      823           4.6      4.6      4.7
  Education and health services.................    345      360      375           2.0      2.0      2.1
   Educational services.........................     39       45       54           1.4      1.5      1.9
   Health care and social assistance............    306      315      320           2.1      2.1      2.1
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    776      712      666           6.3      5.4      5.2
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     51       62       97           3.0      3.4      5.6
   Accommodations and food services.............    726      650      569           6.8      5.8      5.2
  Other services................................    127      117      156           2.4      2.2      2.9

 Government.....................................    246      233      256           1.1      1.0      1.2
  Federal.......................................     48       35       53           1.8      1.3      2.0
  State and local...............................    198      198      204           1.0      1.0      1.1

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    662      671      718           2.7      2.6      2.8
  South.........................................  1,617    1,661    1,676           3.4      3.4      3.5
  Midwest.......................................  1,007    1,052      984           3.3      3.3      3.2
  West..........................................  1,045      986    1,011           3.5      3.2      3.3

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics
 employment estimates.





Table 8.  Quits levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................  2,330    2,296    2,336           1.8      1.7      1.7

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  2,216    2,186    2,214           2.0      1.9      2.0
  Natural resources and mining..................      9        8        7           1.4      1.1      1.0
  Construction..................................    151      115      117           2.1      1.5      1.6
  Manufacturing.................................    165      158      202           1.2      1.1      1.4
   Durable goods................................     95       83      120           1.1       .9      1.3
   Nondurable goods.............................     70       76       83           1.4      1.5      1.6
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    531      544      512           2.0      2.0      2.0
   Wholesale trade..............................     61       71       71           1.1      1.2      1.2
   Retail trade.................................    403      404      369           2.6      2.5      2.4
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     67       69       72           1.4      1.3      1.4
  Information...................................     60       41       50           2.0      1.3      1.6
  Financial activities..........................    103      109       86           1.3      1.3      1.0
   Finance and insurance........................     74       72       69           1.2      1.2      1.1
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     29       37       17           1.4      1.7       .8
  Professional and business services............    368      422      455           2.2      2.4      2.6
  Education and health services.................    217      244      232           1.2      1.3      1.3
   Educational services.........................     24       20       25            .8       .6       .9
   Health care and social assistance............    193      224      207           1.3      1.5      1.4
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    539      485      463           4.4      3.7      3.6
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     27       31       31           1.6      1.7      1.8
   Accommodations and food services.............    512      454      433           4.8      4.0      3.9
  Other services................................     72       59       90           1.4      1.1      1.7

 Government.....................................    114      109      122            .5       .5       .6
  Federal.......................................     16       12       18            .6       .5       .7
  State and local...............................     98       97      104            .5       .5       .5

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    315      294      291           1.3      1.1      1.2
  South.........................................    984      983      984           2.1      2.0      2.0
  Midwest.......................................    487      470      517           1.6      1.5      1.7
  West..........................................    544      548      544           1.8      1.8      1.8

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics
 employment estimates.





Table 9.  Layoffs and discharges levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................  1,627    1,789    1,665           1.2      1.3      1.2

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  1,553    1,710    1,590           1.4      1.5      1.4
  Natural resources and mining..................      5        6        9            .8       .8      1.3
  Construction..................................    258      285      315           3.6      3.8      4.3
  Manufacturing.................................    141      148      161           1.0      1.0      1.2
   Durable goods................................     68       93       98            .8      1.0      1.1
   Nondurable goods.............................     74       56       63           1.4      1.1      1.2
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    409      458      394           1.6      1.7      1.5
   Wholesale trade..............................     33       41       32            .6       .7       .5
   Retail trade.................................    325      353      311           2.1      2.2      2.0
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     52       64       51           1.1      1.3      1.0
  Information...................................     11       26       21            .4       .8       .7
  Financial activities..........................     61       80       54            .7       .9       .6
   Finance and insurance........................     37       48       29            .6       .8       .5
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     24       31       26           1.1      1.4      1.2
  Professional and business services............    301      361      310           1.8      2.0      1.8
  Education and health services.................    103       90       97            .6       .5       .5
   Educational services.........................     12       20       26            .4       .7       .9
   Health care and social assistance............     91       70       71            .6       .5       .5
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    215      204      180           1.7      1.6      1.4
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     20       27       62           1.2      1.5      3.6
   Accommodations and food services.............    195      177      119           1.8      1.6      1.1
  Other services................................     49       52       50            .9      1.0       .9

 Government.....................................     74       79       75            .3       .4       .3
  Federal.......................................     11       13       14            .4       .5       .5
  State and local...............................     63       66       61            .3       .3       .3

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................    283      332      364           1.1      1.3      1.4
  South.........................................    523      568      553           1.1      1.1      1.1
  Midwest.......................................    386      517      384           1.3      1.6      1.2
  West..........................................    435      372      364           1.5      1.2      1.2

  1 Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
  2 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a
percent of total employment.
  3 See footnote 8, table 1.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics 
employment estimates.





Table 10.  Other separations levels (1) and rates (2) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                    Levels (in thousands)                  Rates

              Industry and region                  Jan.     Dec.     Jan.          Jan.     Dec.     Jan.
                                                   2006     2006     2007p         2006     2006     2007p

Total...........................................    373      284      389           0.3      0.2      0.3

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................    316      240      329            .3       .2       .3
  Natural resources and mining..................      4        1        4            .6       .2       .6
  Construction..................................     17        7       34            .2       .1       .5
  Manufacturing.................................     45       26       34            .3       .2       .2
   Durable goods................................     30       20       25            .3       .2       .3
   Nondurable goods.............................     15        6        9            .3       .1       .2
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........     65       78       96            .2       .3       .4
   Wholesale trade..............................      8       18        8            .1       .3       .1
   Retail trade.................................     40       49       64            .3       .3       .4
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...     16       11       23            .3       .2       .5
  Information...................................      7        4        5            .2       .1       .2
  Financial activities..........................     15       28       12            .2       .3       .1
   Finance and insurance........................      6       25        7            .1       .4       .1
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........      8        3        5            .4       .2       .2
  Professional and business services............    110       40       59            .7       .2       .3
  Education and health services.................     25       26       46            .1       .1       .3
   Educational services.........................      3        5        3            .1       .2       .1
   Health care and social assistance............     22       21       43            .2       .1       .3
  Leisure and hospitality.......................     22       23       23            .2       .2       .2
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........      4        4        5            .2       .2       .3
   Accommodations and food services.............     18       19       17            .2       .2       .2
  Other services................................      6        6       16            .1       .1       .3

 Government.....................................     58       45       60            .3       .2       .3
  Federal.......................................     21        9       21            .8       .3       .8
  State and local...............................     36       35       39            .2       .2       .2

                    REGION (3)

  Northeast.....................................     64       44       64            .3       .2       .3
  South.........................................    110      110      140            .2       .2       .3
  Midwest.......................................    134       64       82            .4       .2       .3
  West..........................................     65       66      103            .2       .2       .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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics
 employment estimates.





Table 11.  Annual hires levels (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                            Levels (in thousands)

              Industry and region                  2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 54,578   49,718   49,294   54,721   57,491   59,400

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 50,401   45,673   45,620   50,858   53,416   54,851
  Natural resources and mining..................    221      219      216      229      257      257
  Construction..................................  4,501    4,421    4,580    4,677    5,150    4,513
  Manufacturing.................................  4,130    4,062    3,861    4,316    4,112    4,278
   Durable goods................................  2,239    2,356    2,389    2,718    2,592    2,549
   Nondurable goods.............................  1,890    1,704    1,470    1,598    1,521    1,730
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 11,984   10,517   10,389   11,988   12,289   12,640
   Wholesale trade..............................  1,711    1,556    1,481    1,702    1,720    1,629
   Retail trade.................................  8,621    7,557    7,423    8,392    8,530    8,909
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...  1,651    1,406    1,489    1,893    2,039    2,100
  Information...................................    967      799      748      792      881      974
  Financial activities..........................  2,207    2,002    2,031    2,292    2,281    2,512
   Finance and insurance........................  1,444    1,253    1,209    1,354    1,436    1,608
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........    763      749      820      939      845      903
  Professional and business services............  8,521    7,758    7,842    9,416   10,554   11,328
  Education and health services.................  5,484    5,133    5,164    5,253    5,619    5,905
   Educational services.........................    686      587      726      713      721      840
   Health care and social assistance............  4,798    4,544    4,439    4,541    4,898    5,066
  Leisure and hospitality....................... 10,397    8,868    8,628    9,670    9,893   10,336
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........  1,543    1,383    1,349    1,495    1,503    1,509
   Accommodations and food services.............  8,854    7,484    7,281    8,173    8,391    8,828
  Other services................................  1,992    1,899    2,160    2,223    2,384    2,106

 Government.....................................  4,177    4,043    3,674    3,863    4,075    4,549
  Federal.......................................    513      617      476      464      492      699
  State and local...............................  3,667    3,426    3,197    3,399    3,586    3,848

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................  9,102    7,900    8,687    9,745    9,331    9,233
  South......................................... 20,335   19,079   18,705   20,998   22,069   23,250
  Midwest....................................... 13,439   11,561   10,666   11,931   12,403   12,658
  West.......................................... 11,703   11,179   11,236   12,048   13,689   14,259

  1 The annual hires level is the total number of hires during the entire year.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 12.  Annual hires rates (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates

              Industry and region                2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 41.4     38.1     37.9     41.6     43.0     43.6

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 45.5     42.0     42.1     46.3     47.7     48.0
  Natural resources and mining.................. 36.5     37.6     37.8     38.7     40.9     37.6
  Construction.................................. 65.9     65.8     68.0     67.0     70.2     58.7
  Manufacturing................................. 25.1     26.6     26.6     30.2     28.9     30.1
   Durable goods................................ 21.7     24.8     26.7     30.5     28.9     28.3
   Nondurable goods............................. 30.9     29.5     26.5     29.6     28.9     33.3
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 46.1     41.2     41.1     47.0     47.3     48.2
   Wholesale trade.............................. 29.6     27.5     26.4     30.1     29.8     27.6
   Retail trade................................. 56.6     50.3     49.8     55.7     55.8     58.2
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities... 33.2     29.2     31.3     39.3     41.5     41.9
  Information................................... 26.6     23.5     23.5     25.4     28.8     31.9
  Financial activities.......................... 28.3     25.5     25.5     28.5     28.0     30.0
   Finance and insurance........................ 25.0     21.5     20.4     22.8     23.8     26.0
   Real estate and rental and leasing........... 37.5     36.9     39.9     45.1     39.7     41.4
  Professional and business services............ 51.7     48.6     49.1     57.4     62.3     64.5
  Education and health services................. 35.1     31.7     31.1     31.0     32.3     33.1
   Educational services......................... 27.3     22.2     26.9     25.8     25.4     28.8
   Health care and social assistance............ 36.5     33.5     32.0     32.0     33.7     34.0
  Leisure and hospitality....................... 86.4     74.0     70.9     77.4     77.2     78.6
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......... 84.6     77.6     74.4     80.8     79.4     78.3
   Accommodations and food services............. 86.7     73.4     70.3     76.8     76.8     78.7
  Other services................................ 37.9     35.3     40.0     41.1     44.2     38.8

 Government..................................... 19.8     18.8     17.0     17.9     18.7     20.7
  Federal....................................... 18.6     22.3     17.2     17.0     18.0     25.6
  State and local............................... 20.0     18.3     17.0     18.0     18.8     20.0

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast..................................... 36.2     31.7     34.9     39.2     37.3     36.3
  South......................................... 43.7     41.4     40.7     44.9     46.1     47.6
  Midwest....................................... 42.9     37.4     34.7     38.8     40.1     40.3
  West.......................................... 40.7     39.3     39.6     41.5     45.9     46.8

  1 The annual hires rate is the number of hires during the entire year as a percent of annual 
average employment.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 13.  Annual total separations levels (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                            Levels (in thousands)

              Industry and region                  2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 54,556   49,597   48,294   51,779   54,609   55,422

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 51,406   46,454   45,136   48,479   51,286   51,715
  Natural resources and mining..................    233      229      218      216      206      227
  Construction..................................  4,794    4,531    4,555    4,638    4,847    4,653
  Manufacturing.................................  6,177    5,121    4,350    4,255    4,469    4,483
   Durable goods................................  3,800    3,148    2,709    2,661    2,829    2,590
   Nondurable goods.............................  2,378    1,972    1,641    1,591    1,640    1,896
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 12,324   11,108   10,682   11,704   11,983   11,995
   Wholesale trade..............................  1,820    1,777    1,647    1,720    1,602    1,716
   Retail trade.................................  8,725    7,750    7,378    8,177    8,424    8,517
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...  1,778    1,584    1,657    1,810    1,955    1,760
  Information...................................  1,181      960      796      927      893      944
  Financial activities..........................  2,147    2,099    1,899    2,161    2,134    2,540
   Finance and insurance........................  1,369    1,330    1,162    1,339    1,367    1,607
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........    776      772      738      824      769      931
  Professional and business services............  7,858    7,078    7,362    8,568    9,816   10,061
  Education and health services.................  4,779    4,570    4,500    4,710    4,969    5,099
   Educational services.........................    489      566      627      594      638      692
   Health care and social assistance............  4,292    4,001    3,874    4,118    4,331    4,410
  Leisure and hospitality.......................  9,939    8,737    8,589    9,012    9,674    9,734
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........  1,370    1,370    1,334    1,493    1,409    1,328
   Accommodations and food services.............  8,570    7,366    7,257    7,520    8,266    8,405
  Other services................................  1,977    2,024    2,185    2,285    2,300    1,981

 Government.....................................  3,150    3,144    3,158    3,298    3,325    3,706
  Federal.......................................    403      409      468      414      446      681
  State and local...............................  2,745    2,734    2,688    2,888    2,880    3,024

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................  9,053    8,136    8,283    9,169    8,880    8,654
  South......................................... 19,710   18,752   18,579   19,356   20,928   21,765
  Midwest....................................... 13,856   11,307   10,596   11,378   12,032   12,073
  West.......................................... 11,936   11,403   10,836   11,878   12,773   12,930

  1 The annual total separations level is the total number of total separations during the entire 
year.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 14.  Annual total separations rates (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates

              Industry and region                2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 41.4     38.1     37.1     39.4     40.8     40.7

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 46.4     42.7     41.6     44.1     45.8     45.3
  Natural resources and mining.................. 38.4     39.3     38.1     36.5     32.8     33.2
  Construction.................................. 70.2     67.5     67.6     66.5     66.1     60.5
  Manufacturing................................. 37.6     33.6     30.0     29.7     31.4     31.6
   Durable goods................................ 36.8     33.2     30.2     29.8     31.6     28.8
   Nondurable goods............................. 38.9     34.1     29.6     29.5     31.1     36.5
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 47.4     43.6     42.2     45.8     46.2     45.7
   Wholesale trade.............................. 31.5     31.4     29.4     30.4     27.8     29.1
   Retail trade................................. 57.3     51.6     49.5     54.3     55.1     55.6
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities... 35.8     32.9     34.8     37.6     39.8     35.1
  Information................................... 32.5     28.3     25.0     29.7     29.2     30.9
  Financial activities.......................... 27.5     26.7     23.8     26.9     26.2     30.4
   Finance and insurance........................ 23.7     22.9     19.6     22.5     22.7     26.0
   Real estate and rental and leasing........... 38.1     38.0     35.9     39.6     36.1     42.7
  Professional and business services............ 47.7     44.3     46.0     52.3     57.9     57.3
  Education and health services................. 30.5     28.2     27.1     27.8     28.6     28.6
   Educational services......................... 19.5     21.4     23.3     21.5     22.5     23.7
   Health care and social assistance............ 32.7     29.5     27.9     29.0     29.8     29.6
  Leisure and hospitality....................... 82.6     72.9     70.6     72.1     75.5     74.1
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......... 75.1     76.8     73.6     80.7     74.5     68.9
   Accommodations and food services............. 83.9     72.2     70.0     70.7     75.7     74.9
  Other services................................ 37.6     37.7     40.5     42.2     42.6     36.5

 Government..................................... 14.9     14.6     14.6     15.3     15.2     16.9
  Federal....................................... 14.6     14.8     17.0     15.2     16.3     25.0
  State and local............................... 15.0     14.6     14.3     15.3     15.1     15.7

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast..................................... 36.0     32.6     33.3     36.9     35.5     34.0
  South......................................... 42.3     40.7     40.4     41.3     43.7     44.6
  Midwest....................................... 44.2     36.6     34.4     37.0     38.9     38.4
  West.......................................... 41.5     40.1     38.2     41.0     42.8     42.4

  1 The annual total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire year as
a percent of annual average employment.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 15.  Annual quits levels (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                            Levels (in thousands)

              Industry and region                  2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 30,817   26,833   24,881   27,939   30,825   32,292

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 29,127   25,282   23,452   26,375   29,229   30,461
  Natural resources and mining..................    103       87       83       98      110      128
  Construction..................................  1,869    1,657    1,563    1,766    2,098    1,977
  Manufacturing.................................  2,463    2,142    1,870    2,140    2,288    2,356
   Durable goods................................  1,423    1,271    1,161    1,322    1,421    1,345
   Nondurable goods.............................  1,042      870      712      815      868    1,014
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  7,499    6,401    5,738    6,581    7,117    7,337
   Wholesale trade..............................    979      918      845      881      873      973
   Retail trade.................................  5,591    4,730    4,229    4,927    5,340    5,391
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    929      756      664      772      904      972
  Information...................................    682      496      440      499      581      670
  Financial activities..........................  1,259    1,177    1,103    1,315    1,262    1,527
   Finance and insurance........................    830      767      666      814      850    1,018
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........    428      410      436      499      412      508
  Professional and business services............  4,293    3,679    3,453    4,085    4,698    5,244
  Education and health services.................  3,184    2,835    2,723    2,933    3,219    3,312
   Educational services.........................    282      312      293      304      354      357
   Health care and social assistance............  2,905    2,526    2,427    2,630    2,865    2,956
  Leisure and hospitality.......................  6,647    5,605    5,309    5,554    6,396    6,751
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........    609      619      537      505      596      549
   Accommodations and food services.............  6,038    4,989    4,775    5,049    5,802    6,201
  Other services................................  1,128    1,200    1,176    1,402    1,458    1,157

 Government.....................................  1,690    1,553    1,428    1,562    1,598    1,827
  Federal.......................................    254      209      194      163      173      306
  State and local...............................  1,436    1,343    1,234    1,397    1,426    1,520

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................  4,929    3,971    3,660    4,104    4,504    4,592
  South......................................... 11,783   10,708   10,200   11,304   12,521   13,681
  Midwest.......................................  7,727    6,057    5,467    6,034    6,521    6,753
  West..........................................  6,380    6,097    5,552    6,495    7,283    7,266

  1 The annual quits level is the total number of quits during the entire year.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 16.  Annual quits rates (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates

              Industry and region                2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 23.4     20.6     19.1     21.3     23.1     23.7

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 26.3     23.2     21.6     24.0     26.1     26.7
  Natural resources and mining.................. 17.0     14.9     14.5     16.6     17.5     18.7
  Construction.................................. 27.4     24.7     23.2     25.3     28.6     25.7
  Manufacturing................................. 15.0     14.0     12.9     14.9     16.1     16.6
   Durable goods................................ 13.8     13.4     13.0     14.8     15.9     14.9
   Nondurable goods............................. 17.1     15.1     12.8     15.1     16.5     19.5
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 28.9     25.1     22.7     25.8     27.4     28.0
   Wholesale trade.............................. 17.0     16.2     15.1     15.6     15.1     16.5
   Retail trade................................. 36.7     31.5     28.4     32.7     34.9     35.2
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities... 18.7     15.7     13.9     16.0     18.4     19.4
  Information................................... 18.8     14.6     13.8     16.0     19.0     21.9
  Financial activities.......................... 16.1     15.0     13.8     16.4     15.5     18.3
   Finance and insurance........................ 14.4     13.2     11.2     13.7     14.1     16.5
   Real estate and rental and leasing........... 21.0     20.2     21.2     24.0     19.3     23.3
  Professional and business services............ 26.1     23.0     21.6     24.9     27.7     29.9
  Education and health services................. 20.4     17.5     16.4     17.3     18.5     18.6
   Educational services......................... 11.2     11.8     10.9     11.0     12.5     12.2
   Health care and social assistance............ 22.1     18.6     17.5     18.5     19.7     19.8
  Leisure and hospitality....................... 55.2     46.8     43.6     44.5     49.9     51.4
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......... 33.4     34.7     29.6     27.3     31.5     28.5
   Accommodations and food services............. 59.1     48.9     46.1     47.4     53.1     55.3
  Other services................................ 21.5     22.3     21.8     25.9     27.0     21.3

 Government.....................................  8.0      7.2      6.6      7.2      7.3      8.3
  Federal.......................................  9.2      7.6      7.0      6.0      6.3     11.2
  State and local...............................  7.8      7.2      6.6      7.4      7.5      7.9

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast..................................... 19.6     15.9     14.7     16.5     18.0     18.1
  South......................................... 25.3     23.3     22.2     24.1     26.1     28.0
  Midwest....................................... 24.7     19.6     17.8     19.6     21.1     21.5
  West.......................................... 22.2     21.4     19.6     22.4     24.4     23.9

  1 The annual quits rate is the number of quits during the entire year as a percent of annual 
average employment.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 17.  Annual layoffs and discharges levels (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                            Levels (in thousands)

              Industry and region                  2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 19,954   19,023   19,746   20,153   20,014   18,911

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 19,048   18,057   18,628   19,048   18,886   17,699
  Natural resources and mining..................    107      103       95       70       70       69
  Construction..................................  2,697    2,705    2,827    2,677    2,564    2,388
  Manufacturing.................................  3,186    2,555    2,073    1,799    1,771    1,725
   Durable goods................................  1,995    1,600    1,285    1,129    1,108      974
   Nondurable goods.............................  1,197      956      788      673      662      754
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  4,147    3,944    4,151    4,315    4,144    3,669
   Wholesale trade..............................    727      733      666      706      628      556
   Retail trade.................................  2,713    2,534    2,691    2,750    2,651    2,532
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    706      674      791      860      865      584
  Information...................................    415      394      306      360      231      199
  Financial activities..........................    645      723      576      605      677      771
   Finance and insurance........................    347      409      329      321      356      402
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........    298      313      247      283      319      368
  Professional and business services............  3,012    2,771    3,367    3,922    4,370    4,079
  Education and health services.................  1,226    1,369    1,428    1,441    1,415    1,417
   Educational services.........................    150      209      285      251      239      287
   Health care and social assistance............  1,076    1,161    1,143    1,191    1,174    1,129
  Leisure and hospitality.......................  2,924    2,804    2,941    3,116    2,947    2,703
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........    728      725      771      957      782      744
   Accommodations and food services.............  2,197    2,077    2,173    2,160    2,160    1,958
  Other services................................    685      686      860      740      701      677

 Government.....................................    907      967    1,120    1,102    1,128    1,212
  Federal.......................................     61      117      164      111      148      191
  State and local...............................    846      849      954      994      981    1,021

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................  3,425    3,447    3,899    4,282    3,739    3,308
  South.........................................  6,566    6,726    7,065    6,741    7,095    6,547
  Midwest.......................................  5,121    4,394    4,336    4,558    4,656    4,366
  West..........................................  4,843    4,455    4,450    4,573    4,524    4,685

  1 The annual layoffs and discharges level is the total number of layoffs and discharges during the
entire year.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 18.  Annual layoffs and discharges rates (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates

              Industry and region                2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total........................................... 15.1     14.6     15.2     15.3     15.0     13.9

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private.................................. 17.2     16.6     17.2     17.3     16.9     15.5
  Natural resources and mining.................. 17.7     17.7     16.6     11.8     11.1     10.1
  Construction.................................. 39.5     40.3     42.0     38.4     35.0     31.1
  Manufacturing................................. 19.4     16.7     14.3     12.6     12.4     12.2
   Durable goods................................ 19.3     16.9     14.3     12.7     12.4     10.8
   Nondurable goods............................. 19.6     16.6     14.2     12.5     12.6     14.5
  Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 16.0     15.5     16.4     16.9     16.0     14.0
   Wholesale trade.............................. 12.6     13.0     11.9     12.5     10.9      9.4
   Retail trade................................. 17.8     16.9     18.0     18.3     17.3     16.5
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities... 14.2     14.0     16.6     17.9     17.6     11.6
  Information................................... 11.4     11.6      9.6     11.5      7.5      6.5
  Financial activities..........................  8.3      9.2      7.2      7.5      8.3      9.2
   Finance and insurance........................  6.0      7.0      5.6      5.4      5.9      6.5
   Real estate and rental and leasing........... 14.6     15.4     12.0     13.6     15.0     16.9
  Professional and business services............ 18.3     17.3     21.1     23.9     25.8     23.2
  Education and health services.................  7.8      8.5      8.6      8.5      8.1      7.9
   Educational services.........................  6.0      7.9     10.6      9.1      8.4      9.8
   Health care and social assistance............  8.2      8.6      8.2      8.4      8.1      7.6
  Leisure and hospitality....................... 24.3     23.4     24.2     24.9     23.0     20.6
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......... 39.9     40.7     42.5     51.7     41.3     38.6
   Accommodations and food services............. 21.5     20.4     21.0     20.3     19.8     17.5
  Other services................................ 13.0     12.8     15.9     13.7     13.0     12.5

 Government.....................................  4.3      4.5      5.2      5.1      5.2      5.5
  Federal.......................................  2.2      4.2      5.9      4.1      5.4      7.0
  State and local...............................  4.6      4.5      5.1      5.3      5.1      5.3

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast..................................... 13.6     13.8     15.7     17.2     14.9     13.0
  South......................................... 14.1     14.6     15.4     14.4     14.8     13.4
  Midwest....................................... 16.3     14.2     14.1     14.8     15.0     13.9
  West.......................................... 16.8     15.7     15.7     15.8     15.2     15.4

  1 The annual layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the 
entire year as a percent of annual average employment.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 19.  Annual other separations levels (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                            Levels (in thousands)

              Industry and region                  2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total...........................................  3,784    3,742    3,666    3,689    3,770    4,221

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  3,231    3,116    3,055    3,056    3,169    3,554
  Natural resources and mining..................     24       39       43       45       24       31
  Construction..................................    227      170      165      198      183      286
  Manufacturing.................................    528      423      406      315      407      401
   Durable goods................................    386      277      263      210      300      273
   Nondurable goods.............................    143      147      144      104      106      128
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........    677      762      795      810      720      986
   Wholesale trade..............................    115      125      132      130      103      187
   Retail trade.................................    420      484      458      501      432      595
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...    141      152      203      178      186      207
  Information...................................     84       69       50       65       81       72
  Financial activities..........................    240      201      223      243      198      245
   Finance and insurance........................    193      153      167      202      161      188
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........     50       49       56       41       38       58
  Professional and business services............    551      627      543      562      745      737
  Education and health services.................    365      361      351      333      335      370
   Educational services.........................     57       49       48       38       43       47
   Health care and social assistance............    311      315      303      294      289      323
  Leisure and hospitality.......................    369      326      340      342      332      280
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........     35       29       30       32       31       36
   Accommodations and food services.............    331      298      311      308      301      246
  Other services................................    166      135      148      147      142      144

 Government.....................................    553      623      610      634      600      667
  Federal.......................................     88       86      109      138      128      182
  State and local...............................    464      539      500      495      474      480

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................    700      719      724      786      639      754
  South.........................................  1,360    1,319    1,313    1,310    1,312    1,535
  Midwest.......................................  1,011      854      793      784      855      953
  West..........................................    714      853      838      810      964      975

  1 The annual other separations level is the total number of other separations during the entire 
year.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.





Table 20.  Annual other separations rates (1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates

              Industry and region                2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006

Total...........................................  2.9      2.9      2.8      2.8      2.8      3.1

                   INDUSTRY

 Total private..................................  2.9      2.9      2.8      2.8      2.8      3.1
  Natural resources and mining..................  4.0      6.7      7.5      7.6      3.8      4.5
  Construction..................................  3.3      2.5      2.4      2.8      2.5      3.7
  Manufacturing.................................  3.2      2.8      2.8      2.2      2.9      2.8
   Durable goods................................  3.7      2.9      2.9      2.4      3.4      3.0
   Nondurable goods.............................  2.3      2.5      2.6      1.9      2.0      2.5
  Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  2.6      3.0      3.1      3.2      2.8      3.8
   Wholesale trade..............................  2.0      2.2      2.4      2.3      1.8      3.2
   Retail trade.................................  2.8      3.2      3.1      3.3      2.8      3.9
   Transportation, warehousing, and utilities...  2.8      3.2      4.3      3.7      3.8      4.1
  Information...................................  2.3      2.0      1.6      2.1      2.6      2.4
  Financial activities..........................  3.1      2.6      2.8      3.0      2.4      2.9
   Finance and insurance........................  3.3      2.6      2.8      3.4      2.7      3.0
   Real estate and rental and leasing...........  2.5      2.4      2.7      2.0      1.8      2.7
  Professional and business services............  3.3      3.9      3.4      3.4      4.4      4.2
  Education and health services.................  2.3      2.2      2.1      2.0      1.9      2.1
   Educational services.........................  2.3      1.9      1.8      1.4      1.5      1.6
   Health care and social assistance............  2.4      2.3      2.2      2.1      2.0      2.2
  Leisure and hospitality.......................  3.1      2.7      2.8      2.7      2.6      2.1
   Arts, entertainment, and recreation..........  1.9      1.6      1.7      1.7      1.6      1.9
   Accommodations and food services.............  3.2      2.9      3.0      2.9      2.8      2.2
  Other services................................  3.2      2.5      2.7      2.7      2.6      2.7

 Government.....................................  2.6      2.9      2.8      2.9      2.8      3.0
  Federal.......................................  3.2      3.1      3.9      5.1      4.7      6.7
  State and local...............................  2.5      2.9      2.7      2.6      2.5      2.5

                    REGION (2)

  Northeast.....................................  2.8      2.9      2.9      3.2      2.6      3.0
  South.........................................  2.9      2.9      2.9      2.8      2.7      3.1
  Midwest.......................................  3.2      2.8      2.6      2.5      2.8      3.0
  West..........................................  2.5      3.0      3.0      2.8      3.2      3.2

  1 The annual other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire year as
a percent of annual average employment.
  2 See footnote 8, table 1.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.