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                 Handbook of Methods Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey  Presentation
                     Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey : Presentation
				  
				   				   
			  
			   				
				
				
				
			  				
				
				
				
			   



The Job Openings and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) program publishes national seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted estimates at the total nonfarm, total private, and government levels for all sampled North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors and subsectors and total nonfarm estimates by region. At the total private level, estimates are produced by establishment size class. The JOLTS program also produces total nonfarm state-level estimates for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
JOLTS estimates are published monthly, with the publication dates set before the beginning of each calendar year. Estimates are released at 10 a.m. eastern time on the publication dates. National estimates are published the first week of the month or the last week of the previous month. State estimates are published within 2 weeks of the national estimates.
JOLTS estimates of rates and levels, including time series data, are accessible on the JOLTS website and can be accessed through the database tools feature. The JOLTS website also provides the JOLTS monthly news release which summarizes the monthly published data for the current month and the revised previous month and are available on at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf. Archive news releases are also available at this site.
Additional information is provided on the JOLTS website including significant change tables, which provide tests of significance for over-the-month and over-the-year changes, and the JOLTS Publications section of the JOLTS website provides JOLTS-related articles from the *Monthly Labor Review*and other Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) sources.
JOLTS produces both a preliminary and final estimate each month with the final estimate being the revised preliminary estimate. The revised estimate incorporates any corrected or late-reported microdata. If additional corrections are needed, the data will be footnoted in the public database and noted on the BLS errata page. Please see the Calculation section for a description of sampling and nonsampling error.
Annual national estimates of rates and levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are released with the January news release, which comes out in March each year. Annual state estimates of rates and levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and total separations are released in June of each year.
Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels.
Annual average levels for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 published monthly levels by 12.
Annual average rates for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published levels for each data element by the sum of the 12 monthly Current Employment Statistics (CES) published employment levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.
Annual average rates for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published levels by the sum of the 12 monthly CES published employment levels plus the sum of the 12 monthly job openings levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.
Data revisions
The JOLTS press releases highlight preliminary estimates for the current month, which are revised the following month. At the end of each calendar year, estimates are revised for the 5 previous years. See the Calculation section, annual processing subsection, for more information.
Error correction policy
BLS statistical products must meet high standards of reliability, accuracy, timeliness, and objectivity in order to provide a sound and efficient basis for decisions and actions by governments, businesses, households, and other organizations. BLS statistical products must be released on a timely basis to ensure that all users have equitable and timely access to data and analyses that are disseminated to the public. Errors in published statistical products discovered after release will be evaluated and a plan of action developed within three working days of discovery, or as soon as practical. When a substantial correction is required, the public is notified that an error exists, and, where possible, informed of the extent of the error and given a date when corrections will be applied.

				    				   
				   				   
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