Job openings were little changed at 5.8 million in March. The job openings rate was 3.9%. The number of job openings was little changed in March for total private and edged up for government. Job openings increased in professional and business services (+124,000), transportation, warehousing, and utilities (+35,000), and nondurable goods manufacturing (+29,000). Job openings decreased in retail trade (-80,000), educational services (-36,000), and wholesale trade (-35,000).
The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions. Hires edged down to 5.3 million while separations were little changed at 5.0 million. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.1%, and the layoffs and discharges rate was 1.2%. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.
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