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Job Openings were 3.6 million in December
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There were 3.6 million job openings on the last business day of December, little changed from November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) also were little changed in December. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by geographic region.
The number of job openings in December was 3.6 million, little changed from November. The number of openings decreased in retail trade and was little changed in all remaining industries and in all four regions in December. The level of total nonfarm job openings was 2.4 million at the end of the recession in June 2009.
The number of job openings in December (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the year for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Job openings increased over the year for retail trade, real estate and rental and leasing, educational services, and health care and social assistance but decreased in mining and logging and in professional and business services. The Midwest region experienced an increase in job openings over the 12 months ending in December.
Posted: February 12, 2013 Tuesday 10:00 AM