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Job Openings were 5.0 million in December
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There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of December, little changed from 4.8 million in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires (5.1 million) and separations (4.9 million) were little changed in December. Within separations, the quits rate (1.9 percent) and the layoffs and discharges rate (1.2 percent) were unchanged. 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.
There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of December, little changed from November. This was the highest level of job openings since January 2001. The job openings rate for December was 3.5 percent. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and increased for government in December. Job openings increased for health care and social assistance and for state and local government. The number of job openings increased in the Northeast region.
The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in December for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Job openings increased over the year for many industries including the professional and business services and the health care and social assistance industries. The number of openings increased over the year in all four regions.
Posted: February 10, 2015 Tuesday 10:00 AM