Figure 5. Churn, hires, separations, and job openings rates by industry, monthly averages for 2014
Industry	Churn rate	Hires rate	Separation rate	Job openings rate
Total nonfarm	6.9	3.5	3.3	3.2
Total private	7.6	3.9	3.7	3.4
Mining and logging	7.2	3.8	3.4	3.1
Construction	9.9	5.1	4.8	2.0
Durable goods manufacturing	3.8	2.0	1.8	2.3
Nondurable goods manufacturing	4.7	2.4	2.3	2.4
Wholesale trade	4.9	2.5	2.4	2.6
Retail trade	9.4	4.8	4.6	3.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	6.7	3.5	3.2	3.1
Information	5.5	2.8	2.7	3.6
Finance and insurance	4.2	2.2	2.1	3.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	6.2	3.2	3.0	2.9
Professional and business services	10.3	5.3	5.0	4.4
Educational services	4.7	2.5	2.3	2.3
Health care and social assistance	5.3	2.7	2.5	3.9
Arts, entertainment and recreation	13.2	6.7	6.5	3.2
Accommodation and food services	11.3	5.8	5.5	4.5
Other services	6.6	3.4	3.2	2.6
Federal government	2.3	1.2	1.2	2.2
State and local government	2.8	1.4	1.4	2.0
Note: The churn rate is the sum of the hires rate and separations rate. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.