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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Friday, October 16, 2015	USDL-15-2008

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                    JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2015

The number of job openings decreased to 5.4 million on the last business day of August, the U.S. Bureau 
of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires and separations was little changed at 5.1 million 
and 4.8 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was 1.9 percent for the fifth month in a 
row, and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.2 percent. 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.

Job Openings

Job openings decreased to 5.4 million in August after reaching a series high of 5.7 million in July. The 
job openings rate for August was 3.6 percent, the same rate as in April, May, and June. The number of 
job openings decreased in August for total private and government. Job openings declined in state and 
local government (-33,000) and nondurable goods manufacturing (-25,000). The number of openings 
was little changed in all four regions. (See table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in August 
for total nonfarm, total private and government. Job openings rose over the year for several industries 
with the largest increases occurring in professional and business services (+184,000) and in health care 
and social assistance (+103,000). Job openings decreased over the year in arts, entertainment, and 
recreation (-31,000) and in mining and logging (-14,000). Among the regions, the number of job 
openings increased over the year in the South (+198,000), Midwest (+109,000), and the West 
(+109,000). (See table 7.)

Hires

The number of hires was 5.1 million in August, about the same as in July. The hires rate was 3.6 
percent. The number of hires was little changed for total private and government in August. There was 
little change in the number of hires in all industries and regions over the month. (See table 2.)

Over the 12 months ending in August, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) rose for total 
nonfarm, total private, and government. At the industry level, hires increased in accommodation and 
food services (+165,000), state and local government (+129,000), health care and social assistance 
(+87,000), and federal government (+9,000). Among the regions, the number of hires rose in the 
Northeast (+151,000) and in the South (+144,000). (See table 8.)

Separations

Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is 
referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, 
the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and 
discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations 
due to retirement, death, and disability, as well as transfers to other locations of the same firm.

There were 4.8 million total separations in August, about the same as in July. The separations rate was 
3.4 percent. The number of total separations was little changed for total private and government. In 
August, total separations was little changed in all industries and increased in the Northeast region 
(+105,000). (See table 3.)

There were 2.7 million quits in August, little changed from July. The number of quits has held between 
2.7 million and 2.8 million for the past 12 months after increasing steadily since the end of the recession. 
The quits rate was unchanged in August, measuring 1.9 percent for the fifth month in a row. The number 
of quits was little changed for total private and government over the month. Quits increased in arts, 
entertainment, and recreation (+17,000) and in nondurable goods manufacturing (+15,000). The number 
of quits was little changed in all four regions. (See table 4.)

The number of quits (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in August for total 
nonfarm, total private, and government. Several industries experienced an increase in the number of 
quits over the year led by accommodation and food services (+97,000) and health care and social 
assistance (+86,000). Quits decreased over the year in real estate, rental, and leasing (-23,000). In the 
regions, quits increased in the South (+170,000) and Northeast (+84,000). (See table 10.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in August, about the same as in July. The layoffs and 
discharges rate was 1.2 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed over the month 
for total private and government. Within the regions, the number increased in the Northeast (+111,000). 
(See table 5.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of layoffs and discharges are not available for individual 
industries.

The number of layoffs and discharges (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the 12 months 
ending in August for total nonfarm and total private, and increased for government. The number of 
layoffs and discharges rose over the year in accommodation and food services (+107,000), state and 
local government (+41,000) and durable goods manufacturing (+30,000). Layoffs and discharges 
decreased over the year in professional and business services (-122,000), arts entertainment and 
recreation (-54,000) and wholesale trade (-32,000). The number of layoffs and discharges rose over the 
year in the Midwest region (+130,000) and fell in the South region (-143,000). (See table 11.)

In August, there were 417,000 other separations for total nonfarm, about the same as in July. Over the 
month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 355,000 and decreased for 
government to 62,000. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not available 
for individual industries or regions.

Over the 12 months ending in August, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted) was 
little changed for total nonfarm, edged up for total private, and decreased for government. Other 
separations increased over the year in retail trade (+39,000), professional and business services 
(+37,000), and information (+5,000). The number of other separations decreased in accommodation and 
food services (-25,000) and in state and local government (-14,000). Other separations was little 
changed in all four regions over the year. (See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

Large numbers of hires and separations occur every month throughout the business cycle. Net 
employment change results from the relationship between hires and separations. When the number of 
hires exceeds the number of separations, employment rises, even if the hires level is steady or declining. 
Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even 
if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in August 2015, hires totaled 60.9 
million and separations totaled 58.2 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.7 million. These 
totals include workers who may have been hired and separated more than once during the year.
____________
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for September 2015 are scheduled to be 
released on Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. (EST).



Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category Job openings Hires Total separations
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)

Total nonfarm

4,925 5,668 5,370 4,792 5,065 5,078 4,569 4,796 4,846

Total private(1)

4,478 5,139 4,878 4,506 4,709 4,730 4,272 4,454 4,518

Construction

127 140 138 346 300 327 315 270 308

Manufacturing

307 339 334 242 265 265 233 254 272

Durable goods

183 197 216 141 161 162 128 168 169

Nondurable goods

124 142 117 100 104 103 105 85 103

Trade, transportation, and utilities(2)

888 1,009 971 1,017 1,122 1,082 1,009 1,050 1,058

Retail trade

560 632 594 688 778 758 700 738 758

Professional and business services

919 1,177 1,104 1,020 1,003 997 956 962 945

Education and health services(3)

882 1,050 993 521 589 602 481 542 533

Health care and social assistance

799 946 899 440 507 514 407 463 451

Leisure and hospitality

697 776 709 862 927 979 831 882 928

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

67 59 45 144 120 134 148 103 123

Accommodation and food services

630 716 665 718 808 845 683 779 805

Government(4)

447 529 493 286 356 348 296 343 328

State and local

380 455 422 258 312 310 271 300 295

RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)

Total nonfarm

3.4 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4

Total private(1)

3.7 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.8

Construction

2.0 2.1 2.1 5.6 4.7 5.1 5.1 4.2 4.8

Manufacturing

2.5 2.7 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.2

Durable goods

2.3 2.5 2.7 1.8 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods

2.7 3.0 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.9 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities(2)

3.2 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9

Retail trade

3.5 3.9 3.6 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.7 4.8

Professional and business services

4.6 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8

Education and health services(3)

3.9 4.5 4.3 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance

4.2 4.8 4.6 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

4.5 4.9 4.5 5.8 6.1 6.4 5.6 5.8 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3.1 2.7 2.0 6.8 5.6 6.2 7.0 4.8 5.7

Accommodation and food services

4.7 5.2 4.9 5.7 6.2 6.5 5.4 6.0 6.2

Government(4)

2.0 2.4 2.2 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5

State and local

1.9 2.3 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.5

Footnotes
(1) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(2) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(3) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(4) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(p) Preliminary


Technical Note


This news release presents statistics from the Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects
and compiles JOLTS data monthly from a sample of nonfarm
establishments. A more detailed discussion of JOLTS concepts and
methodology is available online at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch18.pdf.

Coverage and collection

The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and
the District of Columbia. Data are collected for total employment, job
openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and
total separations.

Concepts

Industry classification.  The industry classifications in this release
are in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).

Employment.  Employment includes persons on the payroll who worked or
received pay for the pay period that includes the 12th day of the
reference month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term,
seasonal, salaried, and hourly employees are included, as are
employees on paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or
partners of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or
persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire pay period,
are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies,
employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are
counted by their employer of record, not by the establishment where
they are working.

Job openings.  Job openings information is collected for the last
business day of the reference month. A job opening requires that: 1) a
specific position exists and there is work available for that
position, 2) work could start within 30 days whether or not the
employer found a suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively
recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the position.
Included are full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, and seasonal
openings. Active recruiting means that the establishment is taking
steps to fill a position by advertising in newspapers or on the
Internet, posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or using
other similar methods.

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, demotions,
or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also excluded are jobs with start
dates more than 30 days in the future, jobs for which employees have
been hired but have not yet reported for work, and jobs to be filled
by employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies,
outside contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is computed
by dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and
job openings and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires.  The hires level is the total number of additions to the
payroll occurring at any time during the reference month, including
both new and rehired employees, full-time and part-time, permanent,
short-term and seasonal employees, employees recalled to the location
after a layoff lasting more than 7 days, on-call or intermittent
employees who returned to work after having been formally separated,
and transfers from other locations. The hires count does not include
transfers or promotions within the reporting site, employees returning
from strike, employees of temporary help agencies or employee leasing
companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is
computed by dividing the number of hires by employment and multiplying
that quotient by 100.

Separations.  The separations level is the total number of employment
terminations occurring at any time during the reference month, and is
reported by type of separation—quits, layoffs and discharges, and
other separations. (Some respondents are only able to report total
separations.) The quits count includes voluntary separations by
employees (except for retirements, which are reported as other
separations). The layoffs and discharges count is comprised of
involuntary separations initiated by the employer and includes layoffs
with no intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last
more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, downsizing, or
closings; firings or other discharges for cause; terminations of
permanent or short-term employees; and terminations of seasonal
employees. The other separations count includes retirements, transfers
to other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. The
separations count does not include transfers within the same location
or employees on strike. The separations rate is computed by dividing
the number of separations by employment and multiplying that quotient
by 100. The quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates
are computed similarly.

Annual estimates.  Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and
discharges, other separations, and total separations are the sum of
the 12 published monthly levels. Annual rates are computed by dividing
the annual level by the Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual
average employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. This
figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 12 monthly rates.
Consistent with BLS practice, annual estimates are published only for
not seasonally adjusted data and are released with the January news
release each year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job
openings because job openings are a stock, or point-in-time,
measurement for the last business day of each month.

Sample and estimation methodology

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 16,000
nonfarm business and government establishments. The sample is
stratified by ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment
size class. The establishments are drawn from a universe of over 9.1
million establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages (QCEW) program which includes all employers subject to state
unemployment insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the
Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or ratio adjusted,
monthly to the strike-adjusted employment estimates of the CES survey.
A ratio of CES to JOLTS employment is used to adjust the levels for
all other JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only be as current as
its sampling frame. The time lag from the birth of an establishment
until its appearance on the sampling frame is approximately one year.
In addition, many of these new units may fail within the first year.
Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the sampling frame
immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and
separations from these units during their early existence. To
compensate for the inability to capture data from these
establishments, BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses birth
and death activity from previous years. The estimates of job openings,
hires, and separations produced by the birth/death model are added to
the sample-based estimates produced from the survey to arrive at the
estimates for openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-13 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several JOLTS series
utilizing moving averages as seasonal filters. A concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal adjustment
factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and
including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment includes both
additive and multiplicative models and REGARIMA (regression with auto-
correlated errors) modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors
at the beginning and end of the series and to detect and adjust for
outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be used to derive a
measure of net employment change. This change should be comparable to
the net employment change from the much larger CES survey. However,
definitional differences as well as sampling and nonsampling errors
between the two surveys historically caused JOLTS to diverge from CES
over time. To limit the divergence, and improve the quality of the
JOLTS hires and separations series, BLS implemented the Monthly
Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the seasonally
adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend (hires minus separations)
forcing them to be approximately the same, while preserving the
seasonality of the JOLTS data. First, the two series are seasonally
adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied employment
change and the CES net employment change is calculated. Next, the
JOLTS implied employment change is adjusted to equal the CES net
employment change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure
adjusts the two components (hires, separations) proportionally to
their contribution to the total churn (hires plus separations). The
adjusted hires and separations are converted back to not seasonally
adjusted data by reversing the application of the original seasonal
factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been used to adjust
the level estimates, rate estimates are computed from the adjusted
levels.

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
When a sample is surveyed rather than the entire population, there is
a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true"
population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling
error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this
variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS
analysis is generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
That means that there is a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6
standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling
error. Sampling error estimates are available at 
www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by nonsampling error.
Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to
include a segment of the population, the inability to obtain data from
all units in the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents
to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
errors made in the collection or processing of the data, and errors
from the employment benchmark data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay
Service: (800) 877-8339.

Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

4,925 5,334 5,357 5,323 5,668 5,370 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

4,478 4,849 4,857 4,859 5,139 4,878 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.9

Construction

127 137 163 137 140 138 2.0 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing

307 335 333 310 339 334 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6

Durable goods

183 215 194 190 197 216 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.7

Nondurable goods

124 120 139 120 142 117 2.7 2.6 3.0 2.6 3.0 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

888 951 957 945 1,009 971 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.5

Retail trade

560 530 537 543 632 594 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6

Professional and business services

919 1,070 1,103 1,209 1,177 1,104 4.6 5.2 5.3 5.8 5.6 5.3

Education and health services(6)

882 992 968 1,002 1,050 993 3.9 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.3

Health care and social assistance

799 893 883 910 946 899 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6

Leisure and hospitality

697 716 735 701 776 709 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

67 67 77 77 59 45 3.1 3.0 3.4 3.5 2.7 2.0

Accommodation and food services

630 649 658 624 716 665 4.7 4.8 4.8 4.6 5.2 4.9

Government(7)

447 485 499 463 529 493 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.2

State and local

380 414 427 395 455 422 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.1

REGION(8)

Northeast

787 833 805 788 919 837 2.9 3.1 3.0 2.9 3.3 3.1

South

1,954 1,994 2,021 2,070 2,211 2,125 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.0

Midwest

1,069 1,199 1,240 1,240 1,248 1,188 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6

West

1,115 1,308 1,290 1,224 1,289 1,220 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7

Footnotes
(1) Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

4,792 5,034 5,060 5,182 5,065 5,078 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

4,506 4,698 4,732 4,854 4,709 4,730 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

Construction

346 345 320 325 300 327 5.6 5.4 5.0 5.1 4.7 5.1

Manufacturing

242 252 245 271 265 265 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.1

Durable goods

141 144 141 158 161 162 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.1

Nondurable goods

100 109 104 113 104 103 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

1,017 1,039 1,107 1,146 1,122 1,082 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0

Retail trade

688 722 782 786 778 758 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8

Professional and business services

1,020 1,040 1,040 1,054 1,003 997 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.1 5.0

Education and health services(6)

521 598 598 585 589 602 2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7

Health care and social assistance

440 517 515 499 507 514 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

862 907 932 923 927 979 5.8 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

144 130 154 136 120 134 6.8 6.0 7.1 6.3 5.6 6.2

Accommodation and food services

718 777 778 787 808 845 5.7 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.5

Government(7)

286 336 328 328 356 348 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

State and local

258 300 286 292 312 310 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6

REGION(8)

Northeast

718 770 803 766 791 833 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1

South

1,912 1,944 1,966 2,089 2,053 2,008 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.0 3.9

Midwest

1,047 1,214 1,150 1,158 1,078 1,086 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.4

West

1,116 1,107 1,141 1,168 1,142 1,151 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6

Footnotes
(1) Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

4,569 4,895 4,799 4,906 4,796 4,846 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.4

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

4,272 4,574 4,480 4,596 4,454 4,518 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.8

Construction

315 300 280 333 270 308 5.1 4.7 4.4 5.2 4.2 4.8

Manufacturing

233 262 238 266 254 272 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.2

Durable goods

128 153 141 160 168 169 1.7 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods

105 109 97 105 85 103 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

1,009 1,028 1,071 1,077 1,050 1,058 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.9

Retail trade

700 713 745 746 738 758 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8

Professional and business services

956 1,005 961 991 962 945 5.0 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.9 4.8

Education and health services(6)

481 520 547 533 542 533 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

Health care and social assistance

407 450 467 450 463 451 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

831 948 892 882 882 928 5.6 6.3 5.9 5.8 5.8 6.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

148 132 120 136 103 123 7.0 6.2 5.5 6.3 4.8 5.7

Accommodation and food services

683 816 772 746 779 805 5.4 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.2

Government(7)

296 321 319 310 343 328 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5

State and local

271 285 280 276 300 295 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.5

REGION(8)

Northeast

720 756 730 727 693 798 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.0

South

1,882 1,952 1,909 1,877 1,928 1,901 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.7

Midwest

973 1,138 1,087 1,145 1,118 1,094 3.1 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4

West

994 1,049 1,073 1,157 1,058 1,053 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.3

Footnotes
(1) Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

2,516 2,709 2,730 2,738 2,737 2,741 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

2,369 2,562 2,579 2,576 2,578 2,582 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

Construction

131 120 115 107 109 104 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.6

Manufacturing

116 141 122 138 129 140 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1

Durable goods

64 80 71 81 82 78 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0

Nondurable goods

52 62 51 57 47 62 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

562 611 624 618 604 584 2.1 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2

Retail trade

412 446 444 462 427 423 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.7

Professional and business services

456 506 516 510 493 507 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6

Education and health services(6)

289 346 358 347 363 363 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6

Health care and social assistance

254 309 315 306 311 322 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7

Leisure and hospitality

551 562 573 585 615 640 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

53 47 53 52 54 71 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.3

Accommodation and food services

499 515 520 533 561 570 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4

Government(7)

147 147 151 161 159 160 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local

140 136 140 150 146 148 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8

REGION(8)

Northeast

339 388 381 370 397 394 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.5

South

1,043 1,125 1,123 1,129 1,185 1,176 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3

Midwest

579 603 632 616 622 582 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8

West

555 593 595 622 534 589 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.8

Footnotes
(1) Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

1,663 1,784 1,660 1,779 1,646 1,688 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

1,582 1,679 1,562 1,686 1,535 1,581 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

Construction

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Manufacturing

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Durable goods

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Nondurable goods

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Retail trade

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Professional and business services

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Education and health services(6)

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Health care and social assistance

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Leisure and hospitality

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Accommodation and food services

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Government(7)

81 105 98 93 110 107 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5

State and local

- - - - - - - - - - - -

REGION(8)

Northeast

306 295 273 280 222 333 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.8 1.3

South

677 682 615 599 583 550 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1

Midwest

329 432 380 456 402 434 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4

West

352 374 392 445 439 370 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.2

Footnotes
(1) Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

- Data not available.


Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands)(2) Rates(3)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
Apr.
2015
May
2015
June
2015
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

390 402 409 389 413 417 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private(4)

322 333 340 333 340 355 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Construction

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Manufacturing

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Durable goods

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Nondurable goods

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Trade, transportation, and utilities(5)

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Retail trade

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Professional and business services

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Education and health services(6)

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Health care and social assistance

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Leisure and hospitality

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Accommodation and food services

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Government(7)

68 70 69 56 73 62 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local

- - - - - - - - - - - -

REGION(8)

Northeast

- - - - - - - - - - - -

South

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Midwest

- - - - - - - - - - - -

West

- - - - - - - - - - - -

Footnotes
(1) Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.
(3) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(4) Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.
(5) Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(6) Includes educational services, not shown separately.
(7) Includes federal government, not shown separately.
(8) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

- Data not available.


Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

5,076 6,142 5,544 3.5 4.2 3.8

INDUSTRY

Total private

4,597 5,547 5,008 3.7 4.4 4.0

Mining and logging

31 26 17 3.3 3.0 2.1

Construction

143 153 148 2.2 2.3 2.2

Manufacturing

313 388 336 2.5 3.0 2.6

Durable goods

184 219 219 2.3 2.7 2.7

Nondurable goods

129 169 117 2.8 3.5 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

935 1,102 1,038 3.4 3.9 3.7

Wholesale trade

157 226 178 2.6 3.7 2.9

Retail trade

601 676 651 3.8 4.1 4.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

176 199 209 3.3 3.6 3.8

Information

90 115 105 3.1 3.9 3.6

Financial activities

359 384 344 4.3 4.5 4.0

Finance and insurance

271 261 274 4.4 4.1 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing

88 123 70 4.0 5.5 3.2

Professional and business services

913 1,192 1,097 4.5 5.6 5.2

Education and health services

901 1,167 1,014 4.1 5.1 4.4

Educational services

89 120 99 2.8 3.7 3.0

Health care and social assistance

812 1,046 915 4.3 5.3 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

727 834 728 4.5 5.0 4.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

83 53 52 3.4 2.1 2.1

Accommodation and food services

644 781 675 4.7 5.5 4.8

Other services

184 186 180 3.2 3.1 3.1

Government

479 596 536 2.3 2.8 2.5

Federal

72 70 73 2.6 2.5 2.6

State and local

407 526 463 2.2 2.8 2.5

REGION(3)

Northeast

860 986 913 3.2 3.6 3.3

South

1,947 2,387 2,145 3.7 4.4 4.0

Midwest

1,132 1,356 1,241 3.5 4.1 3.7

West

1,137 1,413 1,246 3.5 4.2 3.7

Footnotes
(1) Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

5,274 5,507 5,674 3.8 3.9 4.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

4,763 5,110 5,024 4.0 4.2 4.1

Mining and logging

31 34 28 3.3 4.0 3.3

Construction

336 356 321 5.2 5.3 4.8

Manufacturing

263 294 287 2.1 2.4 2.3

Durable goods

151 169 175 1.9 2.2 2.2

Nondurable goods

113 125 112 2.5 2.7 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,052 1,142 1,112 4.0 4.2 4.1

Wholesale trade

157 161 131 2.7 2.7 2.2

Retail trade

720 772 787 4.7 4.9 5.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

175 209 194 3.4 3.9 3.7

Information

87 81 77 3.1 2.9 2.7

Financial activities

204 213 191 2.5 2.6 2.3

Finance and insurance

142 144 130 2.4 2.4 2.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

62 69 61 3.0 3.2 2.9

Professional and business services

1,055 1,058 1,020 5.5 5.3 5.1

Education and health services

664 683 765 3.1 3.1 3.5

Educational services

145 107 160 4.7 3.4 5.1

Health care and social assistance

519 576 606 2.9 3.1 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

888 991 1,043 5.8 6.2 6.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

119 116 110 5.0 4.6 4.5

Accommodation and food services

768 875 933 5.9 6.5 7.0

Other services

183 258 181 3.3 4.5 3.2

Government

511 397 650 2.5 1.9 3.1

Federal

30 38 39 1.1 1.4 1.4

State and local

482 359 611 2.7 2.0 3.4

REGION(3)

Northeast

723 912 874 2.8 3.5 3.3

South

2,153 2,185 2,297 4.3 4.2 4.5

Midwest

1,190 1,117 1,230 3.8 3.5 3.9

West

1,209 1,293 1,274 3.8 4.0 4.0

Footnotes
(1) Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

5,502 5,190 5,884 4.0 3.7 4.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,075 4,776 5,408 4.3 3.9 4.5

Mining and logging

31 36 37 3.3 4.3 4.5

Construction

356 297 345 5.5 4.5 5.2

Manufacturing

292 270 344 2.4 2.2 2.8

Durable goods

162 180 209 2.1 2.3 2.7

Nondurable goods

130 90 134 2.9 2.0 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,106 1,094 1,172 4.2 4.1 4.3

Wholesale trade

163 166 131 2.8 2.8 2.2

Retail trade

776 744 851 5.0 4.7 5.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

167 184 190 3.2 3.5 3.6

Information

74 85 88 2.7 3.0 3.1

Financial activities

228 180 212 2.8 2.2 2.6

Finance and insurance

155 120 149 2.6 2.0 2.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

74 60 64 3.5 2.8 3.0

Professional and business services

1,085 969 1,060 5.6 4.9 5.3

Education and health services

618 650 690 2.9 3.0 3.2

Educational services

119 112 140 3.8 3.5 4.4

Health care and social assistance

499 537 549 2.8 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

1,047 964 1,201 6.8 6.1 7.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

200 94 177 8.5 3.8 7.3

Accommodation and food services

847 870 1,024 6.5 6.5 7.6

Other services

239 231 259 4.3 4.0 4.6

Government

427 414 476 2.1 2.0 2.3

Federal

28 35 38 1.0 1.3 1.4

State and local

399 378 438 2.2 2.1 2.4

REGION(3)

Northeast

876 742 1,003 3.4 2.8 3.8

South

2,245 2,114 2,292 4.4 4.1 4.4

Midwest

1,245 1,129 1,384 4.0 3.5 4.3

West

1,136 1,205 1,205 3.6 3.8 3.7

Footnotes
(1) Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. .
(p) Preliminary


Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

3,257 3,148 3,558 2.3 2.2 2.5

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,026 2,954 3,308 2.6 2.4 2.7

Mining and logging

19 18 18 2.1 2.2 2.2

Construction

171 142 142 2.6 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing

163 150 195 1.3 1.2 1.6

Durable goods

92 96 107 1.2 1.2 1.4

Nondurable goods

71 54 88 1.6 1.2 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

694 645 716 2.6 2.4 2.7

Wholesale trade

79 90 76 1.3 1.5 1.3

Retail trade

516 449 525 3.3 2.9 3.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

99 106 115 1.9 2.0 2.2

Information

47 50 56 1.7 1.8 2.0

Financial activities

151 103 120 1.9 1.3 1.5

Finance and insurance

96 70 87 1.6 1.2 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

55 33 32 2.6 1.5 1.5

Professional and business services

545 552 606 2.8 2.8 3.0

Education and health services

374 437 470 1.8 2.0 2.2

Educational services

60 70 72 1.9 2.2 2.3

Health care and social assistance

313 367 399 1.7 2.0 2.1

Leisure and hospitality

729 721 858 4.7 4.5 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

89 70 121 3.8 2.8 5.0

Accommodation and food services

640 651 737 4.9 4.9 5.5

Other services

133 136 126 2.4 2.4 2.2

Government

230 193 251 1.1 0.9 1.2

Federal

10 14 17 0.4 0.5 0.6

State and local

221 179 233 1.2 1.0 1.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

447 444 531 1.7 1.7 2.0

South

1,316 1,343 1,486 2.6 2.6 2.9

Midwest

811 716 809 2.6 2.2 2.5

West

683 644 732 2.2 2.0 2.3

Footnotes
(1) Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary


Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

1,822 1,598 1,868 1.3 1.1 1.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,702 1,471 1,707 1.4 1.2 1.4

Mining and logging

9 16 17 1.0 1.9 2.0

Construction

160 136 187 2.5 2.0 2.8

Manufacturing

103 97 126 0.8 0.8 1.0

Durable goods

55 68 85 0.7 0.9 1.1

Nondurable goods

48 28 40 1.1 0.6 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

297 322 301 1.1 1.2 1.1

Wholesale trade

69 65 37 1.2 1.1 0.6

Retail trade

176 198 203 1.1 1.3 1.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

52 58 62 1.0 1.1 1.2

Information

19 22 20 0.7 0.8 0.7

Financial activities

55 59 58 0.7 0.7 0.7

Finance and insurance

38 39 32 0.6 0.6 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

17 20 26 0.8 0.9 1.2

Professional and business services

500 377 378 2.6 1.9 1.9

Education and health services

193 159 170 0.9 0.7 0.8

Educational services

50 33 58 1.6 1.0 1.8

Health care and social assistance

143 126 112 0.8 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

269 196 322 1.7 1.2 2.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

107 20 53 4.5 0.8 2.2

Accommodation and food services

162 176 269 1.2 1.3 2.0

Other services

97 87 129 1.7 1.5 2.3

Government

120 127 161 0.6 0.6 0.8

Federal

10 10 9 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local

111 117 152 0.6 0.7 0.8

REGION(3)

Northeast

348 222 396 1.3 0.8 1.5

South

757 588 614 1.5 1.1 1.2

Midwest

352 319 482 1.1 1.0 1.5

West

366 469 375 1.2 1.5 1.2

Footnotes
(1) Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)
Aug.
2014
July
2015
Aug.
2015(p)

Total nonfarm

423 444 458 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

347 351 394 0.3 0.3 0.3

Mining and logging

2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Construction

26 19 16 0.4 0.3 0.2

Manufacturing

26 23 22 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

15 16 17 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods

11 7 6 0.2 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

116 127 155 0.4 0.5 0.6

Wholesale trade

15 12 18 0.3 0.2 0.3

Retail trade

84 97 123 0.5 0.6 0.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

17 19 14 0.3 0.4 0.3

Information

8 13 13 0.3 0.5 0.4

Financial activities

22 18 35 0.3 0.2 0.4

Finance and insurance

20 10 30 0.3 0.2 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

2 7 6 0.1 0.3 0.3

Professional and business services

39 40 76 0.2 0.2 0.4

Education and health services

51 54 49 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

9 9 10 0.3 0.3 0.3

Health care and social assistance

42 44 39 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

49 47 22 0.3 0.3 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

4 5 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services

44 42 19 0.3 0.3 0.1

Other services

9 8 4 0.2 0.1 0.1

Government

76 93 64 0.4 0.5 0.3

Federal

9 12 11 0.3 0.4 0.4

State and local

67 82 53 0.4 0.5 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

81 76 76 0.3 0.3 0.3

South

172 183 192 0.3 0.4 0.4

Midwest

82 94 93 0.3 0.3 0.3

West

88 92 98 0.3 0.3 0.3

Footnotes
(1) Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.


Last Modified Date: October 16, 2015