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Job openings, hires, and separations levels, seasonally adjusted

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Job openings, hires, and separations levels, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Month Total nonfarm job openings Total nonfarm hires Total nonfarm separations Total private job openings Total private hires Total private separations Government job openings Government hires Government separations

Jan 2009

2,738 4,095 4,865 2,379 3,800 4,584 359 295 281

Feb 2009

2,864 4,061 4,852 2,496 3,789 4,558 368 271 294

Mar 2009

2,534 3,858 4,720 2,172 3,605 4,454 362 253 266

Apr 2009

2,295 3,888 4,690 1,937 3,515 4,415 358 374 275

May 2009

2,549 3,758 4,192 2,275 3,496 3,867 274 262 326

June 2009

2,503 3,639 4,234 2,179 3,375 3,915 324 263 319

July 2009

2,232 3,857 4,235 1,946 3,601 3,938 286 256 297

Aug 2009

2,338 3,810 3,985 2,034 3,529 3,718 304 281 267

Sept 2009

2,487 3,944 4,126 2,200 3,710 3,823 287 234 303

Oct 2009

2,406 3,838 3,996 2,024 3,510 3,733 382 328 263

Nov 2009

2,503 4,024 4,002 2,152 3,736 3,721 351 288 281

Dec 2009

2,568 4,004 4,099 2,239 3,753 3,809 330 251 290

Jan 2010

2,837 3,904 3,940 2,432 3,615 3,654 404 289 286

Feb 2010

2,666 3,864 4,011 2,324 3,580 3,708 343 284 303

Mar 2010

2,679 4,302 4,089 2,271 3,959 3,786 408 344 303

Apr 2010

3,153 4,159 3,945 2,530 3,820 3,638 623 338 307

May 2010

2,988 4,420 3,924 2,603 3,686 3,612 385 735 311

June 2010

2,801 4,111 4,311 2,500 3,833 3,759 301 278 552

July 2010

3,082 4,163 4,269 2,758 3,882 3,828 324 281 440

Aug 2010

2,999 4,046 4,054 2,653 3,780 3,628 346 266 425

Sept 2010

2,918 4,034 4,045 2,582 3,784 3,641 337 250 404

Oct 2010

3,235 4,173 3,884 2,890 3,865 3,622 345 309 262

Nov 2010

3,211 4,182 4,067 2,874 3,903 3,773 337 279 295

Dec 2010

3,058 4,299 4,142 2,659 4,013 3,844 399 285 299

Jan 2011

3,104 4,000 4,001 2,766 3,714 3,716 338 286 286

Feb 2011

3,226 4,231 4,037 2,910 4,003 3,766 316 227 272

Mar 2011

3,261 4,430 4,142 2,939 4,179 3,868 323 251 274

Apr 2011

3,259 4,296 3,991 2,917 4,028 3,697 341 268 294

May 2011

3,179 4,261 4,189 2,880 4,022 3,887 298 239 302

June 2011

3,455 4,366 4,173 3,095 4,075 3,903 359 291 270

July 2011

3,623 4,261 4,153 3,291 4,020 3,839 332 242 314

Aug 2011

3,329 4,298 4,173 3,000 4,057 3,881 329 241 293

Sept 2011

3,774 4,429 4,208 3,377 4,159 3,922 397 270 286

Oct 2011

3,619 4,370 4,150 3,252 4,101 3,889 367 269 260

Nov 2011

3,565 4,365 4,267 3,208 4,093 3,962 357 272 305

Dec 2011

3,768 4,356 4,084 3,404 4,062 3,764 364 294 320

Jan 2012

3,909 4,457 4,158 3,561 4,172 3,864 349 285 294

Feb 2012

3,616 4,560 4,349 3,221 4,260 4,044 395 300 305

Mar 2012

3,979 4,575 4,277 3,582 4,279 3,968 396 296 310

Apr 2012

3,793 4,389 4,333 3,426 4,098 4,017 367 291 316

May 2012

3,835 4,533 4,437 3,438 4,228 4,107 397 306 331

June 2012

3,911 4,440 4,382 3,524 4,121 4,085 387 319 297

July 2012

3,735 4,327 4,151 3,356 4,032 3,853 379 295 298

Aug 2012

3,809 4,450 4,318 3,389 4,136 4,014 420 315 304

Sept 2012

3,882 4,302 4,092 3,500 4,022 3,826 383 280 266

Oct 2012

3,775 4,389 4,261 3,394 4,120 3,960 380 269 302

Nov 2012

3,878 4,489 4,347 3,513 4,213 4,054 364 276 292

Dec 2012

3,970 4,452 4,118 3,563 4,162 3,829 408 290 290

Jan 2013

3,923 4,487 4,347 3,467 4,204 4,048 456 283 298

Feb 2013

4,004 4,571 4,293 3,584 4,275 4,002 421 296 291

Mar 2013

4,076 4,369 4,241 3,681 4,100 3,944 395 270 296

Apr 2013

3,988 4,572 4,422 3,566 4,282 4,125 421 290 297

May 2013

4,145 4,663 4,442 3,736 4,376 4,145 410 288 297

June 2013

4,150 4,440 4,307 3,749 4,196 4,020 400 244 287

July 2013

3,885 4,561 4,421 3,509 4,291 4,130 376 270 291

Aug 2013

4,085 4,730 4,493 3,692 4,430 4,220 393 299 273

Sept 2013

4,128 4,726 4,519 3,732 4,433 4,234 396 293 285

Oct 2013

4,222 4,518 4,350 3,827 4,237 4,057 395 281 294

Nov 2013

4,119 4,622 4,367 3,714 4,326 4,084 405 296 283

Dec 2013

4,121 4,614 4,392 3,775 4,333 4,093 347 280 299

Jan 2014

4,127 4,626 4,435 3,738 4,336 4,143 389 289 292

Feb 2014

4,373 4,696 4,549 3,971 4,405 4,261 402 291 288

Mar 2014

4,388 4,763 4,518 3,962 4,456 4,213 425 307 305

Apr 2014

4,566 4,880 4,597 4,131 4,582 4,317 435 298 280

May 2014

4,747 4,808 4,572 4,307 4,522 4,273 441 285 298

June 2014

4,982 4,925 4,612 4,468 4,600 4,340 514 326 272

July 2014

4,846 5,008 4,748 4,371 4,721 4,469 475 287 280

Aug 2014

5,349 4,810 4,623 4,911 4,542 4,318 438 267 305

Sept 2014

4,914 5,149 4,855 4,446 4,815 4,558 468 334 298

Oct 2014

5,012 5,111 4,937 4,577 4,806 4,639 435 306 298

Nov 2014

4,843 4,978 4,682 4,372 4,682 4,402 472 296 280

Dec 2014

5,130 5,192 4,827 4,626 4,874 4,517 505 318 310

Jan 2015

5,344 5,061 4,886 4,818 4,744 4,577 526 316 309

Feb 2015

5,466 5,127 4,869 4,950 4,807 4,557 515 320 312

Mar 2015

5,210 5,126 5,102 4,709 4,797 4,765 501 328 337

Apr 2015

5,598 5,196 4,944 5,077 4,847 4,626 521 349 318

May 2015

5,563 5,142 4,825 5,040 4,819 4,504 523 323 321

June 2015

5,248 5,125 4,978 4,778 4,789 4,635 471 336 343

July 2015

6,056 5,150 4,848 5,507 4,798 4,531 548 352 317

Aug 2015

5,467 5,163 5,032 4,973 4,822 4,708 494 341 324

Sept 2015

5,488 5,287 5,110 5,018 4,964 4,774 470 323 335

Oct 2015

5,773 5,338 5,032 5,246 4,978 4,688 527 360 344

Nov 2015

5,708 5,358 5,089 5,185 5,007 4,759 523 352 331

Dec 2015

5,845 5,540 5,225 5,304 5,168 4,878 541 371 347

Jan 2016

6,012 5,220 5,099 5,497 4,867 4,762 515 353 337

Feb 2016

5,770 5,470 5,265 5,282 5,126 4,940 488 344 325

Mar 2016

6,129 5,359 5,133 5,633 4,995 4,807 496 364 326

Apr 2016

5,803 5,294 5,110 5,301 4,952 4,777 502 342 333

May 2016

5,777 5,197 5,176 5,239 4,838 4,826 538 359 350

June 2016

5,742 5,281 5,118 5,262 4,929 4,714 479 353 404

July 2016

5,962 5,426 5,065 5,375 5,021 4,783 587 405 283

Aug 2016

5,677 5,327 5,204 5,166 4,977 4,816 511 351 388

Sept 2016

5,868 5,306 4,985 5,340 4,912 4,645 527 395 340

Oct 2016

5,591 5,210 5,125 5,107 4,895 4,783 484 315 342

Nov 2016

5,971 5,308 5,139 5,394 4,976 4,803 577 332 335

Dec 2016

5,964 5,343 5,071 5,404 5,011 4,768 560 332 303

Jan 2017

5,617 5,499 5,320 5,120 5,147 4,980 497 352 340

Feb 2017

5,923 5,350 5,176 5,418 5,004 4,816 505 346 360

Mar 2017

5,811 5,395 5,280 5,305 5,058 4,948 506 336 333

Apr 2017

6,091 5,272 5,091 5,547 4,937 4,756 543 335 336

May 2017

5,826 5,477 5,270 5,275 5,127 4,917 551 349 352

June 2017

6,305 5,635 5,463 5,731 5,295 5,130 574 339 333

July 2017

6,238 5,497 5,338 5,690 5,148 5,013 548 348 325

Aug 2017

6,276 5,519 5,334 5,774 5,210 4,980 503 309 354

Sept 2017

6,320 5,450 5,289 5,757 5,095 4,955 563 355 335

Oct 2017

6,408 5,581 5,397 5,855 5,227 5,072 553 355 325

Nov 2017

6,271 5,494 5,283 5,736 5,125 4,941 535 370 341

Dec 2017

6,336 5,421 5,249 5,758 5,062 4,890 578 360 359

Jan 2018

6,621 5,512 5,288 6,029 5,185 4,953 591 327 336

Feb 2018

6,552 5,624 5,319 5,956 5,271 4,984 596 353 335

Mar 2018

6,818 5,623 5,500 6,191 5,282 5,153 628 340 347

Apr 2018

6,877 5,590 5,441 6,284 5,240 5,098 593 350 343

May 2018

7,016 5,859 5,492 6,420 5,504 5,152 596 354 340

June 2018

7,230 5,760 5,566 6,584 5,373 5,215 646 387 352

July 2018

7,190 5,649 5,577 6,544 5,303 5,202 646 346 374

Aug 2018

7,208 5,815 5,543 6,483 5,426 5,214 725 389 329

Sept 2018

7,411 5,625 5,494 6,794 5,287 5,147 617 338 348

Oct 2018

7,304 5,907 5,602 6,688 5,562 5,246 616 346 356

Nov 2018

7,594 5,826 5,793 6,919 5,461 5,422 676 365 371

Dec 2018

7,489 5,768 5,554 6,809 5,400 5,220 680 368 334

Jan 2019

7,502 5,786 5,549 6,808 5,411 5,150 693 376 398

Feb 2019

7,066 5,704 5,653 6,380 5,345 5,286 687 359 368

Mar 2019

7,317 5,689 5,543 6,601 5,332 5,202 715 357 341

Apr 2019

7,272 6,016 5,777 6,537 5,644 5,429 735 372 348

May 2019

7,275 5,686 5,556 6,600 5,362 5,197 674 324 359

June 2019

7,194 5,801 5,574 6,449 5,434 5,254 745 367 320

July 2019

7,042 5,871 5,839 6,392 5,524 5,483 649 347 356

Aug 2019

7,178 5,900 5,657 6,431 5,488 5,322 747 412 334

Sept 2019

7,124 5,963 5,755 6,384 5,598 5,404 740 365 351

Oct 2019

7,289 5,781 5,631 6,504 5,411 5,264 785 370 367

Nov 2019

6,888 5,847 5,675 6,124 5,459 5,328 764 388 348

Dec 2019

6,699 5,951 5,771 5,951 5,589 5,413 748 362 358

Jan 2020

7,170 5,968 5,742 6,347 5,568 5,395 823 400 347

Feb 2020

6,974 5,997 5,736 6,196 5,590 5,397 778 406 340

Mar 2020

5,924 5,195 16,805 5,220 4,802 16,279 704 393 526

Apr 2020

4,637 4,016 11,499 3,995 3,790 10,984 642 226 515

May 2020

5,593 8,136 4,723 4,974 7,871 4,276 619 265 447

June 2020

6,156 7,461 5,152 5,489 7,213 4,699 667 248 453

July 2020

6,491 6,304 5,219 5,673 5,972 4,821 818 332 398

Aug 2020

6,369 5,993 4,815 5,656 5,459 4,437 713 534 378

Sept 2020

6,505 5,974 5,097 5,789 5,632 4,678 716 342 419

Oct 2020

6,838 6,090 5,349 6,105 5,743 4,809 733 347 540

Nov 2020

6,857 5,883 5,710 6,140 5,545 5,290 718 338 420

Dec 2020

6,758 5,573 5,620 6,085 5,245 5,284 672 328 336

Jan 2021

7,185 5,607 5,212 6,413 5,208 4,935 772 399 277

Feb 2021

7,818 5,832 5,400 7,120 5,520 5,076 698 312 324

Mar 2021

8,519 6,161 5,464 7,670 5,781 5,155 849 380 309

Apr 2021

9,282 6,178 5,702 8,331 5,815 5,383 951 363 320

May 2021

9,905 6,021 5,543 8,992 5,701 5,242 912 320 301

June 2021

10,317 6,581 5,678 9,355 6,182 5,383 963 399 295

July 2021

10,991 6,723 5,826 10,055 6,335 5,480 936 388 346

Aug 2021

10,884 6,374 5,884 10,072 6,022 5,540 812 352 344

Sept 2021

10,875 6,644 6,093 9,912 6,286 5,737 964 358 356

Oct 2021

11,365 6,682 5,813 10,391 6,304 5,408 974 378 405

Nov 2021

11,178 6,816 6,221 10,189 6,422 5,837 989 394 385

Dec 2021

11,511 6,618 6,080 10,406 6,224 5,708 1,105 394 372

Jan 2022

11,243 6,421 6,258 10,219 6,035 5,871 1,024 386 387

Feb 2022

11,700 6,862 6,040 10,622 6,449 5,634 1,078 413 406

Mar 2022

12,182 6,619 6,193 11,165 6,233 5,798 1,017 386 395

Apr 2022

11,773 6,576 6,176 10,730 6,179 5,807 1,043 397 369

May 2022

11,473 6,465 6,128 10,398 6,061 5,767 1,076 404 361

June 2022

11,204 6,449 5,980 10,225 6,048 5,583 979 400 397

July 2022

11,537 6,457 5,852 10,350 6,027 5,548 1,187 430 304

Aug 2022

10,119 6,453 6,181 9,147 6,055 5,783 971 398 398

Sept 2022

10,784 6,188 5,831 9,728 5,786 5,452 1,056 402 379

Oct 2022

10,526 6,118 5,779 9,538 5,722 5,429 988 396 350

Nov 2022

10,702 6,106 5,884 9,657 5,679 5,525 1,045 427 359

Dec 2022

11,000 6,143 5,943 9,951 5,728 5,556 1,049 415 387

Jan 2023

10,425 6,374 6,017 9,348 5,932 5,671 1,077 442 347

Feb 2023

9,849 6,058 5,833 8,831 5,666 5,501 1,018 392 332

Mar 2023

9,623 5,955 5,917 8,576 5,563 5,571 1,047 392 346

Apr 2023

9,904 5,951 5,569 8,864 5,567 5,217 1,040 384 351

May 2023

9,311 6,171 5,846 8,240 5,766 5,496 1,070 405 350

June 2023

9,125 5,895 5,639 8,021 5,513 5,311 1,104 382 328

July 2023

8,805 5,733 5,646 7,820 5,372 5,284 985 361 362

Aug 2023

9,358 5,888 5,609 8,269 5,494 5,277 1,089 394 332

Sept 2023

9,307 5,851 5,522 8,342 5,488 5,220 965 363 302

Oct 2023

8,685 5,814 5,630 7,718 5,429 5,325 967 385 305

Nov 2023

8,931 5,569 5,413 7,932 5,205 5,075 999 364 338

Dec 2023

8,889 5,787 5,419 7,884 5,384 5,060 1,005 403 360

Jan 2024

8,863 5,687 5,341 7,963 5,323 5,020 900 364 321