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Job openings, hires, and separations levels, seasonally adjusted
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
Sept 2005
4,376 5,493 5,401 3,969 5,167 5,064 407 327 338
Oct 2005
4,218 5,124 5,066 3,863 4,807 4,738 356 317 328
Nov 2005
4,118 5,344 4,989 3,762 5,000 4,670 355 344 319
Dec 2005
4,146 5,294 5,164 3,728 4,947 4,846 418 347 317
Jan 2006
4,404 5,271 5,113 4,019 4,952 4,768 385 319 345
Feb 2006
4,260 5,474 5,180 3,892 5,121 4,846 369 353 334
Mar 2006
4,706 5,524 5,196 4,276 5,145 4,845 430 379 351
Apr 2006
4,915 5,215 5,074 4,483 4,866 4,748 433 348 326
May 2006
4,505 5,498 5,417 4,069 5,145 5,068 436 354 350
June 2006
4,625 5,455 5,262 4,200 5,093 4,910 425 362 352
July 2006
4,467 5,573 5,366 3,977 5,203 5,029 490 370 337
Aug 2006
4,739 5,373 5,207 4,300 5,004 4,859 438 369 348
Sept 2006
4,778 5,288 5,090 4,293 4,869 4,760 484 419 330
Oct 2006
4,643 5,375 5,319 4,241 5,068 4,997 402 307 322
Nov 2006
4,530 5,495 5,324 4,105 5,142 4,976 425 352 347
Dec 2006
4,469 5,214 5,127 4,047 4,881 4,798 422 333 329
Jan 2007
4,750 5,426 5,314 4,302 5,066 4,960 448 360 353
Feb 2007
4,618 5,160 5,117 4,187 4,789 4,778 431 370 339
Mar 2007
4,926 5,479 5,196 4,479 5,110 4,864 447 369 331
Apr 2007
4,820 5,353 5,286 4,376 4,974 4,935 444 378 351
May 2007
4,699 5,469 5,292 4,255 5,083 4,924 443 386 368
June 2007
4,882 5,267 5,103 4,429 4,884 4,753 454 382 350
July 2007
4,668 5,217 5,253 4,221 4,893 4,878 447 325 375
Aug 2007
4,586 5,358 5,398 4,119 4,958 5,039 467 400 358
Sept 2007
4,682 5,344 5,191 4,230 4,954 4,862 452 391 328
Oct 2007
4,676 5,398 5,271 4,251 5,068 4,956 425 330 316
Nov 2007
4,537 5,176 5,093 4,099 4,839 4,786 438 337 307
Dec 2007
4,400 5,119 5,041 3,974 4,771 4,732 426 348 309
Jan 2008
4,604 5,071 5,194 4,202 4,762 4,889 401 309 305
Feb 2008
4,233 5,077 5,184 3,806 4,755 4,894 427 322 290
Mar 2008
4,205 4,924 4,910 3,772 4,592 4,616 434 332 294
Apr 2008
4,124 4,948 5,182 3,693 4,645 4,878 431 303 304
May 2008
4,237 4,691 4,840 3,787 4,371 4,556 450 321 284
June 2008
3,849 4,893 5,043 3,408 4,562 4,760 441 331 283
July 2008
3,800 4,637 4,868 3,391 4,332 4,606 409 304 263
Aug 2008
3,709 4,682 5,014 3,318 4,390 4,714 391 292 300
Sept 2008
3,240 4,499 4,901 2,856 4,217 4,613 383 281 288
Oct 2008
3,403 4,548 4,977 3,022 4,248 4,676 381 300 300
Nov 2008
3,158 4,104 4,787 2,785 3,830 4,513 373 274 274
Dec 2008
3,059 4,348 4,879 2,742 4,076 4,607 317 272 272
Jan 2009
2,731 4,095 4,925 2,382 3,800 4,644 349 295 281
Feb 2009
2,838 4,061 4,824 2,470 3,789 4,529 368 271 294
Mar 2009
2,521 3,858 4,693 2,152 3,605 4,427 369 253 266
Apr 2009
2,343 3,888 4,695 1,976 3,515 4,419 367 374 275
May 2009
2,574 3,758 4,184 2,294 3,496 3,859 280 262 326
June 2009
2,517 3,639 4,226 2,188 3,375 3,908 329 263 319
July 2009
2,264 3,857 4,256 1,980 3,601 3,959 284 256 297
Aug 2009
2,365 3,810 3,992 2,058 3,529 3,725 307 281 267
Sept 2009
2,481 3,944 4,123 2,199 3,710 3,820 282 234 303
Oct 2009
2,422 3,838 4,003 2,045 3,510 3,740 377 328 263
Nov 2009
2,435 4,024 3,983 2,096 3,736 3,702 338 288 281
Dec 2009
2,487 4,004 4,103 2,169 3,753 3,813 318 251 290
Jan 2010
2,833 3,904 3,989 2,437 3,615 3,703 396 289 286
Feb 2010
2,651 3,864 3,978 2,303 3,580 3,675 348 284 303
Mar 2010
2,679 4,302 4,072 2,257 3,959 3,769 422 344 303
Apr 2010
3,217 4,159 3,948 2,587 3,820 3,641 631 338 307
May 2010
3,019 4,420 3,911 2,622 3,686 3,600 398 735 311
June 2010
2,813 4,111 4,308 2,511 3,833 3,756 301 278 552
July 2010
3,127 4,163 4,299 2,806 3,882 3,859 321 281 440
Aug 2010
3,025 4,046 4,067 2,674 3,780 3,642 351 266 425
Sept 2010
2,912 4,034 4,047 2,582 3,784 3,643 330 250 404
Oct 2010
3,256 4,173 3,883 2,911 3,865 3,622 345 309 262
Nov 2010
3,134 4,182 4,041 2,810 3,903 3,746 324 279 295
Dec 2010
2,969 4,299 4,143 2,584 4,013 3,844 385 285 299
Jan 2011
3,100 4,000 4,045 2,770 3,714 3,759 330 286 286
Feb 2011
3,213 4,231 4,014 2,894 4,003 3,742 319 227 272
Mar 2011
3,253 4,430 4,109 2,921 4,179 3,835 332 251 274
Apr 2011
3,337 4,296 3,994 2,985 4,028 3,700 352 268 294
May 2011
3,207 4,261 4,179 2,901 4,022 3,877 306 239 302
June 2011
3,467 4,366 4,168 3,103 4,075 3,899 364 291 270
July 2011
3,676 4,261 4,180 3,348 4,020 3,866 328 242 314
Aug 2011
3,358 4,298 4,189 3,026 4,057 3,897 332 241 293
Sept 2011
3,763 4,429 4,213 3,371 4,159 3,927 392 270 286
Oct 2011
3,650 4,370 4,147 3,283 4,101 3,887 367 269 260
Nov 2011
3,485 4,365 4,237 3,142 4,093 3,933 342 272 305
Dec 2011
3,662 4,356 4,090 3,311 4,062 3,769 351 294 320
Jan 2012
3,904 4,457 4,195 3,565 4,172 3,901 339 285 294
Feb 2012
3,605 4,560 4,322 3,203 4,260 4,017 403 300 305
Mar 2012
3,976 4,575 4,257 3,566 4,279 3,947 409 296 310
Apr 2012
3,878 4,389 4,329 3,497 4,098 4,013 381 291 316
May 2012
3,861 4,533 4,430 3,455 4,228 4,099 405 306 331
June 2012
3,916 4,440 4,383 3,524 4,121 4,086 393 319 297
July 2012
3,790 4,327 4,178 3,417 4,032 3,880 373 295 298
Aug 2012
3,839 4,450 4,338 3,417 4,136 4,034 422 315 304
Sept 2012
3,861 4,302 4,100 3,482 4,022 3,834 379 280 266
Oct 2012
3,808 4,389 4,260 3,428 4,120 3,958 380 269 302
Nov 2012
3,787 4,489 4,303 3,439 4,213 4,011 348 276 292
Dec 2012
3,840 4,452 4,117 3,446 4,162 3,827 393 290 290
Jan 2013
3,915 4,487 4,381 3,477 4,204 4,082 438 283 298
Feb 2013
3,981 4,571 4,257 3,553 4,275 3,966 428 296 291
Mar 2013
4,080 4,369 4,215 3,672 4,100 3,918 408 270 296
Apr 2013
4,078 4,572 4,424 3,635 4,282 4,127 442 290 297
May 2013
4,173 4,663 4,433 3,755 4,376 4,136 418 288 297
June 2013
4,166 4,440 4,313 3,756 4,196 4,027 410 244 287
July 2013
3,946 4,561 4,459 3,576 4,291 4,168 370 270 291
Aug 2013
4,112 4,730 4,522 3,718 4,430 4,249 393 299 273
Sept 2013
4,105 4,726 4,521 3,711 4,433 4,236 394 293 285
Oct 2013
4,268 4,518 4,354 3,873 4,237 4,060 395 281 294
Nov 2013
4,002 4,622 4,332 3,616 4,326 4,049 386 296 283
Dec 2013
3,996 4,614 4,387 3,662 4,333 4,087 334 280 299
Jan 2014
4,131 4,626 4,464 3,756 4,336 4,172 375 289 292
Feb 2014
4,347 4,696 4,511 3,939 4,405 4,223 409 291 288
Mar 2014
4,388 4,763 4,498 3,949 4,456 4,193 439 307 305
Apr 2014
4,662 4,880 4,584 4,204 4,582 4,304 458 298 280
May 2014
4,775 4,808 4,569 4,326 4,522 4,271 449 285 298
June 2014
4,999 4,925 4,617 4,473 4,600 4,346 526 326 272
July 2014
4,919 5,008 4,786 4,450 4,721 4,506 469 287 280
Aug 2014
5,383 4,810 4,654 4,946 4,542 4,349 437 267 305
Sept 2014
4,876 5,149 4,861 4,412 4,815 4,563 464 334 298
Oct 2014
5,066 5,111 4,941 4,635 4,806 4,643 431 306 298
Nov 2014
4,719 4,978 4,642 4,270 4,682 4,362 449 296 280
Dec 2014
4,981 5,192 4,815 4,499 4,874 4,505 482 318 310
Jan 2015
5,362 5,061 4,911 4,854 4,744 4,602 508 316 309
Feb 2015
5,446 5,127 4,828 4,918 4,807 4,515 528 320 312
Mar 2015
5,208 5,126 5,064 4,688 4,797 4,727 520 328 337
Apr 2015
5,712 5,196 4,942 5,160 4,847 4,624 552 349 318
May 2015
5,599 5,142 4,826 5,065 4,819 4,506 534 323 321
June 2015
5,263 5,125 4,992 4,783 4,789 4,649 479 336 343
July 2015
6,143 5,150 4,887 5,602 4,798 4,570 541 352 317
Aug 2015
5,510 5,163 5,055 5,018 4,822 4,731 492 341 324
Sept 2015
5,445 5,287 5,114 4,980 4,964 4,779 465 323 335
Oct 2015
5,832 5,338 5,032 5,313 4,978 4,688 520 360 344
Nov 2015
5,573 5,358 5,052 5,074 5,007 4,721 500 352 331
Dec 2015
5,676 5,540 5,208 5,159 5,168 4,861 517 371 347
Jan 2016
5,994 5,204 5,144 5,487 4,845 4,807 507 360 337
Feb 2016
5,757 5,559 5,282 5,267 5,214 4,951 490 344 331
Mar 2016
6,137 5,362 5,140 5,629 4,988 4,806 508 374 333
Apr 2016
5,868 5,277 5,122 5,338 4,936 4,781 531 341 341
May 2016
5,812 5,206 5,137 5,265 4,850 4,793 546 356 344
June 2016
5,768 5,277 5,061 5,278 4,932 4,695 490 345 367
July 2016
6,094 5,419 5,114 5,510 5,024 4,817 584 395 297
Aug 2016
5,716 5,301 5,188 5,209 4,951 4,827 507 350 361
Sept 2016
5,816 5,283 4,988 5,291 4,903 4,650 524 380 338
Oct 2016
5,626 5,234 5,098 5,149 4,907 4,763 477 327 335
Nov 2016
5,867 5,316 5,114 5,310 4,983 4,782 557 333 331
Dec 2016
5,835 5,380 5,087 5,300 5,053 4,780 535 327 307
Jan 2017
5,607 5,517 5,338 5,130 5,173 4,997 477 344 341
Feb 2017
5,872 5,366 5,141 5,361 5,016 4,794 511 350 347
Mar 2017
5,816 5,395 5,254 5,288 5,055 4,932 528 340 322
Apr 2017
6,142 5,265 5,101 5,575 4,931 4,767 567 334 334
May 2017
5,851 5,454 5,280 5,294 5,111 4,929 557 343 351
June 2017
6,351 5,642 5,457 5,772 5,307 5,124 579 335 333
July 2017
6,354 5,502 5,351 5,802 5,163 5,021 551 339 330
Aug 2017
6,335 5,528 5,368 5,794 5,187 5,030 541 341 338
Sept 2017
6,239 5,401 5,334 5,684 5,045 4,995 555 356 339
Oct 2017
6,383 5,635 5,347 5,854 5,294 5,011 529 341 336
Nov 2017
6,204 5,473 5,221 5,694 5,102 4,882 510 371 339
Dec 2017
6,235 5,426 5,265 5,688 5,074 4,905 547 351 360
Jan 2018
6,645 5,511 5,346 6,073 5,190 5,012 571 321 334
Feb 2018
6,575 5,669 5,276 5,969 5,309 4,952 606 360 324
Mar 2018
6,865 5,629 5,475 6,215 5,289 5,133 650 340 342
Apr 2018
6,985 5,587 5,449 6,371 5,234 5,110 614 353 339
May 2018
7,028 5,819 5,513 6,419 5,463 5,177 609 356 336
June 2018
7,280 5,783 5,558 6,633 5,407 5,207 648 376 351
July 2018
7,326 5,691 5,579 6,638 5,330 5,214 688 361 365
Aug 2018
7,249 5,792 5,568 6,518 5,416 5,223 732 376 345
Sept 2018
7,282 5,610 5,517 6,672 5,264 5,170 609 346 347
Oct 2018
7,237 5,855 5,638 6,627 5,507 5,284 609 348 354
Nov 2018
7,509 5,818 5,692 6,858 5,452 5,331 651 366 361
Dec 2018
7,303 5,762 5,569 6,687 5,408 5,227 616 354 342
Jan 2019
7,520 5,834 5,590 6,808 5,443 5,219 712 391 371
Feb 2019
7,048 5,703 5,676 6,343 5,346 5,310 704 357 366
Mar 2019
7,364 5,689 5,553 6,625 5,337 5,212 739 352 341
Apr 2019
7,284 6,000 5,763 6,540 5,625 5,414 744 376 349
May 2019
7,300 5,687 5,547 6,600 5,343 5,211 701 344 336
June 2019
7,185 5,760 5,568 6,497 5,420 5,227 688 340 341
July 2019
7,236 5,975 5,769 6,529 5,605 5,427 707 370 342
Aug 2019
7,166 5,839 5,660 6,429 5,443 5,312 738 396 348
Sept 2019
7,046 5,959 5,739 6,325 5,593 5,387 721 366 352
Oct 2019
7,309 5,757 5,580 6,546 5,397 5,211 763 360 369
Nov 2019
6,793 5,857 5,657 6,070 5,485 5,307 723 371 350
Dec 2019
6,552 5,927 5,762 5,838 5,574 5,419 715 352 343
Jan 2020
7,012 5,921 5,713 6,231 5,541 5,382 781 381 331
Feb 2020
7,004 5,864 5,595 6,236 5,489 5,244 769 375 351
Mar 2020
6,011 5,111 14,643 5,284 4,744 14,243 727 367 400
Apr 2020
4,996 4,047 9,975 4,332 3,812 9,536 664 235 439
May 2020
5,371 7,199 4,236 4,736 6,952 3,935 635 247 302
June 2020
6,001 6,970 4,899 5,347 6,688 4,656 654 281 243
July 2020
6,697 5,903 4,988 5,879 5,569 4,729 818 334 259
Aug 2020
6,352 5,952 4,689 5,636 5,394 4,413 716 558 276
Sept 2020
6,436 5,871 4,664 5,740 5,563 4,332 695 308 332
United States Department of Labor
