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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
May 2006
4,463 5,498 5,428 4,034 5,145 5,078 429 354 350
June 2006
4,614 5,455 5,271 4,201 5,093 4,918 413 362 352
July 2006
4,394 5,573 5,336 3,907 5,203 4,999 488 370 337
Aug 2006
4,710 5,373 5,199 4,277 5,004 4,851 432 369 348
Sept 2006
4,737 5,288 5,100 4,264 4,869 4,769 473 419 330
Oct 2006
4,591 5,375 5,290 4,185 5,068 4,968 407 307 322
Nov 2006
4,645 5,495 5,349 4,207 5,142 5,001 438 352 347
Dec 2006
4,620 5,214 5,138 4,177 4,881 4,809 442 333 329
Jan 2007
4,763 5,426 5,263 4,303 5,066 4,910 460 360 353
Feb 2007
4,699 5,160 5,152 4,262 4,789 4,813 438 370 339
Mar 2007
4,962 5,479 5,236 4,527 5,110 4,904 435 369 331
Apr 2007
4,689 5,353 5,278 4,256 4,974 4,926 434 378 351
May 2007
4,657 5,469 5,303 4,222 5,083 4,935 435 386 368
June 2007
4,859 5,267 5,108 4,415 4,884 4,758 444 382 350
July 2007
4,598 5,217 5,225 4,150 4,893 4,850 449 325 375
Aug 2007
4,546 5,358 5,382 4,086 4,958 5,024 460 400 358
Sept 2007
4,652 5,344 5,197 4,204 4,954 4,868 448 391 328
Oct 2007
4,636 5,398 5,252 4,207 5,068 4,937 429 330 316
Nov 2007
4,646 5,176 5,118 4,194 4,839 4,811 452 337 307
Dec 2007
4,545 5,119 5,045 4,104 4,771 4,735 441 348 309
Jan 2008
4,624 5,071 5,149 4,211 4,762 4,844 413 309 305
Feb 2008
4,279 5,077 5,219 3,848 4,755 4,930 430 322 290
Mar 2008
4,225 4,924 4,940 3,803 4,592 4,646 422 332 294
Apr 2008
4,035 4,948 5,167 3,613 4,645 4,863 422 303 304
May 2008
4,194 4,691 4,852 3,753 4,371 4,569 441 321 284
June 2008
3,830 4,893 5,061 3,396 4,562 4,778 434 331 283
July 2008
3,749 4,637 4,845 3,338 4,332 4,583 411 304 263
Aug 2008
3,674 4,682 5,006 3,289 4,390 4,706 384 292 300
Sept 2008
3,222 4,499 4,902 2,843 4,217 4,614 379 281 288
Oct 2008
3,377 4,548 4,965 2,995 4,248 4,664 382 300 300
Nov 2008
3,231 4,104 4,819 2,845 3,830 4,544 385 274 274
Dec 2008
3,146 4,348 4,875 2,817 4,076 4,603 329 272 272
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
5,646 5,497 5,291 5,146 5,155 4,952 499 341 339
Feb 2017
5,931 5,345 5,170 5,420 4,996 4,833 511 349 337
Mar 2017
5,813 5,394 5,271 5,304 5,055 4,937 509 339 334
Apr 2017
6,103 5,309 5,086 5,558 4,968 4,756 546 341 329
May 2017
5,810 5,477 5,297 5,264 5,130 4,961 545 347 335
June 2017
6,334 5,664 5,440 5,762 5,312 5,120 571 352 320
July 2017
6,203 5,508 5,297 5,665 5,169 4,966 538 339 331
Aug 2017
6,300 5,571 5,393 5,761 5,220 5,033 539 352 360
Sept 2017
6,279 5,409 5,413 5,718 5,057 5,066 561 352 347
Oct 2017
6,380 5,605 5,356 5,842 5,270 5,022 538 335 334
Nov 2017
6,282 5,463 5,259 5,743 5,098 4,918 539 365 341
Dec 2017
6,359 5,424 5,165 5,776 5,072 4,818 583 352 347
Jan 2018
6,601 5,459 5,369 6,025 5,150 5,031 576 310 338
Feb 2018
6,586 5,633 5,289 5,999 5,282 4,961 587 351 327
Mar 2018
6,833 5,636 5,468 6,202 5,292 5,130 631 345 339
Apr 2018
6,910 5,610 5,442 6,319 5,252 5,103 591 358 339
May 2018
6,987 5,865 5,502 6,386 5,508 5,168 602 357 334
June 2018
7,271 5,777 5,553 6,621 5,400 5,194 650 377 359
July 2018
7,209 5,707 5,578 6,524 5,344 5,206 686 363 371
Aug 2018
7,204 5,863 5,635 6,485 5,444 5,255 719 419 380
Sept 2018
7,352 5,616 5,539 6,733 5,263 5,207 619 352 333
Oct 2018
7,295 5,876 5,613 6,669 5,520 5,271 627 356 342
Nov 2018
7,574 5,815 5,683 6,903 5,449 5,338 671 366 345
Dec 2018
7,436 5,709 5,515 6,774 5,350 5,186 662 359 329
Jan 2019
7,478 5,741 5,511 6,780 5,373 5,145 698 368 366
Feb 2019
7,058 5,668 5,664 6,377 5,323 5,312 682 345 352
Mar 2019
7,332 5,684 5,575 6,616 5,334 5,238 715 350 337
Apr 2019
7,257 6,051 5,761 6,535 5,678 5,418 722 373 343
May 2019
7,279 5,719 5,571 6,589 5,378 5,224 690 341 347
June 2019
7,165 5,776 5,613 6,463 5,441 5,258 702 335 355
July 2019
7,137 5,987 5,797 6,416 5,610 5,456 721 377 341
Aug 2019
7,150 5,907 5,722 6,412 5,471 5,352 738 436 369
Sept 2019
7,100 5,970 5,777 6,358 5,595 5,431 742 374 346
Oct 2019
7,340 5,799 5,566 6,548 5,426 5,200 792 373 366
Nov 2019
6,915 5,842 5,644 6,151 5,452 5,300 764 391 344
Dec 2019
6,730 5,882 5,793 5,976 5,525 5,450 754 357 343
Jan 2020
7,154 5,974 5,714 6,336 5,584 5,374 819 390 340
Feb 2020
7,012 5,979 5,715 6,241 5,592 5,366 771 387 349
Mar 2020
5,769 5,132 16,308 5,061 4,751 15,763 708 381 545
Apr 2020
4,630 3,942 11,782 3,996 3,718 11,255 634 225 527
May 2020
5,447 8,272 4,618 4,813 8,015 4,160 634 256 459
June 2020
6,112 7,697 5,180 5,436 7,435 4,718 676 262 462
July 2020
6,717 6,237 5,392 5,915 5,893 4,949 803 344 443
Aug 2020
6,451 6,431 4,901 5,751 5,847 4,504 700 584 397
Sept 2020
6,611 5,932 5,235 5,903 5,607 4,804 708 325 430
Oct 2020
6,873 6,035 5,427 6,173 5,696 4,878 700 339 549
Nov 2020
6,766 6,019 5,744 6,078 5,649 5,305 688 370 439
Dec 2020
6,752 5,411 5,582 6,094 5,072 5,236 659 339 346
Jan 2021
7,099 5,465 5,323 6,380 5,102 5,007 719 363 316
Feb 2021
7,526 5,794 5,429 6,868 5,490 5,078 658 304 351
Mar 2021
8,288 6,006 5,436 7,446 5,646 5,100 843 360 335
Apr 2021
9,193 6,012 5,803 8,263 5,661 5,478 930 351 325
May 2021
9,209 5,927 5,318 8,305 5,619 5,035 904 307 283
United States Department of Labor
