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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 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
3.9 |
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 |
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 |
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
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
4,478 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
4,506 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
4,272 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Retail trade |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Professional and business services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Education and health services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Health care and social assistance |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Leisure and hospitality |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Accommodation and food services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Government |
81 |
105 |
98 |
93 |
110 |
107 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
State and local |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
REGION |
|
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 |
|
- Data not available.
|
Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
Apr.
2015 |
May
2015 |
June
2015 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Total nonfarm |
390 |
402 |
409 |
389 |
413 |
417 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
INDUSTRY |
|
Total private |
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 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Retail trade |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Professional and business services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Education and health services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Health care and social assistance |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Leisure and hospitality |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Accommodation and food services |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Government |
68 |
70 |
69 |
56 |
73 |
62 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
State and local |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
REGION |
|
Northeast |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
South |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Midwest |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
West |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
- Data not available.
|
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
| Industry and region |
Levels (in thousands) |
Rates |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
Aug.
2014 |
July
2015 |
Aug.
2015 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
|
United States Department of Labor
