Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	May 2020	Apr. 2021	May 2021(p)	May 2020	Apr. 2021	May 2021(p)	May 2020	Apr. 2021	May 2021(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	5,447	9,193	9,209	8,272	6,012	5,927	4,618	5,803	5,318
Total private	4,813	8,263	8,305	8,015	5,661	5,619	4,160	5,478	5,035
Mining and logging	11	23	23	19	21	22	30	20	21
Construction	281	351	299	724	328	311	301	349	333
Manufacturing	316	825	814	640	399	417	313	427	392
Durable goods	187	462	458	370	216	224	181	240	211
Nondurable goods	128	364	357	269	183	193	132	187	181
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,036	1,644	1,638	1,576	1,210	1,262	979	1,313	1,186
Wholesale trade	140	285	280	228	170	169	177	169	146
Retail trade	659	955	974	1,015	793	823	531	832	781
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	238	404	385	332	246	271	271	312	259
Information	81	114	132	65	101	95	93	84	70
Financial activities	309	416	372	219	211	211	169	200	204
Finance and insurance	233	292	271	110	141	134	113	139	139
Real estate and rental and leasing	76	124	101	109	70	77	56	61	65
Professional and business services	883	1,591	1,491	954	1,056	964	913	1,126	934
Education and health services	961	1,529	1,646	1,195	749	773	627	721	684
Educational services	80	130	165	97	88	102	67	92	67
Health care and social assistance	881	1,400	1,481	1,098	661	671	560	628	617
Leisure and hospitality	737	1,405	1,415	1,978	1,336	1,343	600	1,021	1,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	111	247	167	165	187	187	98	108	118
Accommodation and food services	627	1,159	1,248	1,813	1,150	1,156	501	913	882
Other services	198	364	473	646	249	220	135	218	210
Government	634	930	904	256	351	307	459	325	283
Federal	75	143	126	51	43	33	58	38	43
State and local	559	787	778	205	308	274	401	287	240
State and local education	206	288	334	124	159	182	261	143	101
State and local, excluding education	353	500	444	81	149	93	140	144	139



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	3.9	6.0	6.0	6.2	4.2	4.1	3.5	4.0	3.7
Total private	4.1	6.3	6.3	7.2	4.6	4.6	3.7	4.5	4.1
Mining and logging	1.8	3.6	3.7	3.2	3.5	3.6	5.0	3.3	3.5
Construction	3.9	4.5	3.9	10.3	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.7	4.5
Manufacturing	2.6	6.3	6.2	5.5	3.3	3.4	2.7	3.5	3.2
Durable goods	2.5	5.7	5.7	5.1	2.8	2.9	2.5	3.2	2.8
Nondurable goods	2.8	7.2	7.1	6.0	3.9	4.1	3.0	4.0	3.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.0	5.7	5.7	6.3	4.5	4.7	3.9	4.8	4.4
Wholesale trade	2.5	4.8	4.7	4.1	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.0	2.6
Retail trade	4.6	5.9	6.0	7.4	5.2	5.4	3.9	5.5	5.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3.9	6.1	5.8	5.7	3.9	4.3	4.7	5.0	4.1
Information	3.0	4.0	4.6	2.5	3.7	3.5	3.6	3.1	2.6
Financial activities	3.5	4.5	4.1	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.0	2.3	2.3
Finance and insurance	3.5	4.3	4.0	1.7	2.1	2.0	1.8	2.1	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	3.4	5.2	4.3	5.1	3.1	3.4	2.6	2.7	2.9
Professional and business services	4.4	7.1	6.7	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.7	5.4	4.5
Education and health services	4.2	6.1	6.5	5.4	3.2	3.3	2.8	3.1	2.9
Educational services	2.4	3.6	4.5	3.0	2.5	2.9	2.1	2.7	1.9
Health care and social assistance	4.5	6.5	6.9	5.8	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.1	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	6.8	9.1	9.0	19.5	9.5	9.3	5.9	7.2	7.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	8.3	11.5	7.8	13.5	9.8	9.5	8.0	5.7	6.0
Accommodation and food services	6.6	8.7	9.1	20.3	9.4	9.3	5.6	7.5	7.1
Other services	4.0	6.1	7.8	13.5	4.5	3.9	2.8	3.9	3.8
Government	2.9	4.1	4.0	1.2	1.6	1.4	2.2	1.5	1.3
Federal	2.5	4.7	4.2	1.8	1.5	1.1	2.0	1.3	1.5
State and local	2.9	4.0	4.0	1.1	1.6	1.5	2.2	1.5	1.3
State and local education	2.1	2.9	3.3	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.7	1.5	1.0
State and local, excluding education	3.9	5.3	4.7	0.9	1.7	1.0	1.6	1.6	1.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: July 07, 2021

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

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