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	Feb. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021(p)	Feb. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021(p)	Feb. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	7,012	7,099	7,367	5,979	5,465	5,738	5,715	5,323	5,456
Total private	6,241	6,380	6,732	5,592	5,102	5,446	5,366	5,007	5,107
Mining and logging	24	24	18	23	17	17	21	17	21
Construction	302	300	266	390	346	396	366	338	428
Manufacturing	402	537	538	355	351	387	347	362	362
Durable goods	252	308	304	216	192	221	207	205	197
Nondurable goods	151	228	234	139	159	166	140	158	165
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,236	1,308	1,364	1,268	1,183	1,124	1,255	1,197	1,134
Wholesale trade	181	192	202	152	152	144	157	136	143
Retail trade	734	793	817	844	778	742	846	718	745
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	321	323	345	272	254	239	253	343	246
Information	139	129	95	95	77	84	91	66	79
Financial activities	416	306	321	239	202	207	221	206	214
Finance and insurance	312	226	247	156	126	134	149	135	135
Real estate and rental and leasing	104	80	75	84	76	74	72	72	79
Professional and business services	1,307	1,404	1,390	1,126	1,078	1,103	1,098	1,003	1,058
Education and health services	1,262	1,368	1,565	769	708	708	716	681	677
Educational services	116	148	113	92	110	85	94	48	84
Health care and social assistance	1,146	1,220	1,453	677	598	623	622	632	593
Leisure and hospitality	945	738	898	1,100	928	1,154	1,037	933	886
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	138	81	137	169	120	126	161	136	125
Accommodation and food services	807	657	761	931	808	1,028	876	797	760
Other services	208	265	275	226	212	266	215	203	250
Government	771	719	635	387	363	292	349	316	349
Federal	122	79	83	53	32	37	42	59	42
State and local	649	641	552	335	331	256	307	257	307
State and local education	255	294	177	167	193	113	150	105	156
State and local, excluding education	394	347	375	167	137	143	157	152	151



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.4	4.7	4.9	3.9	3.8	4.0	3.7	3.7	3.8
Total private	4.6	5.0	5.2	4.3	4.2	4.5	4.1	4.1	4.2
Mining and logging	3.3	3.9	3.0	3.3	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.8	3.6
Construction	3.8	3.9	3.5	5.1	4.7	5.4	4.8	4.6	5.8
Manufacturing	3.0	4.2	4.2	2.8	2.9	3.2	2.7	3.0	3.0
Durable goods	3.0	3.9	3.8	2.7	2.5	2.9	2.6	2.7	2.6
Nondurable goods	3.1	4.7	4.8	2.9	3.4	3.6	2.9	3.4	3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	4.2	4.6	4.8	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.5	4.4	4.2
Wholesale trade	3.0	3.3	3.5	2.6	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.4	2.5
Retail trade	4.5	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.1	4.9	5.4	4.7	4.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.8	5.0	5.3	4.3	4.1	3.8	4.0	5.5	4.0
Information	4.5	4.6	3.5	3.3	2.9	3.1	3.1	2.5	2.9
Financial activities	4.5	3.4	3.5	2.7	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.4	2.4
Finance and insurance	4.6	3.3	3.6	2.4	1.9	2.0	2.3	2.1	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	4.2	3.5	3.2	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.0	3.2	3.6
Professional and business services	5.7	6.4	6.3	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.1	4.9	5.1
Education and health services	4.9	5.6	6.3	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.9
Educational services	3.0	4.2	3.2	2.4	3.3	2.5	2.5	1.4	2.5
Health care and social assistance	5.2	5.8	6.8	3.3	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	5.3	5.3	6.3	6.5	7.1	8.6	6.1	7.1	6.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	5.2	4.5	7.4	6.8	7.1	7.3	6.4	8.0	7.3
Accommodation and food services	5.3	5.4	6.1	6.5	7.1	8.8	6.1	7.0	6.5
Other services	3.4	4.6	4.8	3.8	3.9	4.8	3.6	3.7	4.5
Government	3.3	3.2	2.9	1.7	1.7	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.6
Federal	4.1	2.7	2.8	1.8	1.1	1.3	1.5	2.0	1.5
State and local	3.1	3.3	2.9	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.7
State and local education	2.3	2.9	1.8	1.6	2.0	1.2	1.4	1.1	1.6
State and local, excluding education	4.0	3.7	4.0	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: April 06, 2021

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

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