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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
July
2019		 June
2020		 July
2020(p)		 July
2019		 June
2020		 July
2020(p)		 July
2019		 June
2020		 July
2020(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

 7,236 6,001 6,618 5,975 6,970 5,787 5,769 4,899 5,007

Total private

 6,529 5,347 5,947 5,605 6,688 5,455 5,427 4,656 4,722

Mining and logging(1)

 40 16 16 22 11 19 26 28 28

Construction(1)

 353 244 334 379 499 400 381 343 354

Manufacturing

 477 346 408 335 432 321 325 392 353

Durable goods(1)

 282 179 213 185 254 155 177 241 197

Nondurable goods(1)

 195 167 195 150 178 166 148 152 157

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 1,288 1,075 1,292 1,220 1,362 1,207 1,218 1,077 1,167

Wholesale trade

 169 163 181 168 165 122 168 166 146

Retail trade

 838 669 841 796 911 828 801 640 752

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(1)

 281 243 269 257 286 257 249 271 269

Information(1)

 172 97 96 102 57 64 109 54 55

Financial activities

 381 298 291 247 189 229 236 177 190

Finance and insurance

 257 232 224 160 134 146 146 122 118

Real estate and rental and leasing(1)

 124 65 68 87 56 82 90 55 73

Professional and business services

 1,287 1,077 1,200 1,195 1,175 1,136 1,144 926 1,008

Education and health services

 1,325 1,089 1,262 763 899 748 674 603 584

Educational services(1)

 145 90 117 109 116 102 84 55 67

Health care and social assistance

 1,180 999 1,145 655 783 646 589 548 517

Leisure and hospitality

 957 838 760 1,121 1,759 1,169 1,108 858 807

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 113 113 97 159 162 171 148 136 116

Accommodation and food services

 844 725 663 962 1,597 998 959 722 691

Other services

 249 268 287 220 305 162 206 199 175

Government

 707 654 671 370 281 333 342 243 285

Federal(1)

 129 112 132 38 40 73 37 42 46

State and local

 579 542 539 332 241 260 305 200 239

State and local education

 215 186 180 178 123 121 158 70 119

State and local, excluding education(1)

 364 356 358 153 118 138 148 130 120





RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.0 5.1 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.6

Total private

 4.8 4.4 4.8 4.4 5.7 4.6 4.2 4.0 4.0

Mining and logging(1)

 5.2 2.5 2.5 3.0 1.8 3.0 3.6 4.4 4.5

Construction(1)

 4.5 3.3 4.4 5.1 7.0 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.9

Manufacturing

 3.6 2.8 3.3 2.6 3.6 2.6 2.5 3.2 2.9

Durable goods(1)

 3.4 2.3 2.7 2.3 3.4 2.0 2.2 3.2 2.6

Nondurable goods(1)

 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.1 3.4 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 4.4 4.0 4.7 4.4 5.3 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.5

Wholesale trade

 2.8 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 2.2 2.8 2.9 2.6

Retail trade

 5.1 4.4 5.4 5.1 6.3 5.6 5.1 4.4 5.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(1)

 4.3 4.1 4.5 4.2 5.0 4.5 4.0 4.8 4.7

Information(1)

 5.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 2.2 2.5 3.8 2.1 2.1

Financial activities

 4.2 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.1 2.2

Finance and insurance

 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.5 2.1 2.3 2.3 1.9 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing(1)

 5.1 2.9 3.0 3.8 2.6 3.8 3.9 2.6 3.4

Professional and business services

 5.7 5.2 5.7 5.6 6.0 5.7 5.4 4.7 5.1

Education and health services

 5.2 4.6 5.2 3.2 3.9 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.5

Educational services(1)

 3.7 2.5 3.3 2.9 3.4 2.9 2.2 1.6 1.9

Health care and social assistance

 5.5 4.9 5.5 3.2 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7

Leisure and hospitality

 5.5 6.6 5.7 6.8 14.7 9.3 6.7 7.2 6.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 4.5 7.1 5.8 6.6 10.9 10.9 6.1 9.2 7.4

Accommodation and food services

 5.6 6.5 5.7 6.8 15.3 9.1 6.8 6.9 6.3

Other services

 4.0 4.9 5.1 3.7 5.9 3.0 3.5 3.9 3.3

Government

 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.6 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.1 1.3

Federal(1)

 4.3 3.7 4.3 1.3 1.4 2.5 1.3 1.5 1.6

State and local

 2.8 2.9 2.8 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.3

State and local education

 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.3 1.2 1.5 0.7 1.2

State and local, excluding education(1)

 3.8 3.9 3.9 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4

Footnotes
(1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in the job openings series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data are identical.
(p) Preliminary

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Last Modified Date: September 09, 2020