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Fill rates and labor market activity 


November 13, 2019
The fill rate is a ratio of the number of hires during the month to the number of job openings at the end of the prior month. In September 2019, the fill rate across all industries was 0.8, as 5.9 million people were hired during September and there were 7.3 million job openings at the end of August 2019. Two industries had rates greater than 1.0 and nine industries had rates less than 1.0. Full Text »
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A look at teachers’ job requirements, employer costs, and benefits

In light of this traditional fall routine, this Beyond the Numbers article uses data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) program and the National Compensation Survey (NCS) to explore the educational and physical requirements for teachers at different levels in the educational services industry.
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