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October 08, 2010

Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in August 2010

Number of job openings, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, September 2007–August 2010
Month Number of job openings

Sep 2007

4,565,000

Oct 2007

4,369,000

Nov 2007

4,510,000

Dec 2007

4,378,000

Jan 2008

4,182,000

Feb 2008

4,121,000

Mar 2008

4,121,000

Apr 2008

3,974,000

May 2008

4,094,000

Jun 2008

3,843,000

Jul 2008

3,929,000

Aug 2008

3,688,000

Sep 2008

3,288,000

Oct 2008

3,333,000

Nov 2008

3,241,000

Dec 2008

3,078,000

Jan 2009

2,792,000

Feb 2009

2,830,000

Mar 2009

2,671,000

Apr 2009

2,475,000

May 2009

2,488,000

Jun 2009

2,519,000

Jul 2009

2,338,000

Aug 2009

2,411,000

Sep 2009

2,624,000

Oct 2009

2,546,000

Nov 2009

2,456,000

Dec 2009

2,531,000

Jan 2010

2,854,000

Feb 2010

2,647,000

Mar 2010

2,785,000

Apr 2010

3,302,000

May 2010

2,939,000

Jun 2010

2,864,000

Jul 2010

3,141,000

Aug2010(p)

3,201,000

Footnotes:
(p) Preliminary.

These data featured in the TED article, Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in August 2010.

 

Hires and separations rates, seasonally adjusted, September 2007–August 2010
Month Hires Separations

Sep 2007

3.8 3.7

Oct 2007

3.8 3.7

Nov 2007

3.8 3.7

Dec 2007

3.6 3.6

Jan 2008

3.6 3.6

Feb 2008

3.6 3.7

Mar 2008

3.6 3.6

Apr 2008

3.6 3.7

May 2008

3.5 3.7

Jun 2008

3.6 3.7

Jul 2008

3.4 3.6

Aug 2008

3.4 3.6

Sep 2008

3.3 3.6

Oct 2008

3.3 3.6

Nov 2008

3.0 3.6

Dec 2008

3.2 3.8

Jan 2009

3.2 3.8

Feb 2009

3.1 3.7

Mar 2009

3.0 3.6

Apr 2009

3.2 3.5

May 2009

3.0 3.4

Jun 2009

3.0 3.3

Jul 2009

3.1 3.4

Aug 2009

3.1 3.2

Sep 2009

3.2 3.3

Oct 2009

3.1 3.2

Nov 2009

3.2 3.2

Dec 2009

3.1 3.2

Jan 2010

3.2 3.2

Feb 2010

3.1 3.1

Mar 2010

3.3 3.1

Apr 2010

3.3 3.1

May 2010

3.5 3.2

Jun 2010

3.3 3.4

Jul 2010

3.3 3.4

Aug2010(p)

3.2 3.2

Footnotes:
(p) Preliminary.

These data featured in the TED article, Job openings for total nonfarm are little changed in August 2010.

 

 

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