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The Editor's Desk article published August 14, 2014, originally used seasonally adjusted data. It is customary for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey program to use not seasonally adjusted data for year-to-year comparisons. This TED and chart have been revised to reflect this. For more information about seasonal adjustment, see "What is seasonal adjustment ."

4.7 million job openings in June 2014

August 14, 2014

There were 4.7 million job openings, not seasonally adjusted, in June 2014, up from 4.0 million a year earlier. Leading in job openings, the professional and business services industry had 921,000 job openings in June, up from 654,000 a year prior. The education and health services industry had the second highest number of job openings in June, at 778,000, up by 131,000 over the year.

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Job openings Hires Total separations

Job openings in June by industry, not seasonally adjusted, 2004–2014
Industry	June 2004	June 2005	June 2006	June 2007	June 2008	June 2009	June 2010	June 2011	June 2012	June 2013	June 2014 ^(p)
Construction	118,000	148,000	227,000	181,000	135,000	53,000	78,000	64,000	85,000	136,000	141,000
Manufacturing	268,000	287,000	365,000	362,000	246,000	101,000	208,000	223,000	318,000	206,000	312,000
Government	363,000	386,000	473,000	469,000	432,000	339,000	338,000	377,000	405,000	440,000	509,000
Leisure and hospitality	426,000	476,000	507,000	605,000	451,000	293,000	311,000	389,000	480,000	515,000	712,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities	587,000	638,000	670,000	797,000	537,000	415,000	442,000	533,000	589,000	772,000	752,000
Education and health services	504,000	639,000	691,000	782,000	707,000	499,000	462,000	563,000	704,000	647,000	778,000
Professional and business services	648,000	842,000	676,000	758,000	687,000	344,000	477,000	606,000	711,000	654,000	921,000
Footnotes: ^(p) Preliminary

Hires in June by industry, not seasonally adjusted, 2004–2014
Industry	June 2004	June 2005	June 2006	June 2007	June 2008	June 2009	June 2010	June 2011	June 2012	June 2013	June 2014 ^(p)
Manufacturing	418,000	403,000	468,000	440,000	354,000	237,000	293,000	289,000	315,000	275,000	307,000
Construction	602,000	585,000	506,000	534,000	485,000	319,000	351,000	469,000	436,000	406,000	328,000
Government	389,000	393,000	478,000	483,000	404,000	339,000	382,000	375,000	406,000	389,000	392,000
Education and health services	490,000	577,000	567,000	633,000	605,000	592,000	594,000	599,000	597,000	544,000	605,000
Leisure and hospitality	1,028,000	1,129,000	1,096,000	1,138,000	974,000	782,000	809,000	905,000	893,000	984,000	1,083,000
Professional and business services	971,000	1,154,000	1,013,000	948,000	994,000	662,000	890,000	910,000	966,000	1,029,000	1,123,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,091,000	1,183,000	1,242,000	1,117,000	1,067,000	739,000	850,000	872,000	875,000	857,000	1,128,000
Footnotes: ^(p) Preliminary

Total separations in June by industry, not seasonally adjusted, 2004–2014
Industry	June 2004	June 2005	June 2006	June 2007	June 2008	June 2009	June 2010	June 2011	June 2012	June 2013	June 2014 ^(p)
Construction	427,000	387,000	372,000	363,000	393,000	301,000	257,000	326,000	301,000	276,000	234,000
Manufacturing	364,000	361,000	373,000	378,000	356,000	328,000	229,000	233,000	256,000	238,000	241,000
Government	470,000	490,000	561,000	519,000	420,000	435,000	720,000	404,000	459,000	493,000	419,000
Education and health services	479,000	517,000	579,000	589,000	555,000	562,000	573,000	574,000	625,000	564,000	582,000
Leisure and hospitality	807,000	873,000	892,000	931,000	817,000	660,000	611,000	670,000	701,000	726,000	820,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities	927,000	1,014,000	1,091,000	1,007,000	1,036,000	739,000	773,000	765,000	841,000	771,000	989,000
Professional and business services	878,000	964,000	835,000	817,000	884,000	678,000	731,000	818,000	837,000	894,000	994,000
Footnotes: ^(p) Preliminary

Trade, transportation, and utilities had the highest number of hires in June 2014 at 1,128,000, up from 857,000 a year earlier. This industry had the second highest number of total separations, at 989,000, up from 771,000 in June 2013.

The number of job openings in manufacturing reached a June low in 2009, at 101,000; it was up to 312,000 in June 2014. This was up from 206,000 a year prior, but down from 318,000 in June 2012. Total separations in manufacturing have been at or near 233,000 in four of the past five Junes; in June 2012 the number of separations in manufacturing was 256,000, and in June 2014 there were 241,000 separations in manufacturing.

These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, and are not seasonally adjusted. For additional information, see "Job Openings and Labor Turnover ‑ June 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-1497. Charts depicting job openings, hires, and employment separations data can be found in Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Highlights: June 2014 (PDF). Note that data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, 4.7 million job openings in June 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140814.htm (visited March 15, 2026).

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