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The number of job openings was little changed at 6.1 million in September 2017. Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed, at 5.3 million and 5.2 million, respectively. Professional and business services and education and health services had the most job openings at 1.2 million each.
Category | Job openings | Hires | Total separations |
---|---|---|---|
Professional and business services |
1,193,000 | 1,119,000 | 1,117,000 |
Education and health services |
1,172,000 | 651,000 | 619,000 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
1,084,000 | 1,027,000 | 980,000 |
Leisure and hospitality |
757,000 | 947,000 | 1,007,000 |
Government |
530,000 | 351,000 | 342,000 |
Manufacturing |
425,000 | 333,000 | 323,000 |
Financial activities |
339,000 | 194,000 | 189,000 |
Other services |
280,000 | 171,000 | 190,000 |
Construction |
196,000 | 377,000 | 363,000 |
Information |
94,000 | 73,000 | 88,000 |
Mining and logging |
24,000 | 30,000 | 23,000 |
In September, professional and business services had 1.1 million hires and 1.1 million separations. Education and health services had 651,000 hires and 619,000 total separations.
These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Job Openings and Labor Turnover — September 2017" (HTML) (PDF). Also see charts featuring data on job openings, hires, and separations.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Professional and business and education and health services had the most job openings in September at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/professional-and-business-and-education-and-health-services-had-the-most-job-openings-in-september.htm (visited October 31, 2024).