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Professional and business and education and health services had the most job openings in September

November 14, 2017

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.

Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, September 2017, seasonally adjusted
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.

SUGGESTED CITATION

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).

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