BLS Report: September job openings and hires little changed, quits at a series high

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Wed Jan 27, 2021: BLS Report: Gross job losses 20.4 million and gross job gains 5.7 million in the 2nd quarter of 2020

People come; people go.

This is JOLTS, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. It comes out a few days after the monthly payroll employment report.

The number of quits indicates how confident people are of finding another job if they leave the one they have.

Previous reports:

Tue Oct 12, 2021: BLS Report: August job openings and hires decrease; total separations little changed

Wed Sep 8, 2021: BLS Report: July job openings increase to series high; hires and total separations little changed

Mon Aug 9, 2021: BLS Report: June job openings increase to series high; hires increase and total separations edge up

Wed Jul 7, 2021: BLS Report: May job openings and hires little changed; total separations decrease

Tue Jun 8, 2021: BLS Report: April job openings reach series high; total separations increase and hires little change

Tue May 11, 2021: BLS Report: March job openings reach a series high; hires and total separations little changed

Tue Apr 6, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and hires edge up in February; total separations little changed

Fri Mar 12, 2021: BLS Report: Total separations decrease in January; job openings and hires change little

Tue Feb 9, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and total separations little changed in December; hires decrease

Tue Jan 12, 2021: BLS Report: Job openings and hires little changed in November; total separations increase

Wed Dec 9, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings (6.7 million) and hires little changed; separations increase in October

Thu Nov 12, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings (6.4 million), hires, and separations little changed in September

Tue Oct 6, 2020: BLS Report: Job openings and hires little changed in August; total separations decrease

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September job openings and hires little changed, quits at a series high

Economic News Release USDL-21-1975

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Friday, November 12, 2021
Technical information: [phone] • [e-mail] • www.bls.gov/jlt
Media contact: [phone] • [e-mail]

JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – SEPTEMBER 2021

The number of job openings was little changed at 10.4 million on the last business day of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires and total separations were little changed at 6.5 million and 6.2 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits level and rate increased to a series high of 4.4 million and 3.0 percent, respectively. The layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 0.9 percent. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, by four geographic regions, and by establishment size class.

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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for October 2021 are scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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1. Record-High Job Openings Persist in Tight Labor Market

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ECONOMY | U.S. ECONOMY

Record-High Job Openings Persist in Tight Labor Market

There were more than 11 million job openings in early November, according to jobs site Indeed, well above the number of unemployed workers

By Gabriel T. Rubin
https://twitter.com/Rubinations
Nov. 12, 2021 5:30 am ET

The U.S. economy has had more than 10 million open jobs since June, an extraordinary stretch of imbalance in the labor market that also includes record numbers of workers quitting their jobs.

As of Nov. 5, there were a projected 11.2 million U.S. job openings, according to estimates from the jobs site Indeed, exceeding 7.4 million unemployed workers in the U.S. labor force last month.

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