JOLTS job openings remains near all time highs
- JOLTs job openings 11.266M vs 11.000M estimate
- Prior month 11.263M revised to 11.283M. Last month was a record level.
- Quits 2.9% vs 2.8% last. Quits were little changed at 4.4 million. Quits increased and retail trade +74K and durable goods manufacturing +22K and state and local government education +14K. There were declines in finance insurance -30K
- Hires edged up to 6.7 million
- separations were little change that 6.1 million
- layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 0.9%. The total number of layoffs and discharges or is little changed at 1.4 million
Within the report for job openings:
- finance insurance -63K
- nondurable goods manufacturing -39K
- arts and entertainment and recreation +32K
- educational services +26 K
- Federal Government +23K
Over the 12 months ending in February 2022, hires totaled 77.0 million and separations totaled 70.6 million yielding a net employment gain of 6.4 million. These totals include workers who may have been hired and separated more than once during the year.
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