Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for May 2020

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS*) for May 2020 was released by the Labor Department this morning:

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Job Openings

Predicted: 5,000,000
Actual:    5,397,000

• Previous Month (revised): 4,996,000
  
  
• One Year Previous:7,300,000

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Hires: 6,487,000 

Total Separations: 4,145,000 

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The above, yellow-highlighted percentage represents the estimated number of job openings in the United States during the indicated month. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

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From Today's Release:

"...These improvements in the labor market reflected a limited resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed in March and April due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by four geographic regions..."

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Chart: Job Openings, Hires and Separations
May 2020 Update

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Here's How The Labor Department Defines Total Separations:

"Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers to other locations of the same firm."

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• * = The JOLTS data series began back in December of 2000. 
  
  
• Click here to view the full Labor Department JOLTS report.
  
  

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