Job openings are at their highest level since January 2001

There were 4.998 million job openings on the last business day of January, little changed from 4.877 million in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires decreased to 4.996 million in January from 5.239 million the prior month. Separations were little changed at 4.821 million versus 4.901 million in December. Within separations, the quits rate was little changed at 2.0 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged at 1.2 percent.

The number of job openings was the highest level since January 2001. The job openings rate for January was 3.4 percent.

Effective with this release, revisions to data from January 2010 forward incorporate annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey seasonal adjustment factors.

There were 2.799 million quits in January, little changed from December's 2.715 million. The quits rate in January was 2.0 percent. The number of quits was little changed for total private and unchanged for government over the month. Quits increased in January in professional and business services and in health care and social assistance.

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