JOLTS
Total hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000-2016
| Month | Hires | Layoffs | Quits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec-2000 | 5.482 | 1.891 | 3.012 |
| Jan-2001 | 5.777 | 2.196 | 3.448 |
| Feb-2001 | 5.52 | 1.849 | 3.241 |
| Mar-2001 | 5.65 | 2.144 | 3.154 |
| Apr-2001 | 5.337 | 1.917 | 3.214 |
| May-2001 | 5.395 | 2.012 | 3.085 |
| Jun-2001 | 5.061 | 1.9 | 3.003 |
| Jul-2001 | 5.164 | 1.949 | 2.959 |
| Aug-2001 | 5.041 | 1.863 | 2.869 |
| Sep-2001 | 4.941 | 2.042 | 2.738 |
| Oct-2001 | 5.033 | 2.256 | 2.861 |
| Nov-2001 | 4.902 | 2.118 | 2.604 |
| Dec-2001 | 4.767 | 1.878 | 2.531 |
| Jan-2002 | 4.849 | 1.884 | 2.888 |
| Feb-2002 | 4.9 | 1.982 | 2.626 |
| Mar-2002 | 4.644 | 1.751 | 2.491 |
| Apr-2002 | 4.94 | 1.904 | 2.713 |
| May-2002 | 4.959 | 1.947 | 2.699 |
| Jun-2002 | 4.824 | 1.823 | 2.613 |
| Jul-2002 | 5.005 | 1.985 | 2.71 |
| Aug-2002 | 4.851 | 1.842 | 2.649 |
| Sep-2002 | 4.848 | 1.879 | 2.626 |
| Oct-2002 | 4.806 | 1.865 | 2.578 |
| Nov-2002 | 4.918 | 1.912 | 2.462 |
| Dec-2002 | 4.925 | 1.952 | 2.565 |
| Jan-2003 | 4.971 | 2.002 | 2.514 |
| Feb-2003 | 4.713 | 1.972 | 2.471 |
| Mar-2003 | 4.433 | 1.833 | 2.403 |
| Apr-2003 | 4.688 | 2.007 | 2.406 |
| May-2003 | 4.613 | 1.965 | 2.38 |
| Jun-2003 | 4.755 | 2.066 | 2.382 |
| Jul-2003 | 4.714 | 2.021 | 2.39 |
| Aug-2003 | 4.653 | 1.996 | 2.406 |
| Sep-2003 | 4.873 | 1.904 | 2.479 |
| Oct-2003 | 4.897 | 1.896 | 2.529 |
| Nov-2003 | 4.717 | 1.824 | 2.459 |
| Dec-2003 | 5 | 1.93 | 2.472 |
| Jan-2004 | 4.827 | 1.954 | 2.436 |
| Feb-2004 | 4.7 | 1.831 | 2.443 |
| Mar-2004 | 5.219 | 1.933 | 2.608 |
| Apr-2004 | 5.115 | 1.902 | 2.664 |
| May-2004 | 4.939 | 1.832 | 2.467 |
| Jun-2004 | 4.948 | 1.846 | 2.679 |
| Jul-2004 | 4.88 | 1.806 | 2.714 |
| Aug-2004 | 5.091 | 1.926 | 2.691 |
| Sep-2004 | 4.985 | 1.851 | 2.586 |
| Oct-2004 | 5.092 | 1.755 | 2.661 |
| Nov-2004 | 5.18 | 1.949 | 2.811 |
| Dec-2004 | 5.246 | 1.964 | 2.7 |
| Jan-2005 | 5.207 | 1.939 | 2.844 |
| Feb-2005 | 5.273 | 1.979 | 2.66 |
| Mar-2005 | 5.216 | 1.934 | 2.841 |
| Apr-2005 | 5.27 | 1.848 | 2.801 |
| May-2005 | 5.298 | 1.878 | 2.882 |
| Jun-2005 | 5.332 | 1.951 | 2.821 |
| Jul-2005 | 5.275 | 1.827 | 2.794 |
| Aug-2005 | 5.41 | 1.882 | 2.966 |
| Sep-2005 | 5.427 | 1.907 | 3.053 |
| Oct-2005 | 4.988 | 1.666 | 2.967 |
| Nov-2005 | 5.308 | 1.689 | 2.92 |
| Dec-2005 | 5.103 | 1.718 | 2.805 |
| Jan-2006 | 5.196 | 1.67 | 2.954 |
| Feb-2006 | 5.329 | 1.671 | 2.975 |
| Mar-2006 | 5.372 | 1.65 | 3.004 |
| Apr-2006 | 5.113 | 1.795 | 2.789 |
| May-2006 | 5.489 | 1.887 | 3.056 |
| Jun-2006 | 5.278 | 1.672 | 3.05 |
| Jul-2006 | 5.372 | 1.767 | 2.977 |
| Aug-2006 | 5.208 | 1.621 | 3.003 |
| Sep-2006 | 5.214 | 1.706 | 2.94 |
| Oct-2006 | 5.179 | 1.83 | 2.931 |
| Nov-2006 | 5.528 | 1.87 | 3.069 |
| Dec-2006 | 5.223 | 1.725 | 3.046 |
| Jan-2007 | 5.245 | 1.746 | 2.988 |
| Feb-2007 | 5.202 | 1.75 | 2.993 |
| Mar-2007 | 5.38 | 1.788 | 2.989 |
| Apr-2007 | 5.158 | 1.879 | 2.901 |
| May-2007 | 5.268 | 1.755 | 3.008 |
| Jun-2007 | 5.187 | 1.851 | 2.841 |
| Jul-2007 | 5.075 | 1.759 | 2.947 |
| Aug-2007 | 5.106 | 1.811 | 2.95 |
| Sep-2007 | 5.145 | 2.079 | 2.643 |
| Oct-2007 | 5.227 | 1.917 | 2.884 |
| Nov-2007 | 5.162 | 1.919 | 2.777 |
| Dec-2007 | 4.968 | 1.77 | 2.792 |
| Jan-2008 | 4.868 | 1.843 | 2.831 |
| Feb-2008 | 4.943 | 1.908 | 2.789 |
| Mar-2008 | 4.766 | 1.835 | 2.575 |
| Apr-2008 | 4.875 | 1.845 | 2.882 |
| May-2008 | 4.602 | 1.842 | 2.602 |
| Jun-2008 | 4.751 | 1.974 | 2.662 |
| Jul-2008 | 4.471 | 1.894 | 2.55 |
| Aug-2008 | 4.522 | 2.075 | 2.416 |
| Sep-2008 | 4.316 | 1.963 | 2.446 |
| Oct-2008 | 4.454 | 2.138 | 2.412 |
| Nov-2008 | 3.954 | 2.19 | 2.063 |
| Dec-2008 | 4.218 | 2.405 | 2.104 |
| Jan-2009 | 4.158 | 2.573 | 2.043 |
| Feb-2009 | 4.011 | 2.501 | 1.906 |
| Mar-2009 | 3.73 | 2.433 | 1.794 |
| Apr-2009 | 3.853 | 2.559 | 1.734 |
| May-2009 | 3.793 | 2.121 | 1.74 |
| Jun-2009 | 3.675 | 2.115 | 1.782 |
| Jul-2009 | 3.854 | 2.273 | 1.726 |
| Aug-2009 | 3.744 | 2.063 | 1.676 |
| Sep-2009 | 3.859 | 2.127 | 1.639 |
| Oct-2009 | 3.767 | 1.964 | 1.671 |
| Nov-2009 | 3.992 | 1.823 | 1.784 |
| Dec-2009 | 3.806 | 1.994 | 1.697 |
| Jan-2010 | 3.88 | 1.874 | 1.668 |
| Feb-2010 | 3.781 | 1.79 | 1.724 |
| Mar-2010 | 4.182 | 1.83 | 1.793 |
| Apr-2010 | 4.082 | 1.676 | 1.914 |
| May-2010 | 4.376 | 1.733 | 1.79 |
| Jun-2010 | 4.064 | 1.959 | 1.94 |
| Jul-2010 | 4.116 | 2.081 | 1.848 |
| Aug-2010 | 3.91 | 1.748 | 1.904 |
| Sep-2010 | 3.978 | 1.768 | 1.921 |
| Oct-2010 | 4.061 | 1.645 | 1.852 |
| Nov-2010 | 4.101 | 1.753 | 1.778 |
| Dec-2010 | 4.155 | 1.776 | 1.937 |
| Jan-2011 | 3.91 | 1.71 | 1.825 |
| Feb-2011 | 4.061 | 1.652 | 1.872 |
| Mar-2011 | 4.291 | 1.709 | 1.967 |
| Apr-2011 | 4.218 | 1.676 | 1.925 |
| May-2011 | 4.116 | 1.692 | 2.037 |
| Jun-2011 | 4.297 | 1.826 | 1.949 |
| Jul-2011 | 4.139 | 1.749 | 1.981 |
| Aug-2011 | 4.168 | 1.715 | 2.087 |
| Sep-2011 | 4.32 | 1.756 | 2.046 |
| Oct-2011 | 4.239 | 1.707 | 1.953 |
| Nov-2011 | 4.244 | 1.757 | 1.949 |
| Dec-2011 | 4.234 | 1.74 | 1.955 |
| Jan-2012 | 4.291 | 1.711 | 1.994 |
| Feb-2012 | 4.47 | 1.777 | 2.083 |
| Mar-2012 | 4.454 | 1.654 | 2.162 |
| Apr-2012 | 4.29 | 1.84 | 2.103 |
| May-2012 | 4.44 | 1.829 | 2.185 |
| Jun-2012 | 4.435 | 1.819 | 2.189 |
| Jul-2012 | 4.256 | 1.663 | 2.114 |
| Aug-2012 | 4.421 | 1.825 | 2.174 |
| Sep-2012 | 4.24 | 1.75 | 1.973 |
| Oct-2012 | 4.314 | 1.779 | 2.032 |
| Nov-2012 | 4.4 | 1.773 | 2.056 |
| Dec-2012 | 4.345 | 1.615 | 2.102 |
| Jan-2013 | 4.433 | 1.614 | 2.316 |
| Feb-2013 | 4.557 | 1.599 | 2.257 |
| Mar-2013 | 4.275 | 1.711 | 2.078 |
| Apr-2013 | 4.503 | 1.717 | 2.298 |
| May-2013 | 4.551 | 1.733 | 2.253 |
| Jun-2013 | 4.411 | 1.637 | 2.247 |
| Jul-2013 | 4.524 | 1.642 | 2.369 |
| Aug-2013 | 4.694 | 1.716 | 2.384 |
| Sep-2013 | 4.692 | 1.76 | 2.396 |
| Oct-2013 | 4.457 | 1.539 | 2.399 |
| Nov-2013 | 4.6 | 1.531 | 2.378 |
| Dec-2013 | 4.488 | 1.715 | 2.309 |
| Jan-2014 | 4.64 | 1.751 | 2.36 |
| Feb-2014 | 4.7 | 1.672 | 2.421 |
| Mar-2014 | 4.768 | 1.641 | 2.419 |
| Apr-2014 | 4.763 | 1.677 | 2.442 |
| May-2014 | 4.755 | 1.65 | 2.516 |
| Jun-2014 | 4.839 | 1.697 | 2.467 |
| Jul-2014 | 4.991 | 1.809 | 2.578 |
| Aug-2014 | 4.787 | 1.673 | 2.543 |
| Sep-2014 | 5.092 | 1.643 | 2.787 |
| Oct-2014 | 5.103 | 1.76 | 2.767 |
| Nov-2014 | 5.026 | 1.666 | 2.662 |
| Dec-2014 | 5.186 | 1.749 | 2.655 |
| Jan-2015 | 5.052 | 1.756 | 2.77 |
| Feb-2015 | 5.091 | 1.683 | 2.703 |
| Mar-2015 | 5.11 | 1.907 | 2.722 |
| Apr-2015 | 5.071 | 1.798 | 2.681 |
| May-2015 | 5.111 | 1.702 | 2.758 |
| Jun-2015 | 5.147 | 1.783 | 2.746 |
| Jul-2015 | 5.084 | 1.664 | 2.724 |
| Aug-2015 | 5.06 | 1.693 | 2.855 |
| Sep-2015 | 5.131 | 1.842 | 2.748 |
| Oct-2015 | 5.212 | 1.721 | 2.797 |
| Nov-2015 | 5.253 | 1.718 | 2.862 |
| Dec-2015 | 5.401 | 1.672 | 3.088 |
| Jan-2016 | 5.125 | 1.704 | 2.851 |
| Feb-2016 | 5.51 | 1.808 | 2.955 |
| Mar-2016 | 5.29 | 1.768 | 2.948 |
| Apr-2016 | 5.085 | 1.708 | 2.909 |
| May-2016 | 5.047 | 1.701 | 2.942 |
| Jun-2016 | 5.172 | 1.622 | 2.979 |
| Jul-2016 | 5.258 | 1.639 | 2.977 |
| Aug-2016 | 5.21 | 1.623 | 2.981 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
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