January job openings and total separations change little; hires unchanged

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statisyics

January job openings and total separations change little; hires unchanged

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.7 million in January. Hires held at 5.4 million, and total separations changed little at 5.3 million. Annual levels and rates for 2024 are now available.

Economic News Release
JOLTS JLT Program Links
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Summary
For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, March 11, 2025 USDL-25-0331
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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – JANUARY 2025

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.7 million in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires held at 5.4 million, and total separations changed little at 5.3 million.

Within separations, quits (3.3 million) and layoffs and discharges (1.6 million) changed little.

This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. This release also includes 2024 annual estimates for job openings, hires, and separations. Job openings include all positions that are open on the last business day of the month. Hires and separations include all changes to the payroll during the entire
month.

Job Openings

The number of job openings was little changed at 7.7 million in January but was down by 728,000 over the year. The job openings rate, at 4.6 percent, changed little over the month. The number of job openings increased in real estate and rental and leasing (+46,000). (See table 1.)

Read more: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm

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1. US job openings rose to 7.7 million in January, a sign Trump inherited a strong labor market

Yup, that's AP's title. LOL
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-job-openings-rose-7-140907409.html

U.S. job openings rose at the start of the year, another sign the job market was solid when President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

U.S. employers posted 7.7 million vacancies in January, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, up from 7.5 million.

. . . Layoffs fell slightly in January, and the number of Americans quitting their jobs rose.

. . . The fallout from purges of federal workers by billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is not expected to show up in labor market data at least until the February numbers come out. . . .

. . . Openings are down from 8.5 million in January 2024 . . .

(emphasis added)

Note again this is for JANUARY, a month when tRUMP was president for only the last 1/3 of the month.

At 958 AM CDT, Dow down 500 points (1.21%), S&P 500 down 0.8%

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2. Thanks. I'll have to link to a news source when I get back to a laptop.

I took the day off, and I’m on a phone.

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3. Enjoy your day off! The only reason I posted was that I love the article's headline /nt