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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Job openings rise to 8.123M in March, a series high

  • 8.123M March Job Openings vs. 7.455M consensus and 7.526M prior (revised from 7.367M).
  • Job openings last month rose to the highest level since the data series started in December 2000.
  • Job openings rate 5.3%.
  • Quits rate 2.4%.
  • Layoffs and discharges rate fell to a series low of 1.0%.
  • The largest increases in job openings were in some of the sectors that were hit hardest by the pandemic — accommodation and food services (+185K); state and local government education (+155K), and arts, entertainment, and recreation (+81K).
  • Job openings decreased in health care and social assistance (-218K).

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