Total nonfarm hires and separations: Level in thousands, monthly, seasonally adjusted, January 2006–January 2020

observation_date Hires  Separations 
2006-01-01 5271 5113
2006-02-01 5474 5180
2006-03-01 5524 5196
2006-04-01 5215 5074
2006-05-01 5498 5417
2006-06-01 5455 5262
2006-07-01 5573 5366
2006-08-01 5373 5207
2006-09-01 5288 5090
2006-10-01 5375 5319
2006-11-01 5495 5324
2006-12-01 5214 5127
2007-01-01 5426 5314
2007-02-01 5160 5117
2007-03-01 5479 5196
2007-04-01 5353 5286
2007-05-01 5469 5292
2007-06-01 5267 5103
2007-07-01 5217 5253
2007-08-01 5358 5398
2007-09-01 5344 5191
2007-10-01 5398 5271
2007-11-01 5176 5093
2007-12-01 5119 5041
2008-01-01 5071 5194
2008-02-01 5077 5184
2008-03-01 4924 4910
2008-04-01 4948 5182
2008-05-01 4691 4840
2008-06-01 4893 5043
2008-07-01 4637 4868
2008-08-01 4682 5014
2008-09-01 4499 4901
2008-10-01 4548 4977
2008-11-01 4104 4787
2008-12-01 4348 4879
2009-01-01 4095 4925
2009-02-01 4061 4824
2009-03-01 3858 4693
2009-04-01 3888 4695
2009-05-01 3758 4184
2009-06-01 3639 4226
2009-07-01 3857 4256
2009-08-01 3810 3992
2009-09-01 3944 4123
2009-10-01 3838 4003
2009-11-01 4024 3983
2009-12-01 4004 4103
2010-01-01 3904 3989
2010-02-01 3864 3978
2010-03-01 4302 4072
2010-04-01 4159 3948
2010-05-01 4420 3911
2010-06-01 4111 4308
2010-07-01 4163 4299
2010-08-01 4046 4067
2010-09-01 4034 4047
2010-10-01 4173 3883
2010-11-01 4182 4041
2010-12-01 4299 4143
2011-01-01 4000 4045
2011-02-01 4231 4014
2011-03-01 4430 4109
2011-04-01 4296 3994
2011-05-01 4261 4179
2011-06-01 4366 4168
2011-07-01 4261 4180
2011-08-01 4298 4189
2011-09-01 4429 4213
2011-10-01 4370 4147
2011-11-01 4365 4237
2011-12-01 4356 4090
2012-01-01 4457 4195
2012-02-01 4560 4322
2012-03-01 4575 4257
2012-04-01 4389 4329
2012-05-01 4533 4430
2012-06-01 4440 4383
2012-07-01 4327 4178
2012-08-01 4450 4338
2012-09-01 4302 4100
2012-10-01 4389 4260
2012-11-01 4489 4303
2012-12-01 4452 4117
2013-01-01 4487 4381
2013-02-01 4571 4257
2013-03-01 4369 4215
2013-04-01 4572 4424
2013-05-01 4663 4433
2013-06-01 4440 4313
2013-07-01 4561 4459
2013-08-01 4730 4522
2013-09-01 4726 4521
2013-10-01 4518 4354
2013-11-01 4622 4332
2013-12-01 4614 4387
2014-01-01 4626 4464
2014-02-01 4696 4511
2014-03-01 4763 4498
2014-04-01 4880 4584
2014-05-01 4808 4569
2014-06-01 4925 4617
2014-07-01 5008 4786
2014-08-01 4810 4654
2014-09-01 5149 4861
2014-10-01 5111 4941
2014-11-01 4978 4642
2014-12-01 5192 4815
2015-01-01 5061 4911
2015-02-01 5127 4828
2015-03-01 5126 5064
2015-04-01 5196 4942
2015-05-01 5142 4826
2015-06-01 5125 4992
2015-07-01 5150 4887
2015-08-01 5163 5055
2015-09-01 5287 5114
2015-10-01 5338 5032
2015-11-01 5358 5052
2015-12-01 5540 5208
2016-01-01 5204 5144
2016-02-01 5559 5282
2016-03-01 5362 5140
2016-04-01 5277 5122
2016-05-01 5206 5137
2016-06-01 5277 5061
2016-07-01 5419 5114
2016-08-01 5301 5188
2016-09-01 5283 4988
2016-10-01 5234 5098
2016-11-01 5316 5114
2016-12-01 5380 5087
2017-01-01 5517 5338
2017-02-01 5366 5141
2017-03-01 5395 5254
2017-04-01 5265 5101
2017-05-01 5454 5280
2017-06-01 5642 5457
2017-07-01 5502 5351
2017-08-01 5528 5368
2017-09-01 5401 5334
2017-10-01 5635 5347
2017-11-01 5473 5221
2017-12-01 5426 5265
2018-01-01 5511 5346
2018-02-01 5669 5276
2018-03-01 5629 5475
2018-04-01 5587 5449
2018-05-01 5819 5513
2018-06-01 5783 5558
2018-07-01 5691 5579
2018-08-01 5792 5568
2018-09-01 5610 5517
2018-10-01 5855 5638
2018-11-01 5818 5692
2018-12-01 5762 5569
2019-01-01 5834 5590
2019-02-01 5703 5676
2019-03-01 5689 5553
2019-04-01 6000 5763
2019-05-01 5687 5547
2019-06-01 5760 5568
2019-07-01 5975 5769
2019-08-01 5839 5660
2019-09-01 5959 5739
2019-10-01 5757 5580
2019-11-01 5857 5657
2019-12-01 5927 5762
2020-01-01 5824 5614

Note: Shared area denotes recession.

Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis FRED economic data

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