Total hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000-2015
| Month | Hires | Layoffs | Quits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec-2000 | 5.395 | 1.879 | 3.044 |
| Jan-2001 | 5.801 | 2.109 | 3.39 |
| Feb-2001 | 5.434 | 1.8 | 3.284 |
| Mar-2001 | 5.619 | 2.134 | 3.178 |
| Apr-2001 | 5.335 | 1.929 | 3.191 |
| May-2001 | 5.358 | 2.007 | 3.116 |
| Jun-2001 | 5.083 | 1.924 | 2.993 |
| Jul-2001 | 5.173 | 1.941 | 2.945 |
| Aug-2001 | 5.076 | 1.878 | 2.823 |
| Sep-2001 | 4.961 | 2.056 | 2.729 |
| Oct-2001 | 5.016 | 2.222 | 2.843 |
| Nov-2001 | 4.887 | 2.12 | 2.621 |
| Dec-2001 | 4.788 | 1.881 | 2.627 |
| Jan-2002 | 4.9 | 1.84 | 2.894 |
| Feb-2002 | 4.883 | 1.97 | 2.675 |
| Mar-2002 | 4.626 | 1.765 | 2.526 |
| Apr-2002 | 4.93 | 1.9 | 2.71 |
| May-2002 | 4.923 | 1.931 | 2.722 |
| Jun-2002 | 4.821 | 1.85 | 2.602 |
| Jul-2002 | 5.014 | 1.99 | 2.688 |
| Aug-2002 | 4.881 | 1.856 | 2.607 |
| Sep-2002 | 4.87 | 1.888 | 2.608 |
| Oct-2002 | 4.803 | 1.847 | 2.563 |
| Nov-2002 | 4.941 | 1.912 | 2.497 |
| Dec-2002 | 4.93 | 1.986 | 2.647 |
| Jan-2003 | 5.008 | 1.98 | 2.489 |
| Feb-2003 | 4.681 | 1.95 | 2.498 |
| Mar-2003 | 4.444 | 1.868 | 2.428 |
| Apr-2003 | 4.689 | 2.023 | 2.387 |
| May-2003 | 4.618 | 1.977 | 2.394 |
| Jun-2003 | 4.772 | 2.136 | 2.365 |
| Jul-2003 | 4.721 | 2.053 | 2.341 |
| Aug-2003 | 4.666 | 1.979 | 2.38 |
| Sep-2003 | 4.87 | 1.893 | 2.468 |
| Oct-2003 | 4.898 | 1.889 | 2.508 |
| Nov-2003 | 4.726 | 1.812 | 2.495 |
| Dec-2003 | 4.967 | 1.951 | 2.503 |
| Jan-2004 | 4.839 | 1.913 | 2.423 |
| Feb-2004 | 4.69 | 1.838 | 2.467 |
| Mar-2004 | 5.17 | 1.889 | 2.662 |
| Apr-2004 | 5.115 | 1.911 | 2.623 |
| May-2004 | 4.951 | 1.858 | 2.482 |
| Jun-2004 | 4.949 | 1.88 | 2.666 |
| Jul-2004 | 4.858 | 1.819 | 2.67 |
| Aug-2004 | 5.129 | 1.954 | 2.639 |
| Sep-2004 | 4.984 | 1.829 | 2.593 |
| Oct-2004 | 5.122 | 1.794 | 2.585 |
| Nov-2004 | 5.204 | 1.954 | 2.818 |
| Dec-2004 | 5.239 | 1.973 | 2.772 |
| Jan-2005 | 5.187 | 1.913 | 2.83 |
| Feb-2005 | 5.203 | 1.909 | 2.675 |
| Mar-2005 | 5.207 | 1.958 | 2.854 |
| Apr-2005 | 5.291 | 1.884 | 2.765 |
| May-2005 | 5.271 | 1.911 | 2.842 |
| Jun-2005 | 5.286 | 1.967 | 2.796 |
| Jul-2005 | 5.301 | 1.862 | 2.747 |
| Aug-2005 | 5.431 | 1.878 | 2.938 |
| Sep-2005 | 5.429 | 1.902 | 3.053 |
| Oct-2005 | 5.065 | 1.717 | 2.943 |
| Nov-2005 | 5.227 | 1.639 | 2.928 |
| Dec-2005 | 5.057 | 1.735 | 2.823 |
| Jan-2006 | 5.218 | 1.719 | 2.853 |
| Feb-2006 | 5.347 | 1.721 | 3.013 |
| Mar-2006 | 5.294 | 1.63 | 3.037 |
| Apr-2006 | 5.125 | 1.743 | 2.808 |
| May-2006 | 5.47 | 1.933 | 3.049 |
| Jun-2006 | 5.256 | 1.674 | 3.034 |
| Jul-2006 | 5.357 | 1.767 | 2.943 |
| Aug-2006 | 5.208 | 1.627 | 2.95 |
| Sep-2006 | 5.213 | 1.741 | 2.914 |
| Oct-2006 | 5.17 | 1.77 | 2.936 |
| Nov-2006 | 5.469 | 1.826 | 3.096 |
| Dec-2006 | 5.19 | 1.724 | 3.083 |
| Jan-2007 | 5.195 | 1.681 | 2.975 |
| Feb-2007 | 5.178 | 1.762 | 2.995 |
| Mar-2007 | 5.287 | 1.787 | 2.985 |
| Apr-2007 | 5.153 | 1.856 | 2.89 |
| May-2007 | 5.217 | 1.725 | 2.978 |
| Jun-2007 | 5.18 | 1.83 | 2.829 |
| Jul-2007 | 5.106 | 1.797 | 2.898 |
| Aug-2007 | 5.131 | 1.841 | 2.89 |
| Sep-2007 | 5.136 | 2.071 | 2.638 |
| Oct-2007 | 5.203 | 1.911 | 2.853 |
| Nov-2007 | 5.177 | 1.924 | 2.823 |
| Dec-2007 | 5.035 | 1.794 | 2.823 |
| Jan-2008 | 4.868 | 1.823 | 2.818 |
| Feb-2008 | 4.863 | 1.875 | 2.809 |
| Mar-2008 | 4.759 | 1.842 | 2.619 |
| Apr-2008 | 4.857 | 1.854 | 2.839 |
| May-2008 | 4.604 | 1.813 | 2.639 |
| Jun-2008 | 4.782 | 2.021 | 2.62 |
| Jul-2008 | 4.467 | 1.906 | 2.495 |
| Aug-2008 | 4.58 | 2.137 | 2.375 |
| Sep-2008 | 4.297 | 1.96 | 2.417 |
| Oct-2008 | 4.454 | 2.126 | 2.443 |
| Nov-2008 | 3.899 | 2.187 | 2.083 |
| Dec-2008 | 4.271 | 2.407 | 2.129 |
| Jan-2009 | 4.111 | 2.502 | 2.04 |
| Feb-2009 | 4.004 | 2.468 | 1.959 |
| Mar-2009 | 3.697 | 2.442 | 1.804 |
| Apr-2009 | 3.87 | 2.592 | 1.731 |
| May-2009 | 3.736 | 2.118 | 1.711 |
| Jun-2009 | 3.649 | 2.123 | 1.737 |
| Jul-2009 | 3.807 | 2.237 | 1.71 |
| Aug-2009 | 3.734 | 2.063 | 1.642 |
| Sep-2009 | 3.846 | 2.095 | 1.644 |
| Oct-2009 | 3.746 | 1.972 | 1.67 |
| Nov-2009 | 3.966 | 1.863 | 1.786 |
| Dec-2009 | 3.819 | 1.981 | 1.69 |
| Jan-2010 | 3.903 | 1.872 | 1.674 |
| Feb-2010 | 3.778 | 1.795 | 1.737 |
| Mar-2010 | 4.189 | 1.879 | 1.809 |
| Apr-2010 | 4.087 | 1.66 | 1.896 |
| May-2010 | 4.368 | 1.76 | 1.777 |
| Jun-2010 | 4.074 | 1.978 | 1.909 |
| Jul-2010 | 4.121 | 2.091 | 1.841 |
| Aug-2010 | 3.914 | 1.766 | 1.864 |
| Sep-2010 | 3.995 | 1.775 | 1.901 |
| Oct-2010 | 4.05 | 1.661 | 1.875 |
| Nov-2010 | 4.11 | 1.779 | 1.838 |
| Dec-2010 | 4.18 | 1.776 | 1.966 |
| Jan-2011 | 3.904 | 1.687 | 1.803 |
| Feb-2011 | 4.035 | 1.657 | 1.879 |
| Mar-2011 | 4.266 | 1.736 | 1.974 |
| Apr-2011 | 4.219 | 1.669 | 1.921 |
| May-2011 | 4.125 | 1.688 | 1.984 |
| Jun-2011 | 4.297 | 1.844 | 1.951 |
| Jul-2011 | 4.18 | 1.758 | 1.966 |
| Aug-2011 | 4.193 | 1.717 | 2.045 |
| Sep-2011 | 4.326 | 1.761 | 2.041 |
| Oct-2011 | 4.217 | 1.749 | 1.963 |
| Nov-2011 | 4.235 | 1.782 | 1.979 |
| Dec-2011 | 4.254 | 1.695 | 1.991 |
| Jan-2012 | 4.296 | 1.675 | 1.963 |
| Feb-2012 | 4.451 | 1.759 | 2.096 |
| Mar-2012 | 4.472 | 1.692 | 2.175 |
| Apr-2012 | 4.305 | 1.841 | 2.09 |
| May-2012 | 4.44 | 1.841 | 2.155 |
| Jun-2012 | 4.338 | 1.779 | 2.147 |
| Jul-2012 | 4.285 | 1.646 | 2.091 |
| Aug-2012 | 4.46 | 1.88 | 2.122 |
| Sep-2012 | 4.22 | 1.768 | 1.949 |
| Oct-2012 | 4.322 | 1.751 | 2.042 |
| Nov-2012 | 4.417 | 1.781 | 2.092 |
| Dec-2012 | 4.361 | 1.552 | 2.145 |
| Jan-2013 | 4.411 | 1.606 | 2.293 |
| Feb-2013 | 4.574 | 1.619 | 2.277 |
| Mar-2013 | 4.289 | 1.784 | 2.091 |
| Apr-2013 | 4.49 | 1.72 | 2.284 |
| May-2013 | 4.554 | 1.728 | 2.212 |
| Jun-2013 | 4.41 | 1.642 | 2.211 |
| Jul-2013 | 4.493 | 1.626 | 2.323 |
| Aug-2013 | 4.647 | 1.685 | 2.349 |
| Sep-2013 | 4.651 | 1.776 | 2.376 |
| Oct-2013 | 4.458 | 1.526 | 2.407 |
| Nov-2013 | 4.616 | 1.536 | 2.416 |
| Dec-2013 | 4.545 | 1.682 | 2.387 |
| Jan-2014 | 4.600 | 1.752 | 2.384 |
| Feb-2014 | 4.698 | 1.671 | 2.438 |
| Mar-2014 | 4.744 | 1.684 | 2.43 |
| Apr-2014 | 4.79 | 1.703 | 2.413 |
| May-2014 | 4.805 | 1.659 | 2.494 |
| Jun-2014 | 4.820 | 1.700 | 2.469 |
| Jul-2014 | 5.003 | 1.827 | 2.542 |
| Aug-2014 | 4.792 | 1.663 | 2.516 |
| Sep-2014 | 5.061 | 1.694 | 2.733 |
| Oct-2014 | 5.106 | 1.745 | 2.746 |
| Nov-2014 | 5.026 | 1.595 | 2.662 |
| Dec-2014 | 5.239 | 1.725 | 2.715 |
| Jan-2015 | 4.994 | 1.722 | 2.779 |
| Feb-2015 | 5.011 | 1.688 | 2.720 |
| Mar-2015 | 5.088 | 1.894 | 2.769 |
| Apr-2015 | 5.034 | 1.784 | 2.709 |
| May-2015 | 5.060 | 1.660 | 2.730 |
| Jun-2015 | 5.182 | 1.779 | 2.738 |
| Jul-2015 | 5.065 | 1.646 | 2.737 |
| Aug-2015 | 5.078 | 1.688 | 2.741 |
Note: Shaded areas denote recessions.
Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey