JOLTS

Total hires, layoffs, and quits, 2000-2018

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 4.292 1.707 1.977
Feb-2012 4.419 1.78 2.08
Mar-2012 4.465 1.653 2.164
Apr-2012 4.299 1.85 2.104
May-2012 4.445 1.828 2.186
Jun-2012 4.432 1.812 2.186
Jul-2012 4.269 1.668 2.103
Aug-2012 4.447 1.836 2.173
Sep-2012 4.238 1.745 1.977
Oct-2012 4.299 1.791 2.047
Nov-2012 4.393 1.789 2.069
Dec-2012 4.36 1.594 2.088
Jan-2013 4.427 1.593 2.299
Feb-2013 4.495 1.607 2.267
Mar-2013 4.311 1.701 2.098
Apr-2013 4.506 1.714 2.313
May-2013 4.575 1.73 2.252
Jun-2013 4.39 1.643 2.26
Jul-2013 4.523 1.649 2.376
Aug-2013 4.714 1.723 2.403
Sep-2013 4.687 1.767 2.399
Oct-2013 4.439 1.561 2.415
Nov-2013 4.592 1.553 2.366
Dec-2013 4.542 1.689 2.248
Jan-2014 4.617 1.724 2.352
Feb-2014 4.656 1.667 2.39
Mar-2014 4.747 1.64 2.438
Apr-2014 4.798 1.675 2.467
May-2014 4.784 1.642 2.513
Jun-2014 4.803 1.692 2.486
Jul-2014 4.988 1.821 2.591
Aug-2014 4.805 1.674 2.558
Sep-2014 5.089 1.663 2.799
Oct-2014 5.127 1.783 2.772
Nov-2014 5.047 1.682 2.607
Dec-2014 5.163 1.741 2.585
Jan-2015 5.036 1.723 2.766
Feb-2015 5.028 1.685 2.674
Mar-2015 5.078 1.906 2.732
Apr-2015 5.12 1.793 2.716
May-2015 5.123 1.656 2.737
Jun-2015 5.132 1.784 2.803
Jul-2015 5.118 1.663 2.802
Aug-2015 5.091 1.675 2.926
Sep-2015 5.15 1.878 2.802
Oct-2015 5.319 1.76 2.836
Nov-2015 5.337 1.699 2.892
Dec-2015 5.497 1.762 3.032
Jan-2016 5.13 1.722 2.9
Feb-2016 5.473 1.859 2.957
Mar-2016 5.297 1.745 2.913
Apr-2016 5.243 1.736 2.997
May-2016 5.215 1.753 3.03
Jun-2016 5.236 1.615 3.066
Jul-2016 5.33 1.6 3.093
Aug-2016 5.303 1.676 3.161
Sep-2016 5.264 1.528 3.112
Oct-2016 5.213 1.608 3.093
Nov-2016 5.282 1.694 3.022
Dec-2016 5.326 1.683 2.958
Jan-2017 5.46 1.659 3.169
Feb-2017 5.264 1.657 3.018
Mar-2017 5.297 1.669 3.144
Apr-2017 5.225 1.687 3.072
May-2017 5.486 1.689 3.227
Jun-2017 5.467 1.772 3.166
Jul-2017 5.506 1.817 3.24
Aug-2017 5.514 1.806 3.173
Sep-2017 5.383 1.762 3.256
Oct-2017 5.609 1.712 3.224
Nov-2017 5.514 1.735 3.195
Dec-2017 5.524 1.655 3.34
Jan-2018 5.574 1.784 3.191
Feb-2018 5.511 1.62 3.208
Mar-2018 5.425 1.564 3.344
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