Chart: Hires are greater than quits in all sectors while lower wage sectors experience higher levels of quits and hires: Hires and quits rates by major sector, June 2022

Elise

Hires are greater than quits in all sectors while lower wage sectors experience higher levels of quits and hires: Hires and quits rates by major sector, June 2022

Notes: Data provided for all sectors with complementary information on both hires and quits rates for Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (x- and y-axis data) and private sector hourly wage rates from the Current Establishment Survey for January 2022 (data for size of bubbles); 45 degree line represent data where hires rates are equal to quits rates in each sector.

Source: EPI analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and Current Employment Survey public data series.

This chart appears in:

Previous chart: « Each year millions of current and prospective college students skip or drop out of college due to the high cost of attendance: College students who cited cost as a reason for not enrolling or dropping out 2021

Next chart: Quarterly wage growth shows no sign of accelerating in the first half of 2022: Annualized quarterly wage changes, alternative measures, 2018–2022 »