Table 1. Median standard errors for 20131 by industry and census region
Level
Rate
Level
Rate
Level
Rate
Layoffs and
discharges
Level
Rate
Total……………………………………………………………………………………………..
95,559
0.069
99,694
0.075
106,842
0.080
60,429
0.046
86,366
Industry and census region
Job openings
Level
Rate
Hires
Total separations
Quits
Other separations
Level
Rate
0.065
24,712
0.019
INDUSTRY
Total private………………………………………………………………………………..
94,597
0.081
97,873
0.088
105,734
0.095
60,212
0.054
85,587
0.076
24,347
0.022
0.375
3,187
0.457
3,096
0.472
1,828
0.252
1,930
0.268
934
0.122
Construction………………………………………………………………
18,540
0.260
31,872
0.472
29,310
0.439
14,686
0.227
28,996
0.407
5,061
0.074
Manufacturing……………………………………………………….
14,707
0.105
20,270
0.154
21,987
0.158
10,140
0.073
17,845
0.129
4,110
0.032
Durable goods...………………………………………………….
11,527
0.126
13,975
0.163
16,209
0.196
7,227
0.082
13,010
0.150
3,183
0.037
Nondurable goods...……………………………………………
8,098
0.154
12,267
0.245
12,414
0.243
6,253
0.122
9,978
0.194
1,848
0.038
Trade, transportation, and utilities…………………………
37,388
0.138
43,210
0.165
41,236
0.162
25,639
0.102
32,387
0.127
10,277
0.041
Wholesale trade………………………………………………………
15,842
0.270
16,313
0.292
14,437
0.253
8,765
0.152
12,023
0.210
3,531
0.062
Retail trade……………………………………………………………..
28,179
0.183
31,226
0.206
30,922
0.208
21,429
0.143
23,966
0.156
8,635
0.057
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities………………....
12,395
0.246
15,475
0.313
15,489
0.316
8,028
0.163
11,449
0.233
3,125
0.064
Information……………………………………………………………..
12,327
0.395
7,238
0.250
8,653
0.289
5,026
0.171
5,691
0.193
1,752
0.058
Financial activities……..…………………………………………
24,206
0.284
17,270
0.215
19,235
0.243
11,958
0.153
13,109
0.165
5,274
0.067
Finance and insurance………………………………………
19,771
0.315
11,316
0.191
13,710
0.235
8,927
0.147
8,376
0.144
4,047
0.069
Real estate and rental and leasing………………….. 8,590
0.397
10,236
0.498
11,295
0.538
7,193
0.343
8,891
0.442
2,118
0.099
Professional and business services…………………….46,641
0.270
46,813
0.276
46,105
0.283
27,770
0.169
32,162
0.192
9,575
0.059
Education and health services………………………………………….
27,535
0.144
21,689
0.123
22,939
0.130
13,682
0.075
16,447
0.094
5,390
0.031
Mining and Logging……………………………………………
2,722
Educational services………………………………………..
6,244
0.213
7,154
0.237
7,148
0.245
3,605
0.117
5,823
0.197
1,170
0.040
Health care and social assistance……………………26,148
0.164
20,233
0.128
20,968
0.141
12,771
0.085
15,299
0.100
4,906
0.034
Leisure and hospitality………………...……………………………
28,126
0.202
38,970
0.304
40,204
0.309
23,623
0.181
34,355
0.259
5,664
0.043
Arts, entertainment, and recreation…………………. 8,205
0.412
14,682
0.806
16,122
0.870
5,137
0.278
15,376
0.822
1,089
0.058
Accommodation and food services……………..
0.222
32,717
0.307
32,199
0.301
22,437
0.205
24,713
0.231
5,402
0.048
Other services……………………………………………………………..
26,569
0.478
22,951
0.425
25,944
0.484
15,682
0.289
18,403
0.340
4,444
0.082
Government……………………………………………………………………………..
15,754
0.070
13,829
0.063
13,114
0.061
6,664
0.031
9,177
0.042
3,664
0.017
Federal………………………………………………………………………
4,805
0.162
3,225
0.117
2,842
0.101
1,722
0.061
1,115
0.040
1,051
0.038
State and local…………….………………………………………………….
14,108
0.071
13,200
0.068
12,823
0.066
6,184
0.032
9,066
0.046
3,274
0.017
26,380
REGION
Northeast……………………………………………………………….
36,850
1
39,541
0.159
43,705
0.174
20,976
0.084
37,043
0.149
8,852
0.036
South…………………………………………………………………………………..
61,883
0.120
0.140
62,103
0.129
62,519
0.133
37,591
0.080
47,556
0.100
13,659
0.029
Midwest……………………………………………………………………………..
35,234
0.110
48,645
0.159
46,327
0.151
25,347
0.082
39,143
0.129
9,500
0.031
West…………………………………………………………………………..
44,437
0.142
47,994
0.163
51,892
0.177
29,225
0.103
41,331
0.141
11,100
0.038
Median standard errors derived from the standard errors of not seasonally adjusted monthly estimates for January 2002 through December 2012.
Standard errors for seasonally adjusted estimates are approximately the same. These statistics will be updated in early 2014.