The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report on Wednesday. Job openings fell to 5.249 million in June from 5.357 million in May. May's figure was revised down from 5.363 million.
The number of job openings decreased for total private (4.762 million) and for government (487,000) in April.
The hires rate was 3.7% in June.
Total separations climbed to 4.931 million in June from 4.799 million in May.
The JOLTS report is one of the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's favourite labour market indicators.