The number of job openings was little changed at 5.7 million on the last business day of March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and separations were also little changed at 5.3 million and 5.1 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits and the layoffs and discharges

rates were unchanged at 2.1 percent and 1.1 percent, respectively. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.

On the last business day of March, there were 5.7 million job openings, little changed from February. The job openings rate was 3.8 percent in March. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and edged up for government. Job openings increased in professional and business services

(+126,000), other services (+55,000), and state and local government education (+27,000). Job openings decreased in educational services (-43,000) and mining and logging (-8,000). The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions.