Figure 6. Hires, total separations, and employment, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2014
Date Hires Total separations Employment

Dec 2000

 5,395 5,266 132,723

Jan 2001

 5,801 5,867 132,696

Feb 2001

 5,434 5,412 132,767

Mar 2001

 5,619 5,689 132,742

Apr 2001

 5,335 5,547 132,460

May 2001

 5,358 5,486 132,422

Jun 2001

 5,083 5,279 132,291

Jul 2001

 5,173 5,250 132,179

Aug 2001

 5,076 5,102 132,019

Sep 2001

 4,961 5,175 131,778

Oct 2001

 5,016 5,437 131,453

Nov 2001

 4,887 5,074 131,159

Dec 2001

 4,788 4,878 130,988

Jan 2002

 4,900 5,107 130,849

Feb 2002

 4,883 5,022 130,715

Mar 2002

 4,626 4,667 130,695

Apr 2002

 4,930 5,008 130,615

May 2002

 4,923 5,004 130,607

Jun 2002

 4,821 4,811 130,663

Jul 2002

 5,014 5,089 130,579

Aug 2002

 4,881 4,829 130,563

Sep 2002

 4,870 4,879 130,503

Oct 2002

 4,803 4,768 130,628

Nov 2002

 4,941 4,807 130,638

Dec 2002

 4,930 5,043 130,481

Jan 2003

 5,008 4,895 130,572

Feb 2003

 4,681 4,826 130,421

Mar 2003

 4,444 4,684 130,211

Apr 2003

 4,689 4,770 130,167

May 2003

 4,618 4,722 130,157

Jun 2003

 4,772 4,836 130,166

Jul 2003

 4,721 4,735 130,190

Aug 2003

 4,666 4,695 130,147

Sep 2003

 4,870 4,726 130,250

Oct 2003

 4,898 4,742 130,446

Nov 2003

 4,726 4,648 130,463

Dec 2003

 4,967 4,788 130,586

Jan 2004

 4,839 4,681 130,746

Feb 2004

 4,690 4,622 130,792

Mar 2004

 5,170 4,902 131,123

Apr 2004

 5,115 4,861 131,371

May 2004

 4,951 4,700 131,679

Jun 2004

 4,949 4,919 131,753

Jul 2004

 4,858 4,837 131,786

Aug 2004

 5,129 4,959 131,918

Sep 2004

 4,984 4,785 132,080

Oct 2004

 5,122 4,739 132,425

Nov 2004

 5,204 5,118 132,489

Dec 2004

 5,239 5,082 132,618

Jan 2005

 5,187 5,048 132,752

Feb 2005

 5,203 4,970 132,991

Mar 2005

 5,207 5,132 133,126

Apr 2005

 5,291 4,952 133,489

May 2005

 5,271 5,114 133,665

Jun 2005

 5,286 5,065 133,908

Jul 2005

 5,301 4,910 134,283

Aug 2005

 5,431 5,175 134,479

Sep 2005

 5,429 5,291 134,545

Oct 2005

 5,065 4,979 134,629

Nov 2005

 5,227 4,896 134,966

Dec 2005

 5,057 4,962 135,124

Jan 2006

 5,218 4,937 135,401

Feb 2006

 5,347 5,094 135,716

Mar 2006

 5,294 5,051 135,997

Apr 2006

 5,125 4,967 136,179

May 2006

 5,470 5,435 136,203

Jun 2006

 5,256 5,131 136,280

Jul 2006

 5,357 5,121 136,486

Aug 2006

 5,208 4,963 136,671

Sep 2006

 5,213 5,004 136,827

Oct 2006

 5,170 5,092 136,830

Nov 2006

 5,469 5,290 137,039

Dec 2006

 5,190 5,148 137,211

Jan 2007

 5,195 5,016 137,448

Feb 2007

 5,178 5,151 137,536

Mar 2007

 5,287 5,121 137,724

Apr 2007

 5,153 5,108 137,802

May 2007

 5,217 5,048 137,947

Jun 2007

 5,180 5,043 138,018

Jul 2007

 5,106 5,101 137,984

Aug 2007

 5,131 5,072 137,967

Sep 2007

 5,136 5,019 138,053

Oct 2007

 5,203 5,075 138,136

Nov 2007

 5,177 5,109 138,253

Dec 2007

 5,035 4,994 138,350

Jan 2008

 4,868 4,937 138,365

Feb 2008

 4,863 5,008 138,278

Mar 2008

 4,759 4,826 138,199

Apr 2008

 4,857 5,077 137,986

May 2008

 4,604 4,737 137,803

Jun 2008

 4,782 4,919 137,631

Jul 2008

 4,467 4,673 137,421

Aug 2008

 4,580 4,820 137,162

Sep 2008

 4,297 4,721 136,710

Oct 2008

 4,454 4,909 136,234

Nov 2008

 3,899 4,653 135,469

Dec 2008

 4,271 4,847 134,773

Jan 2009

 4,111 4,873 133,977

Feb 2009

 4,004 4,715 133,274

Mar 2009

 3,697 4,565 132,450

Apr 2009

 3,870 4,670 131,766

May 2009

 3,736 4,115 131,411

Jun 2009

 3,649 4,142 130,944

Jul 2009

 3,807 4,223 130,619

Aug 2009

 3,734 4,014 130,402

Sep 2009

 3,846 4,062 130,175

Oct 2009

 3,746 3,960 129,974

Nov 2009

 3,966 3,909 129,968

Dec 2009

 3,819 3,968 129,685

Jan 2010

 3,903 3,856 129,717

Feb 2010

 3,778 3,871 129,649

Mar 2010

 4,189 4,004 129,810

Apr 2010

 4,087 3,854 130,057

May 2010

 4,368 3,863 130,575

Jun 2010

 4,074 4,188 130,445

Jul 2010

 4,121 4,253 130,381

Aug 2010

 3,914 3,978 130,342

Sep 2010

 3,995 4,011 130,293

Oct 2010

 4,050 3,840 130,541

Nov 2010

 4,110 3,952 130,662

Dec 2010

 4,180 4,069 130,751

Jan 2011

 3,904 3,824 130,826

Feb 2011

 4,035 3,862 130,993

Mar 2011

 4,266 4,027 131,199

Apr 2011

 4,219 3,916 131,520

May 2011

 4,125 4,012 131,623

Jun 2011

 4,297 4,101 131,808

Jul 2011

 4,180 4,052 131,925

Aug 2011

 4,193 4,066 132,053

Sep 2011

 4,326 4,109 132,276

Oct 2011

 4,217 4,069 132,459

Nov 2011

 4,235 4,075 132,605

Dec 2011

 4,254 4,005 132,831

Jan 2012

 4,296 3,960 133,211

Feb 2012

 4,451 4,186 133,458

Mar 2012

 4,472 4,222 133,674

Apr 2012

 4,305 4,246 133,761

May 2012

 4,440 4,323 133,874

Jun 2012

 4,338 4,278 133,909

Jul 2012

 4,285 4,110 134,086

Aug 2012

 4,460 4,340 134,274

Sep 2012

 4,220 4,054 134,418

Oct 2012

 4,322 4,150 134,631

Nov 2012

 4,417 4,223 134,795

Dec 2012

 4,361 4,050 135,088

Jan 2013

 4,411 4,289 135,293

Feb 2013

 4,574 4,216 135,607

Mar 2013

 4,289 4,201 135,722

Apr 2013

 4,490 4,347 135,909

May 2013

 4,554 4,335 136,128

Jun 2013

 4,410 4,246 136,255

Jul 2013

 4,493 4,295 136,419

Aug 2013

 4,647 4,413 136,675

Sep 2013

 4,651 4,480 136,825

Oct 2013

 4,458 4,261 137,050

Nov 2013

 4,616 4,307 137,367

Dec 2013

 4,545 4,407 137,476

Jan 2014

 4,600 4,473 137,642

Feb 2014

 4,698 4,486 137,830

Mar 2014

 4,744 4,519 138,055

Apr 2014

 4,790 4,522 138,385

May 2014

 4,805 4,543 138,621

Jun 2014

 4,820 4,523 138,907

Jul 2014

 5,003 4,711 139,156

Aug 2014

 4,792 4,569 139,369

Sep 2014

 5,061 4,829 139,619

Oct 2014

 5,106 4,906 139,840

Nov 2014

 5,026 4,628 140,263

Dec 2014

 5,239 4,901 140,592

Source: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and Current Employment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.