Job separations: Total (thousand; seasonally adjusted) - United States - BLS - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: US JOLTS survey (BLS)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the United States, total nonfarm job separations were 5,070 thousand in August 2026, versus 5,128 in July.
Sample. There are 309 data points in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the period extending from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: total nonfarm job separations reached their highest level of 16,275 thousand in March 2020; they hit a minimum of 3,884 in October 2010; they averaged 5,100.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 5,337.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 5,128.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 5,070.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job separations: Total |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Thousand |
| Source | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Public Domain Data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM1 |
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