Job separations: Total private (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 private job separations stood at 4,761 thousand in August 2026, compared to 4,785 in July 2026.
Sample. The monthly series plotted above has 309 observations in total. The series covers the span of time extending from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: total private job separations recorded a maximum of 15,747 thousand in March 2020; they reached a minimum of 3,612 in May 2010; they had a mean of 4,773.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 5,002.00 |
| 2026-07-31 | 4,785.00 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4,761.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Job separations: Total private |
| 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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