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 stood at 5,070 thousand in August 2026, compared to 5,128 in the previous month.
Sample. There are 309 data points overall in the monthly series shown in the plot above. The time period covered by the series stretches from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: total nonfarm job separations had a mean value of 5,100 thousand; they reached a minimum of 3,884 in October 2010; they hit a peak of 16,275 in March 2020.
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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