August 01, 2002 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.) Job openings rates by industryOver the year ended in May 2002, the largest decline in job openings occurred in construction, where the rate fell from 3.4 percent to 1.9 percent.
Large declines also occurred in retail trade, services, and mining. Job openings
were about the same in May 2002 as they were a year earlier in manufacturing and government. These data are a product of the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. These data are not seasonally adjusted. Find additional information in "New Monthly Data Series on Job Openings and Labor Turnover Announced by BLS," USDL 02-412. |
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