Investing.com - The monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS, showed that job openings rose in June, according to data released on Tuesday.
Job openings, a measure of labor demand, rose by 3,000 to 6.662 million in June, the Labor Department said.
Economists had forecast job openings of 6.740 million.
There were 6.659 million openings in the prior month, an upward revision from the initial 6.638 million.
The report also indicated that, over the month, hires and separations were little changed at 5.7 million and 5.5 million, respectively.
Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 2.3% and the layoffs and discharges rate was little changed at 1.2%.