[MortMan]

Through payroll data. If five positions are filled, but the company only added one net employee, then 4 positions were opened due to attrition.

I am certain that the statistical models used are much, much more sophisticated than this simple arithmetic, but I assume they follow the same logic.

[stylin19a]

thanks. one net employee from when ?

If I finally fill one open position after 6 months, is it a job created or position filled ?

check a simple explanation of how the establishment survey is supposedly derived.
still can’t tell if positions filled vs. a job created.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/09/news/economy/monthly-jobs-report-bls/?iid=EL