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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release

For release 10:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday, January 7, 2025     USDL-25-0002

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                            JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – NOVEMBER 2024

The number of job openings was little changed at 8.1 million on the last business day of November, the 
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and total separations were little 
changed at 5.3 million and 5.1 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.1 million) decreased, 
but layoffs and discharges (1.8 million) changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and 
rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by 
establishment size class. 

Job Openings

The number of job openings was little changed at 8.1 million on the last business day of November but 
was down by 833,000 over the year. The job openings rate, at 4.8 percent, changed little over the month. 
The number of job openings increased in professional and business services (+273,000), finance and 
insurance (+105,000), and private educational services (+38,000) but decreased in information               
(-89,000). (See table 1.)

Hires

In November, the number of hires changed little at 5.3 million but was down by 300,000 over the year. 
The hires rate was little changed at 3.3 percent. (See table 2.)

Separations 

Total separations include quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits are generally 
voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of 
workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated 
by the employer. Other separations include separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers 
to other locations of the same firm.

The number of total separations in November was little changed at 5.1 million but was down by 
287,000 over the year. The total separations rate changed little at 3.2 percent. (See table 3.)

In November, the number of quits decreased to 3.1 million (-218,000) and declined by 451,000 over the 
year. Over the month, the quits rate decreased to 1.9 percent. Quits decreased in accommodation and 
food services (-85,000) and in arts, entertainment, and recreation (-22,000). (See table 4.)

In November, the number of layoffs and discharges changed little at 1.8 million but was up by 219,000 
over the year. The rate remained unchanged at 1.1 percent. Layoffs and discharges increased in 
accommodation and food services (+102,000). (See table 5.)

The number of other separations changed little at 296,000 in November. (See table 6.)

Establishment Size Class

The layoffs and discharges rate for establishments with 1 to 9 employees decreased in November, while 
the job openings, hires, total separations, and quits rates showed little change. For establishments with 
5,000 or more employees, the job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, and total separations 
rates showed little or no change. (See table 7.)

October 2024 Revisions

The number of job openings for October was revised up by 95,000 to 7.8 million, the number of hires 
was revised up by 81,000 to 5.4 million, and the number of total separations was revised up by 45,000 to 
5.3 million. Within separations, the number of quits was revised down by 43,000 to 3.3 million, and the 
number of layoffs and discharges was revised up by 115,000 to 1.7 million. (Monthly revisions result 
from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published 
estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors.)
____________
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for December 2024 are scheduled to be 
released on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category Job openings Hires Total separations
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY
(in thousands)


Total

8,931 7,839 8,098 5,569 5,394 5,269 5,413 5,306 5,126

Total private

7,932 6,949 7,205 5,205 5,029 4,915 5,075 4,991 4,807

Mining and logging

31 26 26 19 21 22 24 20 20

Construction

454 259 276 367 320 317 342 312 301

Manufacturing

553 468 412 352 328 289 352 343 308

Durable goods

377 318 262 199 168 149 194 175 167

Nondurable goods

176 150 150 153 160 140 157 168 140

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,336 1,000 975 1,090 1,095 1,072 1,122 1,054 1,059

Wholesale trade

296 140 155 153 144 135 141 140 136

Retail trade

596 537 533 638 644 615 648 615 601

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

443 323 287 300 306 322 333 298 322

Information

154 210 121 70 71 80 76 79 88

Financial activities

427 455 569 201 187 170 217 196 171

Finance and insurance

288 305 410 125 118 106 145 131 112

Real estate and rental and leasing

138 149 159 76 69 64 71 65 59

Professional and business services

1,536 1,612 1,885 964 1,010 944 981 1,053 993

Private education and health services

1,939 1,598 1,679 934 853 840 796 782 728

Private educational services

161 146 184 94 81 92 86 85 85

Health care and social assistance

1,778 1,452 1,496 840 771 748 711 696 643

Leisure and hospitality

1,153 1,051 968 993 893 967 982 911 928

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

170 102 121 150 177 177 138 171 153

Accommodation and food services

983 950 848 844 716 791 844 740 774

Other services

349 270 292 214 253 215 183 242 212

Government

999 890 893 364 365 354 338 315 319

Federal

161 143 127 37 30 28 38 30 28

State and local

838 747 765 327 336 326 301 285 291

State and local education

289 258 263 165 171 170 159 150 152

State and local, excluding education

549 489 503 162 164 156 141 135 139




RATES BY INDUSTRY
(percent)


Total

5.4 4.7 4.8 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2

Total private

5.6 4.9 5.0 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.5

Mining and logging

4.6 4.0 3.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.2 3.2

Construction

5.3 3.0 3.2 4.5 3.9 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.6

Manufacturing

4.1 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.7 2.4

Durable goods

4.4 3.8 3.1 2.4 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.1

Nondurable goods

3.5 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.5 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

4.4 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.6

Wholesale trade

4.6 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2

Retail trade

3.7 3.3 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

5.9 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.1 4.5

Information

4.9 6.6 3.9 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.9

Financial activities

4.4 4.7 5.8 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.8

Finance and insurance

4.1 4.3 5.7 1.9 1.7 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

5.3 5.6 5.9 3.1 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.4

Professional and business services

6.3 6.6 7.6 4.2 4.4 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.3

Private education and health services

7.0 5.7 5.9 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.1 2.9 2.7

Private educational services

4.0 3.6 4.5 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance

7.5 6.0 6.2 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

6.4 5.8 5.4 5.9 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.4 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

6.2 3.7 4.3 5.8 6.6 6.6 5.4 6.4 5.7

Accommodation and food services

6.5 6.2 5.6 5.9 5.0 5.5 5.9 5.2 5.4

Other services

5.6 4.4 4.7 3.6 4.3 3.6 3.1 4.1 3.6

Government

4.2 3.7 3.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4

Federal

5.2 4.6 4.1 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.9

State and local

4.0 3.5 3.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4

State and local education

2.6 2.3 2.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4

State and local, excluding education

5.5 4.8 4.9 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The JOLTS 
program provides information on labor demand and turnover. Additional information about the JOLTS program can 
be found at www.bls.gov/jlt/. Estimates are published for job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other 
separations, and total separations. The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as civilian 
federal, state, and local government entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Starting with data for 
January 2023, industries are classified in accordance with the 2022 North American Industry Classification System.

Definitions

Employment. Employment includes persons on the payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period that 
includes the 12th day of the reference month. Full-time, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, and 
hourly employees are included, as are employees on paid vacation or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners of 
unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, employees on strike for the entire pay period, and employees on 
leave without pay for the entire pay period are not counted as employed. Employees of temporary help agencies, 
employee leasing companies, outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their employer of record, not by 
the establishment where they are working. JOLTS does not publish employment estimates but uses the reported 
employment for validation of the other reported data elements.

Job Openings. Job openings include all positions that are open on the last business day of the reference month.

A job is open only if it meets all three of these conditions:
* A specific position exists, and there is work available for that position. The position can be full-time or 
part-time, and it can be permanent, short-term, or seasonal.
* The job could start within 30 days, whether or not the employer can find a suitable candidate during that 
time.
* The employer is actively recruiting workers from outside the establishment to fill the position. Active 
recruiting means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a position. It may include advertising in 
newspapers, on television, or on the radio; posting internet notices, posting “help wanted” signs, 
networking or making “word-of-mouth” announcements; accepting applications; interviewing candidates; 
contacting employment agencies; or soliciting employees at job fairs, state or local employment offices, or 
similar sources.

Excluded are positions open only to internal transfers, promotions or demotions, or recall from layoffs. Also 
excluded are openings for positions with start dates more than 30 days in the future; positions for which employees 
have been hired but have not yet reported for work; and positions to be filled by employees of temporary help 
agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job openings rate is computed by 
dividing the number of job openings by the sum of employment and job openings—that is, all filled and unfilled 
jobs—and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires. Hires include all additions to the payroll during the entire reference month, including newly hired and 
rehired employees; full-time and part-time employees; permanent, short-term, and seasonal employees; employees 
who were recalled to a job at the location following a layoff (formal suspension from pay status) lasting more than 7 
days; on-call or intermittent employees who returned to work after having been formally separated; workers who 
were hired and separated during the month, and transfers from other locations. Excluded are transfers or promotions 
within the reporting location, employees returning from strike, employees of temporary help agencies, employee 
leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of hires by 
employment and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Separations. Separations include all separations from the payroll during the entire reference month and is 
reported by type of separation: quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Quits include employees who 
left voluntarily, with the exception of retirements or transfers to other locations. Layoffs and discharges includes 
involuntary separations initiated by the employer, including layoffs with no intent to rehire; layoffs (formal 
suspensions from pay status) lasting or expected to last more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 
downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for cause; terminations of permanent or short-term employees; 
and terminations of seasonal employees (whether or not they are expected to return the next season). Other 
separations include retirements, transfers to other locations, separations due to employee disability, and deaths.
Excluded from separations measures are transfers within the same location; employees on strike; and employees of 
temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The separations rate is 
computed by dividing the number of separations by employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The quits, 
layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates are computed similarly.

Estimation Method

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of approximately 21,000 nonfarm business and 
government establishments. The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry sector, and establishment size 
class.

The sampling frame is made up of establishments from two sources: the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program (QCEW) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). 
The QCEW database contains establishments that cover approximately 95 percent of nonfarm payroll jobs in the 
United States. This database is a compilation of administrative data from state unemployment insurance (UI) 
programs and federal government establishments covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal 
Employees (UCFE) program. A frame of railroad establishments is provided by the FRA. This is added to the 
QCEW database to complete the JOLTS sampling frame. 

The JOLTS estimation method involves the following processes: unit nonresponse adjustment, item 
nonresponse adjustment, monthly benchmarking and estimation, automatic outlier detection, birth and death model 
estimation, estimates review and outlier selection, alignment, seasonal adjustment, and variance estimates. 
Establishment size class levels are also produced. Detailed information about the estimation method can be found in 
the Handbook of Methods at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/jlt/home.htm.

Monthly benchmarking is the process through which the JOLTS weighted employment for each estimation cell 
is adjusted. JOLTS estimation cells are benchmarked monthly to the current employment level from the BLS 
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The sampled weight is benchmarked to ensure that JOLTS weighted 
employment is equal to CES employment.

Birth/death model. The time lag from the start up, or birth, of an establishment until its appearance on the 
sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, many new establishments fail within the first year, referred 
to as a death. Because new and short-lived universe establishments cannot be reflected in the sampling frame 
immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot capture job openings, hires, and separations from these establishments 
during their early existence. BLS has developed a birth/death model that uses establishment birth and death activity 
from previous years as collected by the QCEW and projects forward to the present using over-the-year change in the 
CES. The birth/death model also uses historical JOLTS data to calculate the amount of churn (meaning the rates of 
hires and separations) that exists in establishments of various sizes. The model then combines the calculated churn 
with the projected employment change to estimate the number of hires and separations that take place in these 
establishments that cannot be measured through sampling. The estimates of job openings, hires, and separations 
produced by the birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates produced from the survey to arrive at the 
estimates for job openings, hires, and separations.

Alignment. The JOLTS figure for hires minus separations can be used to derive a measure of net employment 
change. This change should be comparable to the net employment change from the much larger CES survey. 
However, definitional differences between the two surveys, as well as sampling and nonsampling errors, historically 
caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit the divergence and improve the quality of the JOLTS hires 
and separations series, BLS implemented the monthly alignment method. There are four steps to this method: 
seasonally adjust, align, back out the seasonal adjustment factors, and seasonally adjust again.

Seasonal adjustment. After alignment, the seasonal adjustment program (X-13ARIMA-SEATS) is used to 
seasonally adjust the JOLTS series. Each month, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology uses all relevant 
data, up to and including the current month, to calculate new seasonal adjustment factors. Moving averages are used 
as seasonal filters in seasonal adjustment. JOLTS seasonal adjustment includes both additive and multiplicative 
models, as well as regression with autocorrelated errors (REGARIMA) modeling, to improve the seasonal 
adjustment factors at the beginning and end of the series and to detect and adjust for outliers in the series. 

Annual estimates and benchmarking. The JOLTS estimates are revised annually with the issuance of data for 
January. Five years of data are subject to revision. The revised estimates incorporate: 1) benchmarks based on CES 
employment estimates newly benchmarked to QCEW, 2) revised seasonal adjustment factors, and 3) any needed 
special adjustments.

The JOLTS employment levels are ratio-adjusted to the CES employment levels, and the resulting ratios are 
applied to all JOLTS data elements.

The seasonally adjusted estimates are recalculated for the most recent 5 years to reflect updated seasonal 
adjustment factors. These annual updates result in revisions to both the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally 
adjusted JOLTS data series for the period since the last benchmark was established.

Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are the sum of the 
12 published monthly levels.

Annual average levels for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 published monthly levels 
by 12. 

Annual average rates for hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total separations are 
calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published levels for each data element by the sum of the 12 
monthly CES published employment levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Annual average rates for job openings are calculated by dividing the sum of the 12 monthly JOLTS published 
levels by the sum of the 12 monthly CES published employment levels plus the sum of the 12 monthly job openings 
levels, and multiplying that quotient by 100.

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to two types of error: sampling error and nonsampling error.

Sampling error can result when a sample, rather than an entire population, is surveyed. There is a chance that 
the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling 
error, varies with the sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. BLS 
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. This means that there is a 90-percent chance 
that the true population mean will fall into the interval created by the sample mean plus or minus 1.65 standard 
errors. Estimates of median standard errors are released monthly as part of the significant change tables on the 
JOLTS webpage. Standard errors are updated annually with the most recent 5 years of data. Sampling error 
estimates are available at www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, including the failure to include a segment of the population, the 
inability to obtain data from all units in the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide data on a 
timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, errors made in the collection or processing of the data, and errors from 
the employment benchmark data used in estimation. The JOLTS program uses quality control procedures to reduce 
nonsampling error in the survey’s design.

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Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

8,931 7,861 7,372 7,839 8,098 259 5.4 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.8 0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

7,932 6,912 6,501 6,949 7,205 256 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.9 5.0 0.1

Mining and logging

31 24 26 26 26 0 4.6 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.8 -0.2

Construction

454 328 258 259 276 17 5.3 3.8 3.0 3.0 3.2 0.2

Manufacturing

553 491 478 468 412 -56 4.1 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.1 -0.4

Durable goods

377 321 321 318 262 -56 4.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.1 -0.7

Nondurable goods

176 170 156 150 150 0 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.0 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,336 1,131 983 1,000 975 -25 4.4 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0

Wholesale trade

296 192 181 140 155 15 4.6 3.0 2.8 2.2 2.4 0.2

Retail trade

596 592 516 537 533 -4 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 0.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

443 347 287 323 287 -36 5.9 4.6 3.8 4.3 3.8 -0.5

Information

154 119 121 210 121 -89 4.9 3.8 3.9 6.6 3.9 -2.7

Financial activities

427 374 429 455 569 114 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.7 5.8 1.1

Finance and insurance

288 264 310 305 410 105 4.1 3.8 4.4 4.3 5.7 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

138 109 119 149 159 10 5.3 4.2 4.5 5.6 5.9 0.3

Professional and business services

1,536 1,454 1,441 1,612 1,885 273 6.3 6.0 5.9 6.6 7.6 1.0

Private education and health services

1,939 1,636 1,473 1,598 1,679 81 7.0 5.8 5.3 5.7 5.9 0.2

Private educational services

161 152 162 146 184 38 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.6 4.5 0.9

Health care and social assistance

1,778 1,484 1,311 1,452 1,496 44 7.5 6.2 5.5 6.0 6.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

1,153 1,059 986 1,051 968 -83 6.4 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.4 -0.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

170 142 120 102 121 19 6.2 5.1 4.3 3.7 4.3 0.6

Accommodation and food services

983 917 867 950 848 -102 6.5 6.0 5.7 6.2 5.6 -0.6

Other services

349 295 306 270 292 22 5.6 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.7 0.3

Government

999 949 871 890 893 3 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.7 3.7 0.0

Federal

161 142 141 143 127 -16 5.2 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.1 -0.5

State and local

838 807 730 747 765 18 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 0.1

State and local education

289 304 266 258 263 5 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4 0.1

State and local, excluding education

549 503 464 489 503 14 5.5 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.9 0.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,489 1,384 1,404 1,207 1,256 49 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.2 0.1

South

3,501 3,215 2,707 3,215 3,409 194 5.6 5.1 4.3 5.1 5.4 0.3

Midwest

2,048 1,708 1,681 1,735 1,719 -16 5.8 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 -0.1

West

1,893 1,555 1,580 1,682 1,714 32 4.9 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.4 0.1

Footnotes
(1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

5,569 5,435 5,582 5,394 5,269 -125 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 -0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,205 5,067 5,221 5,029 4,915 -114 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.6 -0.1

Mining and logging

19 19 22 21 22 1 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.2 3.4 0.2

Construction

367 348 335 320 317 -3 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Manufacturing

352 306 358 328 289 -39 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.2 -0.3

Durable goods

199 171 200 168 149 -19 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.1 1.8 -0.3

Nondurable goods

153 135 158 160 140 -20 3.2 2.8 3.3 3.3 2.9 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,090 987 1,059 1,095 1,072 -23 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 -0.1

Wholesale trade

153 139 136 144 135 -9 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 -0.1

Retail trade

638 571 623 644 615 -29 4.1 3.6 4.0 4.1 3.9 -0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

300 276 300 306 322 16 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.5 0.3

Information

70 78 79 71 80 9 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.7 0.3

Financial activities

201 219 213 187 170 -17 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.0 1.8 -0.2

Finance and insurance

125 153 146 118 106 -12 1.9 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.6 -0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

76 66 67 69 64 -5 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 -0.2

Professional and business services

964 1,062 1,063 1,010 944 -66 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.1 -0.3

Private education and health services

934 832 872 853 840 -13 3.6 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 -0.1

Private educational services

94 102 108 81 92 11 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.1 2.4 0.3

Health care and social assistance

840 730 764 771 748 -23 3.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.3 -0.1

Leisure and hospitality

993 976 962 893 967 74 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.2 5.7 0.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

150 163 174 177 177 0 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.6 6.6 0.0

Accommodation and food services

844 812 788 716 791 75 5.9 5.7 5.5 5.0 5.5 0.5

Other services

214 240 257 253 215 -38 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.6 -0.7

Government

364 368 361 365 354 -11 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 -0.1

Federal

37 35 33 30 28 -2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 -0.1

State and local

327 333 328 336 326 -10 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0

State and local education

165 171 165 171 170 -1 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 0.0

State and local, excluding education

162 162 163 164 156 -8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 -0.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

892 922 867 858 872 14 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.1 0.1

South

2,368 2,264 2,270 2,215 2,022 -193 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 -0.3

Midwest

1,173 1,078 1,193 1,147 1,166 19 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.4 3.4 0.0

West

1,137 1,171 1,251 1,173 1,210 37 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.1 3.2 0.1

Footnotes
(1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

5,413 5,168 5,196 5,306 5,126 -180 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 -0.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

5,075 4,847 4,884 4,991 4,807 -184 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 -0.2

Mining and logging

24 18 20 20 20 0 3.7 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.0

Construction

342 313 310 312 301 -11 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.6 -0.2

Manufacturing

352 325 373 343 308 -35 2.7 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.4 -0.3

Durable goods

194 194 215 175 167 -8 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods

157 131 158 168 140 -28 3.3 2.7 3.3 3.5 2.9 -0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,122 945 981 1,054 1,059 5 3.9 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 0.0

Wholesale trade

141 138 137 140 136 -4 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.2 -0.1

Retail trade

648 539 573 615 601 -14 4.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 3.8 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

333 267 271 298 322 24 4.7 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.5 0.4

Information

76 87 83 79 88 9 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.9 0.3

Financial activities

217 195 211 196 171 -25 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.1 1.8 -0.3

Finance and insurance

145 132 145 131 112 -19 2.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.7 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

71 62 67 65 59 -6 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.4 -0.2

Professional and business services

981 1,092 1,061 1,053 993 -60 4.3 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.3 -0.3

Private education and health services

796 737 747 782 728 -54 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7 -0.2

Private educational services

86 88 95 85 85 0 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 0.0

Health care and social assistance

711 649 652 696 643 -53 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.8 -0.3

Leisure and hospitality

982 893 863 911 928 17 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.4 5.4 0.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

138 146 185 171 153 -18 5.4 5.5 7.0 6.4 5.7 -0.7

Accommodation and food services

844 747 678 740 774 34 5.9 5.2 4.7 5.2 5.4 0.2

Other services

183 242 235 242 212 -30 3.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.6 -0.5

Government

338 321 311 315 319 4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.1

Federal

38 34 31 30 28 -2 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 -0.1

State and local

301 286 281 285 291 6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0

State and local education

159 144 142 150 152 2 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 0.0

State and local, excluding education

141 143 139 135 139 4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

864 803 870 768 789 21 3.1 2.8 3.1 2.7 2.8 0.1

South

2,138 2,039 2,117 2,109 1,990 -119 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.3 -0.2

Midwest

1,160 1,207 1,106 1,145 1,081 -64 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.2 -0.2

West

1,252 1,119 1,102 1,283 1,266 -17 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.4 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

3,516 3,178 3,098 3,283 3,065 -218 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.9 -0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,319 2,999 2,917 3,105 2,882 -223 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 -0.2

Mining and logging

15 9 12 11 12 1 2.3 1.4 2.0 1.8 1.9 0.1

Construction

162 131 125 143 138 -5 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.7 0.0

Manufacturing

220 208 200 204 180 -24 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 -0.2

Durable goods

126 128 112 110 102 -8 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 -0.1

Nondurable goods

94 80 88 94 78 -16 2.0 1.7 1.8 2.0 1.6 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

739 578 637 645 691 46 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.4 0.2

Wholesale trade

73 78 77 81 82 1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.0

Retail trade

461 368 420 394 414 20 3.0 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.6 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

205 133 139 169 195 26 2.9 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.7 0.4

Information

42 41 29 36 36 0 1.4 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.0

Financial activities

126 109 127 114 102 -12 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.1 -0.1

Finance and insurance

85 88 87 69 67 -2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0 1.0 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

41 21 40 45 35 -10 1.6 0.8 1.6 1.8 1.4 -0.4

Professional and business services

594 575 513 530 475 -55 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.1 -0.2

Private education and health services

572 514 518 534 494 -40 2.2 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 -0.2

Private educational services

58 54 45 50 56 6 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4 0.1

Health care and social assistance

514 460 473 484 438 -46 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 -0.2

Leisure and hospitality

739 665 610 709 602 -107 4.4 3.9 3.6 4.2 3.5 -0.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

69 73 81 78 56 -22 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.9 2.1 -0.8

Accommodation and food services

670 592 529 631 546 -85 4.7 4.1 3.7 4.4 3.8 -0.6

Other services

110 169 145 178 152 -26 1.9 2.8 2.4 3.0 2.6 -0.4

Government

197 179 181 179 183 4 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0

Federal

17 17 14 15 14 -1 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0

State and local

180 162 166 164 169 5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.0

State and local education

97 86 81 92 93 1 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.0

State and local, excluding education

83 76 85 72 76 4 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.1

REGION(3)

Northeast

510 471 497 438 420 -18 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.5 0.0

South

1,448 1,287 1,316 1,314 1,274 -40 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 -0.1

Midwest

793 735 658 747 657 -90 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.2 1.9 -0.3

West

765 685 628 784 713 -71 2.1 1.8 1.7 2.1 1.9 -0.2

Footnotes
(1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

1,546 1,668 1,802 1,748 1,765 17 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,462 1,589 1,727 1,662 1,681 19 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.0

Mining and logging

8 7 6 7 6 -1 1.2 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.0 -0.2

Construction

171 169 170 156 142 -14 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.7 -0.2

Manufacturing

109 93 154 116 114 -2 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.0

Durable goods

53 48 92 53 59 6 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.7 0.1

Nondurable goods

55 45 61 64 55 -9 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.3 1.1 -0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

317 312 312 368 331 -37 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.1 -0.2

Wholesale trade

59 55 48 46 49 3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.1

Retail trade

145 137 142 202 169 -33 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.1 -0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

112 121 121 120 114 -6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 -0.1

Information

24 43 42 38 47 9 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.6 0.3

Financial activities

71 79 56 53 49 -4 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 -0.1

Finance and insurance

46 41 32 42 25 -17 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

26 38 24 11 24 13 1.0 1.5 0.9 0.4 1.0 0.6

Professional and business services

325 452 487 476 458 -18 1.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 -0.1

Private education and health services

166 172 189 195 189 -6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0

Private educational services

23 29 45 30 27 -3 0.6 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.7 -0.1

Health care and social assistance

144 143 144 165 162 -3 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

212 204 238 192 300 108 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.8 0.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

66 69 100 88 95 7 2.5 2.6 3.8 3.3 3.5 0.2

Accommodation and food services

146 135 138 103 205 102 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.7 1.4 0.7

Other services

60 57 74 61 45 -16 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 -0.2

Government

84 79 75 85 84 -1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0

Federal

8 6 5 6 5 -1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local

76 73 69 80 79 -1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local education

42 33 40 44 41 -3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local, excluding education

34 40 29 36 38 2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

264 272 325 274 307 33 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.1

South

568 629 694 699 596 -103 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 -0.2

Midwest

304 395 387 340 366 26 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.1

West

411 372 396 435 496 61 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 0.1

Footnotes
(1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

Total

351 322 296 275 296 21 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

294 259 240 224 244 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

1 3 2 2 2 0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2

Construction

9 12 14 13 21 8 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing

23 24 20 23 14 -9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Durable goods

15 18 12 12 7 -5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods

8 6 9 10 7 -3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

67 54 33 40 37 -3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Wholesale trade

9 6 12 13 5 -8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Retail trade

41 35 11 19 18 -1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

16 13 11 9 13 4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Information

9 3 12 5 5 0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0

Financial activities

19 7 29 29 21 -8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Finance and insurance

14 4 25 20 20 0 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

5 4 3 9 1 -8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 -0.4

Professional and business services

63 65 60 47 60 13 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1

Private education and health services

58 50 40 52 45 -7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private educational services

6 4 5 5 2 -3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Health care and social assistance

53 46 35 47 43 -4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

31 24 14 11 26 15 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 4 3 4 3 -1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Accommodation and food services

28 19 11 6 23 17 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2

Other services

13 16 16 3 14 11 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1

Government

57 63 56 51 52 1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Federal

13 11 11 9 9 0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0

State and local

44 52 45 41 43 2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local education

20 25 20 14 17 3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

State and local, excluding education

24 27 25 27 25 -2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

90 59 48 56 62 6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

123 123 107 96 120 24 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

63 77 62 59 57 -2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

75 62 79 64 57 -7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 7. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, seasonally adjusted
Establishment size class Levels (in thousands) Rates
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Aug.
2024
Sept.
2024
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Change from:
Oct. 2024 -
Nov. 2024(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

7,932 6,912 6,501 6,949 7,205 256 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.9 5.0 0.1

1 to 9 employees

1,734 1,540 1,164 1,511 1,655 144 7.5 6.5 5.5 6.5 6.9 0.4

10 to 49 employees

2,352 2,045 2,086 2,130 2,205 75 5.3 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.9 0.2

50 to 249 employees

1,935 1,841 1,797 1,902 1,907 5 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.7 0.1

250 to 999 employees

1,083 827 786 748 751 3 5.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.0

1,000 to 4,999 employees

589 417 445 452 470 18 6.4 4.8 4.8 4.9 5.1 0.2

5,000 or more employees

240 242 223 206 218 12 4.9 5.0 4.4 4.4 4.6 0.2

HIRES

Total private

5,205 5,067 5,221 5,029 4,915 -114 3.9 3.7 3.9 3.7 3.6 -0.1

1 to 9 employees

947 856 846 775 657 -118 4.4 3.9 4.3 3.6 3.0 -0.6

10 to 49 employees

1,516 1,598 1,700 1,640 1,723 83 3.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.0 0.2

50 to 249 employees

1,531 1,530 1,608 1,614 1,506 -108 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 -0.2

250 to 999 employees

803 696 663 640 677 37 4.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

329 299 319 288 279 -9 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.2 -0.1

5,000 or more employees

79 88 85 72 73 1 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.6 1.6 0.0

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

5,075 4,847 4,884 4,991 4,807 -184 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 -0.2

1 to 9 employees

725 618 663 775 697 -78 3.4 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.1 -0.5

10 to 49 employees

1,595 1,656 1,704 1,618 1,612 -6 3.8 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 0.0

50 to 249 employees

1,584 1,492 1,505 1,594 1,593 -1 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.1 4.1 0.0

250 to 999 employees

787 725 649 648 601 -47 4.2 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.2 -0.3

1,000 to 4,999 employees

317 285 295 298 243 -55 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.4 2.8 -0.6

5,000 or more employees

67 71 70 59 60 1 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.0

QUITS

Total private

3,319 2,999 2,917 3,105 2,882 -223 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 -0.2

1 to 9 employees

453 345 354 372 397 25 2.1 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8 0.1

10 to 49 employees

1,118 1,081 1,136 1,114 984 -130 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.3 -0.3

50 to 249 employees

1,049 961 853 1,046 952 -94 2.7 2.5 2.1 2.7 2.5 -0.2

250 to 999 employees

477 419 369 379 366 -13 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.1 2.0 -0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

179 151 164 159 146 -13 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 -0.1

5,000 or more employees

44 42 42 35 36 1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.0

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,462 1,589 1,727 1,662 1,681 19 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 0.0

1 to 9 employees

240 230 292 375 225 -150 1.1 1.0 1.5 1.7 1.0 -0.7

10 to 49 employees

348 477 486 446 571 125 0.8 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 0.3

50 to 249 employees

466 470 580 477 574 97 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.5 0.3

250 to 999 employees

271 278 246 229 208 -21 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 -0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

121 115 106 120 87 -33 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.0 -0.4

5,000 or more employees

16 20 17 16 16 0 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

294 259 240 224 244 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

1 to 9 employees

31 44 17 28 75 47 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

10 to 49 employees

129 98 82 58 56 -2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

50 to 249 employees

70 61 72 71 67 -4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

250 to 999 employees

39 28 33 39 27 -12 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

1,000 to 4,999 employees

17 19 25 19 10 -9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.1

5,000 or more employees

8 9 10 8 8 0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only.
NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.


Table 8. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

8,395 8,261 7,660 5.0 4.9 4.6

INDUSTRY

Total private

7,422 7,419 6,786 5.2 5.2 4.7

Mining and logging

30 29 26 4.5 4.3 4.0

Construction

405 273 236 4.7 3.1 2.7

Manufacturing

549 471 410 4.1 3.5 3.1

Durable goods

379 323 264 4.4 3.8 3.2

Nondurable goods

171 149 146 3.4 3.0 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,247 1,057 889 4.1 3.5 2.9

Wholesale trade

288 142 145 4.5 2.2 2.3

Retail trade

511 589 456 3.1 3.6 2.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

448 326 289 5.8 4.3 3.7

Information

141 211 114 4.5 6.6 3.7

Financial activities

393 497 537 4.1 5.1 5.5

Finance and insurance

278 327 397 4.0 4.6 5.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

115 170 140 4.4 6.3 5.3

Professional and business services

1,427 1,786 1,811 5.8 7.2 7.3

Private education and health services

1,851 1,715 1,602 6.6 6.0 5.6

Private educational services

152 152 177 3.6 3.6 4.2

Health care and social assistance

1,700 1,563 1,426 7.2 6.4 5.9

Leisure and hospitality

1,051 1,120 878 6.0 6.2 5.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

128 92 88 5.0 3.4 3.3

Accommodation and food services

923 1,028 790 6.2 6.7 5.3

Other services

326 260 282 5.3 4.2 4.5

Government

973 842 874 4.0 3.4 3.5

Federal

162 133 128 5.2 4.2 4.1

State and local

811 709 747 3.8 3.3 3.4

State and local education

271 245 246 2.4 2.1 2.1

State and local, excluding education

540 464 500 5.5 4.6 4.9

REGION(3)

Northeast

1,407 1,252 1,165 4.8 4.2 3.9

South

3,278 3,287 3,206 5.2 5.2 5.1

Midwest

1,920 1,818 1,648 5.4 5.1 4.6

West

1,790 1,904 1,640 4.6 4.8 4.2

Footnotes
(1) The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.
(2) The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 9. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

5,088 5,831 4,787 3.2 3.6 3.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

4,802 5,496 4,519 3.6 4.0 3.3

Mining and logging

15 21 17 2.3 3.2 2.6

Construction

279 326 231 3.4 3.9 2.8

Manufacturing

292 332 231 2.3 2.6 1.8

Durable goods

169 166 123 2.1 2.1 1.5

Nondurable goods

122 166 108 2.5 3.4 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,373 1,349 1,374 4.7 4.6 4.6

Wholesale trade

127 153 111 2.1 2.5 1.8

Retail trade

726 753 683 4.6 4.8 4.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

519 443 580 7.1 6.1 7.8

Information

65 83 72 2.2 2.8 2.4

Financial activities

178 198 143 1.9 2.1 1.5

Finance and insurance

115 125 93 1.7 1.9 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

63 72 50 2.5 2.9 2.0

Professional and business services

890 1,114 858 3.9 4.8 3.7

Private education and health services

767 934 667 2.9 3.5 2.5

Private educational services

63 84 61 1.6 2.1 1.5

Health care and social assistance

704 850 605 3.2 3.7 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

774 877 755 4.7 5.2 4.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

102 139 126 4.2 5.3 5.0

Accommodation and food services

672 738 629 4.8 5.2 4.4

Other services

169 262 170 2.9 4.4 2.9

Government

285 335 268 1.2 1.4 1.1

Federal

43 31 29 1.5 1.0 1.0

State and local

242 305 239 1.2 1.5 1.1

State and local education

110 159 115 1.0 1.4 1.0

State and local, excluding education

131 146 124 1.4 1.5 1.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

782 891 768 2.8 3.1 2.7

South

2,156 2,417 1,823 3.6 4.0 3.0

Midwest

1,099 1,204 1,082 3.3 3.5 3.2

West

1,050 1,319 1,114 2.8 3.5 3.0

Footnotes
(1) The hires level is the number of hires during the entire month.
(2) The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 10. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

4,778 5,416 4,475 3.0 3.4 2.8

INDUSTRY

Total private

4,534 5,140 4,246 3.4 3.8 3.1

Mining and logging

19 20 17 3.0 3.2 2.7

Construction

353 350 307 4.3 4.1 3.7

Manufacturing

285 340 243 2.2 2.6 1.9

Durable goods

153 165 126 1.9 2.0 1.6

Nondurable goods

132 175 117 2.7 3.6 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,057 1,033 1,003 3.6 3.5 3.4

Wholesale trade

121 128 115 2.0 2.1 1.9

Retail trade

619 592 566 3.9 3.8 3.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

317 312 321 4.3 4.3 4.3

Information

68 74 76 2.2 2.5 2.5

Financial activities

172 181 129 1.9 1.9 1.4

Finance and insurance

112 114 80 1.7 1.7 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

60 66 50 2.4 2.6 2.0

Professional and business services

897 1,083 885 3.9 4.7 3.8

Private education and health services

672 780 602 2.6 2.9 2.2

Private educational services

52 62 50 1.3 1.5 1.2

Health care and social assistance

620 718 552 2.8 3.2 2.4

Leisure and hospitality

852 1,045 814 5.2 6.2 4.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

158 224 191 6.5 8.5 7.5

Accommodation and food services

694 821 623 4.9 5.7 4.4

Other services

158 233 170 2.7 3.9 2.9

Government

245 276 229 1.0 1.2 1.0

Federal

35 30 25 1.2 1.0 0.8

State and local

210 246 204 1.0 1.2 1.0

State and local education

87 111 85 0.8 1.0 0.7

State and local, excluding education

123 135 119 1.3 1.4 1.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

788 754 735 2.8 2.6 2.6

South

1,795 2,146 1,620 3.0 3.6 2.7

Midwest

1,078 1,176 959 3.2 3.5 2.8

West

1,118 1,339 1,161 3.0 3.6 3.1

Footnotes
(1) The total separations level is the number of total separations during the entire month.
(2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 11. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

3,004 3,394 2,511 1.9 2.1 1.6

INDUSTRY

Total private

2,857 3,236 2,375 2.1 2.4 1.7

Mining and logging

12 12 10 1.8 1.8 1.5

Construction

136 157 110 1.7 1.9 1.3

Manufacturing

166 200 131 1.3 1.6 1.0

Durable goods

94 104 73 1.2 1.3 0.9

Nondurable goods

73 96 59 1.5 2.0 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

681 665 635 2.3 2.3 2.1

Wholesale trade

52 70 58 0.9 1.1 0.9

Retail trade

439 410 382 2.8 2.6 2.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

189 186 195 2.6 2.6 2.6

Information

36 36 28 1.2 1.2 0.9

Financial activities

108 108 78 1.2 1.2 0.8

Finance and insurance

70 61 47 1.0 0.9 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

38 48 31 1.5 1.9 1.2

Professional and business services

537 584 398 2.3 2.5 1.7

Private education and health services

492 554 408 1.9 2.1 1.5

Private educational services

38 39 37 0.9 1.0 0.9

Health care and social assistance

455 515 371 2.1 2.3 1.6

Leisure and hospitality

608 745 465 3.7 4.4 2.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

53 84 37 2.2 3.2 1.4

Accommodation and food services

555 661 429 3.9 4.6 3.0

Other services

81 174 112 1.4 2.9 1.9

Government

148 158 136 0.6 0.7 0.6

Federal

16 15 12 0.5 0.5 0.4

State and local

132 143 124 0.6 0.7 0.6

State and local education

58 69 57 0.5 0.6 0.5

State and local, excluding education

74 74 66 0.8 0.8 0.7

REGION(3)

Northeast

439 438 351 1.6 1.5 1.2

South

1,209 1,366 1,013 2.0 2.3 1.7

Midwest

695 782 536 2.1 2.3 1.6

West

661 808 610 1.8 2.1 1.6

Footnotes
(1) The quits level is the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 12. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

1,472 1,774 1,705 0.9 1.1 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

1,415 1,699 1,648 1.0 1.2 1.2

Mining and logging

6 7 5 1.0 1.1 0.8

Construction

211 182 178 2.6 2.1 2.1

Manufacturing

96 119 99 0.7 0.9 0.8

Durable goods

45 50 47 0.6 0.6 0.6

Nondurable goods

51 69 52 1.1 1.4 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

314 329 336 1.1 1.1 1.1

Wholesale trade

60 46 52 1.0 0.7 0.8

Retail trade

141 166 168 0.9 1.1 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

113 116 116 1.5 1.6 1.6

Information

22 31 43 0.7 1.0 1.4

Financial activities

54 51 35 0.6 0.5 0.4

Finance and insurance

34 38 17 0.5 0.6 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

19 13 19 0.8 0.5 0.7

Professional and business services

304 455 432 1.3 2.0 1.9

Private education and health services

132 182 156 0.5 0.7 0.6

Private educational services

11 19 12 0.3 0.5 0.3

Health care and social assistance

120 163 144 0.5 0.7 0.6

Leisure and hospitality

210 288 318 1.3 1.7 1.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

102 135 151 4.2 5.1 6.0

Accommodation and food services

108 153 167 0.8 1.1 1.2

Other services

67 56 48 1.1 0.9 0.8

Government

56 75 57 0.2 0.3 0.2

Federal

8 7 5 0.3 0.2 0.2

State and local

48 68 52 0.2 0.3 0.2

State and local education

18 32 18 0.2 0.3 0.2

State and local, excluding education

30 36 33 0.3 0.4 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

267 263 318 0.9 0.9 1.1

South

484 687 505 0.8 1.1 0.8

Midwest

334 349 384 1.0 1.0 1.1

West

387 476 499 1.0 1.3 1.3

Footnotes
(1) The layoffs and discharges level is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.
(2) The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 13. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

Total

302 248 259 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

262 205 223 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

1 1 2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Construction

6 11 19 0.1 0.1 0.2

Manufacturing

22 21 13 0.2 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

14 12 6 0.2 0.1 0.1

Nondurable goods

8 10 7 0.2 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

62 39 32 0.2 0.1 0.1

Wholesale trade

8 13 5 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

39 16 16 0.2 0.1 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

14 11 11 0.2 0.1 0.2

Information

10 7 5 0.3 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

11 22 16 0.1 0.2 0.2

Finance and insurance

8 16 16 0.1 0.2 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

3 6 0 0.1 0.2 0.0

Professional and business services

56 44 55 0.2 0.2 0.2

Private education and health services

49 44 39 0.2 0.2 0.1

Private educational services

3 4 1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Health care and social assistance

45 40 38 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

35 12 31 0.2 0.1 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

4 5 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services

31 7 28 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services

11 3 11 0.2 0.1 0.2

Government

41 43 36 0.2 0.2 0.2

Federal

11 8 7 0.4 0.3 0.2

State and local

30 35 29 0.1 0.2 0.1

State and local education

11 10 9 0.1 0.1 0.1

State and local, excluding education

19 24 20 0.2 0.3 0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

81 52 65 0.3 0.2 0.2

South

102 94 103 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

49 46 40 0.1 0.1 0.1

West

70 55 51 0.2 0.1 0.1

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of employment.
(3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Table 14. Job openings, hires, and separations levels and rates by establishment size class, not seasonally adjusted
Establishment size class Levels (in thousands) Rates
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)
Nov.
2023
Oct.
2024
Nov.
2024(p)

JOB OPENINGS

Total private

7,422 7,419 6,786 5.2 5.2 4.7

1 to 9 employees

1,523 1,774 1,476 6.6 7.5 6.2

10 to 49 employees

2,183 2,269 2,072 4.9 5.0 4.6

50 to 249 employees

1,794 1,922 1,794 4.5 4.6 4.4

250 to 999 employees

1,074 781 730 5.4 4.1 3.8

1,000 to 4,999 employees

596 471 491 6.4 5.1 5.3

5,000 or more employees

251 203 223 5.1 4.4 4.7

HIRES

Total private

4,802 5,496 4,519 3.6 4.0 3.3

1 to 9 employees

752 924 525 3.5 4.2 2.3

10 to 49 employees

1,304 1,666 1,481 3.1 3.9 3.4

50 to 249 employees

1,434 1,726 1,394 3.7 4.4 3.6

250 to 999 employees

843 739 730 4.5 4.0 3.9

1,000 to 4,999 employees

395 368 325 4.5 4.2 3.7

5,000 or more employees

75 74 64 1.6 1.7 1.4

TOTAL SEPARATIONS

Total private

4,534 5,140 4,246 3.4 3.8 3.1

1 to 9 employees

607 835 584 2.8 3.8 2.6

10 to 49 employees

1,385 1,660 1,360 3.2 3.8 3.2

50 to 249 employees

1,445 1,616 1,470 3.8 4.1 3.8

250 to 999 employees

725 669 547 3.8 3.6 2.9

1,000 to 4,999 employees

314 303 236 3.6 3.5 2.7

5,000 or more employees

58 56 49 1.2 1.3 1.1

QUITS

Total private

2,857 3,236 2,375 2.1 2.4 1.7

1 to 9 employees

339 439 294 1.6 2.0 1.3

10 to 49 employees

956 1,146 779 2.2 2.7 1.8

50 to 249 employees

917 1,046 803 2.4 2.7 2.1

250 to 999 employees

432 399 329 2.3 2.2 1.8

1,000 to 4,999 employees

175 171 140 2.0 1.9 1.6

5,000 or more employees

37 35 29 0.8 0.8 0.7

LAYOFFS AND DISCHARGES

Total private

1,415 1,699 1,648 1.0 1.2 1.2

1 to 9 employees

241 372 216 1.1 1.7 1.0

10 to 49 employees

318 462 536 0.7 1.1 1.2

50 to 249 employees

466 505 607 1.2 1.3 1.6

250 to 999 employees

252 231 190 1.3 1.3 1.0

1,000 to 4,999 employees

124 114 86 1.4 1.3 1.0

5,000 or more employees

14 14 13 0.3 0.3 0.3

OTHER SEPARATIONS

Total private

262 205 223 0.2 0.2 0.2

1 to 9 employees

27 24 73 0.1 0.1 0.3

10 to 49 employees

110 52 45 0.3 0.1 0.1

50 to 249 employees

61 64 60 0.2 0.2 0.2

250 to 999 employees

41 39 29 0.2 0.2 0.2

1,000 to 4,999 employees

15 18 9 0.2 0.2 0.1

5,000 or more employees

7 7 7 0.2 0.2 0.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Establishment size class data are produced for the total private sector only.
NOTE: The job openings level is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month. The levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month. The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of employment plus job openings. The rates for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations are the number of each during the entire month as percent of employment.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.


Last Modified Date: January 07, 2025