Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted
Category	Job openings			Hires			Total separations
Category	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.

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Last Modified Date: January 07, 2025