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. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)	Nov. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)	Nov. 2024	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	8,031	7,449	7,146	5,307	5,368	5,115	5,087	5,069	5,080
Total private	7,162	6,665	6,451	4,961	5,027	4,832	4,757	4,743	4,789
Mining and logging	21	20	16	21	19	16	20	18	21
Construction	277	202	292	337	331	342	312	288	301
Manufacturing	443	414	403	302	317	291	315	319	313
Durable goods	286	274	274	155	169	166	165	187	175
Nondurable goods	157	140	129	147	148	125	150	132	138
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,007	1,310	1,260	1,071	1,007	969	1,032	986	941
Wholesale trade	157	226	163	143	117	112	137	139	117
Retail trade	549	651	772	595	578	576	581	570	554
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	300	433	325	334	311	281	314	277	270
Information	122	124	94	77	73	85	75	93	87
Financial activities	550	342	340	181	208	173	175	184	193
Finance and insurance	398	224	245	113	144	129	109	132	143
Real estate and rental and leasing	152	118	95	68	64	44	67	52	50
Professional and business services	1,733	1,300	1,334	962	1,008	991	963	1,031	1,032
Private education and health services	1,690	1,531	1,467	830	848	781	731	781	719
Private educational services	170	130	131	92	88	96	91	91	95
Health care and social assistance	1,520	1,401	1,335	737	760	684	639	690	624
Leisure and hospitality	1,021	1,155	995	953	982	971	920	867	985
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	126	170	157	173	175	179	140	158	177
Accommodation and food services	896	985	837	780	807	792	780	708	808
Other services	297	267	250	227	233	213	214	176	197
Government	869	784	695	346	341	283	330	326	291
Federal	121	86	94	28	22	33	30	39	34
State and local	749	698	601	318	319	250	301	287	257
State and local education	251	265	224	163	160	129	156	132	129
State and local, excluding education	498	433	377	155	159	120	145	155	128



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	4.8	4.5	4.3	3.3	3.4	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2
Total private	5.0	4.7	4.5	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Mining and logging	3.2	3.1	2.6	3.3	3.1	2.6	3.3	3.0	3.4
Construction	3.2	2.4	3.4	4.1	4.0	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.6
Manufacturing	3.4	3.2	3.1	2.4	2.5	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.5
Durable goods	3.5	3.4	3.4	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.4	2.2
Nondurable goods	3.1	2.8	2.6	3.0	3.1	2.6	3.1	2.7	2.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	3.4	4.3	4.2	3.7	3.5	3.3	3.6	3.4	3.2
Wholesale trade	2.5	3.5	2.6	2.3	1.9	1.8	2.2	2.3	1.9
Retail trade	3.4	4.0	4.7	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	4.0	5.6	4.3	4.6	4.3	3.9	4.3	3.8	3.7
Information	4.0	4.1	3.1	2.6	2.5	2.9	2.6	3.2	3.0
Financial activities	5.6	3.6	3.6	2.0	2.3	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.1
Finance and insurance	5.6	3.2	3.5	1.7	2.1	1.9	1.6	2.0	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	5.8	4.5	3.7	2.8	2.6	1.8	2.7	2.1	2.0
Professional and business services	7.1	5.5	5.6	4.3	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.6	4.6
Private education and health services	5.9	5.3	5.0	3.1	3.1	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.6
Private educational services	4.1	3.2	3.2	2.3	2.2	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.4
Health care and social assistance	6.2	5.6	5.3	3.2	3.2	2.9	2.8	2.9	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	5.7	6.3	5.5	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.1	5.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	4.5	5.9	5.5	6.5	6.5	6.7	5.3	5.9	6.6
Accommodation and food services	5.9	6.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.5	4.9	5.6
Other services	4.7	4.2	4.0	3.8	3.9	3.5	3.6	2.9	3.3
Government	3.6	3.2	2.9	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.2
Federal	3.9	3.0	3.3	0.9	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.4	1.3
State and local	3.5	3.3	2.8	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.2
State and local education	2.3	2.4	2.0	1.5	1.5	1.2	1.4	1.2	1.2
State and local, excluding education	4.9	4.2	3.7	1.6	1.6	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.3
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, 2026