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. 2022	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023(p)	Nov. 2022	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023(p)	Nov. 2022	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023(p)
LEVELS BY INDUSTRY (in thousands)

Total	10,746	8,852	8,790	6,253	5,828	5,465	5,945	5,632	5,340
Total private	9,671	7,845	7,817	5,825	5,446	5,096	5,582	5,328	5,009
Mining and logging	42	23	31	24	23	21	17	24	23
Construction	348	416	459	337	379	362	294	345	351
Manufacturing	829	561	547	407	370	358	393	376	362
Durable goods	517	362	383	222	206	214	213	208	207
Nondurable goods	312	200	164	186	164	144	181	168	155
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,531	1,299	1,276	1,253	1,137	1,057	1,299	1,134	1,107
Wholesale trade	213	217	280	172	157	141	159	133	127
Retail trade	852	550	592	706	661	602	713	670	661
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	465	532	404	375	318	313	426	331	319
Information	213	127	139	112	52	66	98	71	84
Financial activities	576	387	425	248	206	207	275	216	211
Finance and insurance	405	253	290	162	132	134	197	141	142
Real estate and rental and leasing	171	133	135	86	74	72	77	75	69
Professional and business services	2,121	1,642	1,609	1,163	1,146	983	1,166	1,164	1,006
Education and health services	2,068	1,861	1,871	863	892	872	779	814	761
Educational services	160	172	158	98	106	93	86	108	80
Health care and social assistance	1,908	1,689	1,713	765	787	779	694	706	682
Leisure and hospitality	1,629	1,240	1,143	1,203	1,037	965	1,093	987	922
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	164	183	164	160	157	141	143	135	134
Accommodation and food services	1,465	1,057	979	1,043	880	824	950	852	788
Other services	314	289	318	214	204	205	168	198	182
Government	1,075	1,008	973	428	382	369	364	304	331
Federal	138	180	122	39	41	37	40	36	39
State and local	937	827	851	389	341	331	324	268	292
State and local education	336	299	303	191	181	171	157	135	153
State and local, excluding education	601	529	549	198	160	161	167	133	138



RATES BY INDUSTRY (percent)

Total	6.5	5.3	5.3	4.1	3.7	3.5	3.9	3.6	3.4
Total private	6.8	5.5	5.5	4.4	4.1	3.8	4.2	4.0	3.7
Mining and logging	6.3	3.4	4.6	3.8	3.5	3.3	2.7	3.7	3.6
Construction	4.3	4.9	5.4	4.3	4.7	4.5	3.8	4.3	4.4
Manufacturing	6.0	4.1	4.0	3.1	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.9	2.8
Durable goods	6.0	4.3	4.5	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5
Nondurable goods	6.0	4.0	3.3	3.8	3.4	3.0	3.7	3.5	3.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	5.1	4.3	4.2	4.4	3.9	3.7	4.5	3.9	3.8
Wholesale trade	3.4	3.4	4.4	2.9	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.2	2.1
Retail trade	5.2	3.4	3.7	4.6	4.3	3.9	4.6	4.3	4.3
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	6.0	6.8	5.3	5.2	4.4	4.3	5.9	4.6	4.4
Information	6.4	4.0	4.4	3.6	1.7	2.2	3.1	2.4	2.8
Financial activities	6.0	4.1	4.4	2.7	2.3	2.3	3.0	2.4	2.3
Finance and insurance	5.7	3.6	4.1	2.4	2.0	2.0	2.9	2.1	2.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	6.6	5.2	5.2	3.6	3.0	2.9	3.2	3.1	2.8
Professional and business services	8.5	6.7	6.5	5.1	5.0	4.3	5.1	5.1	4.4
Education and health services	7.7	6.8	6.8	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.1	3.2	3.0
Educational services	4.0	4.2	3.8	2.5	2.7	2.3	2.2	2.7	2.0
Health care and social assistance	8.4	7.2	7.3	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	9.1	6.9	6.4	7.4	6.2	5.7	6.7	5.9	5.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	6.4	6.8	6.1	6.7	6.3	5.6	6.0	5.4	5.3
Accommodation and food services	9.6	6.9	6.4	7.5	6.2	5.8	6.8	6.0	5.5
Other services	5.2	4.7	5.1	3.7	3.5	3.5	2.9	3.4	3.1
Government	4.6	4.2	4.1	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.3	1.4
Federal	4.6	5.8	4.0	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.3
State and local	4.6	4.0	4.1	2.0	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.3	1.5
State and local education	3.2	2.7	2.8	1.9	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.3	1.4
State and local, excluding education	6.2	5.3	5.5	2.2	1.7	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.5
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 03, 2024