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March 14, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Annual hires, separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, 2011

Annual levels for hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, not seasonally adjusted, 2007–2011
Category	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Hires	62,421,000	55,166,000	46,398,000	48,647,000	50,083,000
Separations	61,162,000	58,601,000	51,527,000	47,641,000	48,242,000
Quits	34,612,000	30,558,000	21,021,000	21,967,000	23,578,000
Layoffs and discharges	22,142,000	24,166,000	26,783,000	21,784,000	20,718,000

These data are featured in the TED article, Annual hires, separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, 2011.

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