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Hires, quits, layoffs, and other job separations in 2013

July 01, 2014

The number of hires and job separations increased in 2013, although neither returned to their levels before the 2007–2009 recession. From 2012 to 2013, the number of hires increased from 52.4 million to 54.2 million. The number of total separations rose from 50.1 million in 2012 to 51.8 million in 2013. The number of hires exceeded the number of separations in 2013 for the fourth straight year.

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Annual hires and job separations, 2001–2013
Year	Hires	Separations
Year	Hires	Total	Quits	Layoffs and discharges	Other separations
2001	62,633,000	64,472,000	35,848,000	24,138,000	4,483,000
2002	58,479,000	59,003,000	31,758,000	22,706,000	4,539,000
2003	56,949,000	56,970,000	29,192,000	23,490,000	4,288,000
2004	60,263,000	58,238,000	31,375,000	22,668,000	4,192,000
2005	62,951,000	60,494,000	34,240,000	22,243,000	4,012,000
2006	63,327,000	61,117,000	35,596,000	20,896,000	4,626,000
2007	62,104,000	60,838,000	34,566,000	21,958,000	4,312,000
2008	54,745,000	58,227,000	30,355,000	24,028,000	3,845,000
2009	45,931,000	51,127,000	21,030,000	26,444,000	3,654,000
2010	48,743,000	47,750,000	22,057,000	21,829,000	3,864,000
2011	50,295,000	48,220,000	23,533,000	20,805,000	3,882,000
2012	52,360,000	50,070,000	25,081,000	20,892,000	4,100,000
2013	54,191,000	51,837,000	27,619,000	19,964,000	4,254,000

Three components make up the total separations measure: quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations (such as retirements, transfers, deaths, and separations caused by disability). From 2012 to 2013, the number of quits increased from 25.1 million to 27.6 million. During that same period, the number of layoffs and discharges edged down from 20.9 million to 20.0 million. The total number of other separations increased slightly, from 4.1 million in 2012 to 4.3 million in 2013.

These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. For more information, see "Job openings continue to rise in 2013," Monthly Labor Review, May 2014.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Hires, quits, layoffs, and other job separations in 2013 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140701.htm (visited March 14, 2026).

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