Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release - 2024 M11 Results — 2025-01-07

The number of job openings was little changed at 8.1 million on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires and total separations were little changed at 5.3 million and 5.1 million, respectively. Within separations, quits (3.1 million) decreased, but layoffs and discharges (1.8 million) changed little. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by establishment size class. The number of job openings was little changed at 8.1 million on the last business day of November but was down by 833,000 over the year. The job openings rate, at 4.8 percent, changed little over the month. The number of job openings increased in professional and business services (+273,000), finance and insurance (+105,000), and private educational services (+38,000) but decreased in information (-89,000).