Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News Release — 2021-01-12

The number of job openings was little changed at 6.5 million on the last business day of November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires were little changed at 6.0 million while total separations increased to 5.4 million. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 2.2 percent while the layoffs and discharges rate increased to 1.4 percent. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations for the total nonfarm sector, by industry, and by four geographic regions. On the last business day of November, the number and rate of job openings were little changed at 6.5 million and 4.4 percent, respectively. Job openings decreased in durable goods manufacturing (-48,000), information (-45,000), and educational services (-21,000). The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions. (See table 1.) Over the year, the number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed in November.