For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Tuesday, January 12, 2016 USDL-16-0040

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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – NOVEMBER 2015

The number of job openings was little changed at 5.4 million on the last business day of November, the

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires and separations were little changed at 5.2 million 

and 4.9 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was 2.0 percent, and the layoffs and 

discharges rate was 1.2 percent. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job openings, 

hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by four geographic regions.

Job Openings

Job openings were little changed at 5.4 million in November. The job openings rate was 3.7 percent.

The number of job openings was little changed in November for total private and government. Job 

openings increased in health care and social assistance (+57,000) and decreased in retail trade (-64,000). 

In the regions, job openings increased in the South and decreased in the Midwest over the month. (See 

table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in 

November for total nonfarm and total private, and was little changed for government. Job openings rose

in several industries over the year with the largest changes in health care and social assistance

(+242,000) and accommodation and food services (+129,000). Job openings decreased over the year in 

information (-48,000) and mining and logging (-8,000). The number of job openings increased over the 

year in the Northeast and South regions. (See table 7.)

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2014 2015

Chart 1. Job openings rate, seasonally adjusted, December 2012 - November 2015

2013

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2014 2015

Chart 2. Hires and total separations rates, seasonally adjusted, December 2012 - November 2015

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Hires

The number of hires was 5.2 million in November, little changed from October. The hires rate was 3.6

percent. The number of hires was little changed for total private and government in November. There

was little change in the number of hires in all industries and regions. (See table 2.)

Over the 12 months ending in November, the number of hires (not seasonally adjusted) was little 

changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. At the industry level, hires increased in 

accommodation and food services (+104,000) and educational services (+18,000). Hires decreased in 

mining and logging (-9,000). Over the year, hires increased in the West region. (See table 8.)

Separations

Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is 

referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, 

the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and 

discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations 

due to retirement, death, and disability, as well as transfers to other locations of the same firm.

There were 4.9 million total separations in November, little changed from October. The total 

separations rate was 3.5 percent. The number of total separations was little changed for total private and

decreased for government. In November, total separations decreased in state and local government 

(-34,000). The number of total separations was little changed in all four regions. (See table 3.)

There were 2.8 million quits in November, little changed from October. The number of quits has held

between 2.7 million and 2.8 million for the past 15 months. The quits rate in November was 2.0 percent.

The number of quits was little changed for total private and decreased for government over the month. 

Quits rose in construction (+43,000) but fell in state and local government (-18,000). Quits were little 

changed in all four regions over the month. (See table 4.)

The number of quits (not seasonally adjusted) increased over the 12 months ending in November for 

total nonfarm and total private, and was little changed for government. Quits increased over the year in

health care and social assistance (+39,000) and nondurable goods manufacturing (+17,000). Over the 

year, quits decreased in wholesale trade (-28,000) and in real estate and rental and leasing (-18,000). In 

the regions, quits rose in the Midwest. (See table 10.)

There were 1.7 million layoffs and discharges in November, little changed from October. The layoffs 

and discharges rate was 1.2 percent. The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed over the 

month for total private and government. Layoffs and discharges was little changed in all four regions. 

(See table 5.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of layoffs and discharges are not available for individual

industries.

The number of layoffs and discharges (not seasonally adjusted) was little changed over the 12 months 

ending in November for total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of layoffs and 

discharges was little changed over the year in all industries. Layoffs and discharges rose in the Northeast 

over the year. (See table 11.)

In November, there were 409,000 other separations for total nonfarm, little changed from October.

Over the month, the number of other separations was little changed for total private at 343,000 and fell
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for government to 66,000. (See table 6.) Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not 

available for individual industries or regions.

Over the 12 months ending in November, the number of other separations (not seasonally adjusted)

was little changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. Other separations increased over the 

year in federal government (+5,000). Other separations were little changed in all four regions over the 

year. (See table 12.)

Net Change in Employment

Large numbers of hires and separations occur every month throughout the business cycle. Net 

employment change results from the relationship between hires and separations. When the number of 

hires exceeds the number of separations, employment rises, even if the hires level is steady or declining. 

Conversely, when the number of hires is less than the number of separations, employment declines, even 

if the hires level is steady or rising. Over the 12 months ending in November 2015, hires totaled 61.2

million and separations totaled 58.6 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.6 million. These 

totals include workers who may have been hired and separated more than once during the year.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for December 2015 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (EST).
Table A. Job openings, hires, and total separations by industry, seasonally adjusted

Category

Job openings Hires Total separations

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total nonfarm........................................ 4,886 5,349 5,431 5,026 5,168 5,197 4,628 4,901 4,930

Total private1...................................... 4,424 4,859 4,926 4,714 4,821 4,852 4,338 4,537 4,602

Construction.................................... 130 121 135 326 319 359 298 273 305

Manufacturing.................................. 332 310 294 269 265 274 224 267 274

Durable goods............................... 206 183 183 158 150 154 126 150 155

Nondurable goods........................... 126 127 111 111 115 119 98 118 118

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 850 990 907 1,123 1,065 1,080 1,043 990 1,038

Retail trade................................... 497 596 532 774 749 754 729 705 731

Professional and business services......... 1,009 1,042 1,108 968 1,050 999 906 1,005 999

Education and health services3.............. 825 1,052 1,113 578 631 639 522 585 596

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 752 952 1,009 512 549 545 454 497 511

Leisure and hospitality........................ 616 728 764 908 980 1,013 838 921 912

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 44 53 66 135 156 129 131 146 126

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 571 675 698 774 825 884 707 775 786

Government4

...................................... 462 490 506 312 348 345 289 364 329

State and local................................. 400 424 429 268 308 304 254 323 289

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total nonfarm........................................ 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5

Total private1

...................................... 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.8

Construction.................................... 2.0 1.8 2.0 5.2 4.9 5.5 4.8 4.2 4.7

Manufacturing.................................. 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.8 2.2 2.2

Durable goods............................... 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.6 1.9 2.0

Nondurable goods........................... 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities2

.......... 3.1 3.5 3.2 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.8

Retail trade................................... 3.1 3.6 3.3 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.6

Professional and business services......... 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.0 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 5.0

Education and health services3

.............. 3.7 4.5 4.8 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 4.0 4.8 5.1 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.5 2.6 2.7

Leisure and hospitality........................ 4.0 4.5 4.7 6.1 6.4 6.6 5.6 6.0 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 2.0 2.4 2.9 6.3 7.1 5.9 6.1 6.7 5.7

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 4.3 4.9 5.0 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.5 5.9 6.0

Government4...................................... 2.1 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.5

State and local................................. 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.5

1

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

2

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

3

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

4

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

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Technical Note

This news release presents statistics from the Job 

Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects and compiles 

JOLTS data monthly from a sample of nonfarm 

establishments. A more detailed discussion of JOLTS 

concepts and methodology is available online at

www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch18.pdf.

Coverage and collection

The JOLTS program covers all private nonfarm establishments, as well as federal, state, and local government 

entities in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data 

are collected for total employment, job openings, hires, 

quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and total 

separations.

Concepts

Industry classification. The industry classifications in 

this release are in accordance with the 2012 version of the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Employment. Employment includes persons on the 

payroll who worked or received pay for the pay period 

that includes the 12th day of the reference month. Fulltime, part-time, permanent, short-term, seasonal, salaried, 

and hourly employees are included, as are employees on 

paid vacations or other paid leave. Proprietors or partners 

of unincorporated businesses, unpaid family workers, or 

persons on leave without pay or on strike for the entire 

pay period, are not counted as employed. Employees of 

temporary help agencies, employee leasing companies, 

outside contractors, and consultants are counted by their 

employer of record, not by the establishment where they 

are working.

Job openings. Job openings information is collected for 

the last business day of the reference month. A job 

opening requires that: 1) a specific position exists and 

there is work available for that position, 2) work could 

start within 30 days whether or not the employer found a 

suitable candidate, and 3) the employer is actively 

recruiting from outside the establishment to fill the 

position. Included are full-time, part-time, permanent, 

short-term, and seasonal openings. Active recruiting 

means that the establishment is taking steps to fill a 

position by advertising in newspapers or on the Internet, 

posting help-wanted signs, accepting applications, or 

using other similar methods.

Jobs to be filled only by internal transfers, promotions, 

demotions, or recall from layoffs are excluded. Also 

excluded are jobs with start dates more than 30 days in 

the future, jobs for which employees have been hired but 

have not yet reported for work, and jobs to be filled by 

employees of temporary help agencies, employee leasing 

companies, outside contractors, or consultants. The job 

openings rate is computed by dividing the number of job 

openings by the sum of employment and job openings and 

multiplying that quotient by 100.

Hires. The hires level is the total number of additions to 

the payroll occurring at any time during the reference 

month, including both new and rehired employees, fulltime and part-time, permanent, short-term and seasonal 

employees, employees recalled to the location after a 

layoff lasting more than 7 days, on-call or intermittent 

employees who returned to work after having been 

formally separated, and transfers from other locations. 

The hires count does not include transfers or promotions 

within the reporting site, employees returning from strike, 

employees of temporary help agencies or employee 

leasing companies, outside contractors, or consultants. 

The hires rate is computed by dividing the number of 

hires by employment and multiplying that quotient by 

100.

Separations. The separations level is the total number of 

employment terminations occurring at any time during the 

reference month, and is reported by type of separation—

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. 

(Some respondents are only able to report total 

separations.) The quits count includes voluntary 

separations by employees (except for retirements, which 

are reported as other separations). The layoffs and 

discharges count is comprised of involuntary separations 

initiated by the employer and includes layoffs with no 

intent to rehire; formal layoffs lasting or expected to last 

more than 7 days; discharges resulting from mergers, 

downsizing, or closings; firings or other discharges for 

cause; terminations of permanent or short-term 

employees; and terminations of seasonal employees. The 

other separations count includes retirements, transfers to 

other locations, deaths, and separations due to disability. 

The separations count does not include transfers within 

the same location or employees on strike. The separations 

rate is computed by dividing the number of separations by 

employment and multiplying that quotient by 100. The 

quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations rates 

are computed similarly.

Annual estimates. Annual levels for hires, quits, layoffs 

and discharges, other separations, and total separations 

are the sum of the 12 published monthly levels. Annual 

rates are computed by dividing the annual level by the 

Current Employment Statistics (CES) annual average 

employment level, and multiplying that quotient by 100. 

This figure will be approximately equal to the sum of the 

12 monthly rates. Consistent with BLS practice, annual 

estimates are published only for not seasonally adjusted 

data and are released with the January news release each 

year. Annual estimates are not calculated for job openings 

because job openings are a stock, or point-in-time, 

measurement for the last business day of each month.
Sample and estimation methodology

The JOLTS survey design is a stratified random sample of 

16,000 nonfarm business and government establishments. 

The sample is stratified by ownership, region, industry 

sector, and establishment size class. The establishments 

are drawn from a universe of over 9.1 million 

establishments compiled by the Quarterly Census of 

Employment and Wages (QCEW) program which

includes all employers subject to state unemployment 

insurance laws and federal agencies subject to the 

Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees

program.

JOLTS total employment estimates are benchmarked, or 

ratio adjusted, monthly to the strike-adjusted employment 

estimates of the CES survey. A ratio of CES to JOLTS 

employment is used to adjust the levels for all other 

JOLTS data elements.

JOLTS business birth/death model

As with any sample survey, the JOLTS sample can only 

be as current as its sampling frame. The time lag from the 

birth of an establishment until its appearance on the 

sampling frame is approximately one year. In addition, 

many of these new units may fail within the first year. 

Since these universe units cannot be reflected on the 

sampling frame immediately, the JOLTS sample cannot 

capture job openings, hires, and separations from these 

units during their early existence. To compensate for the 

inability to capture data from these establishments, BLS 

has developed a birth/death model that uses birth and 

death activity from previous years. The estimates of job 

openings, hires, and separations produced by the 

birth/death model are added to the sample-based estimates 

produced from the survey to arrive at the estimates for 

openings, hires, and separations.

Seasonal adjustment

BLS uses X-13 ARIMA to seasonally adjust several 

JOLTS series utilizing moving averages as seasonal 

filters. A concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is 

used in which new seasonal adjustment factors are 

calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and 

including current month data. JOLTS seasonal adjustment 

includes both additive and multiplicative models and 

REGARIMA (regression with auto-correlated errors) 

modeling to improve the seasonal adjustment factors at 

the beginning and end of the series and to detect and 

adjust for outliers in the series.

Alignment procedure

The JOLTS measures for hires minus separations can be 

used to derive a measure of net employment change. This 

change should be comparable to the net employment 

change from the much larger CES survey. However, 

definitional differences as well as sampling and nonsampling errors between the two surveys historically 

caused JOLTS to diverge from CES over time. To limit 

the divergence, and improve the quality of the JOLTS 

hires and separations series, BLS implemented the 

Monthly Alignment Method.

This method applies the CES employment trends to the 

seasonally adjusted JOLTS implied employment trend 

(hires minus separations) forcing them to be 

approximately the same, while preserving the seasonality 

of the JOLTS data. First, the two series are seasonally 

adjusted and the difference between the JOLTS implied 

employment change and the CES net employment change 

is calculated. Next, the JOLTS implied employment 

change is adjusted to equal the CES net employment 

change through a proportional adjustment. This procedure 

adjusts the two components (hires, separations) 

proportionally to their contribution to the total churn 

(hires plus separations). The adjusted hires and 

separations are converted back to not seasonally adjusted 

data by reversing the application of the original seasonal 

factors. After the Monthly Alignment Method has been 

used to adjust the level estimates, rate estimates are 

computed from the adjusted levels. 

Reliability of the estimates

JOLTS estimates are subject to both sampling and 

nonsampling error. When a sample is surveyed rather than 

the entire population, there is a chance that the sample 

estimates may differ from the "true" population values 

they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, 

varies depending on the particular sample selected, and 

this variability is measured by the standard error of the 

estimate. BLS analysis is generally conducted at the 90-

percent level of confidence. That means that there is a 90-

percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate 

based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 

standard errors from the "true" population value because 

of sampling error. Sampling error estimates are available

at www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_median_standard_errors.htm.

The JOLTS estimates also are affected by non-sampling 

error. Nonsampling error can occur for many reasons, 

including the failure to include a segment of the 

population, the inability to obtain data from all units in 

the sample, the inability or unwillingness of respondents 

to provide data on a timely basis, mistakes made by 

respondents, errors made in the collection or processing 

of the data, and errors from the employment benchmark 

data used in estimation.

Other information

Information in this release will be made available to 

sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 

(202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 4,886 5,668 5,377 5,534 5,349 5,431 3.4 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,424 5,139 4,880 5,041 4,859 4,926 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9

Construction................................ 130 140 136 119 121 135 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8 2.0

Manufacturing.............................. 332 339 333 315 310 294 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3

Durable goods........................... 206 197 215 199 183 183 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.3

Nondurable goods....................... 126 142 117 116 127 111 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 850 1,009 973 1,019 990 907 3.1 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2

Retail trade............................... 497 632 607 654 596 532 3.1 3.9 3.7 4.0 3.6 3.3

Professional and business services. . . .. 1,009 1,177 1,039 1,204 1,042 1,108 5.0 5.6 5.0 5.7 5.0 5.3

Education and health services6

.......... 825 1,050 996 1,077 1,052 1,113 3.7 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.8

Health care and social assistance. . .. 752 946 905 988 952 1,009 4.0 4.8 4.6 5.0 4.8 5.1

Leisure and hospitality.................... 616 776 735 696 728 764 4.0 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 44 59 46 53 53 66 2.0 2.7 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 571 716 689 643 675 698 4.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.9 5.0

Government7.................................. 462 529 497 493 490 506 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

State and local............................. 400 455 425 429 424 429 2.0 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 791 919 837 890 893 944 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4

South........................................... 1,889 2,211 2,103 2,129 2,039 2,196 3.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.1

Midwest........................................ 1,109 1,248 1,213 1,246 1,265 1,151 3.4 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.5

West............................................ 1,097 1,289 1,223 1,269 1,152 1,140 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.4

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 2. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 5,026 5,065 5,081 5,080 5,168 5,197 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,714 4,709 4,737 4,750 4,821 4,852 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.0

Construction................................ 326 300 332 317 319 359 5.2 4.7 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.5

Manufacturing.............................. 269 265 267 282 265 274 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2

Durable goods........................... 158 161 166 176 150 154 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 1.9 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 111 104 102 106 115 119 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,123 1,122 1,081 1,059 1,065 1,080 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0

Retail trade............................... 774 778 759 734 749 754 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.8 4.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 968 1,003 986 1,036 1,050 999 5.0 5.1 5.0 5.2 5.3 5.0

Education and health services6

.......... 578 589 589 603 631 639 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9

Health care and social assistance. . .. 512 507 511 525 549 545 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9

Leisure and hospitality.................... 908 927 998 951 980 1,013 6.1 6.1 6.6 6.2 6.4 6.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 135 120 138 131 156 129 6.3 5.6 6.4 6.0 7.1 5.9

Accommodation and food services. .. 774 808 860 820 825 884 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.7

Government7.................................. 312 356 344 330 348 345 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6

State and local............................. 268 312 308 297 308 304 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 761 791 847 807 840 845 2.9 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2

South........................................... 1,987 2,053 2,016 2,047 1,966 1,953 3.9 4.0 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8

Midwest........................................ 1,217 1,078 1,082 1,120 1,172 1,190 3.9 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.7

West............................................ 1,061 1,142 1,137 1,107 1,191 1,210 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.8

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 4,628 4,796 4,886 4,886 4,901 4,930 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,338 4,454 4,566 4,569 4,537 4,602 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8

Construction................................ 298 270 310 311 273 305 4.8 4.2 4.9 4.9 4.2 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 224 254 276 275 267 274 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2

Durable goods........................... 126 168 172 170 150 155 1.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.0

Nondurable goods....................... 98 85 104 105 118 118 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 1,043 1,050 1,054 1,033 990 1,038 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8

Retail trade............................... 729 738 761 734 705 731 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 906 962 928 971 1,005 999 4.7 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.0

Education and health services6

.......... 522 542 540 537 585 596 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.7

Health care and social assistance. . .. 454 463 456 463 497 511 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7

Leisure and hospitality.................... 838 882 967 937 921 912 5.6 5.8 6.4 6.1 6.0 5.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 131 103 144 132 146 126 6.1 4.8 6.7 6.0 6.7 5.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 707 779 823 805 775 786 5.5 6.0 6.3 6.2 5.9 6.0

Government7.................................. 289 343 319 317 364 329 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.5

State and local............................. 254 300 285 283 323 289 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 661 693 814 792 737 788 2.5 2.6 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.0

South........................................... 1,875 1,928 1,918 1,938 1,965 1,935 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7

Midwest........................................ 1,062 1,118 1,075 1,060 1,100 1,086 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4

West............................................ 1,030 1,058 1,078 1,095 1,099 1,121 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 2,662 2,737 2,771 2,727 2,784 2,831 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.0

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,528 2,578 2,618 2,582 2,620 2,684 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2

Construction................................ 94 109 106 121 85 128 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.3 2.0

Manufacturing.............................. 113 129 143 148 145 149 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2

Durable goods........................... 57 82 80 89 75 75 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0

Nondurable goods....................... 56 47 63 58 71 74 1.2 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 637 604 609 620 626 629 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3

Retail trade............................... 462 427 450 450 461 476 3.0 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0

Professional and business services. . . .. 433 493 516 487 519 500 2.2 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.5

Education and health services6

.......... 346 363 363 343 372 394 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.8

Health care and social assistance. . .. 308 311 321 305 332 346 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.8

Leisure and hospitality.................... 611 615 638 613 597 628 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.0 3.9 4.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 54 54 68 55 54 52 2.5 2.5 3.2 2.5 2.5 2.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 557 561 569 557 543 576 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.1 4.4

Government7.................................. 134 159 153 144 164 147 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7

State and local............................. 122 146 141 132 151 133 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 368 397 397 392 374 389 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.5

South........................................... 1,120 1,185 1,198 1,126 1,140 1,141 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2

Midwest........................................ 589 622 593 618 643 671 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1

West............................................ 585 534 584 590 627 630 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 2.0

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 5. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 1,595 1,646 1,725 1,786 1,703 1,690 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,494 1,535 1,616 1,686 1,580 1,574 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 101 110 109 100 123 116 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5

State and local............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 232 222 353 326 286 322 0.9 0.8 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2

South........................................... 613 583 569 660 648 614 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.2

Midwest........................................ 396 402 404 380 375 340 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1

West............................................ 354 439 399 421 394 414 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

- Data not available.
Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

July

2015

Aug.

2015

Sept.

2015

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.................................... 371 413 389 373 414 409 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 316 340 332 301 337 343 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Construction................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

Manufacturing.............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Durable goods........................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Nondurable goods....................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Retail trade............................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Professional and business services. . . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Education and health services6

.......... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Health care and social assistance. . .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Leisure and hospitality.................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Accommodation and food services. .. – – – – – – – – – – – –

Government7.................................. 54 73 57 73 77 66 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local............................. – – – – – – – – – – – –

REGION8

Northeast...................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

South........................................... – – – – – – – – – – – –

Midwest........................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

West............................................ – – – – – – – – – – – –

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 Detail will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series and because not all series are shown.

3 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

4

Includes mining and logging, information, financial activities, and other services, not shown separately.

5

Includes wholesale trade and transportation, warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.

6

Includes educational services, not shown separately.

7

Includes federal government, not shown separately.

8 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary

- Data not available.
Table 7. Job openings levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 4,463 5,597 4,972 3.1 3.7 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,035 5,129 4,512 3.3 4.1 3.6

Mining and logging............................................... 26 19 18 2.7 2.3 2.2

Construction....................................................... 99 128 104 1.5 1.9 1.5

Manufacturing..................................................... 298 314 261 2.4 2.5 2.1

Durable goods.................................................. 183 176 162 2.3 2.2 2.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 115 139 99 2.5 2.9 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 788 1,065 823 2.8 3.8 2.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 170 185 137 2.8 3.0 2.2

Retail trade..................................................... 453 663 482 2.8 4.0 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 165 217 204 3.0 3.9 3.6

Information........................................................ 108 107 60 3.7 3.7 2.1

Financial activities................................................ 293 339 325 3.5 4.0 3.8

Finance and insurance........................................ 242 274 272 3.9 4.3 4.3

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 51 66 54 2.4 3.0 2.5

Professional and business services............................ 979 1,118 1,071 4.8 5.3 5.1

Education and health services.................................. 768 1,110 1,043 3.4 4.7 4.4

Educational services.......................................... 69 106 104 1.9 2.8 2.7

Health care and social assistance........................... 698 1,004 940 3.7 5.1 4.7

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 534 739 686 3.5 4.6 4.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 37 52 58 1.8 2.4 2.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 498 687 627 3.8 5.0 4.6

Other services.................................................... 142 190 121 2.5 3.2 2.1

Government.......................................................... 428 468 460 1.9 2.1 2.0

Federal............................................................. 57 63 70 2.0 2.2 2.5

State and local.................................................... 371 405 390 1.9 2.0 1.9

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 713 934 873 2.6 3.4 3.1

South................................................................. 1,667 2,120 1,962 3.1 3.9 3.6

Midwest............................................................... 1,060 1,302 1,086 3.2 3.9 3.2

West.................................................................. 1,023 1,241 1,051 3.1 3.7 3.1

1

Job openings are the number of job openings on the last business day of the month.

2 The job openings rate is the number of job openings on the last business day of the month as a percent of total employment plus job openings.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 8. Hires levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 4,676 5,467 4,817 3.3 3.8 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 4,434 5,147 4,544 3.7 4.2 3.7

Mining and logging............................................... 28 31 19 3.1 3.8 2.4

Construction....................................................... 240 316 274 3.8 4.7 4.2

Manufacturing..................................................... 223 271 231 1.8 2.2 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 134 147 131 1.7 1.9 1.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 89 124 100 2.0 2.7 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,425 1,277 1,380 5.3 4.7 5.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 119 133 100 2.0 2.2 1.7

Retail trade..................................................... 1,044 936 1,018 6.6 5.9 6.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 262 208 262 4.9 3.9 4.8

Information........................................................ 73 92 65 2.6 3.3 2.3

Financial activities................................................ 207 221 183 2.6 2.7 2.2

Finance and insurance........................................ 139 149 125 2.3 2.4 2.0

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 68 73 59 3.3 3.5 2.8

Professional and business services............................ 894 1,137 914 4.6 5.6 4.5

Education and health services.................................. 463 683 510 2.1 3.0 2.3

Educational services.......................................... 36 86 54 1.0 2.3 1.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 427 598 456 2.3 3.2 2.4

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 724 929 821 5.0 6.1 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 100 121 93 5.1 5.6 4.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 624 808 728 4.9 6.2 5.6

Other services.................................................... 157 189 146 2.8 3.3 2.6

Government.......................................................... 242 320 273 1.1 1.4 1.2

Federal............................................................. 47 37 53 1.7 1.4 1.9

State and local.................................................... 195 283 219 1.0 1.4 1.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 691 862 759 2.6 3.2 2.8

South................................................................. 1,856 2,085 1,805 3.6 4.0 3.5

Midwest............................................................... 1,129 1,211 1,115 3.6 3.7 3.4

West.................................................................. 1,001 1,309 1,137 3.1 4.0 3.5

1 Hires are the number of hires during the entire month.

2 The hires rate is the number of hires during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 9. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 4,056 5,048 4,281 2.9 3.5 3.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,850 4,743 4,060 3.2 3.9 3.3

Mining and logging............................................... 30 36 29 3.3 4.5 3.7

Construction....................................................... 312 313 312 4.9 4.7 4.7

Manufacturing..................................................... 197 287 236 1.6 2.3 1.9

Durable goods.................................................. 111 154 133 1.4 2.0 1.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 86 133 103 1.9 2.9 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 905 986 888 3.3 3.6 3.2

Wholesale trade................................................ 138 135 106 2.4 2.3 1.8

Retail trade..................................................... 634 675 630 4.0 4.3 3.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 133 176 152 2.5 3.3 2.8

Information........................................................ 64 82 69 2.3 2.9 2.5

Financial activities................................................ 172 194 164 2.1 2.4 2.0

Finance and insurance........................................ 107 125 107 1.8 2.1 1.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 65 69 57 3.1 3.3 2.7

Professional and business services............................ 835 1,042 908 4.3 5.2 4.5

Education and health services.................................. 397 544 459 1.8 2.4 2.0

Educational services.......................................... 39 60 47 1.1 1.6 1.3

Health care and social assistance........................... 358 484 412 2.0 2.6 2.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 777 1,067 848 5.3 7.0 5.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 145 194 135 7.3 9.0 6.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 632 872 713 5.0 6.7 5.5

Other services.................................................... 162 192 147 2.9 3.4 2.6

Government.......................................................... 205 306 221 0.9 1.4 1.0

Federal............................................................. 29 45 34 1.1 1.6 1.2

State and local.................................................... 176 261 187 0.9 1.3 0.9

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 566 761 694 2.1 2.8 2.6

South................................................................. 1,564 2,018 1,604 3.0 3.9 3.1

Midwest............................................................... 1,023 1,114 1,003 3.2 3.4 3.1

West.................................................................. 903 1,155 980 2.8 3.6 3.0

1 Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month.

2 The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. .

p Preliminary
Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 2,197 2,871 2,352 1.6 2.0 1.6

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 2,102 2,730 2,250 1.8 2.2 1.8

Mining and logging............................................... 13 16 15 1.4 2.0 1.8

Construction....................................................... 68 95 87 1.1 1.4 1.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 87 150 117 0.7 1.2 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 43 78 57 0.6 1.0 0.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 43 72 60 1.0 1.6 1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 542 652 535 2.0 2.4 1.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 79 80 51 1.3 1.3 0.8

Retail trade..................................................... 394 471 409 2.5 3.0 2.5

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 69 101 75 1.3 1.9 1.4

Information........................................................ 37 48 35 1.3 1.7 1.3

Financial activities................................................ 96 114 70 1.2 1.4 0.9

Finance and insurance........................................ 53 69 45 0.9 1.1 0.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 43 46 25 2.1 2.2 1.2

Professional and business services............................ 393 554 449 2.0 2.8 2.2

Education and health services.................................. 269 370 315 1.2 1.6 1.4

Educational services.......................................... 23 33 29 0.6 0.9 0.8

Health care and social assistance........................... 246 337 285 1.3 1.8 1.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 503 635 538 3.4 4.2 3.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 39 56 37 2.0 2.6 1.8

Accommodation and food services.......................... 465 578 500 3.7 4.4 3.8

Other services.................................................... 94 98 90 1.7 1.7 1.6

Government.......................................................... 95 141 102 0.4 0.6 0.5

Federal............................................................. 9 13 10 0.3 0.5 0.4

State and local.................................................... 86 128 91 0.4 0.7 0.5

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 291 384 309 1.1 1.4 1.1

South................................................................. 920 1,156 941 1.8 2.2 1.8

Midwest............................................................... 503 664 576 1.6 2.1 1.8

West.................................................................. 482 667 526 1.5 2.1 1.6

1 Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.

2 The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

p Preliminary
Table 11. Layoffs and discharges levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 1,574 1,801 1,612 1.1 1.3 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,501 1,692 1,536 1.3 1.4 1.3

Mining and logging............................................... 15 18 12 1.6 2.3 1.5

Construction....................................................... 228 208 219 3.6 3.1 3.3

Manufacturing..................................................... 98 116 106 0.8 0.9 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 60 62 67 0.8 0.8 0.9

Nondurable goods............................................. 38 54 39 0.8 1.2 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 280 247 258 1.0 0.9 0.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 54 46 43 0.9 0.8 0.7

Retail trade..................................................... 177 151 153 1.1 1.0 0.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 49 50 62 0.9 0.9 1.2

Information........................................................ 20 23 28 0.7 0.8 1.0

Financial activities................................................ 47 46 54 0.6 0.6 0.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 28 29 26 0.5 0.5 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 18 18 28 0.9 0.8 1.3

Professional and business services............................ 400 427 416 2.1 2.1 2.1

Education and health services.................................. 100 128 109 0.5 0.6 0.5

Educational services.......................................... 12 22 14 0.3 0.6 0.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 88 105 95 0.5 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 245 400 286 1.7 2.6 1.9

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 102 132 95 5.2 6.1 4.7

Accommodation and food services.......................... 143 268 191 1.1 2.0 1.5

Other services.................................................... 68 79 47 1.2 1.4 0.8

Government.......................................................... 73 109 77 0.3 0.5 0.3

Federal............................................................. 11 12 9 0.4 0.5 0.3

State and local.................................................... 62 97 68 0.3 0.5 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 237 308 332 0.9 1.1 1.2

South................................................................. 532 692 519 1.0 1.3 1.0

Midwest............................................................... 460 382 371 1.4 1.2 1.1

West.................................................................. 345 419 390 1.1 1.3 1.2

1

Layoffs and discharges are the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month.

2 The layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted1

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Nov.

2014

Oct.

2015

Nov.

2015p

Total nonfarm.......................................................... 284 376 317 0.2 0.3 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 246 321 275 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 2 2 2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Construction....................................................... 16 10 6 0.3 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 12 22 14 0.1 0.2 0.1

Durable goods.................................................. 7 14 9 0.1 0.2 0.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 5 8 5 0.1 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 82 87 95 0.3 0.3 0.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 5 9 12 0.1 0.2 0.2

Retail trade..................................................... 63 53 68 0.4 0.3 0.4

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 14 25 15 0.3 0.5 0.3

Information........................................................ 6 12 6 0.2 0.4 0.2

Financial activities................................................ 29 33 40 0.4 0.4 0.5

Finance and insurance........................................ 26 28 36 0.4 0.5 0.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 3 5 4 0.1 0.3 0.2

Professional and business services............................ 42 61 43 0.2 0.3 0.2

Education and health services.................................. 28 46 35 0.1 0.2 0.2

Educational services.......................................... 4 5 4 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 24 42 32 0.1 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 29 32 24 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 4 6 3 0.2 0.3 0.1

Accommodation and food services.......................... 25 26 21 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services.................................................... 1 15 10 0.0 0.3 0.2

Government.......................................................... 38 55 42 0.2 0.2 0.2

Federal............................................................. 9 19 14 0.3 0.7 0.5

State and local.................................................... 28 36 28 0.1 0.2 0.1

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 37 70 53 0.1 0.3 0.2

South................................................................. 112 170 145 0.2 0.3 0.3

Midwest............................................................... 60 67 56 0.2 0.2 0.2

West.................................................................. 75 69 64 0.2 0.2 0.2

1 Other separations are the number of other separations during the entire month.

2 The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment.

3 The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New

Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest:

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona,

California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.