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JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – NOVEMBER 2013

There were 4.0 million job openings on the last business day of November, little changed from October, 

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.3 percent) and separations rate (3.1

percent) were unchanged in November. This release includes estimates of the number and rate of job 

openings, hires, and separations for the nonfarm sector by industry and by geographic region.

Job Openings

There were 4.0 million job openings in November, little changed from October. The number of openings 

was little changed in total private and government, as well as in all industries and in all four regions. 

(See table 1.)

The number of job openings (not seasonally adjusted) was essentially unchanged over the year for total 

nonfarm, total private, and government. Over the year, the number of job openings increased in several 

industries but decreased in federal government. The West region experienced an increase in job 

openings over the 12 months ending in November. (See table 7.)

Hires

There were 4.5 million hires in November, little changed from October. The number of hires was 

essentially unchanged for total private and government. The number of hires was essentially unchanged 

in all industries and in all four regions. (See table 2.)

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

total nonfarm, total private, and government. The number of hires increased over the year in several 
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industries and decreased in mining and logging. Hires levels were little changed in all four regions. (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 include separations 

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

There were 4.3 million total separations in November, little changed from October. The number of total 

separations was essentially unchanged for total private and government. (See table 3.)

In November, the quits rate was little changed at 1.8 percent for total nonfarm. The rate was unchanged

for total private (2.0 percent) and for government (0.6 percent). The quits rate was essentially unchanged 

over the month for all industries and all four regions. (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. The number of quits rose over the 

year in retail trade, accommodation and food services, and in the South region. (See table 10.)

The layoffs and discharges rate was unchanged in November at 1.1 percent. The rate was unchanged 

over the month for total private (1.2 percent) and was little changed for government (0.4 percent). The

layoffs and discharges rate was little changed in all four regions. Seasonally adjusted estimates of 

layoffs and discharges are not available for individual industries. (See table 5.)

The layoffs and discharges level (not seasonally adjusted) declined over the 12 months ending in 

November for total nonfarm and total private and was little changed for government. The number of

layoffs and discharges decreased over the year ending in November for several industries and was little 

changed in all four regions. (See table 11.)

In November, there were 369,000 other separations for total nonfarm, little changed from October. The 

number of other separations was little changed over the month for total private and government.

Seasonally adjusted estimates of other separations are not available for individual industries or regions. 

(See table 6.) Over the 12 months ending in November, the number of other separations was little 

changed for total nonfarm, total private, and government. (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 2013, hires totaled 53.0

million and separations totaled 51.0 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.0 million. These 

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

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The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey results for December 2013 are scheduled to be 

released on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

LEVELS BY INDUSTRY

(in thousands)

Total................................................... 3,789 3,931 4,001 4,420 4,484 4,494 4,179 4,205 4,258

Total private1...................................... 3,421 3,564 3,623 4,134 4,195 4,189 3,885 3,894 3,966

Construction.................................... 96 127 139 386 329 294 359 290 277

Manufacturing.................................. 271 302 297 234 226 259 229 210 234

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 731 688 716 900 967 1,018 774 908 941

Retail trade................................... 475 433 416 597 695 698 512 637 667

Professional and business services......... 649 736 707 912 900 857 849 818 812

Education and health services3

.............. 691 654 669 471 518 516 465 467 468

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 633 582 588 421 442 434 402 399 395

Leisure and hospitality........................ 481 513 560 697 798 792 694 749 776

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 52 77 72 108 138 129 109 113 138

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 428 435 488 589 660 663 584 637 639

Government4...................................... 368 368 379 286 289 306 294 311 292

State and local................................. 301 328 333 256 261 272 255 267 253

RATES BY INDUSTRY

(percent)

Total................................................... 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1

Total private1

...................................... 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.5

Construction.................................... 1.7 2.1 2.3 6.8 5.6 5.0 6.3 5.0 4.7

Manufacturing.................................. 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities2.......... 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.0 3.5 3.6

Retail trade................................... 3.1 2.7 2.6 4.0 4.5 4.6 3.4 4.2 4.4

Professional and business services......... 3.5 3.8 3.6 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.3

Education and health services3.............. 3.3 3.1 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance. . . . . . .. 3.6 3.2 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3

Leisure and hospitality........................ 3.4 3.5 3.8 5.0 5.6 5.5 5.0 5.3 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . .. 2.6 3.6 3.4 5.4 6.8 6.3 5.5 5.5 6.7

Accommodation and food services. . . . . .. 3.5 3.4 3.8 5.0 5.4 5.4 4.9 5.2 5.2

Government4

...................................... 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3

State and local................................. 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3

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 

16,400 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-12 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. Estimates of sampling errors are 

available upon request.

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.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total.............................................. 3,789 3,808 3,844 3,883 3,931 4,001 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,421 3,402 3,459 3,508 3,564 3,623 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1

Construction................................ 96 99 109 112 127 139 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.3

Manufacturing.............................. 271 234 268 256 302 297 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 731 655 694 726 688 716 2.8 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.7

Retail trade............................... 475 413 418 459 433 416 3.1 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 649 664 658 629 736 707 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.8 3.6

Education and health services6.......... 691 670 732 675 654 669 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1

Health care and social assistance. . .. 633 610 668 602 582 588 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 481 493 514 550 513 560 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 52 47 76 58 77 72 2.6 2.3 3.6 2.8 3.6 3.4

Accommodation and food services. .. 428 446 438 492 435 488 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.8

Government7

.................................. 368 406 385 375 368 379 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

State and local............................. 301 357 339 324 328 333 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 674 619 682 701 648 715 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.7

South........................................... 1,434 1,464 1,424 1,433 1,428 1,449 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8

Midwest........................................ 912 843 877 906 989 953 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.1 3.0

West............................................ 769 881 861 843 866 884 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9

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.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total............................................... 4,420 4,497 4,559 4,632 4,484 4,494 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 4,134 4,219 4,261 4,338 4,195 4,189 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.6

Construction................................ 386 307 298 299 329 294 6.8 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.6 5.0

Manufacturing.............................. 234 222 248 251 226 259 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 900 906 936 923 967 1,018 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.9

Retail trade............................... 597 635 659 634 695 698 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.6

Professional and business services. . . .. 912 1,001 979 999 900 857 5.0 5.4 5.3 5.4 4.8 4.6

Education and health services6.......... 471 530 556 534 518 516 2.3 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5

Health care and social assistance. . .. 421 452 461 462 442 434 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 697 753 749 813 798 792 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 108 114 106 135 138 129 5.4 5.6 5.2 6.7 6.8 6.3

Accommodation and food services. .. 589 639 643 678 660 663 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.4 5.4

Government7

.................................. 286 277 298 294 289 306 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4

State and local............................. 256 253 273 268 261 272 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 736 663 729 728 718 695 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7

South........................................... 1,645 1,761 1,822 1,817 1,747 1,775 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.6

Midwest........................................ 1,013 1,105 1,038 1,068 992 1,033 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.3

West............................................ 1,026 968 970 1,020 1,026 991 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.3

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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands)2 Rates3

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total............................................... 4,179 4,273 4,405 4,477 4,205 4,258 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.1

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 3,885 3,992 4,138 4,203 3,894 3,966 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.4 3.5

Construction................................ 359 292 297 279 290 277 6.3 5.0 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.7

Manufacturing.............................. 229 238 246 246 210 234 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 774 838 917 872 908 941 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.6

Retail trade............................... 512 568 650 619 637 667 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.4

Professional and business services. . . .. 849 934 947 959 818 812 4.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.4 4.3

Education and health services6.......... 465 490 516 515 467 468 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.2 2.2

Health care and social assistance. . .. 402 426 431 439 399 395 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3

Leisure and hospitality.................... 694 731 720 814 749 776 5.0 5.2 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 109 119 101 143 113 138 5.5 5.9 5.0 7.1 5.5 6.7

Accommodation and food services. .. 584 612 619 671 637 639 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.5 5.2 5.2

Government7

.................................. 294 281 267 274 311 292 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3

State and local............................. 255 247 235 241 267 253 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 656 685 735 713 686 672 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.6

South........................................... 1,585 1,734 1,634 1,837 1,660 1,658 3.2 3.5 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.3

Midwest........................................ 982 894 1,032 992 921 953 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.1

West............................................ 956 961 1,003 935 938 976 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.1 3.1 3.3

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.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total............................................... 2,140 2,342 2,364 2,327 2,382 2,428 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 2,010 2,208 2,240 2,217 2,247 2,304 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0

Construction................................ 90 100 102 96 87 70 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.2

Manufacturing.............................. 106 114 106 123 109 126 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities5

. . . . .. 465 459 527 533 562 579 1.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2

Retail trade............................... 344 347 406 403 412 425 2.3 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.8

Professional and business services. . . .. 394 541 490 453 444 446 2.2 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.4

Education and health services6.......... 280 285 288 297 291 289 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4

Health care and social assistance. . .. 247 258 250 266 257 258 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5

Leisure and hospitality.................... 442 454 453 474 516 539 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation. .. 42 48 46 43 46 52 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.6

Accommodation and food services. .. 400 406 407 431 470 487 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.0

Government7

.................................. 130 134 124 111 136 124 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6

State and local............................. 119 122 113 100 123 111 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 292 321 329 320 351 340 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3

South........................................... 883 1,006 993 962 981 1,006 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.0

Midwest........................................ 496 525 524 577 538 555 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8

West............................................ 469 490 519 468 512 528 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.8

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.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total............................................... 1,705 1,589 1,676 1,756 1,504 1,461 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 1,611 1,498 1,592 1,650 1,396 1,366 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.2

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

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

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

.................................. 94 91 84 106 109 96 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4

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

REGION8

Northeast...................................... 310 307 337 321 266 264 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0

South........................................... 582 608 525 721 564 515 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.1 1.0

Midwest........................................ 397 294 439 328 331 318 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.0

West............................................ 416 380 376 386 343 364 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2

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.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

July

2013

Aug.

2013

Sept.

2013

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total............................................... 334 342 365 394 319 369 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private4

.................................. 264 286 306 336 252 296 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

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

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

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

.................................. 70 56 59 57 67 73 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 3,371 4,200 3,574 2.4 3.0 2.5

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,029 3,829 3,225 2.6 3.2 2.7

Mining and logging............................................... 16 20 13 1.8 2.2 1.4

Construction....................................................... 76 134 115 1.3 2.2 1.9

Manufacturing..................................................... 237 313 270 1.9 2.5 2.2

Durable goods.................................................. 156 181 154 2.0 2.3 2.0

Nondurable goods............................................. 81 132 116 1.8 2.9 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 641 781 642 2.4 2.9 2.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 122 99 111 2.1 1.7 1.9

Retail trade..................................................... 417 540 363 2.6 3.4 2.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 102 142 167 2.0 2.7 3.1

Information........................................................ 101 112 127 3.6 4.0 4.5

Financial activities................................................ 215 278 197 2.7 3.4 2.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 174 231 156 2.9 3.8 2.6

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 42 46 41 2.1 2.3 2.0

Professional and business services............................ 582 801 632 3.1 4.1 3.2

Education and health services.................................. 650 680 626 3.0 3.1 2.9

Educational services.......................................... 49 77 76 1.4 2.1 2.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 600 603 550 3.4 3.3 3.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 398 530 470 2.8 3.6 3.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 46 81 64 2.4 3.9 3.3

Accommodation and food services.......................... 352 450 406 2.9 3.5 3.2

Other services.................................................... 114 180 133 2.0 3.2 2.4

Government.......................................................... 342 371 349 1.5 1.6 1.5

Federal............................................................. 58 39 40 2.0 1.4 1.5

State and local.................................................... 284 332 309 1.4 1.7 1.6

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 608 702 650 2.3 2.6 2.4

South................................................................. 1,269 1,515 1,272 2.5 2.9 2.5

Midwest............................................................... 787 1,052 833 2.5 3.3 2.6

West.................................................................. 706 931 819 2.3 3.0 2.6

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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 3,988 4,706 4,097 2.9 3.4 3.0

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,772 4,453 3,864 3.3 3.9 3.3

Mining and logging............................................... 30 34 18 3.5 3.8 2.0

Construction....................................................... 281 341 212 4.9 5.6 3.6

Manufacturing..................................................... 192 224 218 1.6 1.9 1.8

Durable goods.................................................. 130 136 127 1.7 1.8 1.7

Nondurable goods............................................. 62 88 90 1.4 2.0 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 1,070 1,154 1,259 4.1 4.4 4.7

Wholesale trade................................................ 87 123 82 1.5 2.1 1.4

Retail trade..................................................... 761 866 907 4.9 5.7 5.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 223 166 270 4.4 3.3 5.2

Information........................................................ 75 71 63 2.8 2.6 2.3

Financial activities................................................ 178 211 150 2.3 2.7 1.9

Finance and insurance........................................ 124 138 103 2.1 2.3 1.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 54 73 47 2.8 3.6 2.4

Professional and business services............................ 836 924 767 4.6 4.9 4.1

Education and health services.................................. 382 538 404 1.8 2.6 1.9

Educational services.......................................... 30 80 52 0.9 2.3 1.4

Health care and social assistance........................... 352 458 353 2.1 2.6 2.0

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 572 764 642 4.2 5.4 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 86 108 102 4.7 5.4 5.4

Accommodation and food services.......................... 485 656 539 4.1 5.4 4.5

Other services.................................................... 156 192 133 2.9 3.5 2.4

Government.......................................................... 217 253 233 1.0 1.1 1.0

Federal............................................................. 26 27 31 0.9 1.0 1.1

State and local.................................................... 191 226 202 1.0 1.2 1.0

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 647 736 613 2.5 2.8 2.3

South................................................................. 1,510 1,841 1,651 3.1 3.7 3.3

Midwest............................................................... 877 1,024 907 2.8 3.3 2.9

West.................................................................. 954 1,105 926 3.2 3.7 3.1

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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 3,749 4,270 3,775 2.8 3.1 2.7

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 3,550 4,016 3,579 3.1 3.5 3.1

Mining and logging............................................... 22 30 20 2.6 3.3 2.2

Construction....................................................... 387 312 300 6.7 5.2 5.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 205 221 210 1.7 1.8 1.7

Durable goods.................................................. 126 133 114 1.7 1.8 1.5

Nondurable goods............................................. 79 88 96 1.8 2.0 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 672 906 835 2.6 3.5 3.1

Wholesale trade................................................ 94 142 95 1.6 2.5 1.6

Retail trade..................................................... 446 622 598 2.9 4.1 3.8

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 132 142 141 2.6 2.8 2.7

Information........................................................ 49 59 55 1.8 2.2 2.0

Financial activities................................................ 175 198 154 2.2 2.5 2.0

Finance and insurance........................................ 107 124 98 1.8 2.1 1.7

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 68 74 56 3.5 3.7 2.8

Professional and business services............................ 826 799 758 4.5 4.2 4.0

Education and health services.................................. 372 423 363 1.8 2.0 1.7

Educational services.......................................... 39 48 43 1.1 1.4 1.2

Health care and social assistance........................... 334 375 320 1.9 2.1 1.8

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 651 879 727 4.8 6.2 5.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 122 152 160 6.7 7.6 8.5

Accommodation and food services.......................... 529 727 567 4.5 6.0 4.7

Other services.................................................... 190 189 158 3.5 3.5 2.9

Government.......................................................... 199 254 196 0.9 1.1 0.9

Federal............................................................. 30 47 32 1.1 1.8 1.2

State and local.................................................... 169 207 164 0.9 1.1 0.8

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 615 706 609 2.4 2.7 2.3

South................................................................. 1,352 1,676 1,392 2.7 3.4 2.8

Midwest............................................................... 925 920 893 3.0 2.9 2.8

West.................................................................. 856 968 882 2.9 3.2 2.9

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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 1,751 2,422 2,023 1.3 1.8 1.5

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,657 2,311 1,937 1.5 2.0 1.7

Mining and logging............................................... 11 11 11 1.3 1.2 1.2

Construction....................................................... 78 100 58 1.3 1.6 1.0

Manufacturing..................................................... 81 111 102 0.7 0.9 0.9

Durable goods.................................................. 45 62 57 0.6 0.8 0.8

Nondurable goods............................................. 36 49 45 0.8 1.1 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 387 576 500 1.5 2.2 1.9

Wholesale trade................................................ 32 89 54 0.6 1.5 0.9

Retail trade..................................................... 287 413 370 1.9 2.7 2.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 68 75 76 1.4 1.5 1.5

Information........................................................ 27 32 32 1.0 1.2 1.2

Financial activities................................................ 80 83 71 1.0 1.0 0.9

Finance and insurance........................................ 50 52 47 0.8 0.9 0.8

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 30 31 24 1.5 1.5 1.2

Professional and business services............................ 354 448 392 1.9 2.4 2.1

Education and health services.................................. 225 282 232 1.1 1.3 1.1

Educational services.......................................... 22 29 19 0.6 0.8 0.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 204 253 213 1.2 1.4 1.2

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 345 559 440 2.5 3.9 3.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 28 47 37 1.5 2.3 1.9

Accommodation and food services.......................... 317 512 403 2.7 4.2 3.3

Other services.................................................... 69 110 98 1.3 2.0 1.8

Government.......................................................... 94 111 87 0.4 0.5 0.4

Federal............................................................. 8 12 9 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local.................................................... 86 100 78 0.4 0.5 0.4

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 229 357 271 0.9 1.4 1.0

South................................................................. 735 989 842 1.5 2.0 1.7

Midwest............................................................... 410 554 465 1.3 1.8 1.5

West.................................................................. 378 523 446 1.3 1.7 1.5

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.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 1,739 1,554 1,460 1.3 1.1 1.1

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 1,676 1,459 1,395 1.5 1.3 1.2

Mining and logging............................................... 10 17 8 1.1 1.9 0.8

Construction....................................................... 302 205 234 5.2 3.4 3.9

Manufacturing..................................................... 111 94 93 0.9 0.8 0.8

Durable goods.................................................. 72 60 48 1.0 0.8 0.6

Nondurable goods............................................. 39 34 44 0.9 0.8 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 224 256 262 0.9 1.0 1.0

Wholesale trade................................................ 52 48 36 0.9 0.8 0.6

Retail trade..................................................... 124 162 175 0.8 1.1 1.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 49 47 51 1.0 0.9 1.0

Information........................................................ 16 19 16 0.6 0.7 0.6

Financial activities................................................ 71 76 53 0.9 1.0 0.7

Finance and insurance........................................ 43 41 30 0.7 0.7 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 28 35 23 1.4 1.8 1.2

Professional and business services............................ 438 312 330 2.4 1.7 1.7

Education and health services.................................. 109 118 101 0.5 0.6 0.5

Educational services.......................................... 14 17 19 0.4 0.5 0.5

Health care and social assistance........................... 95 101 82 0.6 0.6 0.5

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 291 288 245 2.1 2.0 1.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 93 103 113 5.1 5.2 6.0

Accommodation and food services.......................... 197 185 132 1.7 1.5 1.1

Other services.................................................... 105 72 55 1.9 1.3 1.0

Government.......................................................... 63 95 65 0.3 0.4 0.3

Federal............................................................. 12 24 13 0.4 0.9 0.5

State and local.................................................... 51 72 53 0.3 0.4 0.3

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 351 277 287 1.4 1.1 1.1

South................................................................. 520 584 441 1.1 1.2 0.9

Midwest............................................................... 449 322 363 1.5 1.0 1.2

West.................................................................. 420 372 369 1.4 1.2 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.

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

Industry and region

Levels (in thousands) Rates2

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Nov.

2012

Oct.

2013

Nov.

2013p

Total..................................................................... 259 294 292 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private.......................................................... 217 247 247 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging............................................... 2 2 1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Construction....................................................... 7 7 8 0.1 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing..................................................... 14 15 15 0.1 0.1 0.1

Durable goods.................................................. 9 11 8 0.1 0.1 0.1

Nondurable goods............................................. 5 4 7 0.1 0.1 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities.............................. 61 74 73 0.2 0.3 0.3

Wholesale trade................................................ 11 6 6 0.2 0.1 0.1

Retail trade..................................................... 35 48 53 0.2 0.3 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities.................. 15 20 14 0.3 0.4 0.3

Information........................................................ 5 8 7 0.2 0.3 0.3

Financial activities................................................ 25 39 30 0.3 0.5 0.4

Finance and insurance........................................ 14 31 21 0.2 0.5 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing.......................... 11 8 9 0.5 0.4 0.4

Professional and business services............................ 35 39 36 0.2 0.2 0.2

Education and health services.................................. 38 24 30 0.2 0.1 0.1

Educational services.......................................... 3 2 4 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance........................... 35 21 25 0.2 0.1 0.1

Leisure and hospitality........................................... 16 32 43 0.1 0.2 0.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......................... 1 2 11 0.0 0.1 0.6

Accommodation and food services.......................... 15 30 32 0.1 0.2 0.3

Other services.................................................... 16 7 5 0.3 0.1 0.1

Government.......................................................... 42 48 45 0.2 0.2 0.2

Federal............................................................. 10 12 11 0.4 0.4 0.4

State and local.................................................... 31 36 34 0.2 0.2 0.2

REGION3

Northeast............................................................. 36 72 50 0.1 0.3 0.2

South................................................................. 98 104 110 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest............................................................... 67 45 65 0.2 0.1 0.2

West.................................................................. 58 73 67 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.