US Job Quits at 4-Month High in November

2026-01-07 15:13 By Luisa Carvalho 1 min. read

The number of job quits in the US rose by 188,000 to 3.161 million in November 2025, from the upwardly revised 2.973 million in October and above 3.032 million a year ago.

It was the highest reading since July last year.

The number of quits increased primarily in accommodation and food services (+208,000) and construction (+39,000), but declined in professional and business services (-75,000), government (-12,000), wholesale trade (-23,000) and information (-7,000).

The quits rate, a metric that measures voluntary job leavers as a proportion of total employment, ticked up to 2% in November from the upwardly revised 1.9% in the previous month.

Regionally, job quits increased in the South (+174,000), the Midwest (+14,000) and the West (+6,000).

In contrast, the Northeast recorded a modest decrease (-7,000).



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