US job openings fall in November 2019
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E-mail Xinhua, January 18, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday that the number of job openings fell to 6.8 million on the last business day of November 2019.
Over the month, hires and separations were little changed at 5.8 million and 5.6 million, respectively. Within separations, the quits rate was unchanged at 2.3 percent and the layoffs and discharges rate was little changed at 1.1 percent.
In November 2019, the job openings rate decreased to 4.3 percent. The job openings level decreased for total private and edged down for government. The largest decreases in job openings were in retail trade and construction.
The hires rate was unchanged at 3.8 percent. The hires level was little changed in all industries and regions.
Meanwhile, the number of nonfarm total separations was little changed at 5.6 million and the rate was unchanged at 3.7 percent. The number of total separations increased in retail trade.
Over the 12 months ending in November 2019, hires totaled 69.8 million and separations totaled 67.5 million, yielding a net employment gain of 2.3 million. These totals included workers who might have been hired and separated more than once during the year.
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