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).