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November 6, 2026
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Job Openings Jump Higher and Layoffs Fall

Employers sharply increased the number of positions they were looking to fill and cut layoffs to the lowest level in over a year in September, while workers felt increasingly emboldened to quit their jobs for better work. U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in September to…

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Employers sharply increased the number of positions they were looking to fill and cut layoffs to the lowest level in over a year in September, while workers felt increasingly emboldened to quit their jobs for better work.

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U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in September to 7.52 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday. That was higher than all estimates in the Econoday survey.

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Layoffs fell to the lowest level since March of 2025 while the share of employees voluntarily leaving their jobs rse to 2.1 percent, the highest in over a year.

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Combined, the numbers indicate a surging demand for workers as the economy headed into the fourth quarter.

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The data come from the Labor Department’s monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, known as JOLTS.

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