NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Less hiring managers predict they'll be taking on new employees in the fourth quarter, and more say they'll be reducing the number of workers on staff, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com.

Only 37 percent of hiring managers are planning to add jobs in the upcoming quarter, down from 47 percent in June, according to the September survey.

But 17 percent said they plan to cut their headcounts, up from 13 percent in the previous survey. Forty-three percent of hiring managers don't expect to change their staff levels in the coming quarter.

Among workers, eight percent said they plan to change jobs by the end of the year, while 14 percent plan to do so in the next six months.

The top five job areas for hiring were health care, sales, accounting, finance and engineering, based on the fact that job postings in those areas on CareerBuilder.com had increased by over 20 percent year over year.

CareerBuilder also looked at the number of jobs posted on its site to find cities where there were the most postings relative to the number of residents, and cities in the South, Southwest and Midwest dominated.

Top 10 Areas Based on Jobs Per 100,000 Residents

1. Jackson, Tenn.

2. Lafayette, Ind.

3. Phoenix, Ariz.

4. Boise, Idaho

5. Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.

6. Reno, Nev.

7. Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

8. Palm Springs, Calif.

9. Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.

10. Tucson, Ariz.

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