yes it does.
Read this:
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p523.pdf
and specifically, the left side of page 6:
Work-Related Move
You meet the requirements for a partial exclusion if any of the following events occurred during your time of ownership and residence in the home.
• You took or were transferred to a new job in a work location at least 50 miles farther from the home than
your old work location. For example, your old work location was 15 miles from the home and your new work
location is 65 miles from the home.
• You had no previous work location and you began a new job at least 50 miles from the home.
• Either of the above is true of your spouse, a co-owner of the home, or anyone else for whom the home was
his or her residence.
Assuming you meet the eligibility test for the partial exclusion, then complete the worksheet on page 7
If you are eligible for the partial exclusion, then it should work out that 13/24 * $500,000 or $270,000 of gain is tax free...
