Table 13. Annual total separations levels(1) by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted
Levels (in thousands)
Industry and region 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total........................................... 65,611 60,410 57,849 59,671 62,087 62,626 62,104 59,343
INDUSTRY
Total private.................................. 61,705 56,499 54,025 55,666 58,221 58,435 57,860 55,808
Mining and Logging............................ 279 259 270 262 253 256 311 334
Construction.................................. 5,422 5,183 5,102 5,136 5,484 5,220 4,971 5,242
Manufacturing................................. 6,345 5,473 4,892 4,674 4,630 4,750 4,871 4,475
Durable goods................................ 3,724 3,306 2,993 2,853 2,883 2,766 2,880 2,695
Nondurable goods............................. 2,622 2,170 1,902 1,821 1,745 1,985 1,988 1,780
Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 13,958 12,480 12,042 12,871 13,299 13,454 12,889 12,488
Wholesale trade.............................. 2,112 1,988 1,913 1,940 1,914 1,894 2,126 2,093
Retail trade................................. 9,765 8,709 8,331 8,947 9,235 9,522 8,928 8,424
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities... 2,082 1,782 1,800 1,983 2,149 2,034 1,835 1,970
Information................................... 1,694 1,357 1,090 1,037 1,076 1,139 999 897
Financial activities.......................... 2,779 2,619 2,506 2,742 2,712 2,946 3,259 2,870
Finance and insurance........................ 1,878 1,663 1,528 1,701 1,736 1,866 2,181 1,856
Real estate and rental and leasing........... 901 956 978 1,039 976 1,081 1,078 1,013
Professional and business services............ 12,173 11,564 10,354 10,627 11,467 11,415 11,183 10,823
Education and health services................. 5,551 5,317 5,408 5,400 5,767 5,907 5,911 6,055
Educational services......................... 659 621 774 692 754 834 850 858
Health care and social assistance............ 4,891 4,696 4,636 4,711 5,012 5,070 5,060 5,199
Leisure and hospitality....................... 11,190 9,789 9,739 10,278 10,709 10,856 10,938 10,158
Arts, entertainment, and recreation.......... 1,746 1,524 1,578 1,640 1,587 1,491 1,601 1,509
Accommodation and food services............. 9,444 8,266 8,160 8,637 9,123 9,365 9,341 8,648
Other services................................ 2,319 2,457 2,629 2,639 2,825 2,493 2,529 2,467
Government..................................... 3,905 3,912 3,823 4,007 3,868 4,191 4,242 3,534
Federal....................................... 513 560 577 544 502 721 825 322
State and local............................... 3,391 3,352 3,246 3,460 3,363 3,470 3,420 3,210
REGION (2)
Northeast..................................... 10,856 10,008 9,701 10,277 10,197 9,856 9,530 9,742
South......................................... 22,760 22,364 22,109 22,390 23,517 24,340 23,852 21,891
Midwest....................................... 17,057 14,198 13,094 13,521 14,075 13,958 13,862 13,024
West.......................................... 14,938 13,840 12,943 13,485 14,300 14,473 14,857 14,686
1 The annual total separations level is the total number of total separations during the entire year.
2 See footnote 7, table 1.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment
Statistics employment estimates.
