Table 16. Annual average total separations rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted

Table 16. Annual average total separations rates for total nonfarm by state, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
State	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
TOTAL U.S.	4.7	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.3

Alabama	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.0	3.4
Alaska	6.2	6.1	6.5	5.5	4.7
Arizona	4.5	4.1	4.5	4.1	3.5
Arkansas	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.1	3.6
California	4.6	3.5	3.5	3.1	3.0
Colorado	5.5	4.5	4.4	3.5	3.9
Connecticut	4.5	3.2	3.4	3.2	3.0
Delaware	5.1	4.6	4.9	4.4	3.8
District of Columbia	3.4	2.8	3.3	3.0	2.6
Florida	4.8	4.1	4.4	4.1	3.7
Georgia	5.1	5.2	5.4	4.2	3.4
Hawaii	5.5	3.7	3.4	3.2	3.2
Idaho	5.0	4.7	4.9	4.5	4.2
Illinois	4.9	4.0	3.8	3.4	3.2
Indiana	5.2	4.4	4.2	3.9	3.7
Iowa	4.3	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.2
Kansas	4.2	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.3
Kentucky	5.3	4.9	4.6	4.1	3.5
Louisiana	5.1	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.0
Maine	4.5	3.9	3.7	3.8	3.2
Maryland	4.2	3.3	4.1	3.8	3.3
Massachusetts	4.3	3.2	3.0	2.5	2.6
Michigan	5.6	4.3	3.6	3.4	3.5
Minnesota	4.2	3.2	3.5	3.5	2.9
Mississippi	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.4	3.7
Missouri	4.9	4.0	3.8	3.4	3.4
Montana	5.4	5.3	5.5	4.9	4.6
Nebraska	4.4	3.8	3.6	3.6	3.3
Nevada	7.8	4.6	4.4	3.9	3.8
New Hampshire	4.5	4.1	4.2	3.7	3.5
New Jersey	5.3	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.1
New Mexico	4.9	4.1	4.1	3.5	3.5
New York	4.1	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.7
North Carolina	5.1	4.7	4.4	4.0	3.3
North Dakota	5.7	4.2	4.2	4.1	3.8
Ohio	4.8	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.5
Oklahoma	4.8	4.4	4.4	4.3	3.6
Oregon	5.3	4.2	4.1	3.7	3.4
Pennsylvania	4.5	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.1
Rhode Island	5.1	3.9	4.0	3.7	3.8
South Carolina	5.0	4.4	4.5	4.3	4.0
South Dakota	4.5	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.5
Tennessee	5.0	4.6	4.8	4.2	3.9
Texas	4.8	4.2	4.1	4.0	3.5
Utah	4.4	4.1	4.2	3.9	3.7
Vermont	5.1	4.2	4.0	3.7	3.5
Virginia	4.2	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.3
Washington	4.4	3.2	3.6	3.1	3.0
West Virginia	5.2	4.6	4.9	4.5	4.1
Wisconsin	4.3	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.1
Wyoming	5.5	5.2	5.4	4.6	4.1
Footnotes (1) The annual average total separations rate is equal to the sum of the 12 monthly total separations levels as a percent of the sum of the 12 monthly CES employment levels.
NOTE: Data incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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Last Modified Date: July 23, 2025