Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Oct. 2020	June 2021	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)	Oct. 2020	June 2021	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021	Oct. 2021(p)
Total	3,352	3,870	4,028	4,270	4,362	4,157	2.4	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.0	2.8
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,125	3,713	3,872	4,087	4,166	3,952	2.6	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.3	3.1
Mining and logging	9	12	9	10	9	15	1.4	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.4	2.3
Construction	132	185	198	192	192	188	1.8	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5
Manufacturing	231	304	300	312	324	307	1.9	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.6	2.5
Durable goods	123	163	154	170	172	164	1.6	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.2	2.1
Nondurable goods	109	141	146	141	152	143	2.4	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	744	905	954	1,041	976	907	2.8	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.5	3.3
Wholesale trade	89	105	129	158	126	116	1.6	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.2	2.0
Retail trade	512	637	682	730	686	683	3.4	4.2	4.4	4.8	4.4	4.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	142	164	143	153	164	107	2.3	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.5	1.6
Information	40	48	50	43	49	50	1.5	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.8	1.8
Financial activities	127	127	133	126	150	117	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.7	1.3
Finance and insurance	81	78	79	85	113	68	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.7	1.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	46	49	54	41	37	48	2.1	2.2	2.4	1.8	1.6	2.1
Professional and business services	619	684	697	701	719	740	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.5
Education and health services	510	548	582	597	625	597	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5
Educational services	44	46	50	44	63	59	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.7	1.6
Health care and social assistance	467	502	532	552	562	538	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	605	772	807	934	955	887	4.4	5.2	5.3	6.1	6.2	5.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	57	66	72	68	117	84	3.2	3.2	3.4	3.2	5.3	3.8
Accommodation and food services	548	706	735	867	838	803	4.6	5.5	5.6	6.6	6.4	6.0
Other services	108	128	142	132	167	144	2.0	2.3	2.5	2.3	2.9	2.5
Government	228	156	157	183	196	205	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.9
Federal	31	25	19	20	22	21	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.7
State and local	197	131	137	163	174	183	1.1	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	1.0
State and local education	106	34	45	77	92	80	1.1	0.3	0.4	0.7	0.9	0.8
State and local, excluding education	91	97	92	86	82	103	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.1

REGION(3)
Northeast	460	531	589	619	616	589	1.8	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.2
South	1,479	1,561	1,596	1,706	1,805	1,731	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.3	3.2
Midwest	733	889	921	1,024	949	913	2.4	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.0	2.8
West	680	888	921	921	992	923	2.0	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.9	2.7
Footnotes (1) Quits are the number of quits during the entire month. (2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment. (3) The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the regions are: Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont; South: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin; West: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. (p) Preliminary

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