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	Aug. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug. 2022(p)	Aug. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022	June 2022	July 2022	Aug. 2022(p)
Total	4,126	4,327	4,274	4,253	4,058	4,158	2.8	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,925	4,088	4,048	4,012	3,850	3,937	3.1	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0
Mining and logging	10	13	17	16	13	13	1.7	2.2	2.7	2.5	2.1	2.0
Construction	189	213	230	181	210	229	2.6	2.8	3.0	2.4	2.7	3.0
Manufacturing	283	333	317	327	287	285	2.3	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.2	2.2
Durable goods	157	176	164	173	161	160	2.0	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.0
Nondurable goods	126	157	153	154	127	124	2.7	3.3	3.2	3.2	2.6	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	995	956	916	933	869	867	3.6	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.0	3.0
Wholesale trade	145	123	113	121	90	94	2.5	2.1	1.9	2.1	1.5	1.6
Retail trade	674	645	611	603	578	565	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	176	188	192	209	200	208	2.6	2.7	2.7	3.0	2.8	2.9
Information	51	51	52	62	44	57	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.1	1.5	1.9
Financial activities	123	193	132	142	156	152	1.4	2.2	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.7
Finance and insurance	82	112	85	101	109	100	1.3	1.7	1.3	1.5	1.6	1.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	41	80	47	41	47	52	1.8	3.4	2.0	1.8	2.0	2.2
Professional and business services	745	783	766	763	776	682	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.0
Education and health services	585	604	624	609	534	538	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.2	2.2
Educational services	55	73	68	58	52	52	1.5	1.9	1.8	1.5	1.3	1.4
Health care and social assistance	530	530	555	551	482	486	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.3	2.3
Leisure and hospitality	821	803	859	827	833	956	5.7	5.2	5.5	5.3	5.3	6.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	81	73	89	78	83	88	3.9	3.2	3.9	3.4	3.6	3.8
Accommodation and food services	741	730	770	749	750	869	6.0	5.5	5.8	5.6	5.6	6.5
Other services	123	139	136	151	127	157	2.2	2.5	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.8
Government	201	239	225	241	208	221	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.1	0.9	1.0
Federal	23	23	23	23	21	22	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8
State and local	178	216	203	218	187	199	0.9	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0
State and local education	93	109	96	110	97	101	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.1	0.9	1.0
State and local, excluding education	85	107	106	108	90	98	0.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.1

REGION(3)
Northeast	573	592	573	543	581	580	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1
South	1,718	1,806	1,840	1,963	1,746	1,911	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.5	3.1	3.4
Midwest	922	936	871	829	831	760	2.9	2.9	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.3
West	913	993	990	918	900	907	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.6
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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