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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)
Mar.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020		 Feb.
2020		 Mar.
2020(p)		 Mar.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020		 Feb.
2020		 Mar.
2020(p)

Total

 3,525 3,528 3,528 3,574 3,436 2,782 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.8

INDUSTRY

Total private

 3,347 3,341 3,331 3,399 3,245 2,605 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.0

Mining and logging

 21 14 13 14 12 10 2.8 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.4

Construction

 146 164 170 165 153 130 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.7

Manufacturing

 221 201 206 188 183 142 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.1

Durable goods

 116 107 110 103 107 85 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1

Nondurable goods

 105 94 97 84 75 57 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 744 802 734 831 794 603 2.7 2.9 2.6 3.0 2.9 2.2

Wholesale trade

 97 89 77 86 101 83 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.4

Retail trade

 514 577 507 597 546 409 3.3 3.7 3.2 3.8 3.5 2.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 133 135 150 148 147 111 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 1.8

Information

 48 43 41 40 50 38 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.3

Financial activities

 100 148 127 145 123 100 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.1

Finance and insurance

 65 102 88 89 88 75 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 35 46 40 57 35 25 1.5 1.9 1.7 2.4 1.5 1.0

Professional and business services

 697 636 622 684 628 574 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.2 2.9 2.7

Education and health services

 486 462 500 476 478 426 2.0 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.7

Educational services

 49 53 66 55 58 50 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.3

Health care and social assistance

 437 409 434 421 420 376 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.8

Leisure and hospitality

 747 736 771 758 699 529 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.2 3.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 81 86 72 79 77 51 3.3 3.5 2.9 3.2 3.1 2.1

Accommodation and food services

 666 650 698 679 622 477 4.7 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.3 3.4

Other services

 137 134 147 98 125 53 2.3 2.3 2.5 1.6 2.1 0.9

Government

 178 188 197 175 191 177 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8

Federal

 20 17 23 19 19 18 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6

State and local

 158 171 174 156 172 159 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8

State and local education

 91 90 98 83 90 82 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8

State and local, excluding education

 67 81 76 73 82 78 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8

REGION(4)

Northeast

 519 478 462 492 494 401 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.4

South

 1,464 1,429 1,452 1,494 1,347 1,091 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.0

Midwest

 749 777 760 797 783 654 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.0

West

 794 844 854 790 812 636 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.3 1.8

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) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted series.
(4) 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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Last Modified Date: May 15, 2020