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	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022(p)	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022(p)
Total	4,403	4,184	4,060	4,047	4,102	4,087	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.7	2.7
INDUSTRY
Total private	4,164	3,965	3,819	3,817	3,879	3,851	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9
Mining and logging	13	14	14	13	12	12	2.1	2.2	2.1	2.1	1.9	1.9
Construction	185	208	158	158	138	158	2.5	2.7	2.0	2.0	1.8	2.0
Manufacturing	322	286	250	271	269	258	2.6	2.2	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.0
Durable goods	180	159	135	141	143	130	2.3	2.0	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.6
Nondurable goods	141	127	115	130	126	128	3.0	2.6	2.4	2.7	2.6	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,082	940	908	918	992	922	3.8	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.5	3.2
Wholesale trade	113	96	101	98	101	97	2.0	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.6
Retail trade	786	591	588	617	614	617	5.0	3.7	3.7	3.9	3.9	3.9
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	183	254	219	203	277	208	2.7	3.6	3.1	2.9	3.9	3.0
Information	61	56	57	27	42	42	2.1	1.8	1.9	0.9	1.4	1.4
Financial activities	130	149	156	142	136	133	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.5	1.5
Finance and insurance	81	96	95	92	87	88	1.2	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	49	53	60	49	49	45	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.1	2.1	1.9
Professional and business services	760	671	707	709	721	700	3.5	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.1
Education and health services	597	580	558	573	619	630	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.5	2.5
Educational services	57	53	53	55	51	56	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.4
Health care and social assistance	540	527	505	518	568	575	2.7	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	856	912	856	855	839	819	5.7	5.8	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	81	75	80	70	79	74	3.7	3.3	3.4	3.0	3.4	3.1
Accommodation and food services	776	837	776	784	760	745	6.0	6.2	5.7	5.8	5.6	5.4
Other services	159	150	155	151	111	176	2.8	2.6	2.7	2.6	1.9	3.0
Government	238	219	241	230	224	236	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.1
Federal	23	22	21	19	19	20	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
State and local	215	196	220	211	205	217	1.1	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.1
State and local education	108	99	107	106	99	103	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
State and local, excluding education	107	97	113	105	105	113	1.2	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2

REGION(3)
Northeast	601	588	539	512	512	546	2.3	2.2	2.0	1.9	1.9	2.0
South	1,820	1,890	1,734	1,815	1,757	1,718	3.3	3.3	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.0
Midwest	998	800	899	838	853	856	3.1	2.4	2.7	2.5	2.6	2.6
West	985	907	888	883	980	967	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.7	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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