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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)
Nov.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019(p)		 Nov.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019(p)

Total

 3,379 3,668 3,601 3,471 3,497 3,536 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

 3,184 3,487 3,419 3,288 3,317 3,350 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.6

Mining and logging

 20 14 14 11 13 14 2.7 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.8

Construction

 174 177 182 187 184 159 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.1

Manufacturing

 226 195 197 214 198 213 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7

Durable goods

 126 103 114 126 115 111 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.4

Nondurable goods

 100 92 83 88 83 102 2.1 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.7 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 706 771 777 731 663 806 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.9

Wholesale trade

 95 89 87 80 64 90 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 1.5

Retail trade

 480 545 554 522 465 583 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.3 2.9 3.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 131 137 136 129 134 133 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.2

Information

 56 43 49 43 45 44 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6

Financial activities

 101 138 152 128 132 145 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7

Finance and insurance

 64 88 92 88 87 99 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 37 50 61 41 45 46 1.6 2.1 2.6 1.7 1.9 2.0

Professional and business services

 625 679 646 654 626 639 2.9 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0

Education and health services

 451 485 459 442 462 450 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 1.8

Educational services

 52 61 56 50 63 53 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.4

Health care and social assistance

 400 424 402 393 400 397 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9

Leisure and hospitality

 686 822 831 754 802 752 4.2 4.9 5.0 4.5 4.8 4.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 70 80 83 77 90 90 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.6

Accommodation and food services

 615 742 748 677 712 662 4.4 5.2 5.3 4.7 5.0 4.6

Other services

 139 165 113 124 192 129 2.4 2.8 1.9 2.1 3.2 2.2

Government

 195 181 181 182 180 186 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

Federal

 18 17 18 18 18 16 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

State and local

 178 164 164 165 162 170 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9

State and local education

 96 88 87 88 85 88 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

State and local, excluding education

 81 75 77 76 78 82 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9

REGION(4)

Northeast

 412 502 546 468 507 479 1.5 1.8 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7

South

 1,391 1,479 1,440 1,369 1,349 1,450 2.5 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.6

Midwest

 817 836 759 789 795 777 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.3

West

 759 852 856 845 846 829 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4

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.
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Last Modified Date: January 17, 2020