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	Sept. 2020	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021(p)	Sept. 2020	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug. 2021	Sept. 2021(p)
Total	3,307	3,630	3,870	4,028	4,270	4,434	2.3	2.5	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,101	3,470	3,713	3,872	4,087	4,217	2.6	2.8	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.4
Mining and logging	8	10	12	9	10	10	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.5	1.6	1.5
Construction	148	156	185	198	192	183	2.0	2.1	2.5	2.7	2.6	2.5
Manufacturing	254	245	304	300	312	337	2.1	2.0	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.7
Durable goods	134	120	163	154	170	171	1.8	1.6	2.1	2.0	2.2	2.2
Nondurable goods	120	126	141	146	141	166	2.6	2.7	3.0	3.1	3.0	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	707	851	905	954	1,041	984	2.7	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.8	3.6
Wholesale trade	92	90	105	129	158	128	1.6	1.6	1.8	2.3	2.8	2.2
Retail trade	468	596	637	682	730	685	3.1	3.9	4.2	4.4	4.8	4.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	147	166	164	143	153	171	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.4	2.7
Information	35	45	48	50	43	43	1.3	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.5	1.5
Financial activities	114	121	127	133	126	136	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5
Finance and insurance	72	86	78	79	85	100	1.1	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	42	35	49	54	41	36	1.9	1.6	2.2	2.4	1.8	1.6
Professional and business services	669	614	684	697	701	706	3.3	3.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3
Education and health services	455	523	548	582	597	651	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.8
Educational services	29	51	46	50	44	61	0.8	1.5	1.3	1.4	1.2	1.7
Health care and social assistance	426	472	502	532	552	589	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	2.8	2.9
Leisure and hospitality	597	762	772	807	934	987	4.5	5.3	5.2	5.3	6.1	6.4
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	47	59	66	72	68	124	2.7	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.2	5.7
Accommodation and food services	550	703	706	735	867	863	4.7	5.7	5.5	5.6	6.6	6.6
Other services	114	143	128	142	132	179	2.1	2.6	2.3	2.5	2.3	3.1
Government	205	160	156	157	183	217	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0
Federal	20	22	25	19	20	22	0.6	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8
State and local	186	138	131	137	163	195	1.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.0
State and local education	107	64	34	45	77	107	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.7	1.1
State and local, excluding education	78	74	97	92	86	88	0.9	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0

REGION(3)
Northeast	441	458	531	589	619	603	1.7	1.7	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.2
South	1,426	1,487	1,561	1,596	1,706	1,793	2.7	2.8	2.9	3.0	3.2	3.3
Midwest	723	827	889	921	1,024	955	2.4	2.6	2.8	2.9	3.2	3.0
West	718	858	888	921	921	1,083	2.2	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.7	3.1
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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