Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

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. 2019	Apr. 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug. 2020(p)	Aug. 2019	Apr. 2020	May 2020	June 2020	July 2020	Aug. 2020(p)
Total	3,544	1,877	2,067	2,605	2,932	2,793	2.3	1.4	1.6	1.9	2.1	2.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	3,363	1,731	1,945	2,492	2,789	2,656	2.6	1.6	1.7	2.1	2.4	2.2
Mining and logging	13	6	8	10	11	8	1.8	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.3
Construction	173	86	104	131	143	103	2.3	1.3	1.5	1.8	2.0	1.4
Manufacturing	197	104	143	186	179	204	1.5	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.5	1.7
Durable goods	114	49	83	101	104	116	1.4	0.7	1.1	1.3	1.4	1.5
Nondurable goods	83	55	60	85	75	87	1.7	1.3	1.4	1.9	1.7	1.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	771	447	484	613	753	716	2.8	1.8	1.9	2.4	2.9	2.7
Wholesale trade	81	52	55	79	90	75	1.4	0.9	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.3
Retail trade	547	305	306	410	524	509	3.5	2.3	2.2	2.8	3.5	3.4
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	144	90	122	123	140	132	2.3	1.6	2.2	2.2	2.4	2.3
Information	49	28	22	28	31	29	1.7	1.1	0.9	1.1	1.2	1.1
Financial activities	157	70	87	84	87	119	1.8	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.4
Finance and insurance	95	48	69	60	47	83	1.5	0.8	1.1	0.9	0.7	1.3
Real estate and rental and leasing(3)	62	21	18	25	40	36	2.7	1.0	0.8	1.1	1.8	1.6
Professional and business services	650	337	411	441	533	529	3.0	1.7	2.1	2.2	2.7	2.6
Education and health services	462	356	286	394	438	413	1.9	1.6	1.3	1.7	1.9	1.8
Educational services	54	43	23	23	37	37	1.4	1.3	0.7	0.7	1.1	1.1
Health care and social assistance	408	313	262	371	401	376	2.0	1.7	1.4	1.9	2.1	1.9
Leisure and hospitality	780	255	369	487	501	470	4.7	3.0	3.7	4.1	4.0	3.7
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	82	30	31	29	32	14	3.4	2.6	2.5	2.0	2.0	0.9
Accommodation and food services	698	225	338	457	469	455	4.9	3.0	3.9	4.4	4.3	4.1
Other services	111	44	32	117	113	65	1.9	1.0	0.7	2.3	2.1	1.2
Government	181	146	122	113	143	137	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6
Federal	19	15	17	17	19	20	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
State and local	162	130	105	96	123	117	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6
State and local education	84	69	67	31	59	59	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.6
State and local, excluding education	78	62	37	66	65	58	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.7

REGION(4)
Northeast	535	275	272	392	410	398	1.9	1.1	1.1	1.6	1.6	1.5
South	1,429	791	919	1,054	1,160	1,183	2.6	1.7	1.9	2.1	2.3	2.3
Midwest	737	418	443	599	703	616	2.2	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.3	2.0
West	842	394	433	560	658	596	2.4	1.3	1.4	1.7	2.0	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

Last Modified Date: October 07, 2020

Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

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