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Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 6. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2023
Feb.
2024
Mar.
2024
Apr.
2024
May
2024(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2024 -
May 2024(p)
May
2023
Feb.
2024
Mar.
2024
Apr.
2024
May
2024(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2024 -
May 2024(p)

Total

307 332 320 343 309 -34 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

247 281 258 284 254 -30 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

0 1 1 2 2 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

Construction

9 10 19 11 14 3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

19 20 22 25 19 -6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Durable goods

11 12 13 14 13 -1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Nondurable goods

7 8 9 11 6 -5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

47 78 67 65 48 -17 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Wholesale trade

4 10 4 9 7 -2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Retail trade

23 57 45 42 29 -13 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

19 10 18 15 12 -3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Information

7 8 3 5 3 -2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Financial activities

19 22 19 29 15 -14 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Finance and insurance

13 11 11 21 10 -11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

6 11 8 8 5 -3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Professional and business services

64 58 48 57 65 8 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Private education and health services

61 46 37 41 47 6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private educational services

6 6 5 3 9 6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance

55 40 31 38 38 0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

16 23 28 29 25 -4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 3 2 4 4 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services

13 20 26 25 21 -4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Other services

5 18 15 21 16 -5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 -0.1

Government

59 51 61 58 56 -2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Federal

14 12 12 12 10 -2 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 -0.1

State and local

45 39 49 47 45 -2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local education

21 15 21 21 21 0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

24 24 28 26 24 -2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

57 74 60 59 55 -4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

119 100 120 129 103 -26 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

65 77 69 72 83 11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

65 80 71 83 69 -14 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is the number of other separations during the entire month.
(2) The other separations rate is the number of other separations during the entire month as a percent of 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

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: July 02, 2024