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
2018		 Jan.
2019		 Feb.
2019		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019		 May
2019(p)		 May
2018		 Jan.
2019		 Feb.
2019		 Mar.
2019		 Apr.
2019		 May
2019(p)

Total

 349 355 346 354 341 310 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 292 302 284 293 282 251 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 2 1 3 1 1 1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Construction(3)

 17 21 11 21 21 11 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1

Manufacturing

 21 21 18 21 22 19 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

 13 12 13 10 10 13 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Nondurable goods(3)

 8 9 5 11 12 5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 68 66 61 51 42 60 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 10 11 10 6 7 10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

 44 43 36 30 24 30 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 14 12 14 15 12 20 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Information(3)

 12 11 11 15 15 5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.2

Financial activities

 10 25 37 35 26 27 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Finance and insurance

 9 16 34 31 23 25 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 1 9 3 5 4 1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Professional and business services

 78 63 55 72 75 49 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2

Education and health services

 47 54 55 52 43 43 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

 5 6 6 5 6 7 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Health care and social assistance(3)

 42 48 49 46 37 36 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 18 28 22 18 30 32 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

 4 3 1 3 2 3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services(3)

 14 25 21 14 28 29 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Other services(3)

 18 13 10 7 7 5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Government

 57 53 62 61 60 58 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 9 8 13 12 10 11 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

State and local

 48 44 49 49 49 47 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education

 22 24 23 25 23 25 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 26 20 26 24 26 22 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

REGION(4)

Northeast

 62 49 72 53 42 60 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 138 157 139 142 138 121 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Midwest

 68 62 64 72 67 68 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 81 87 70 87 94 60 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Footnotes
(1) Other separations are 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 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

NOTE: Levels are rounded to the nearest thousand and rates are rounded to the nearest tenth. Levels and rates may round down to zero.

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Last Modified Date: July 09, 2019