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)
Oct.
2017		 June
2018		 July
2018		 Aug.
2018		 Sept.
2018		 Oct.
2018(p)		 Oct.
2017		 June
2018		 July
2018		 Aug.
2018		 Sept.
2018		 Oct.
2018(p)

Total

 336 384 365 341 369 351 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 276 319 300 277 307 291 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

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

Construction(3)

 21 10 8 10 10 28 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4

Manufacturing

 19 20 22 19 22 19 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 11 13 15 9 12 14 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Nondurable goods(3)

 8 7 7 10 10 5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 74 75 71 64 57 58 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 6 15 14 6 7 11 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

 53 44 41 44 37 37 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 15 15 17 14 12 10 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Information(3)

 3 8 5 7 6 4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

 21 37 27 21 25 24 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Finance and insurance

 19 33 25 14 23 23 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 1 4 1 7 2 1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0

Professional and business services

 59 69 84 54 80 73 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3

Education and health services

 47 52 48 54 60 38 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Educational services(3)

 8 8 10 8 8 3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance(3)

 39 44 38 47 52 35 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 26 29 30 31 40 31 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

 3 3 1 5 8 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Accommodation and food services(3)

 24 27 28 25 32 30 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services(3)

 4 18 5 16 5 13 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2

Government

 61 65 65 64 63 60 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 14 12 13 13 12 9 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3

State and local

 47 53 53 51 51 52 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local education

 25 27 25 26 24 27 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

State and local, excluding education

 22 26 27 25 27 25 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(4)

Northeast

 64 80 54 86 74 63 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

South

 123 124 122 125 131 120 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 70 83 86 53 81 82 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 79 97 103 77 83 87 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3

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: December 10, 2018