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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)
Sept.
2018		 May
2019		 June
2019		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019(p)		 Sept.
2018		 May
2019		 June
2019		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019(p)

Total

 348 306 340 353 320 346 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 291 248 281 288 256 283 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 2 1 3 1 3 1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1

Construction(3)

 11 10 9 17 16 10 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

 18 19 19 19 19 24 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Durable goods

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

Nondurable goods(3)

 7 6 7 8 6 11 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 52 53 60 75 58 67 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 6 9 5 13 4 9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

 39 31 43 45 37 39 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 7 13 11 17 17 19 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

Information(3)

 5 5 11 11 6 5 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

 27 28 20 30 28 27 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3

Finance and insurance

 26 26 17 25 26 21 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 2 2 3 5 2 6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3

Professional and business services

 75 51 62 59 58 65 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 54 46 35 38 37 34 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Educational services

 8 8 5 4 5 5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance(3)

 47 39 30 33 33 29 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

 43 29 42 26 22 35 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

 9 3 2 3 5 5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Accommodation and food services(3)

 35 26 39 24 16 31 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services(3)

 5 5 20 12 10 15 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3

Government

 56 58 59 65 64 63 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 11 11 11 13 12 14 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5

State and local

 45 46 48 52 51 49 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

State and local education

 19 24 23 26 23 23 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 26 22 25 26 28 26 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(4)

Northeast

 66 58 73 61 54 61 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 125 118 121 134 130 137 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 75 64 64 66 61 76 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 82 66 81 92 74 72 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 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: November 05, 2019