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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)
Feb.
2020		 Oct.
2020		 Nov.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Feb.
2021(p)		 Feb.
2020		 Oct.
2020		 Nov.
2020		 Dec.
2020		 Jan.
2021		 Feb.
2021(p)

Total

 332 347 325 352 294 323 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 267 271 262 278 233 255 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

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

Construction

 13 12 10 7 13 16 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

 22 24 22 27 22 25 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 14 13 15 14 15 15 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods

 9 11 8 12 7 9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 62 73 44 64 28 48 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Wholesale trade

 6 7 6 13 4 12 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

 40 42 22 32 15 21 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 17 24 16 19 10 15 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

Information

 6 5 5 4 7 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4

Financial activities

 19 32 21 24 27 18 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

Finance and insurance

 18 30 16 21 16 15 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

 1 2 5 3 10 3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1

Professional and business services

 69 55 82 67 51 57 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3

Education and health services

 48 38 41 43 52 43 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

 4 5 5 9 2 6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance

 43 33 36 34 50 38 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 24 26 26 28 25 25 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 3 2 2 3 2 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Accommodation and food services

 21 24 25 24 23 23 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services

 2 5 10 12 6 11 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Government

 65 77 63 74 61 68 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 13 14 12 17 15 12 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local

 52 63 51 57 46 56 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

State and local education

 22 31 29 29 19 28 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

State and local, excluding education

 30 31 22 28 27 28 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

 45 55 56 66 53 54 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

South

 126 145 95 146 103 124 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 68 68 72 67 55 74 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 93 80 101 72 83 71 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 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) 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: April 06, 2021