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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)
Nov.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019(p)		 Nov.
2018		 July
2019		 Aug.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019(p)

Total

 328 353 320 356 360 363 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 266 288 256 295 291 297 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 1 1 3 1 1 1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2

Construction(3)

 14 17 16 22 17 18 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

 25 19 19 23 19 22 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 17 12 12 13 14 15 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods(3)

 8 8 6 10 5 8 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 69 75 58 73 69 86 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade

 20 13 4 10 9 11 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Retail trade

 40 45 37 44 42 53 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 10 17 17 19 17 22 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4

Information(3)

 7 11 6 6 8 3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Financial activities

 30 30 28 25 26 21 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Finance and insurance

 24 25 26 19 20 20 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 5 5 2 6 6 1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Professional and business services

 41 59 58 59 57 59 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 33 38 37 35 35 32 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Educational services

 5 4 5 5 7 5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Health care and social assistance(3)

 29 33 33 30 28 27 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1

Leisure and hospitality

 41 26 22 37 46 34 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

 7 3 5 5 6 6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Accommodation and food services(3)

 34 24 16 32 40 27 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2

Other services(3)

 4 12 10 15 13 20 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Government

 62 65 64 62 69 66 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

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

State and local

 50 52 51 48 57 52 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

State and local education

 26 26 23 23 29 24 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 24 26 28 25 28 28 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(4)

Northeast

 61 61 54 64 64 68 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 142 134 130 144 124 135 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 66 66 61 76 79 71 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 60 92 74 72 93 90 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 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: January 17, 2020