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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)
Aug.
2022
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023
Aug.
2023(p)
Change from:
July 2023 -
Aug. 2023(p)
Aug.
2022
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023
Aug.
2023(p)
Change from:
July 2023 -
Aug. 2023(p)

Total

375 313 339 338 357 19 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

307 250 284 282 307 25 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

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

Construction

22 7 16 4 11 7 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing

36 20 20 22 20 -2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Durable goods

23 12 10 13 11 -2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Nondurable goods

14 8 10 9 9 0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

68 47 52 54 66 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Wholesale trade

12 6 8 3 12 9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2

Retail trade

32 23 26 28 30 2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

24 19 18 23 24 1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

Information

4 8 12 11 19 8 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.2

Financial activities

28 20 16 27 12 -15 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.2

Finance and insurance

24 16 15 22 4 -18 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.2

Real estate and rental and leasing

4 4 1 5 8 3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Professional and business services

62 66 88 79 103 24 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1

Education and health services

50 63 47 61 39 -22 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Educational services

4 5 7 7 3 -4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Health care and social assistance

45 57 40 54 36 -18 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Leisure and hospitality

26 13 14 8 18 10 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

3 3 4 5 4 -1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Accommodation and food services

23 10 10 4 14 10 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1

Other services

10 6 16 15 17 2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1

Government

68 63 55 56 50 -6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Federal

11 15 14 13 11 -2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local

57 48 41 43 39 -4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local education

34 22 19 23 23 0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

23 26 22 20 16 -4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

64 59 84 43 67 24 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

144 117 118 144 134 -10 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

77 66 80 78 67 -11 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

91 70 58 73 89 16 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Footnotes
(1) The other separations level is 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 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.
NOTE: Data are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

Last Modified Date: October 03, 2023