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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.
2019		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020(p)		 Sept.
2019		 May
2020		 June
2020		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020		 Sept.
2020(p)

Total

 347 266 300 311 317 314 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 285 209 251 250 253 258 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 1 1 1 1 1 3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5

Construction(3)

 22 11 15 11 15 14 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

 21 21 22 26 23 22 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 14 12 12 13 13 12 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods(3)

 8 8 9 13 10 10 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 74 34 45 53 41 51 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 10 13 6 0 5 11 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2

Retail trade

 44 3 27 22 23 28 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 20 17 13 31 13 13 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2

Information(3)

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

Financial activities

 24 17 26 27 27 21 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

Finance and insurance

 19 12 21 23 23 17 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 6 6 5 4 4 5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Professional and business services

 58 60 62 64 50 51 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 36 37 53 29 44 39 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Educational services

 5 5 2 3 5 5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance(3)

 31 32 52 26 38 34 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 29 14 20 26 32 29 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

 3 1 3 3 4 1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Accommodation and food services(3)

 25 13 17 23 28 28 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Other services(3)

 15 9 2 9 16 19 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3

Government

 62 57 48 61 64 56 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 13 13 11 14 15 10 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3

State and local

 49 44 37 48 50 46 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2

State and local education

 23 22 11 25 25 24 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 26 22 26 23 25 22 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2

REGION(4)

Northeast

 64 54 55 56 48 50 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 144 92 102 116 121 125 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 65 49 66 63 67 61 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 75 71 78 76 80 78 0.2 0.2 0.2 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) 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 10, 2020