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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)
May
2024
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2025 -
May 2025(p)
May
2024
Feb.
2025
Mar.
2025
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)
Change from:
Apr. 2025 -
May 2025(p)

Total

294 286 248 309 349 40 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

242 232 197 236 281 45 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

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

Construction

19 18 5 14 17 3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Manufacturing

19 23 21 18 20 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

13 15 15 10 12 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Nondurable goods

6 9 7 7 8 1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

51 36 40 51 45 -6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Wholesale trade

6 9 6 4 5 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Retail trade

35 12 17 33 22 -11 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

11 15 16 14 17 3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Information

2 7 8 10 12 2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1

Financial activities

12 21 19 20 22 2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Finance and insurance

8 16 15 18 17 -1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

4 4 4 2 5 3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Professional and business services

57 35 36 53 83 30 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Private education and health services

41 55 53 38 24 -14 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Private educational services

6 4 5 9 3 -6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Health care and social assistance

35 51 48 29 20 -9 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

23 33 12 24 46 22 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

6 4 5 4 3 -1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Accommodation and food services

16 29 7 20 42 22 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2

Other services

15 3 2 6 11 5 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1

Government

53 53 51 72 68 -4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

Federal

10 10 10 23 14 -9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.5 -0.3

State and local

42 43 41 50 54 4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

State and local education

17 25 16 24 22 -2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

25 18 25 26 32 6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

53 47 58 48 52 4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

112 115 81 118 152 34 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Midwest

70 48 57 62 63 1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

58 75 53 81 83 2 0.2 0.2 0.1 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: July 01, 2025