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.
2017		 Oct.
2017		 Nov.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Jan.
2018		 Feb.
2018(p)		 Feb.
2017		 Oct.
2017		 Nov.
2017		 Dec.
2017		 Jan.
2018		 Feb.
2018(p)

Total

 356 336 325 318 344 334 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 290 276 260 261 289 273 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 4 2 1 1 1 1 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Construction(3)

 23 21 8 12 8 6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Manufacturing

 25 19 24 19 28 17 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Durable goods

 16 11 15 12 16 11 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Nondurable goods(3)

 9 8 9 7 12 6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 76 74 77 66 90 71 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3

Wholesale trade

 14 6 6 13 12 8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

 50 53 57 39 66 50 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 13 15 13 14 12 13 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Information(3)

 7 3 6 8 11 14 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Financial activities

 28 21 14 17 26 29 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

Finance and insurance

 24 19 13 13 24 27 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 4 1 1 3 2 2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1

Professional and business services

 54 59 58 39 29 45 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Education and health services

 29 47 41 55 66 54 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Educational services(3)

 1 8 2 7 5 4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance(3)

 28 39 39 48 61 49 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 36 26 22 32 21 21 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

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

Accommodation and food services(3)

 33 24 17 29 19 18 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Other services(3)

 9 4 9 13 9 16 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3

Government

 66 61 65 57 56 61 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Federal

 10 14 8 11 7 14 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5

State and local

 55 47 57 47 49 47 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local education

 30 25 24 25 23 23 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 26 22 33 22 26 24 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3

REGION(4)

Northeast

 67 64 61 61 48 52 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 134 123 124 115 123 126 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 70 70 66 70 74 64 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 85 79 74 72 100 93 0.3 0.2 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: April 13, 2018