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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)
Jan.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020(p)		 Jan.
2019		 Sept.
2019		 Oct.
2019		 Nov.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020(p)

Total

 325 347 360 359 341 399 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

 274 285 293 294 272 333 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Mining and logging

 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Construction(3)

 22 22 17 18 19 20 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

Manufacturing

 20 21 20 21 26 28 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 11 14 14 14 16 16 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods(3)

 10 8 5 7 9 12 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 64 74 68 85 58 71 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3

Wholesale trade

 10 10 9 12 10 9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2

Retail trade

 42 44 42 54 38 43 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities(3)

 12 20 17 20 10 19 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3

Information(3)

 11 6 8 3 6 12 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.4

Financial activities

 19 24 26 22 27 35 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance

 17 19 21 21 22 25 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 2 6 6 1 5 10 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4

Professional and business services

 49 58 57 60 58 58 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 49 36 37 36 39 68 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3

Educational services

 5 5 9 4 4 7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Health care and social assistance(3)

 44 31 28 31 35 61 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3

Leisure and hospitality

 25 29 44 29 34 35 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation(3)

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

Accommodation and food services(3)

 21 25 39 24 30 32 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2

Other services(3)

 14 15 15 19 4 5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1

Government

 52 62 68 65 68 65 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Federal

 9 13 11 12 13 11 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

State and local

 43 49 57 52 56 54 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

State and local education

 22 23 28 25 27 26 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 20 26 29 27 29 28 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(4)

Northeast

 49 64 65 69 77 69 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

South

 132 144 124 132 104 161 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3

Midwest

 66 65 78 67 71 72 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 78 75 93 91 88 97 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 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.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates and the JOLTS seasonal adjustment factors.

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Last Modified Date: March 17, 2020