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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.
2025
May
2026
June
2026
July
2026
Aug.
2026(p)
Change from:
July 2026 -
Aug. 2026(p)
Aug.
2025
May
2026
June
2026
July
2026
Aug.
2026(p)
Change from:
July 2026 -
Aug. 2026(p)

Total

280 346 340 337 363 26 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

209 285 279 274 300 26 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Mining and logging

1 1 1 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Construction

18 7 12 10 21 11 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

18 19 23 17 18 1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Durable goods

13 11 17 9 10 1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0

Nondurable goods

5 8 6 8 8 0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28 64 57 65 86 21 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

Wholesale trade

6 11 3 5 14 9 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

15 39 42 43 55 12 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

7 14 12 16 17 1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Information

5 11 3 3 10 7 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3

Financial activities

30 28 39 23 23 0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1

Finance and insurance

29 22 30 16 16 0 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

1 7 10 7 6 -1 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.0

Professional and business services

54 75 49 57 59 2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

Private education and health services

30 45 66 64 48 -16 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

Private educational services

6 5 6 5 6 1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Health care and social assistance

24 40 61 59 42 -17 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Leisure and hospitality

13 23 22 24 26 2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

4 4 4 4 6 2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Accommodation and food services

9 18 18 20 20 0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Other services

12 12 7 11 8 -3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Government

71 62 61 63 63 0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

Federal

13 10 10 11 10 -1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0

State and local

58 52 51 52 53 1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0

State and local education

26 24 24 24 23 -1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

State and local, excluding education

32 28 26 28 30 2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0

REGION(3)

Northeast

47 57 53 67 65 -2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

South

98 99 156 145 129 -16 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0

Midwest

58 72 56 57 59 2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0

West

77 118 75 68 110 42 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

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: September 29, 2026