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Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 10. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
Jan.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020(p)		 Jan.
2019		 Dec.
2019		 Jan.
2020(p)

Total

 3,473 2,978 3,470 2.3 1.9 2.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

 3,300 2,827 3,312 2.6 2.2 2.6

Mining and logging

 17 9 14 2.3 1.3 1.9

Construction

 176 137 155 2.5 1.8 2.1

Manufacturing

 202 148 173 1.6 1.2 1.4

Durable goods

 104 78 97 1.3 1.0 1.2

Nondurable goods

 98 70 75 2.1 1.5 1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 702 658 784 2.5 2.3 2.8

Wholesale trade

 85 61 87 1.5 1.0 1.5

Retail trade

 509 439 568 3.3 2.7 3.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 108 159 130 1.8 2.5 2.1

Information

 59 35 42 2.1 1.2 1.5

Financial activities

 108 113 141 1.3 1.3 1.6

Finance and insurance

 63 74 87 1.0 1.1 1.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 45 40 54 2.0 1.7 2.3

Professional and business services

 680 540 672 3.3 2.5 3.2

Education and health services

 500 435 496 2.1 1.8 2.0

Educational services

 47 46 55 1.3 1.2 1.5

Health care and social assistance

 453 389 441 2.3 1.9 2.1

Leisure and hospitality

 718 630 735 4.6 3.8 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 57 52 70 2.7 2.3 3.1

Accommodation and food services

 660 578 665 4.9 4.1 4.8

Other services

 140 121 102 2.4 2.0 1.7

Government

 173 151 158 0.8 0.7 0.7

Federal

 14 22 17 0.5 0.8 0.6

State and local

 159 129 141 0.8 0.6 0.7

State and local education

 84 68 72 0.8 0.6 0.7

State and local, excluding education

 75 61 69 0.8 0.7 0.7

REGION(3)

Northeast

 469 388 502 1.7 1.4 1.8

South

 1,462 1,218 1,451 2.7 2.2 2.6

Midwest

 735 636 740 2.3 1.9 2.3

West

 807 736 776 2.3 2.1 2.2

Footnotes
(1) Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total 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: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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Last Modified Date: March 17, 2020