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Table 11. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 11. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)
May
2024
Apr.
2025
May
2025(p)

Total

3,461 3,286 3,427 2.2 2.1 2.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

3,205 3,143 3,201 2.4 2.3 2.4

Mining and logging

15 13 13 2.5 2.2 2.0

Construction

192 162 193 2.3 2.0 2.3

Manufacturing

222 204 159 1.7 1.6 1.3

Durable goods

132 128 88 1.6 1.6 1.1

Nondurable goods

90 76 72 1.9 1.6 1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

726 629 680 2.5 2.2 2.3

Wholesale trade

104 106 91 1.7 1.7 1.5

Retail trade

493 395 455 3.2 2.6 2.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

129 129 134 1.8 1.8 1.8

Information

48 32 36 1.6 1.1 1.2

Financial activities

114 137 142 1.3 1.5 1.5

Finance and insurance

68 92 101 1.0 1.4 1.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

46 45 40 1.9 1.8 1.6

Professional and business services

488 579 521 2.2 2.6 2.3

Private education and health services

590 563 548 2.2 2.1 2.0

Private educational services

73 44 74 1.8 1.1 1.8

Health care and social assistance

517 519 474 2.3 2.2 2.0

Leisure and hospitality

666 672 789 3.9 4.0 4.6

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

61 57 64 2.2 2.2 2.3

Accommodation and food services

605 615 725 4.2 4.3 5.0

Other services

143 151 120 2.4 2.5 2.0

Government

256 143 227 1.1 0.6 1.0

Federal

16 15 21 0.5 0.5 0.7

State and local

240 128 206 1.2 0.6 1.0

State and local education

167 56 127 1.5 0.5 1.1

State and local, excluding education

73 72 79 0.8 0.7 0.8

REGION(3)

Northeast

511 511 518 1.8 1.8 1.8

South

1,407 1,243 1,359 2.4 2.1 2.3

Midwest

771 727 790 2.3 2.2 2.3

West

773 805 761 2.1 2.2 2.0

Footnotes
(1) The quits level is 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 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 are revised with the release of January data to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

Last Modified Date: July 01, 2025