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Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 12. Other separations levels and rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020(p)		 May
2019		 Apr.
2020		 May
2020(p)

Total

 299 366 289 0.2 0.3 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 237 314 231 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mining and logging

 1 2 2 0.1 0.2 0.4

Construction

 10 40 10 0.1 0.6 0.1

Manufacturing

 19 24 23 0.1 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 12 15 13 0.2 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods

 6 8 10 0.1 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 58 44 42 0.2 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 5 9 9 0.1 0.2 0.2

Retail trade

 39 17 16 0.3 0.1 0.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 14 18 17 0.2 0.3 0.3

Information

 5 3 5 0.2 0.1 0.2

Financial activities

 25 23 11 0.3 0.3 0.1

Finance and insurance

 23 13 7 0.4 0.2 0.1

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2 10 5 0.1 0.5 0.2

Professional and business services

 38 111 69 0.2 0.6 0.4

Education and health services

 47 48 50 0.2 0.2 0.2

Educational services

 7 6 10 0.2 0.2 0.3

Health care and social assistance

 40 43 40 0.2 0.2 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 29 12 15 0.2 0.1 0.1

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 3 3 1 0.1 0.3 0.1

Accommodation and food services

 26 9 14 0.2 0.1 0.2

Other services

 5 7 4 0.1 0.2 0.1

Government

 62 52 58 0.3 0.2 0.3

Federal

 10 10 10 0.4 0.3 0.3

State and local

 52 42 48 0.3 0.2 0.3

State and local education

 32 13 30 0.3 0.1 0.3

State and local, excluding education

 21 29 19 0.2 0.3 0.2

REGION(3)

Northeast

 50 68 55 0.2 0.3 0.2

South

 120 114 107 0.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest

 66 93 57 0.2 0.3 0.2

West

 63 90 70 0.2 0.3 0.2

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) 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: July 07, 2020