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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
2020		 Apr.
2021		 May
2021(p)		 May
2020		 Apr.
2021		 May
2021(p)

Total

 297 351 341 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 211 310 288 0.2 0.3 0.2

Mining and logging

 3 1 2 0.5 0.2 0.4

Construction

 11 16 17 0.2 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

 24 29 28 0.2 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 14 22 16 0.2 0.3 0.2

Nondurable goods

 10 8 12 0.2 0.2 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 38 88 48 0.2 0.3 0.2

Wholesale trade

 9 13 4 0.2 0.2 0.1

Retail trade

 13 54 30 0.1 0.4 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 16 21 14 0.3 0.3 0.2

Information

 6 10 8 0.2 0.4 0.3

Financial activities

 15 25 34 0.2 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance

 9 19 28 0.1 0.3 0.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 6 6 6 0.3 0.3 0.3

Professional and business services

 48 66 70 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 44 29 45 0.2 0.1 0.2

Educational services

 7 4 4 0.2 0.1 0.1

Health care and social assistance

 37 25 41 0.2 0.1 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 14 36 26 0.1 0.3 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1 3 4 0.1 0.2 0.2

Accommodation and food services

 12 33 22 0.1 0.3 0.2

Other services

 9 11 9 0.2 0.2 0.2

Government

 86 41 54 0.4 0.2 0.2

Federal

 13 9 12 0.4 0.3 0.4

State and local

 74 32 42 0.4 0.2 0.2

State and local education

 52 11 17 0.5 0.1 0.2

State and local, excluding education

 22 21 25 0.3 0.2 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

 56 64 53 0.2 0.2 0.2

South

 106 120 152 0.2 0.2 0.3

Midwest

 61 66 68 0.2 0.2 0.2

West

 76 100 69 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, 2021