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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)
Aug.
2019		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020(p)		 Aug.
2019		 July
2020		 Aug.
2020(p)

Total

 343 344 350 0.2 0.2 0.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 272 263 274 0.2 0.2 0.2

Mining and logging

 3 1 2 0.4 0.1 0.3

Construction

 16 11 17 0.2 0.2 0.2

Manufacturing

 18 28 21 0.1 0.2 0.2

Durable goods

 11 15 13 0.1 0.2 0.2

Nondurable goods

 6 13 8 0.1 0.3 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 74 60 41 0.3 0.2 0.2

Wholesale trade

 17 4 4 0.3 0.1 0.1

Retail trade

 40 25 24 0.3 0.2 0.2

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 17 31 14 0.3 0.5 0.2

Information

 6 4 3 0.2 0.2 0.1

Financial activities

 29 24 39 0.3 0.3 0.4

Finance and insurance

 27 20 35 0.4 0.3 0.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

 2 4 3 0.1 0.2 0.1

Professional and business services

 58 69 59 0.3 0.3 0.3

Education and health services

 38 31 41 0.2 0.1 0.2

Educational services

 6 5 6 0.2 0.2 0.2

Health care and social assistance

 32 26 35 0.2 0.1 0.2

Leisure and hospitality

 21 26 29 0.1 0.2 0.2

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 3 3 5 0.1 0.2 0.3

Accommodation and food services

 18 23 23 0.1 0.2 0.2

Other services

 8 9 22 0.1 0.2 0.4

Government

 71 81 77 0.3 0.4 0.4

Federal

 13 14 16 0.4 0.5 0.5

State and local

 58 68 61 0.3 0.4 0.3

State and local education

 27 41 31 0.3 0.5 0.4

State and local, excluding education

 31 27 30 0.3 0.3 0.3

REGION(3)

Northeast

 69 67 52 0.2 0.3 0.2

South

 134 119 131 0.2 0.2 0.3

Midwest

 70 66 87 0.2 0.2 0.3

West

 70 93 80 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: October 07, 2020