Table 14. Annual hires rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 14. Annual hires rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
Industry and region 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Total

 39.0 39.8 42.2 43.7 43.5

INDUSTRY

Total private

 43.6 44.4 47.0 48.3 47.8

Mining and logging

 44.3 41.1 44.7 36.8 44.2

Construction

 70.8 66.0 61.0 60.8 58.9

Manufacturing

 25.0 24.1 25.7 26.0 26.8

Durable goods

 24.0 23.1 23.8 24.2 25.1

Nondurable goods

 26.6 25.8 28.8 29.2 29.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 41.1 43.1 48.6 48.4 46.5

Wholesale trade

 27.8 24.9 30.0 28.4 28.7

Retail trade

 47.1 51.7 57.6 57.8 54.7

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 38.4 38.0 42.4 42.9 41.8

Information

 28.0 31.2 32.8 34.6 33.1

Financial activities

 28.2 30.6 29.1 29.1 28.0

Finance and insurance

 24.4 26.9 25.5 26.3 24.7

Real estate and rental and leasing

 39.8 41.5 39.3 37.3 37.1

Professional and business services

 59.2 59.7 63.3 64.1 65.6

Education and health services

 29.8 30.5 32.1 33.7 33.6

Educational services

 26.4 26.9 28.9 30.6 30.7

Health care and social assistance

 30.4 31.2 32.7 34.3 34.1

Leisure and hospitality

 66.1 67.6 71.7 76.7 76.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 78.7 77.3 84.1 83.6 82.0

Accommodation and food services

 64.0 66.0 69.6 75.5 75.3

Other services

 40.9 41.0 40.2 44.3 38.7

Government

 15.7 15.7 16.7 18.8 19.5

Federal

 13.2 13.4 14.2 17.7 17.7

State and local

 16.0 16.1 17.1 18.9 19.8

State and local education

 15.0 15.4 15.2 17.6 18.3

State and local, excluding education

 17.2 16.8 19.1 20.4 21.4

REGION(2)

Northeast

 33.3 33.4 34.4 37.2 37.7

South

 42.4 43.6 46.0 47.1 45.9

Midwest

 38.6 38.7 42.1 43.8 44.0

West

 38.7 40.1 42.6 43.6 43.8

Footnotes
 (1) The annual hires rate is the number of hires during the entire year as a percent of annual average employment.
(2) 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.

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 16, 2017