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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 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Total

 44.1 44.1 44.8 46.1 46.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

 48.8 48.7 49.5 50.8 51.1

Mining and logging

 37.4 44.0 55.3 61.8 43.3

Construction

 61.6 60.3 65.8 62.1 66.5

Manufacturing

 26.1 27.1 32.0 34.6 31.8

Durable goods

 24.2 24.9 28.9 31.6 28.5

Nondurable goods

 29.4 30.8 37.2 39.6 37.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 48.7 47.3 46.1 49.6 50.0

Wholesale trade

 28.5 28.4 28.5 30.1 30.6

Retail trade

 58.2 55.5 53.5 57.2 58.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 42.9 43.6 43.6 48.4 48.3

Information

 35.5 35.0 36.2 38.3 39.2

Financial activities

 29.2 29.0 29.9 29.1 30.3

Finance and insurance

 26.3 26.0 26.5 25.8 26.0

Real estate and rental and leasing

 37.5 37.6 39.9 38.3 42.1

Professional and business services

 65.7 66.3 65.5 65.6 65.0

Education and health services

 34.1 34.0 34.5 36.0 35.9

Educational services

 31.6 31.1 31.1 31.2 32.1

Health care and social assistance

 34.6 34.5 35.2 36.9 36.6

Leisure and hospitality

 76.8 78.0 76.2 78.5 80.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 85.4 84.8 87.8 92.8 81.3

Accommodation and food services

 75.4 76.9 74.3 76.1 80.7

Other services

 44.7 40.6 46.6 44.6 44.2

Government

 18.4 19.0 18.5 19.2 19.4

Federal

 15.1 14.7 13.5 15.0 17.9

State and local

 18.9 19.6 19.2 19.8 19.6

State and local education

 17.6 18.0 17.5 19.3 19.0

State and local, excluding education

 20.4 21.5 21.2 20.4 20.3

REGION(2)

Northeast

 37.9 38.4 38.9 38.5 39.8

South

 47.3 46.3 48.3 50.1 50.8

Midwest

 44.1 44.9 44.4 46.8 45.6

West

 44.2 44.6 44.0 45.1 45.2

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 17, 2020