Table 16. Annual total separations rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 16. Annual total separations rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
Industry and region 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total

 38.1 40.0 41.8 42.2 43.0

INDUSTRY

Total private

 42.3 44.5 46.2 46.5 47.4

Mining and logging

 38.8 40.7 55.6 58.5 47.8

Construction

 62.2 55.9 55.6 58.0 60.1

Manufacturing

 23.1 24.0 25.5 27.2 30.4

Durable goods

 21.9 21.7 24.2 25.7 27.2

Nondurable goods

 25.1 27.8 27.7 29.7 35.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 40.9 46.2 46.9 45.2 45.0

Wholesale trade

 23.9 28.6 28.1 27.8 27.3

Retail trade

 49.0 55.7 56.6 53.6 53.0

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 35.9 37.8 39.1 39.8 41.0

Information

 29.7 32.3 33.6 32.7 35.0

Financial activities

 29.6 27.6 27.3 26.1 27.5

Finance and insurance

 26.2 24.5 24.5 23.1 24.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 39.5 36.5 35.4 34.8 36.5

Professional and business services

 56.7 60.0 61.5 63.9 64.1

Education and health services

 29.2 29.7 30.8 31.3 32.3

Educational services

 25.6 26.0 28.3 28.5 27.4

Health care and social assistance

 29.9 30.3 31.3 31.8 33.2

Leisure and hospitality

 64.1 68.7 73.2 74.5 73.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 73.7 81.5 79.5 80.1 82.0

Accommodation and food services

 62.5 66.6 72.2 73.6 72.5

Other services

 39.4 39.2 43.3 38.2 43.8

Government

 16.1 16.1 17.9 18.5 18.3

Federal

 15.9 14.0 16.5 16.4 16.7

State and local

 16.1 16.5 18.1 18.8 18.5

State and local education

 15.5 14.6 16.8 17.2 16.7

State and local, excluding education

 16.8 18.6 19.7 20.5 20.6

REGION(2)

Northeast

 33.3 33.9 35.6 36.4 37.3

South

 41.1 43.4 45.3 44.7 46.7

Midwest

 36.4 39.4 40.9 42.2 42.4

West

 38.9 40.2 42.1 42.8 42.2

Footnotes
 (1) The annual total separations rate is the number of total separations 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, 2018