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 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total

 40.3 42.2 42.6 43.3 44.3

INDUSTRY

Total private

 44.8 46.7 47.0 47.8 48.9

Mining and logging

 40.2 55.6 59.1 48.5 55.5

Construction

 55.4 56.4 58.3 61.4 58.0

Manufacturing

 24.1 25.6 27.2 30.6 32.6

Durable goods

 22.0 24.3 25.7 27.4 28.9

Nondurable goods

 27.7 27.9 29.9 36.1 38.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 46.4 47.2 45.9 45.6 49.0

Wholesale trade

 28.6 28.1 27.9 27.9 28.8

Retail trade

 56.0 57.0 54.5 53.9 58.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 38.0 39.1 40.2 40.7 44.2

Information

 36.4 34.5 33.2 35.8 38.4

Financial activities

 27.5 27.4 26.8 28.2 28.0

Finance and insurance

 25.0 24.5 23.9 25.2 25.4

Real estate and rental and leasing

 35.1 35.7 35.1 36.9 35.3

Professional and business services

 60.6 63.1 64.7 63.5 63.3

Education and health services

 30.0 31.2 31.4 32.6 32.5

Educational services

 28.8 29.3 29.0 29.0 29.7

Health care and social assistance

 30.2 31.6 31.8 33.2 33.0

Leisure and hospitality

 69.1 73.5 75.1 74.1 76.7

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 82.0 81.8 81.0 83.8 87.4

Accommodation and food services

 66.9 72.2 74.1 72.5 74.9

Other services

 38.9 43.8 39.5 45.2 43.6

Government

 16.0 17.8 18.3 18.1 18.7

Federal

 12.1 13.9 13.3 14.3 14.7

State and local

 16.5 18.3 19.0 18.7 19.2

State and local education

 14.8 17.2 17.6 17.0 18.5

State and local, excluding education

 18.5 19.6 20.7 20.6 20.0

REGION(2)

Northeast

 34.6 36.1 37.3 38.2 37.0

South

 43.2 45.3 44.9 46.9 48.0

Midwest

 39.7 42.3 43.2 42.8 44.9

West

 40.7 42.3 42.7 42.0 43.8

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 and to implement a new imputation methodology.

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Last Modified Date: March 15, 2019