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	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Total	42.3	42.6	43.3	44.5	45.0
INDUSTRY
Total private	46.8	47.0	47.8	49.1	49.6
Mining and logging	55.6	58.8	48.4	54.1	47.0
Construction	56.4	58.3	61.4	57.8	64.8
Manufacturing	25.6	27.2	30.7	32.5	31.3
Durable goods	24.2	25.7	27.3	28.8	28.3
Nondurable goods	27.9	29.8	36.1	38.6	36.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	47.2	45.9	45.6	48.9	49.4
Wholesale trade	28.1	27.9	27.9	29.3	29.5
Retail trade	57.1	54.5	53.9	58.0	58.2
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	39.2	40.1	40.9	43.9	46.1
Information	34.5	33.2	36.0	37.2	38.4
Financial activities	27.4	26.8	28.2	27.2	28.7
Finance and insurance	24.5	23.9	25.2	24.1	24.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	35.7	34.9	36.8	35.7	39.3
Professional and business services	63.1	64.7	63.5	63.5	63.3
Education and health services	31.2	31.4	32.6	34.0	33.3
Educational services	29.2	29.1	29.1	30.4	29.3
Health care and social assistance	31.6	31.8	33.2	34.7	34.0
Leisure and hospitality	73.5	75.1	74.2	77.0	78.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	81.8	81.2	84.4	88.5	79.9
Accommodation and food services	72.1	74.1	72.5	75.0	78.6
Other services	43.8	39.5	45.2	43.9	42.8
Government	17.7	18.3	18.2	18.4	18.7
Federal	13.8	13.3	14.3	14.3	16.4
State and local	18.3	19.1	18.8	19.0	19.0
State and local education	17.2	17.6	17.1	18.4	18.5
State and local, excluding education	19.6	20.7	20.6	19.7	19.5

REGION(2)
Northeast	36.1	37.3	38.3	37.0	38.0
South	45.3	44.9	46.9	48.2	48.4
Midwest	42.3	43.2	42.9	45.0	44.1
West	42.3	42.7	42.0	43.9	45.8
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.

Last Modified Date: March 17, 2020

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

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