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 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Total

 37.4 38.1 40.0 41.8 41.9

INDUSTRY

Total private

 41.5 42.3 44.5 46.2 46.1

Mining and logging

 42.3 39.0 40.6 55.5 55.7

Construction

 68.8 62.2 55.8 55.5 57.2

Manufacturing

 23.5 23.1 24.0 25.5 27.1

Durable goods

 22.1 21.9 21.7 24.2 25.6

Nondurable goods

 25.9 25.1 27.8 27.8 29.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 39.5 40.9 46.2 46.9 45.1

Wholesale trade

 26.1 23.8 28.7 28.2 28.0

Retail trade

 46.1 49.0 55.7 56.6 53.3

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 35.3 35.9 37.8 39.1 39.5

Information

 28.4 29.6 32.4 33.7 33.1

Financial activities

 27.0 29.6 27.6 27.3 25.7

Finance and insurance

 23.3 26.3 24.6 24.5 22.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 38.0 39.4 36.4 35.4 34.1

Professional and business services

 55.8 56.7 60.0 61.5 63.0

Education and health services

 28.0 29.2 29.6 30.8 31.2

Educational services

 26.0 25.7 26.1 28.3 29.0

Health care and social assistance

 28.3 29.9 30.3 31.3 31.6

Leisure and hospitality

 62.8 64.1 68.7 73.2 73.8

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 74.5 73.5 81.2 79.3 79.1

Accommodation and food services

 60.8 62.5 66.6 72.2 72.9

Other services

 40.2 39.4 39.2 43.3 37.5

Government

 16.0 16.1 16.1 17.9 18.5

Federal

 14.1 15.9 13.9 16.4 16.3

State and local

 16.3 16.1 16.4 18.1 18.8

State and local education

 15.2 15.5 14.6 16.8 17.3

State and local, excluding education

 17.5 16.8 18.6 19.6 20.5

REGION(2)

Northeast

 32.8 33.3 33.9 35.6 36.1

South

 40.5 41.1 43.4 45.3 44.4

Midwest

 37.4 36.4 39.4 40.9 41.9

West

 36.1 38.9 40.2 42.1 42.5

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, 2017