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	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	43.3	44.5	45.1	56.8	47.2
INDUSTRY
Total private	47.8	49.1	49.8	62.9	52.4
Mining and logging	48.5	54.1	48.4	55.3	36.2
Construction	61.4	57.9	65.0	68.5	56.9
Manufacturing	30.6	32.5	31.6	44.2	39.9
Durable goods	27.3	28.8	28.6	41.7	35.3
Nondurable goods	36.1	38.6	36.6	48.3	47.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	45.6	49.0	49.5	60.4	54.5
Wholesale trade	28.0	29.4	29.6	37.4	33.5
Retail trade	53.8	58.1	58.4	69.6	64.6
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	40.9	44.1	45.9	59.1	49.0
Information	36.0	37.2	38.4	43.1	38.9
Financial activities	28.2	27.1	28.5	31.4	28.5
Finance and insurance	25.1	24.1	24.6	25.2	26.3
Real estate and rental and leasing	37.0	35.7	39.2	49.3	34.9
Professional and business services	63.5	63.5	63.5	68.6	64.2
Education and health services	32.6	34.0	33.4	44.5	37.3
Educational services	29.4	30.3	29.9	42.1	25.5
Health care and social assistance	33.2	34.7	34.0	44.9	39.4
Leisure and hospitality	74.2	77.1	79.3	129.8	84.9
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	84.7	88.8	80.4	127.6	76.3
Accommodation and food services	72.4	75.1	79.1	130.2	86.3
Other services	45.2	44.0	43.2	67.3	47.2
Government	18.2	18.5	18.8	23.4	18.1
Federal	14.2	14.4	16.6	28.2	18.8
State and local	18.8	19.1	19.1	22.6	18.0
State and local education	17.2	18.6	18.6	24.3	16.0
State and local, excluding education	20.6	19.7	19.6	20.8	20.2

REGION(2)
Northeast	38.3	37.0	37.9	53.0	38.7
South	46.9	48.2	48.8	57.2	52.2
Midwest	42.9	45.0	44.1	58.3	47.7
West	42.0	43.9	45.9	57.7	45.4
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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