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.

Last Modified Date: March 15, 2019

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

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