Table 19. Annual total separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 19. Annual total separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	80,882	68,896	72,236	67,807	63,232
INDUSTRY
Total private	75,725	64,921	67,747	63,813	59,284
Mining and logging	333	210	227	276	248
Construction	4,973	4,158	4,131	4,190	3,876
Manufacturing	5,377	4,980	5,147	4,740	4,139
Durable goods	3,161	2,724	2,769	2,497	2,352
Nondurable goods	2,214	2,256	2,377	2,244	1,788
Trade, transportation, and utilities	16,099	15,054	15,100	14,120	12,518
Wholesale trade	2,105	1,901	1,962	1,879	1,708
Retail trade	10,339	9,918	9,248	8,440	7,412
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	3,654	3,237	3,891	3,801	3,398
Information	1,163	1,077	1,153	1,008	961
Financial activities	2,734	2,522	2,717	2,375	2,409
Finance and insurance	1,636	1,720	1,813	1,492	1,563
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,096	800	903	881	847
Professional and business services	13,939	13,765	14,273	12,678	12,065
Private education and health services	10,383	8,815	9,400	9,541	9,247
Private educational services	1,467	896	1,121	1,049	1,075
Health care and social assistance	8,914	7,918	8,280	8,490	8,169
Leisure and hospitality	17,145	11,916	13,069	12,471	11,232
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,245	1,554	1,755	1,843	1,897
Accommodation and food services	14,898	10,360	11,314	10,628	9,336
Other services	3,582	2,427	2,536	2,411	2,597
Government	5,157	3,975	4,487	3,994	3,952
Federal	824	545	512	447	380
State and local	4,332	3,433	3,978	3,547	3,572
State and local education	2,442	1,613	1,950	1,835	1,846
State and local, excluding education	1,892	1,819	2,028	1,713	1,723

REGION(2)
Northeast	13,511	10,093	10,442	10,071	9,838
South	30,239	28,257	30,251	28,643	25,353
Midwest	17,979	14,860	14,772	14,155	13,451
West	19,154	15,686	16,769	14,939	14,596
Footnotes (1) The annual total separations level is the sum of the 12 monthly total separations levels. (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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