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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 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Total

 68,906 72,251 67,907 63,054 62,803

INDUSTRY

Total private

 64,933 67,770 63,903 59,088 58,675

Mining and logging

 209 227 276 246 245

Construction

 4,162 4,132 4,189 3,898 3,966

Manufacturing

 4,979 5,147 4,742 4,160 3,697

Durable goods

 2,722 2,768 2,496 2,377 2,139

Nondurable goods

 2,256 2,378 2,244 1,784 1,560

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 15,055 15,118 14,172 12,554 12,149

Wholesale trade

 1,902 1,963 1,881 1,735 1,673

Retail trade

 9,906 9,249 8,438 7,441 6,987

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 3,244 3,903 3,852 3,380 3,489

Information

 1,074 1,153 1,010 972 962

Financial activities

 2,525 2,713 2,384 2,368 2,492

Finance and insurance

 1,722 1,811 1,494 1,516 1,711

Real estate and rental and leasing

 801 904 889 854 781

Professional and business services

 13,772 14,279 12,688 11,934 12,397

Private education and health services

 8,814 9,400 9,536 9,249 9,095

Private educational services

 899 1,121 1,043 1,048 1,082

Health care and social assistance

 7,914 8,277 8,492 8,205 8,014

Leisure and hospitality

 11,926 13,079 12,495 11,119 11,286

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 1,562 1,763 1,859 1,920 1,979

Accommodation and food services

 10,365 11,313 10,638 9,198 9,304

Other services

 2,425 2,529 2,407 2,588 2,386

Government

 3,972 4,480 4,005 3,964 4,125

Federal

 543 509 448 383 624

State and local

 3,429 3,972 3,556 3,582 3,503

State and local education

 1,603 1,938 1,835 1,838 1,764

State and local, excluding education

 1,827 2,033 1,717 1,743 1,738

REGION(2)

Northeast

 10,092 10,446 10,090 9,947 10,034

South

 28,261 30,256 28,680 25,215 24,196

Midwest

 14,863 14,776 14,175 13,428 14,028

West

 15,687 16,771 14,959 14,462 14,542

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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Last Modified Date: March 13, 2026