Table 20. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 20. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 20. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [percent]
Industry and region	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	14.7	14.7	14.6	14.5	28.8
INDUSTRY
Total private	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.1	32.5
Mining and logging	25.9	18.5	17.6	20.8	33.3
Construction	33.3	32.2	27.5	34.5	44.2
Manufacturing	10.5	10.0	10.8	10.3	22.6
Durable goods	10.4	9.1	9.5	9.3	22.8
Nondurable goods	10.6	11.7	13.1	11.8	22.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	13.6	13.6	15.1	14.6	27.1
Wholesale trade	8.5	8.4	8.6	10.4	18.1
Retail trade	14.6	14.5	16.8	15.5	29.7
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	16.1	16.5	16.9	16.4	29.0
Information	10.9	14.1	14.5	16.2	24.6
Financial activities	8.5	8.1	7.4	7.3	12.7
Finance and insurance	6.8	6.1	6.6	5.0	7.5
Real estate and rental and leasing	13.4	13.8	9.7	13.8	27.7
Professional and business services	25.8	23.8	23.8	23.7	31.9
Education and health services	8.7	8.9	8.9	8.4	19.3
Educational services	11.1	11.7	12.9	10.7	26.4
Health care and social assistance	8.3	8.4	8.2	8.0	18.1
Leisure and hospitality	22.2	24.0	23.3	21.4	79.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	43.9	49.4	48.1	39.7	96.7
Accommodation and food services	18.5	19.6	19.1	18.3	76.4
Other services	15.0	17.6	16.2	13.1	45.4
Government	6.0	6.0	5.6	5.5	8.8
Federal	4.3	4.2	3.2	4.3	15.1
State and local	6.3	6.2	5.9	5.7	7.9
State and local education	5.9	5.4	5.7	5.2	8.5
State and local, excluding education	6.7	7.2	6.1	6.2	7.2

REGION(2)
Northeast	15.2	15.3	14.4	14.4	31.8
South	14.3	15.3	15.3	14.9	25.5
Midwest	15.4	15.1	14.7	13.5	29.7
West	14.4	13.0	13.7	14.8	31.0
Footnotes (1) The annual layoffs and discharges rate is the number of layoffs and discharges 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.

Last Modified Date: March 11, 2021

Table 20. Annual layoffs and discharges rates by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

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