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 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Total

 14.6 14.7 14.8 14.0 14.1

INDUSTRY

Total private

 16.4 16.5 16.4 15.4 15.6

Mining and logging

 16.2 15.6 29.6 26.2 17.6

Construction

 39.7 32.3 32.1 33.0 31.3

Manufacturing

 9.9 9.6 10.0 10.4 9.8

Durable goods

 9.8 9.0 9.9 10.4 9.0

Nondurable goods

 9.9 10.7 10.1 10.4 11.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 13.7 14.8 14.3 12.7 13.0

Wholesale trade

 9.1 10.6 10.0 8.3 7.8

Retail trade

 15.3 16.1 15.6 13.4 13.6

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 14.2 15.5 15.0 15.3 16.5

Information

 11.2 11.3 11.1 10.5 12.1

Financial activities

 9.2 8.4 8.6 8.0 7.7

Finance and insurance

 6.9 6.8 6.9 6.1 5.8

Real estate and rental and leasing

 15.8 13.2 13.6 13.3 13.3

Professional and business services

 25.2 27.2 25.8 24.1 23.3

Education and health services

 9.2 9.3 7.9 8.5 8.4

Educational services

 12.1 11.2 10.9 10.9 10.5

Health care and social assistance

 8.6 9.0 7.3 8.0 8.0

Leisure and hospitality

 21.3 21.8 23.2 20.3 22.3

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 43.5 50.2 47.0 40.8 46.7

Accommodation and food services

 17.6 17.1 19.2 16.9 18.1

Other services

 15.8 13.8 17.1 13.9 17.1

Government

 5.3 4.9 5.9 6.0 5.9

Federal

 5.3 4.7 5.9 5.6 5.6

State and local

 5.3 4.9 5.9 6.0 6.0

State and local education

 5.0 4.5 5.4 5.6 5.2

State and local, excluding education

 5.6 5.4 6.4 6.5 6.9

REGION(2)

Northeast

 14.8 14.5 14.0 14.7 14.8

South

 14.6 14.6 14.7 13.6 14.7

Midwest

 13.2 14.3 14.6 14.1 14.2

West

 15.8 15.4 15.6 13.8 12.5

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.

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Last Modified Date: March 16, 2018