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 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Total

 15.2 15.4 14.7 14.7 14.7

INDUSTRY

Total private

 17.1 17.1 16.3 16.3 16.3

Mining and logging

 15.8 29.6 25.7 19.1 19.3

Construction

 32.3 33.1 33.3 32.2 27.7

Manufacturing

 10.0 10.4 10.5 10.1 10.9

Durable goods

 9.3 10.2 10.4 9.1 9.4

Nondurable goods

 11.0 10.6 10.6 11.7 13.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 15.4 15.0 13.6 13.6 15.1

Wholesale trade

 10.7 9.9 8.5 8.4 8.4

Retail trade

 17.1 16.6 14.6 14.5 16.9

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 15.6 15.9 16.0 16.4 17.0

Information

 16.7 12.5 11.0 14.1 15.2

Financial activities

 8.3 8.7 8.5 8.1 8.3

Finance and insurance

 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.1 7.9

Real estate and rental and leasing

 11.9 13.8 13.5 13.8 9.6

Professional and business services

 27.3 26.5 25.8 23.8 23.5

Education and health services

 9.5 8.3 8.7 8.9 8.8

Educational services

 12.4 11.5 11.1 11.6 12.6

Health care and social assistance

 9.0 7.7 8.3 8.4 8.1

Leisure and hospitality

 24.1 24.5 22.2 23.9 23.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 49.6 49.1 43.8 49.1 47.4

Accommodation and food services

 19.8 20.4 18.5 19.7 18.9

Other services

 13.7 17.3 14.9 17.5 15.8

Government

 4.9 6.1 6.0 6.0 5.8

Federal

 3.4 4.6 4.3 4.2 3.3

State and local

 5.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 6.2

State and local education

 4.7 6.0 5.9 5.3 5.8

State and local, excluding education

 5.6 6.6 6.7 7.3 6.6

REGION(2)

Northeast

 15.0 14.5 15.2 15.3 14.5

South

 15.0 15.3 14.3 15.3 15.3

Midwest

 15.0 15.7 15.4 15.1 14.8

West

 15.9 15.8 14.4 13.0 13.8

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 and to implement a new imputation methodology.

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