Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Total	47,558	50,503	44,205	39,285	38,029
INDUSTRY
Total private	45,205	47,790	41,847	37,024	35,774
Mining and logging	119	154	177	138	155
Construction	2,125	2,211	1,967	1,730	1,741
Manufacturing	3,488	3,559	3,022	2,486	2,099
Durable goods	1,894	1,896	1,572	1,428	1,201
Nondurable goods	1,593	1,663	1,455	1,056	900
Trade, transportation, and utilities	11,115	11,210	9,612	8,017	7,678
Wholesale trade	1,324	1,255	1,197	1,027	1,032
Retail trade	7,745	7,337	6,174	5,090	4,759
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	2,047	2,619	2,243	1,899	1,886
Information	610	612	492	512	437
Financial activities	1,586	1,815	1,553	1,390	1,493
Finance and insurance	1,050	1,187	1,001	924	1,012
Real estate and rental and leasing	534	629	554	467	481
Professional and business services	8,613	9,029	7,189	6,525	6,288
Private education and health services	6,710	7,146	6,897	6,550	6,308
Private educational services	601	731	656	609	669
Health care and social assistance	6,114	6,414	6,241	5,944	5,639
Leisure and hospitality	9,314	10,344	9,443	7,902	7,959
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	840	903	981	880	713
Accommodation and food services	8,475	9,442	8,462	7,023	7,243
Other services	1,527	1,713	1,495	1,773	1,618
Government	2,355	2,711	2,359	2,264	2,254
Federal	260	254	210	181	280
State and local	2,093	2,460	2,149	2,081	1,975
State and local education	992	1,230	1,145	1,104	1,041
State and local, excluding education	1,101	1,229	1,005	976	935

REGION(2)
Northeast	6,378	6,870	5,883	5,635	5,437
South	19,992	21,857	19,668	16,581	15,438
Midwest	10,352	10,177	9,123	8,293	8,685
West	10,836	11,597	9,533	8,774	8,470
Footnotes (1) The annual quits level is the sum of the 12 monthly quits 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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