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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Total	35,942	47,577	50,509	44,166	39,198
INDUSTRY
Total private	33,594	45,218	47,790	41,812	36,954
Mining and logging	106	118	155	176	139
Construction	1,597	2,122	2,217	1,965	1,715
Manufacturing	2,347	3,492	3,560	3,020	2,448
Durable goods	1,275	1,896	1,897	1,569	1,407
Nondurable goods	1,068	1,593	1,663	1,451	1,038
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8,307	11,132	11,206	9,605	8,019
Wholesale trade	1,001	1,324	1,253	1,196	1,013
Retail trade	5,645	7,755	7,336	6,177	5,099
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	1,662	2,053	2,620	2,232	1,907
Information	440	615	611	490	498
Financial activities	1,317	1,583	1,816	1,546	1,394
Finance and insurance	904	1,048	1,185	998	945
Real estate and rental and leasing	413	536	628	550	449
Professional and business services	6,642	8,605	9,024	7,184	6,513
Private education and health services	5,381	6,712	7,146	6,897	6,517
Private educational services	486	598	732	658	631
Health care and social assistance	4,893	6,116	6,415	6,238	5,888
Leisure and hospitality	6,417	9,308	10,341	9,431	7,937
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	537	836	901	977	883
Accommodation and food services	5,882	8,471	9,441	8,453	7,054
Other services	1,044	1,529	1,714	1,495	1,776
Government	2,347	2,359	2,719	2,354	2,243
Federal	236	259	255	211	182
State and local	2,112	2,102	2,465	2,146	2,061
State and local education	1,196	1,001	1,239	1,142	1,095
State and local, excluding education	916	1,098	1,225	1,001	965

REGION(2)
Northeast	4,805	6,380	6,871	5,881	5,568
South	15,244	20,000	21,861	19,649	16,485
Midwest	8,022	10,358	10,179	9,115	8,310
West	7,872	10,840	11,598	9,523	8,841
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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