Figure 7. Quits and layoffs and discharges, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2014
Date Quits Layoffs and Discharges

Dec 2000

3,044 1,879

Jan 2001

3,390 2,109

Feb 2001

3,284 1,800

Mar 2001

3,178 2,134

Apr 2001

3,191 1,929

May 2001

3,116 2,007

Jun 2001

2,993 1,924

Jul 2001

2,945 1,941

Aug 2001

2,823 1,878

Sep 2001

2,729 2,056

Oct 2001

2,843 2,222

Nov 2001

2,621 2,120

Dec 2001

2,627 1,881

Jan 2002

2,894 1,840

Feb 2002

2,675 1,970

Mar 2002

2,526 1,765

Apr 2002

2,710 1,900

May 2002

2,722 1,931

Jun 2002

2,602 1,850

Jul 2002

2,688 1,990

Aug 2002

2,607 1,856

Sep 2002

2,608 1,888

Oct 2002

2,563 1,847

Nov 2002

2,497 1,912

Dec 2002

2,647 1,986

Jan 2003

2,489 1,980

Feb 2003

2,498 1,950

Mar 2003

2,428 1,868

Apr 2003

2,387 2,023

May 2003

2,394 1,977

Jun 2003

2,365 2,136

Jul 2003

2,341 2,053

Aug 2003

2,380 1,979

Sep 2003

2,468 1,893

Oct 2003

2,508 1,889

Nov 2003

2,495 1,812

Dec 2003

2,503 1,951

Jan 2004

2,423 1,913

Feb 2004

2,467 1,838

Mar 2004

2,662 1,889

Apr 2004

2,623 1,911

May 2004

2,482 1,858

Jun 2004

2,666 1,880

Jul 2004

2,670 1,819

Aug 2004

2,639 1,954

Sep 2004

2,593 1,829

Oct 2004

2,585 1,794

Nov 2004

2,818 1,954

Dec 2004

2,772 1,973

Jan 2005

2,830 1,913

Feb 2005

2,675 1,909

Mar 2005

2,854 1,958

Apr 2005

2,765 1,884

May 2005

2,842 1,911

Jun 2005

2,796 1,967

Jul 2005

2,747 1,862

Aug 2005

2,938 1,878

Sep 2005

3,053 1,902

Oct 2005

2,943 1,717

Nov 2005

2,928 1,639

Dec 2005

2,823 1,735

Jan 2006

2,853 1,719

Feb 2006

3,013 1,721

Mar 2006

3,037 1,630

Apr 2006

2,808 1,743

May 2006

3,049 1,933

Jun 2006

3,034 1,674

Jul 2006

2,943 1,767

Aug 2006

2,950 1,627

Sep 2006

2,914 1,741

Oct 2006

2,936 1,770

Nov 2006

3,096 1,826

Dec 2006

3,083 1,724

Jan 2007

2,975 1,681

Feb 2007

2,995 1,762

Mar 2007

2,985 1,787

Apr 2007

2,890 1,856

May 2007

2,978 1,725

Jun 2007

2,829 1,830

Jul 2007

2,898 1,797

Aug 2007

2,890 1,841

Sep 2007

2,638 2,071

Oct 2007

2,853 1,911

Nov 2007

2,823 1,924

Dec 2007

2,823 1,794

Jan 2008

2,818 1,823

Feb 2008

2,809 1,875

Mar 2008

2,619 1,842

Apr 2008

2,839 1,854

May 2008

2,639 1,813

Jun 2008

2,620 2,021

Jul 2008

2,495 1,906

Aug 2008

2,375 2,137

Sep 2008

2,417 1,960

Oct 2008

2,443 2,126

Nov 2008

2,083 2,187

Dec 2008

2,129 2,407

Jan 2009

2,040 2,502

Feb 2009

1,959 2,468

Mar 2009

1,804 2,442

Apr 2009

1,731 2,592

May 2009

1,711 2,118

Jun 2009

1,737 2,123

Jul 2009

1,710 2,237

Aug 2009

1,642 2,063

Sep 2009

1,644 2,095

Oct 2009

1,670 1,972

Nov 2009

1,786 1,863

Dec 2009

1,690 1,981

Jan 2010

1,674 1,872

Feb 2010

1,737 1,795

Mar 2010

1,809 1,879

Apr 2010

1,896 1,660

May 2010

1,777 1,760

Jun 2010

1,909 1,978

Jul 2010

1,841 2,091

Aug 2010

1,864 1,766

Sep 2010

1,901 1,775

Oct 2010

1,875 1,661

Nov 2010

1,838 1,779

Dec 2010

1,966 1,776

Jan 2011

1,803 1,687

Feb 2011

1,879 1,657

Mar 2011

1,974 1,736

Apr 2011

1,921 1,669

May 2011

1,984 1,688

Jun 2011

1,951 1,844

Jul 2011

1,966 1,758

Aug 2011

2,045 1,717

Sep 2011

2,041 1,761

Oct 2011

1,963 1,749

Nov 2011

1,979 1,782

Dec 2011

1,991 1,695

Jan 2012

1,963 1,675

Feb 2012

2,096 1,759

Mar 2012

2,175 1,692

Apr 2012

2,090 1,841

May 2012

2,155 1,841

Jun 2012

2,147 1,779

Jul 2012

2,091 1,646

Aug 2012

2,122 1,880

Sep 2012

1,949 1,768

Oct 2012

2,042 1,751

Nov 2012

2,092 1,781

Dec 2012

2,145 1,552

Jan 2013

2,293 1,606

Feb 2013

2,277 1,619

Mar 2013

2,091 1,784

Apr 2013

2,284 1,720

May 2013

2,212 1,728

Jun 2013

2,211 1,642

Jul 2013

2,323 1,626

Aug 2013

2,349 1,685

Sep 2013

2,376 1,776

Oct 2013

2,407 1,526

Nov 2013

2,416 1,536

Dec 2013

2,387 1,682

Jan 2014

2,384 1,752

Feb 2014

2,438 1,671

Mar 2014

2,430 1,684

Apr 2014

2,413 1,703

May 2014

2,494 1,659

Jun 2014

2,469 1,700

Jul 2014

2,542 1,827

Aug 2014

2,516 1,663

Sep 2014

2,733 1,694

Oct 2014

2,746 1,745

Nov 2014

2,662 1,595

Dec 2014

2,715 1,725

Source: Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.