Figure 5. Quits and layoffs and discharges, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, in thousands, December 2000–December 2017
Month year Quits Layoffs and discharges

Dec 2000

3,012 1,891

Jan 2001

3,448 2,196

Feb 2001

3,241 1,849

Mar 2001

3,154 2,144

Apr 2001

3,214 1,917

May 2001

3,085 2,012

Jun 2001

3,003 1,900

Jul 2001

2,959 1,949

Aug 2001

2,869 1,863

Sep 2001

2,738 2,042

Oct 2001

2,861 2,256

Nov 2001

2,604 2,118

Dec 2001

2,531 1,878

Jan 2002

2,888 1,884

Feb 2002

2,626 1,982

Mar 2002

2,491 1,751

Apr 2002

2,713 1,904

May 2002

2,699 1,947

Jun 2002

2,613 1,823

Jul 2002

2,710 1,985

Aug 2002

2,649 1,842

Sep 2002

2,626 1,879

Oct 2002

2,578 1,865

Nov 2002

2,462 1,912

Dec 2002

2,565 1,952

Jan 2003

2,514 2,002

Feb 2003

2,471 1,972

Mar 2003

2,403 1,833

Apr 2003

2,406 2,007

May 2003

2,380 1,965

Jun 2003

2,382 2,066

Jul 2003

2,390 2,021

Aug 2003

2,406 1,996

Sep 2003

2,479 1,904

Oct 2003

2,529 1,896

Nov 2003

2,459 1,824

Dec 2003

2,472 1,930

Jan 2004

2,436 1,954

Feb 2004

2,443 1,831

Mar 2004

2,608 1,933

Apr 2004

2,664 1,902

May 2004

2,467 1,832

Jun 2004

2,679 1,846

Jul 2004

2,714 1,806

Aug 2004

2,691 1,926

Sep 2004

2,586 1,851

Oct 2004

2,661 1,755

Nov 2004

2,811 1,949

Dec 2004

2,700 1,964

Jan 2005

2,844 1,939

Feb 2005

2,660 1,979

Mar 2005

2,841 1,934

Apr 2005

2,801 1,848

May 2005

2,882 1,878

Jun 2005

2,821 1,951

Jul 2005

2,794 1,827

Aug 2005

2,966 1,882

Sep 2005

3,053 1,907

Oct 2005

2,967 1,666

Nov 2005

2,920 1,689

Dec 2005

2,805 1,718

Jan 2006

2,954 1,670

Feb 2006

2,975 1,671

Mar 2006

3,004 1,650

Apr 2006

2,789 1,795

May 2006

3,056 1,887

Jun 2006

3,050 1,672

Jul 2006

2,977 1,767

Aug 2006

3,003 1,621

Sep 2006

2,940 1,706

Oct 2006

2,931 1,830

Nov 2006

3,069 1,870

Dec 2006

3,046 1,725

Jan 2007

2,988 1,746

Feb 2007

2,993 1,750

Mar 2007

2,989 1,788

Apr 2007

2,901 1,879

May 2007

3,008 1,755

Jun 2007

2,841 1,851

Jul 2007

2,947 1,759

Aug 2007

2,950 1,811

Sep 2007

2,643 2,079

Oct 2007

2,884 1,917

Nov 2007

2,777 1,919

Dec 2007

2,792 1,770

Jan 2008

2,831 1,843

Feb 2008

2,789 1,908

Mar 2008

2,575 1,835

Apr 2008

2,882 1,845

May 2008

2,602 1,842

Jun 2008

2,662 1,974

Jul 2008

2,550 1,894

Aug 2008

2,416 2,075

Sep 2008

2,446 1,963

Oct 2008

2,412 2,138

Nov 2008

2,063 2,190

Dec 2008

2,104 2,405

Jan 2009

2,043 2,573

Feb 2009

1,906 2,501

Mar 2009

1,794 2,433

Apr 2009

1,734 2,559

May 2009

1,740 2,121

Jun 2009

1,782 2,115

Jul 2009

1,726 2,273

Aug 2009

1,676 2,063

Sep 2009

1,639 2,127

Oct 2009

1,671 1,964

Nov 2009

1,784 1,823

Dec 2009

1,697 1,994

Jan 2010

1,668 1,874

Feb 2010

1,724 1,790

Mar 2010

1,793 1,830

Apr 2010

1,914 1,676

May 2010

1,790 1,733

Jun 2010

1,940 1,959

Jul 2010

1,848 2,081

Aug 2010

1,904 1,748

Sep 2010

1,921 1,768

Oct 2010

1,852 1,645

Nov 2010

1,778 1,753

Dec 2010

1,937 1,776

Jan 2011

1,825 1,710

Feb 2011

1,872 1,652

Mar 2011

1,967 1,709

Apr 2011

1,925 1,676

May 2011

2,037 1,692

Jun 2011

1,949 1,826

Jul 2011

1,981 1,749

Aug 2011

2,087 1,715

Sep 2011

2,046 1,756

Oct 2011

1,953 1,707

Nov 2011

1,949 1,757

Dec 2011

1,955 1,740

Jan 2012

1,977 1,707

Feb 2012

2,080 1,780

Mar 2012

2,164 1,653

Apr 2012

2,104 1,850

May 2012

2,186 1,828

Jun 2012

2,186 1,812

Jul 2012

2,103 1,668

Aug 2012

2,173 1,836

Sep 2012

1,977 1,745

Oct 2012

2,047 1,791

Nov 2012

2,069 1,789

Dec 2012

2,088 1,594

Jan 2013

2,299 1,593

Feb 2013

2,267 1,607

Mar 2013

2,098 1,701

Apr 2013

2,313 1,714

May 2013

2,252 1,730

Jun 2013

2,260 1,643

Jul 2013

2,376 1,649

Aug 2013

2,403 1,723

Sep 2013

2,399 1,767

Oct 2013

2,415 1,561

Nov 2013

2,366 1,553

Dec 2013

2,248 1,689

Jan 2014

2,352 1,724

Feb 2014

2,390 1,667

Mar 2014

2,438 1,640

Apr 2014

2,467 1,675

May 2014

2,513 1,642

Jun 2014

2,486 1,692

Jul 2014

2,591 1,821

Aug 2014

2,558 1,674

Sep 2014

2,799 1,663

Oct 2014

2,772 1,783

Nov 2014

2,607 1,682

Dec 2014

2,585 1,741

Jan 2015

2,766 1,723

Feb 2015

2,674 1,685

Mar 2015

2,732 1,906

Apr 2015

2,716 1,793

May 2015

2,737 1,656

Jun 2015

2,803 1,784

Jul 2015

2,802 1,663

Aug 2015

2,926 1,675

Sep 2015

2,802 1,878

Oct 2015

2,836 1,760

Nov 2015

2,892 1,699

Dec 2015

3,032 1,762

Jan 2016

2,900 1,722

Feb 2016

2,957 1,859

Mar 2016

2,913 1,745

Apr 2016

2,997 1,736

May 2016

3,030 1,753

Jun 2016

3,066 1,615

Jul 2016

3,093 1,600

Aug 2016

3,161 1,676

Sep 2016

3,112 1,528

Oct 2016

3,093 1,608

Nov 2016

3,022 1,694

Dec 2016

2,958 1,683

Jan 2017

3,169 1,659

Feb 2017

3,018 1,657

Mar 2017

3,144 1,669

Apr 2017

3,072 1,687

May 2017

3,227 1,689

Jun 2017

3,166 1,772

Jul 2017

3,240 1,817

Aug 2017

3,173 1,806

Sep 2017

3,256 1,762

Oct 2017

3,224 1,712

Nov 2017

3,195 1,735

Dec 2017

3,340 1,655

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.