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Quits rates were 2.5 percent or higher in 6 states in July 2025

November 18, 2025

In July 2025, quits rates (the number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of total employment) were 2.5 percent or higher in 6 states: Idaho (3.7 percent), Montana and Wyoming (3.0 percent each), Alaska (2.9 percent), North Carolina (2.6 percent), and Texas (2.5 percent). Among these six states, the number of quits ranged from 9,000 in Wyoming to 361,000 in Texas. Nationally, there were 3,208,000 quits in July, and the U.S. quits rate was 2.0 percent.

State quits rates, July 2025, seasonally adjusted

U.S. quits rate: 2.0 percent
U.S. quits level: 3,208,000

State quits rates, July 2025, seasonally adjusted
State Quits rate (in percent) Number of quits

Total U.S.

2.0 3,208,000

Alabama

1.9 43,000

Alaska

2.9 10,000

Arizona

2.2 71,000

Arkansas

1.8 25,000

California

1.8 333,000

Colorado

2.4 73,000

Connecticut

1.3 23,000

Delaware

2.4 12,000

District of Columbia

1.3 10,000

Florida

2.2 217,000

Georgia

1.8 89,000

Hawaii

2.0 13,000

Idaho

3.7 33,000

Illinois

2.0 123,000

Indiana

2.3 77,000

Iowa

2.3 37,000

Kansas

2.0 29,000

Kentucky

2.0 41,000

Louisiana

2.1 43,000

Maine

1.8 12,000

Maryland

1.9 54,000

Massachusetts

1.3 47,000

Michigan

1.9 88,000

Minnesota

2.0 62,000

Mississippi

1.9 23,000

Missouri

1.8 55,000

Montana

3.0 16,000

Nebraska

2.1 22,000

Nevada

2.2 35,000

New Hampshire

2.0 14,000

New Jersey

1.6 70,000

New Mexico

2.2 20,000

New York

1.7 175,000

North Carolina

2.6 135,000

North Dakota

2.2 10,000

Ohio

1.9 107,000

Oklahoma

2.0 36,000

Oregon

2.3 45,000

Pennsylvania

1.5 95,000

Rhode Island

1.9 10,000

South Carolina

2.4 58,000

South Dakota

2.1 10,000

Tennessee

2.2 76,000

Texas

2.5 361,000

Utah

2.3 41,000

Vermont

1.9 6,000

Virginia

1.9 81,000

Washington

1.7 64,000

West Virginia

2.2 16,000

Wisconsin

1.8 54,000

Wyoming

3.0 9,000

Quits rates were 1.5 percent or lower in Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts (1.3 percent each) and Pennsylvania (1.5 percent). There were 10,000 quits in the District of Columbia, 23,000 quits in Connecticut, 47,000 quits in Massachusetts, and 95,000 quits in Pennsylvania.

These data are from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and are seasonally adjusted and preliminary. For more information, see "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover — July 2025" and charts featuring state labor turnover data. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percentage of total employment. It can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Quits rates were 2.5 percent or higher in 6 states in July 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/quits-rates-were-2-5-percent-or-higher-in-6-states-in-july-2025.htm (visited November 19, 2025).

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