Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 3. Total separations levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region	Levels (in thousands)						Rates(2)
Industry and region	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022(p)	Dec. 2021	Aug. 2022	Sept. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022(p)
Total	6,042	6,058	5,665	5,756	5,831	5,890	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8
INDUSTRY
Total private	5,648	5,692	5,270	5,385	5,459	5,501	4.4	4.4	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2
Mining and logging	17	21	20	18	19	20	2.9	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.9	3.0
Construction	329	338	343	318	293	324	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.1	3.8	4.2
Manufacturing	434	417	374	388	400	386	3.5	3.2	2.9	3.0	3.1	3.0
Durable goods	244	231	203	200	216	203	3.1	2.9	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.5
Nondurable goods	190	186	170	187	185	183	4.0	3.8	3.5	3.8	3.8	3.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,330	1,319	1,212	1,221	1,276	1,277	4.7	4.6	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.4
Wholesale trade	142	152	136	147	155	160	2.5	2.6	2.3	2.5	2.6	2.7
Retail trade	916	803	752	769	735	798	5.9	5.1	4.8	4.9	4.7	5.1
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	272	364	324	305	386	319	4.0	5.1	4.6	4.3	5.5	4.5
Information	112	99	93	78	92	87	3.8	3.3	3.0	2.6	3.0	2.8
Financial activities	206	238	225	208	234	190	2.3	2.7	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.1
Finance and insurance	135	159	145	134	161	129	2.1	2.4	2.2	2.0	2.4	1.9
Real estate and rental and leasing	70	79	80	74	73	61	3.0	3.3	3.4	3.1	3.1	2.5
Professional and business services	1,150	1,115	1,043	1,108	1,143	1,128	5.3	5.0	4.6	4.9	5.1	5.0
Education and health services	800	777	737	733	792	836	3.3	3.2	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.4
Educational services	84	80	87	90	84	92	2.3	2.1	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.4
Health care and social assistance	716	696	650	643	708	744	3.5	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.4	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	1,029	1,144	1,032	1,086	1,037	1,044	6.8	7.3	6.5	6.8	6.5	6.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	123	159	145	143	148	135	5.6	6.9	6.2	6.1	6.4	5.7
Accommodation and food services	906	986	887	943	889	909	7.0	7.3	6.6	6.9	6.5	6.6
Other services	241	224	193	228	173	209	4.3	3.9	3.4	4.0	3.0	3.6
Government	395	365	395	371	372	390	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7
Federal	57	40	43	40	40	45	2.0	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4	1.5
State and local	338	325	352	331	332	345	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.7	1.7	1.8
State and local education	174	159	169	167	157	166	1.7	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.6
State and local, excluding education	163	166	183	164	175	179	1.8	1.8	2.0	1.8	1.9	2.0

REGION(3)
Northeast	815	879	789	781	773	849	3.1	3.2	2.9	2.9	2.8	3.1
South	2,507	2,645	2,346	2,454	2,374	2,362	4.5	4.7	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1
Midwest	1,341	1,168	1,270	1,233	1,239	1,281	4.1	3.5	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.8
West	1,380	1,366	1,259	1,288	1,445	1,398	4.0	3.8	3.5	3.6	4.0	3.9
Footnotes (1) Total separations are the number of total separations during the entire month. (2) The total separations rate is the number of total separations during the entire month as a percent of total employment. (3) 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. (p) Preliminary

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