Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted

Table 4. Quits levels and rates by industry and region, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry and region Levels (in thousands) Rates(2)
May
2016		 Jan.
2017		 Feb.
2017		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017(p)		 May
2016		 Jan.
2017		 Feb.
2017		 Mar.
2017		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017(p)

Total

 3,005 3,186 3,036 3,138 3,044 3,221 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.2

INDUSTRY

Total private

 2,841 3,011 2,865 2,962 2,887 3,046 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.5

Mining and logging

 11 13 17 13 11 14 1.7 2.0 2.5 1.9 1.6 2.0

Construction

 118 151 162 164 159 140 1.8 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.0

Manufacturing

 143 177 184 183 178 205 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.7

Durable goods

 80 96 97 94 94 104 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3

Nondurable goods

 63 82 88 89 84 101 1.4 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 611 657 672 678 581 671 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.5

Wholesale trade

 67 103 71 76 72 76 1.1 1.8 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3

Retail trade

 453 469 492 498 420 486 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.7 3.1

Transportation, warehousing, and utilities

 91 85 109 105 89 109 1.7 1.5 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.9

Information

 38 42 48 43 37 31 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.1

Financial activities

 112 123 85 105 111 124 1.4 1.5 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.5

Finance and insurance

 70 80 57 71 71 77 1.1 1.3 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.2

Real estate and rental and leasing(3)

 42 43 28 34 40 47 2.0 2.0 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.2

Professional and business services

 605 625 569 618 630 630 3.0 3.1 2.8 3.0 3.1 3.1

Education and health services

 405 438 371 426 402 406 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.8

Educational services

 50 45 41 48 45 45 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2

Health care and social assistance

 355 394 330 379 357 361 1.9 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.9

Leisure and hospitality

 696 662 660 649 667 707 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.4

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

 67 70 76 76 77 62 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 2.7

Accommodation and food services

 629 593 584 573 590 645 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.7

Other services(3)

 102 123 97 83 111 119 1.8 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.9 2.1

Government

 165 175 171 176 157 176 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

Federal

 9 15 16 16 14 11 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4

State and local

 156 161 155 159 143 164 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8

State and local education

 71 75 74 72 75 80 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8

State and local, excluding education

 84 86 81 87 67 84 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.9

REGION(4)

Northeast

 391 430 426 419 446 470 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7

South

 1,205 1,248 1,267 1,308 1,220 1,343 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.5

Midwest

 724 719 694 695 639 680 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.1

West

 685 789 649 715 740 728 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2

Footnotes
 (1) Quits are the number of quits during the entire month.
(2) The quits rate is the number of quits during the entire month as a percent of total employment.
(3) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series; therefore, identical numbers appear for the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted series.
(4) 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.
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Last Modified Date: July 11, 2017