Table 19. Annual total separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 19. Annual total separations levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	66,174	68,001	80,842	69,032	72,273
INDUSTRY
Total private	62,034	63,763	75,701	65,036	67,735
Mining and logging	392	352	333	207	232
Construction	4,217	4,869	4,977	4,155	4,151
Manufacturing	4,115	4,043	5,376	4,977	5,118
Durable goods	2,286	2,296	3,159	2,721	2,749
Nondurable goods	1,830	1,747	2,215	2,254	2,370
Trade, transportation, and utilities	13,474	13,661	16,097	15,200	15,094
Wholesale trade	1,714	1,740	2,108	1,902	1,969
Retail trade	9,116	9,069	10,323	10,066	9,218
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	2,642	2,849	3,665	3,230	3,905
Information	1,061	1,103	1,165	1,070	1,148
Financial activities	2,335	2,492	2,731	2,519	2,709
Finance and insurance	1,530	1,584	1,640	1,721	1,819
Real estate and rental and leasing	806	911	1,090	795	890
Professional and business services	13,309	13,517	13,958	13,748	14,340
Education and health services	8,036	8,071	10,377	8,824	9,354
Educational services	1,130	1,118	1,473	907	1,090
Health care and social assistance	6,908	6,951	8,904	7,918	8,265
Leisure and hospitality	12,535	13,118	17,106	11,905	13,061
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	2,119	1,960	2,265	1,548	1,759
Accommodation and food services	10,419	11,158	14,840	10,357	11,301
Other services	2,564	2,537	3,580	2,433	2,527
Government	4,141	4,239	5,139	3,996	4,538
Federal	404	470	820	547	507
State and local	3,737	3,767	4,316	3,452	4,032
State and local education	1,929	1,948	2,437	1,628	1,990
State and local, excluding education	1,810	1,819	1,881	1,823	2,044

REGION(2)
Northeast	10,080	10,390	13,505	10,110	10,465
South	26,292	27,010	30,224	28,315	30,077
Midwest	14,615	14,401	17,970	14,890	14,820
West	15,189	16,201	19,146	15,718	16,911
Footnotes (1) The annual total separations level is the sum of the 12 monthly total separations levels. (2) 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.
NOTE: Data have been revised to incorporate the annual updates to the Current Employment Statistics employment estimates.

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Last Modified Date: March 08, 2023