Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted

Table 21. Annual quits levels by industry and region, not seasonally adjusted(1) [in thousands]
Industry and region	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	40,308	42,125	35,904	47,680	50,596
INDUSTRY
Total private	38,149	39,886	33,566	45,310	47,854
Mining and logging	246	179	105	118	156
Construction	2,058	2,082	1,600	2,126	2,223
Manufacturing	2,503	2,487	2,346	3,488	3,551
Durable goods	1,376	1,397	1,274	1,896	1,889
Nondurable goods	1,126	1,092	1,069	1,593	1,661
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8,478	8,873	8,304	11,236	11,212
Wholesale trade	1,068	1,029	1,002	1,322	1,267
Retail trade	5,935	6,195	5,637	7,867	7,306
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities	1,473	1,647	1,666	2,046	2,638
Information	567	552	441	610	602
Financial activities	1,408	1,549	1,316	1,583	1,810
Finance and insurance	858	1,002	905	1,048	1,191
Real estate and rental and leasing	551	544	410	533	621
Professional and business services	7,565	7,767	6,651	8,596	9,108
Education and health services	5,381	5,540	5,375	6,719	7,111
Educational services	583	652	489	604	708
Health care and social assistance	4,799	4,888	4,886	6,115	6,403
Leisure and hospitality	8,438	9,225	6,386	9,305	10,356
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	920	944	542	834	916
Accommodation and food services	7,517	8,285	5,844	8,472	9,440
Other services	1,508	1,631	1,043	1,533	1,725
Government	2,157	2,239	2,338	2,369	2,742
Federal	186	209	234	263	251
State and local	1,975	2,030	2,104	2,107	2,492
State and local education	1,044	1,099	1,194	1,008	1,259
State and local, excluding education	932	928	910	1,100	1,233

REGION(2)
Northeast	5,380	5,696	4,800	6,392	6,830
South	16,458	17,250	15,228	20,044	21,772
Midwest	8,984	9,184	8,013	10,378	10,214
West	9,482	9,996	7,863	10,862	11,781
Footnotes (1) The annual quits level is the sum of the 12 monthly quits 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