Figure 8d. Quits levels of establishment-based size classes, by number of employees, seasonally adjusted, December 2000 to December 2016
Month and year Size class 1 (1–49 employees) Size class 2 (50–449 employees) Size class 3 (500+ employees)

Dec 2000

1,145,743 1,414,604 408,546

Jan 2001

1,177,159 1,554,500 399,924

Feb 2001

1,148,882 1,479,232 395,417

Mar 2001

1,170,449 1,423,184 421,410

Apr 2001

1,211,913 1,448,611 469,692

May 2001

1,116,849 1,391,403 449,970

Jun 2001

1,126,738 1,311,610 396,590

Jul 2001

1,203,340 1,239,258 321,885

Aug 2001

1,050,841 1,244,815 469,218

Sep 2001

1,053,386 1,220,020 326,356

Oct 2001

941,420 1,291,464 449,406

Nov 2001

970,290 1,100,375 372,489

Dec 2001

1,003,507 1,037,776 367,148

Jan 2002

982,648 1,248,038 459,557

Feb 2002

981,410 1,178,880 357,670

Mar 2002

965,264 1,097,400 365,368

Apr 2002

998,485 1,119,782 374,493

May 2002

1,021,865 1,143,953 379,975

Jun 2002

1,008,278 1,129,613 332,928

Jul 2002

1,039,239 1,117,567 360,541

Aug 2002

1,041,088 1,074,493 328,892

Sep 2002

1,049,694 1,047,316 323,325

Oct 2002

1,033,844 1,057,737 308,343

Nov 2002

977,338 1,051,897 298,365

Dec 2002

1,039,230 1,051,081 321,818

Jan 2003

1,026,062 1,014,561 299,398

Feb 2003

1,091,787 971,663 313,103

Mar 2003

946,524 1,041,260 304,955

Apr 2003

955,331 932,757 292,182

May 2003

936,271 953,326 301,948

Jun 2003

965,223 952,857 316,073

Jul 2003

876,018 984,649 312,287

Aug 2003

912,439 988,386 300,596

Sep 2003

976,324 994,187 302,003

Oct 2003

1,034,611 1,002,935 305,705

Nov 2003

1,052,243 975,296 324,655

Dec 2003

1,065,857 977,565 330,730

Jan 2004

995,429 975,343 307,088

Feb 2004

1,043,010 968,467 302,950

Mar 2004

1,120,551 1,009,634 323,165

Apr 2004

1,147,624 1,027,550 270,034

May 2004

1,055,246 963,627 292,595

Jun 2004

1,123,576 1,064,749 310,453

Jul 2004

1,157,663 1,032,841 306,791

Aug 2004

1,096,413 1,118,450 317,434

Sep 2004

1,021,669 1,071,209 312,112

Oct 2004

1,166,289 1,052,499 297,765

Nov 2004

1,171,548 1,100,307 310,728

Dec 2004

1,133,516 1,116,678 310,727

Jan 2005

1,258,737 1,092,184 354,557

Feb 2005

1,118,240 1,078,618 354,249

Mar 2005

1,175,477 1,181,414 326,801

Apr 2005

1,169,771 1,126,099 317,455

May 2005

1,218,353 1,190,908 316,080

Jun 2005

1,149,305 1,149,840 308,362

Jul 2005

1,163,776 1,167,571 308,236

Aug 2005

1,309,551 1,113,723 305,563

Sep 2005

1,314,835 1,222,205 332,750

Oct 2005

1,185,534 1,200,691 317,213

Nov 2005

1,176,491 1,192,088 302,143

Dec 2005

1,133,145 1,160,581 323,159

Jan 2006

1,179,896 1,243,043 291,460

Feb 2006

1,221,280 1,257,318 332,852

Mar 2006

1,254,757 1,240,041 344,152

Apr 2006

1,123,248 1,134,776 334,247

May 2006

1,267,226 1,186,400 366,840

Jun 2006

1,237,577 1,223,192 328,783

Jul 2006

1,235,594 1,216,904 313,722

Aug 2006

1,215,156 1,216,250 353,711

Sep 2006

1,167,794 1,220,934 370,893

Oct 2006

1,157,416 1,155,739 365,619

Nov 2006

1,187,184 1,272,739 370,644

Dec 2006

1,179,823 1,285,182 335,061

Jan 2007

1,167,868 1,182,289 363,868

Feb 2007

1,211,435 1,268,167 359,237

Mar 2007

1,207,975 1,236,582 357,684

Apr 2007

1,081,141 1,240,755 345,319

May 2007

1,228,094 1,211,146 354,663

Jun 2007

1,110,527 1,179,957 332,460

Jul 2007

1,171,998 1,213,872 352,736

Aug 2007

1,150,410 1,238,248 355,752

Sep 2007

1,009,775 1,118,373 345,932

Oct 2007

1,125,492 1,212,078 331,999

Nov 2007

1,016,017 1,186,911 352,205

Dec 2007

1,103,281 1,161,395 313,320

Jan 2008

1,087,686 1,161,559 334,933

Feb 2008

1,075,824 1,181,440 306,153

Mar 2008

1,017,994 1,089,189 306,058

Apr 2008

1,223,846 1,147,070 313,767

May 2008

1,025,418 1,104,186 310,392

Jun 2008

1,041,466 1,100,076 311,824

Jul 2008

1,000,058 1,047,601 286,361

Aug 2008

891,534 1,020,485 299,813

Sep 2008

943,000 1,029,069 275,134

Oct 2008

1,010,807 938,249 269,852

Nov 2008

911,948 879,308 237,714

Dec 2008

863,988 862,251 243,813

Jan 2009

862,597 796,431 245,534

Feb 2009

823,670 747,302 251,111

Mar 2009

750,381 669,922 216,209

Apr 2009

687,342 653,826 230,473

May 2009

753,696 659,595 213,079

Jun 2009

745,997 633,898 213,411

Jul 2009

647,874 659,744 231,827

Aug 2009

674,153 634,275 178,151

Sep 2009

710,780 595,971 177,445

Oct 2009

665,110 652,450 236,337

Nov 2009

809,977 705,030 206,435

Dec 2009

740,537 675,145 205,608

Jan 2010

734,520 618,638 212,350

Feb 2010

749,079 665,736 188,943

Mar 2010

714,258 742,810 193,103

Apr 2010

795,690 737,137 226,688

May 2010

707,648 753,071 218,572

Jun 2010

793,566 766,390 210,513

Jul 2010

744,018 718,921 205,078

Aug 2010

770,211 715,788 219,865

Sep 2010

803,646 732,132 231,633

Oct 2010

764,516 753,927 234,028

Nov 2010

750,410 732,315 212,531

Dec 2010

837,883 759,671 243,258

Jan 2011

723,884 757,436 228,494

Feb 2011

759,048 789,111 241,039

Mar 2011

795,835 785,633 257,365

Apr 2011

821,807 794,207 221,682

May 2011

859,635 786,276 231,909

Jun 2011

809,092 770,458 224,561

Jul 2011

833,819 787,011 233,171

Aug 2011

830,442 814,522 237,468

Sep 2011

872,362 795,369 234,197

Oct 2011

846,267 790,302 216,582

Nov 2011

826,906 795,138 260,383

Dec 2011

840,638 781,252 228,899

Jan 2012

777,792 822,208 212,738

Feb 2012

834,590 825,085 249,219

Mar 2012

929,198 858,343 259,130

Apr 2012

872,478 836,247 262,889

May 2012

905,776 851,111 244,751

Jun 2012

904,064 888,946 250,976

Jul 2012

907,688 820,782 233,012

Aug 2012

890,734 832,028 265,099

Sep 2012

833,802 786,845 245,865

Oct 2012

835,672 818,567 227,848

Nov 2012

852,209 835,885 237,933

Dec 2012

870,084 864,849 253,789

Jan 2013

1,016,619 870,215 249,987

Feb 2013

1,002,014 877,294 256,114

Mar 2013

863,731 842,497 242,120

Apr 2013

932,830 924,297 279,829

May 2013

886,236 889,331 277,597

Jun 2013

848,733 924,583 353,846

Jul 2013

918,941 910,353 353,861

Aug 2013

990,294 932,779 291,211

Sep 2013

949,334 946,864 322,124

Oct 2013

963,422 972,966 316,756

Nov 2013

958,301 976,102 302,668

Dec 2013

878,052 961,529 302,629

Jan 2014

922,930 977,567 263,589

Feb 2014

947,652 1,023,320 307,819

Mar 2014

963,201 958,784 341,686

Apr 2014

961,826 1,070,310 292,190

May 2014

983,606 1,046,003 331,046

Jun 2014

969,724 1,057,751 294,706

Jul 2014

1,017,506 1,101,891 296,281

Aug 2014

1,004,004 1,058,892 303,695

Sep 2014

1,116,405 1,097,467 327,422

Oct 2014

1,131,474 1,108,725 341,110

Nov 2014

1,100,714 1,142,935 318,275

Dec 2014

1,051,865 1,062,864 312,378

Jan 2015

1,134,178 1,115,352 351,614

Feb 2015

1,099,022 1,163,626 310,526

Mar 2015

1,109,612 1,132,546 301,393

Apr 2015

1,099,213 1,104,425 328,326

May 2015

1,135,305 1,137,758 326,426

Jun 2015

1,156,971 1,113,254 322,472

Jul 2015

1,200,622 1,109,699 311,425

Aug 2015

1,166,064 1,190,717 330,561

Sep 2015

1,145,989 1,157,676 305,661

Oct 2015

1,150,404 1,173,576 340,687

Nov 2015

1,197,761 1,211,975 359,697

Dec 2015

1,284,329 1,219,193 360,670

Jan 2016

1,150,495 1,204,484 372,273

Feb 2016

1,256,327 1,185,679 370,265

Mar 2016

1,232,096 1,166,539 361,083

Apr 2016

1,250,595 1,222,620 365,679

May 2016

1,231,878 1,231,341 379,297

Jun 2016

1,289,182 1,184,970 364,798

Jul 2016

1,286,970 1,254,045 405,421

Aug 2016

1,196,199 1,263,000 397,587

Sep 2016

1,250,430 1,233,387 396,519

Oct 2016

1,243,135 1,262,205 437,821

Nov 2016

1,236,053 1,248,855 397,859

Dec 2016

1,219,601 1,253,228 395,615

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.