US Monthly Employee Total Separation Rates by Industry and by Geographic Region

The following charts show the monthly employee total separation rates for U.S. employees by industry and by geographic region¹. All numbers are percentages. Employee Total Separation represents employee turnover resulting from all voluntary and involuntary employment terminations. Click here to see the same charts for Voluntary Employee Turnover only. Click here for historical separation charts.

Data is supplied by the U.S. Department of Labor.

U.S. Totals - Employee Total Separation
	Annual Turnover: 38.1% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
Private Industry
	Annual Turnover: 42.8% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 39.4% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 69.1% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 33.3% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 33.6% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 33.2% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 31.8% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 31.1% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 58.7% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 25.2% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 39.8% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
Government
	Annual Turnover: 15.3% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.6% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.1% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
U.S. Geographical Region
	Annual Turnover: 32.3% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 41.1% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 36.7% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)
	Annual Turnover: 40.2% (Nov/01 - Oct/02)

Geographic Regions
Region	States
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