US Monthly Employee Turnover Rates by Industry and by Geographic Region
Through Nov/02

The following charts show the monthly employee turnover rates for U.S. employees by industry and by geographic region¹. All numbers are percentages. Employee Turnover represents turnover resulting from employees voluntarily leaving their employment. Click here to see the same charts for Total Employee Separations. Click here for historical turnover charts.

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

Total US
	Annual Turnover: 21.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
Midwest
	Annual Turnover: 22.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 25.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 23.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 25.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 18.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 23.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 13.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 13.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 25.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 16.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 33.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 14.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
Financial activities
	Annual Turnover: 13.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 12.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 20.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 25.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 17.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 15.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 21.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 45.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 35.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 47.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 21.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
Government
	Annual Turnover: 12.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 12.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/02)
	Annual Turnover: 11.0% (Dec/01 - Nov/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