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Voluntary Turnover (Quits) Rate Benchmarks

Data vintage: 2025 annual average·Retrieved 2026-07-26·Sources verified
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Compares your voluntary-separations rate to verified BLS JOLTS quits-rate segments. Quits are the closest published proxy for voluntary turnover — not an exact match (F2).

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Annual Quits Rate by Industry & Region

2025 annual average. BLS JOLTS Table 22, not seasonally adjusted. Quits are voluntary-initiated separations as reported by employers.

SegmentValueVintage
Total, US2%2025 annual average
Manufacturing, US1.4%2025 annual average
Retail trade, US2.6%2025 annual average
Health care, US2%2025 annual average
Accommodation & food services, US4.2%2025 annual average
Information, US1.3%2025 annual average
Financial activities, US1.4%2025 annual average
South region, US2.2%2025 annual average
Northeast region, US1.6%2025 annual average

Denominator: annual quits / mean of 12 monthly employment levels (BLS annual avg rate)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS (Table 22)
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Annual Layoffs & Discharges Rate (Involuntary)

2025 annual average. BLS JOLTS Table 24. Shown as contrast — not a voluntary-turnover figure.

SegmentValueVintage
Total, US1.1%2025 annual average
Construction, US2.1%2025 annual average
Manufacturing, US0.9%2025 annual average
Information, US1.3%2025 annual average
Professional & business services, US2%2025 annual average
Arts, entertainment & recreation, US3.8%2025 annual average

Denominator: annual layoffs and discharges / mean of 12 monthly employment levels (BLS annual avg rate)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, JOLTS (Table 24)
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Fixed methodology boxes — see /methodology for the full policy.

F1 — "Annual average rate" ≠ annual turnover
BLS JOLTS reports an annual average rate: the mean of twelve monthly rates, each computed against that month's employment level. It is not the same as “what share of the workforce left over the year” — that would require summing separations against a rolling headcount. Treat JOLTS annual-average figures as a rate index, not a headcount-turnover percentage.
F2 — Quits ≠ voluntary turnover; separations ≠ turnover
“Separations” (JOLTS Table 20) includes quits, layoffs/discharges, and other separations (retirements, deaths, transfers) combined — it is not a clean “turnover” figure by itself. “Quits” (Table 22) is the closest published proxy for voluntary turnover, but includes some non-resignation exits reported as quits by employers. “Layoffs and discharges” (Table 24) is the closest proxy for involuntary turnover. None of the three are interchangeable.