Table Data - Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Quit

Title Monthly Transition Rate of All U.S. Workers From Employment to Non-Employment Due to a Quit
Series ID EMEQASA
Source Ellieroth, Kathrin, Michaud, Amanda
Release Quits and Layoffs to Nonemployment Based on the Consumer Population Survey (CPS)
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent
Date Range 1978-01-01 to 2026-07-01
Last Updated 2026-08-20 1:18 PM CDT
Notes Ellieroth and Michaud (EM) Employment-to-Quit Transition Rate tracks the probability at which U.S. workers transition from employment to non-employment following a quit in a given month. Expressed as the share (percentage) of all prime-age employed workers in the previous month. Non-employment includes both unemployment and not in the labor force.
DATE VALUE
1978-01-01 2.4723797069
1978-02-01 2.5434738722
1978-03-01 2.3386326898
1978-04-01 2.3741559454
1978-05-01 2.3628436346
1978-06-01 2.6076054912
1978-07-01 2.5081742456
1978-08-01 2.3732152650
1978-09-01 3.1127547677
1978-10-01 2.4820872817
1978-11-01 2.6136528641
1978-12-01 2.2648400438
1979-01-01 2.6695592439
1979-02-01 2.6237544347
1979-03-01 2.4161042626
1979-04-01 2.4551569001
1979-05-01 2.5874732358
1979-06-01 2.3790629966
1979-07-01 2.6554664178
1979-08-01 2.7242572114
1979-09-01 2.3644562225
1979-10-01 2.5527753204
1979-11-01 2.5333032162
1979-12-01 2.5129176036
1980-01-01 2.5419200798
1980-02-01 2.4765595791
1980-03-01 2.5176966264
1980-04-01 2.4116646803
1980-05-01 2.4960817902
1980-06-01 2.2728875560
1980-07-01 2.3003207360
1980-08-01 2.4642086422
1980-09-01 2.5197606103
1980-10-01 2.4494905853
1980-11-01 2.3989675115
1980-12-01 2.5205892663
1981-01-01 2.1296857959
1981-02-01 2.1672075419
1981-03-01 2.3356035588
1981-04-01 2.3241467077
1981-05-01 2.2974532445
1981-06-01 2.3459223249
1981-07-01 2.2278493150
1981-08-01 2.0966432162
1981-09-01 2.6174489124
1981-10-01 2.1137945853
1981-11-01 2.0267813643
1981-12-01 2.1681072169
1982-01-01 2.0802492707
1982-02-01 2.2013637856
1982-03-01 2.2805483242
1982-04-01 2.0280190630
1982-05-01 1.9333075402
1982-06-01 2.0411560061
1982-07-01 2.0527227363
1982-08-01 2.1138761795
1982-09-01 2.0452786313
1982-10-01 2.0936126413
1982-11-01 1.8974088139
1982-12-01 2.0270758491
1983-01-01 1.7854966139
1983-02-01 1.7765169451
1983-03-01 1.9166166206
1983-04-01 2.0112931941
1983-05-01 2.1266411619
1983-06-01 2.2113787318
1983-07-01 1.8891097032
1983-08-01 1.8608309963
1983-09-01 2.0166790633
1983-10-01 2.1051422348
1983-11-01 2.0059500056
1983-12-01 1.9746175274
1984-01-01 2.3503292886
1984-02-01 2.2009511633
1984-03-01 1.9480684339
1984-04-01 1.9179809213
1984-05-01 2.1355947806
1984-06-01 2.5001299658
1984-07-01 2.2489371224
1984-08-01 2.5276005764
1984-09-01 1.8237143573
1984-10-01 2.1427566068
1984-11-01 2.2902265727
1984-12-01 2.4394082553
1985-01-01 2.1123423261
1985-02-01 2.3386323349
1985-03-01 2.1549095991
1985-04-01 2.1894616763
1985-05-01 2.2896113029
1985-06-01 2.1693617529
1985-07-01 2.1711091320
1985-08-01 2.2226871571
1985-09-01 1.8710201299
1985-10-01 2.2060214584
1985-11-01 2.1970754431
1985-12-01 2.0136386033
1986-01-01 2.2626643917
1986-02-01 2.1087074222
1986-03-01 2.1525270614
1986-04-01 2.1125936005
1986-05-01 2.1024070342
1986-06-01 1.8877364969
1986-07-01 2.3269198484
1986-08-01 2.0626745662
1986-09-01 2.2411037419
1986-10-01 2.1806661633
1986-11-01 2.1579874628
1986-12-01 1.9957415675
1987-01-01 2.0516012727
1987-02-01 1.8582018629
1987-03-01 2.2115524160
1987-04-01 2.3585615112
1987-05-01 1.9818969724
1987-06-01 2.1243304354
1987-07-01 2.2976330753
1987-08-01 2.0590811920
1987-09-01 2.3066678808
1987-10-01 2.1543153292
1987-11-01 2.2689652188
1987-12-01 2.2368214568
1988-01-01 2.2001946623
1988-02-01 2.0541948952
1988-03-01 2.2206539303
1988-04-01 2.2954687744
1988-05-01 2.2276447334
1988-06-01 2.1092367028
1988-07-01 2.1172595630
1988-08-01 1.9805327997
1988-09-01 2.3650653687
1988-10-01 2.0928539905
1988-11-01 2.1385252901
1988-12-01 2.2084962234
1989-01-01 2.3254473523
1989-02-01 2.4486347728
1989-03-01 2.2552208231
1989-04-01 2.4135329531
1989-05-01 2.2164017380
1989-06-01 2.3057182041
1989-07-01 2.1878289047
1989-08-01 2.0859765214
1989-09-01 2.6152436321
1989-10-01 2.2904675685
1989-11-01 2.3108214900
1989-12-01 2.3889515694
1990-01-01 2.1792750229
1990-02-01 2.4885249807
1990-03-01 2.2257429574
1990-04-01 2.4214521282
1990-05-01 2.1838563714
1990-06-01 2.1554369736
1990-07-01 2.1822407503
1990-08-01 2.1504405900
1990-09-01 1.8906481990
1990-10-01 2.0758621146
1990-11-01 2.2368142824
1990-12-01 1.9665734585
1991-01-01 2.2759557638
1991-02-01 1.9767124130
1991-03-01 2.1239489817
1991-04-01 1.8356995703
1991-05-01 2.2114408726
1991-06-01 1.9105197683
1991-07-01 2.0384619488
1991-08-01 1.9628571443
1991-09-01 1.6287142902
1991-10-01 2.0377565063
1991-11-01 1.8476208910
1991-12-01 1.9488638288
1992-01-01 1.8148506060
1992-02-01 1.6811278097
1992-03-01 2.0272647092
1992-04-01 1.8562403374
1992-05-01 1.9258504482
1992-06-01 1.8537868854
1992-07-01 1.9059458549
1992-08-01 1.9107915926
1992-09-01 1.5096835372
1992-10-01 1.8777236127
1992-11-01 1.7228540907
1992-12-01 1.8926822931
1993-01-01 1.8468888445
1993-02-01 1.8445850006
1993-03-01 1.9483500698
1993-04-01 2.0913345986
1993-05-01 1.8799741999
1993-06-01 1.9488332097
1993-07-01 2.0603198734
1993-08-01 1.5922427115
1993-09-01 1.8331769807
1993-10-01 1.7418238641
1993-11-01 1.8141946268
1993-12-01 1.8264802742
1994-01-01 2.0062869996
1994-02-01 1.9087553532
1994-03-01 1.9864456922
1994-04-01 1.8508055917
1994-05-01 1.8311887799
1994-06-01 2.0367913229
1994-07-01 1.5097233622
1994-08-01 1.7350910984
1994-09-01 2.2093312583
1994-10-01 1.8937081251
1994-11-01 1.9477091708
1994-12-01 1.8582663337
1995-01-01 2.0041908981
1995-02-01 1.9990446338
1995-03-01 1.6845194921
1995-04-01 1.9141521927
1995-05-01 1.8047839456
1995-06-01 1.7805136506
1995-07-01 1.7600974298
1995-08-01 1.8482293055
1995-09-01 1.7654747206
1995-10-01 1.8133062995
1995-11-01 1.8087098789
1995-12-01 1.6579997076
1996-01-01 1.7298406169
1996-02-01 1.7710341304
1996-03-01 1.7331957784
1996-04-01 1.6763528168
1996-05-01 1.6695249423
1996-06-01 1.6892451769
1996-07-01 1.8866842480
1996-08-01 1.9148386251
1996-09-01 1.6562366113
1996-10-01 1.8533721595
1996-11-01 1.7966881542
1996-12-01 1.6717149575
1997-01-01 1.7093004322
1997-02-01 1.7163568068
1997-03-01 1.6257900647
1997-04-01 1.5459933815
1997-05-01 1.8747754753
1997-06-01 1.8253039184
1997-07-01 1.5175177196
1997-08-01 1.8938995806
1997-09-01 1.9057120049
1997-10-01 1.7847232748
1997-11-01 1.7810422807
1997-12-01 1.9131472892
1998-01-01 1.5572427457
1998-02-01 1.8996828555
1998-03-01 1.7380693987
1998-04-01 2.0186434350
1998-05-01 1.7503330675
1998-06-01 1.8384272637
1998-07-01 1.9665015483
1998-08-01 1.8804989769
1998-09-01 1.9246960825
1998-10-01 1.9698916992
1998-11-01 1.8949936679
1998-12-01 2.1643395732
1999-01-01 1.9656105913
1999-02-01 1.9719963861
1999-03-01 1.8710707310
1999-04-01 1.8231775125
1999-05-01 1.8081773425
1999-06-01 2.0268626358
1999-07-01 2.0759029420
1999-08-01 2.1398573503
1999-09-01 2.2237826881
1999-10-01 1.6515633426
1999-11-01 1.6934244064
1999-12-01 1.8538854473
2000-01-01 1.9120558878
2000-02-01 1.8025946505
2000-03-01 2.0372270956
2000-04-01 1.8587726582
2000-05-01 1.9403768397
2000-06-01 1.9877060643
2000-07-01 1.8846657695
2000-08-01 1.5183764019
2000-09-01 1.9843967168
2000-10-01 1.9726602529
2000-11-01 2.1661100625
2000-12-01 1.9077179797
2001-01-01 1.9398128494
2001-02-01 2.1414866038
2001-03-01 1.8393241350
2001-04-01 2.0371808507
2001-05-01 2.1355133535
2001-06-01 1.6911792034
2001-07-01 1.8638813793
2001-08-01 2.2396693238
2001-09-01 1.7165280833
2001-10-01 1.6624038962
2001-11-01 1.7100835126
2001-12-01 1.7794093030
2002-01-01 1.9076860506
2002-02-01 1.8361193918
2002-03-01 1.9801072747
2002-04-01 1.6799731797
2002-05-01 1.6387912765
2002-06-01 1.7698826180
2002-07-01 1.6526931235
2002-08-01 1.8147140633
2002-09-01 1.3821071703
2002-10-01 1.8469256252
2002-11-01 1.9416344344
2002-12-01 1.6349745144
2003-01-01 1.8070724313
2003-02-01 1.4966186784
2003-03-01 1.5302139529
2003-04-01 1.6444160099
2003-05-01 1.6335736303
2003-06-01 1.7688416031
2003-07-01 1.6054605866
2003-08-01 1.7809709702
2003-09-01 1.6536378168
2003-10-01 1.8180546353
2003-11-01 1.6206634524
2003-12-01 1.7776355749
2004-01-01 1.7676059401
2004-02-01 1.7140418175
2004-03-01 1.6914736754
2004-04-01 1.5807643138
2004-05-01 1.9736208867
2004-06-01 1.5875560280
2004-07-01 2.0135632118
2004-08-01 1.8227009554
2004-09-01 2.0071212809
2004-10-01 1.7310335806
2004-11-01 1.8766605670
2004-12-01 1.9007345501
2005-01-01 1.7656935176
2005-02-01 1.7298877499
2005-03-01 1.8238186654
2005-04-01 1.9076726343
2005-05-01 2.0660557586
2005-06-01 2.0292368390
2005-07-01 1.8553942888
2005-08-01 1.8724524047
2005-09-01 1.9732132991
2005-10-01 2.0154585395
2005-11-01 2.0771793661
2005-12-01 1.8785224067
2006-01-01 1.8705197743
2006-02-01 2.0248106235
2006-03-01 2.0537428807
2006-04-01 2.1026704781
2006-05-01 1.9116282535
2006-06-01 1.6272839518
2006-07-01 2.1410219033
2006-08-01 1.8989684769
2006-09-01 1.9844213417
2006-10-01 2.0125450593
2006-11-01 1.8933991839
2006-12-01 1.9378991594
2007-01-01 1.9692413840
2007-02-01 2.1961285798
2007-03-01 1.7728866933
2007-04-01 1.7886966036
2007-05-01 1.6444467305
2007-06-01 1.8145311085
2007-07-01 1.7896275537
2007-08-01 2.0892189274
2007-09-01 1.7701325688
2007-10-01 1.8826399887
2007-11-01 1.6911351325
2007-12-01 1.8669732604
2008-01-01 1.8605763560
2008-02-01 1.8953018690
2008-03-01 1.9451111008
2008-04-01 1.8761035106
2008-05-01 1.8118124701
2008-06-01 1.8996021584
2008-07-01 1.4895321943
2008-08-01 1.6908743075
2008-09-01 1.6385059186
2008-10-01 1.6673603421
2008-11-01 1.3639937177
2008-12-01 1.4544472848
2009-01-01 1.3203903981
2009-02-01 1.1938089759
2009-03-01 1.3849542745
2009-04-01 1.4564221633
2009-05-01 1.4072934187
2009-06-01 1.3379199507
2009-07-01 1.2859322353
2009-08-01 1.4259128958
2009-09-01 1.2973240624
2009-10-01 1.2365234251
2009-11-01 1.4533853289
2009-12-01 1.3851272243
2010-01-01 1.2765994700
2010-02-01 1.4783979357
2010-03-01 1.5217622919
2010-04-01 1.4949264318
2010-05-01 1.5949429503
2010-06-01 1.4326672886
2010-07-01 1.4635412174
2010-08-01 1.4961083321
2010-09-01 1.4818518917
2010-10-01 1.4961789791
2010-11-01 1.4503196717
2010-12-01 1.4389508965
2011-01-01 1.4761501743
2011-02-01 1.3597155612
2011-03-01 1.5057176085
2011-04-01 1.3257583895
2011-05-01 1.5889533694
2011-06-01 1.4735319693
2011-07-01 1.6117555387
2011-08-01 1.0270063321
2011-09-01 1.5095778302
2011-10-01 1.4933556857
2011-11-01 1.5562579060
2011-12-01 1.6035403076
2012-01-01 1.7476128002
2012-02-01 1.6741497342
2012-03-01 1.4636201071
2012-04-01 1.6860384075
2012-05-01 1.3631778387
2012-06-01 1.6762309777
2012-07-01 1.7018430472
2012-08-01 1.7294776374
2012-09-01 1.3446395694
2012-10-01 1.5325923957
2012-11-01 1.4787181247
2012-12-01 1.5159694261
2013-01-01 1.4674491624
2013-02-01 1.6201204862
2013-03-01 1.7868691533
2013-04-01 1.6090084208
2013-05-01 1.4278551310
2013-06-01 1.8844942037
2013-07-01 1.5043315334
2013-08-01 1.6206486434
2013-09-01 1.7424002823
2013-10-01 1.7751749188
2013-11-01 1.4108967789
2013-12-01 1.6243926363
2014-01-01 1.5612024266
2014-02-01 1.6386619278
2014-03-01 1.8571873341
2014-04-01 1.6317646710
2014-05-01 1.6234679019
2014-06-01 1.7517030362
2014-07-01 1.6550708272
2014-08-01 1.6611506227
2014-09-01 1.8958159117
2014-10-01 1.4518656184
2014-11-01 1.9651504104
2014-12-01 1.8521499124
2015-01-01 1.9640624851
2015-02-01 1.8002049911
2015-03-01 2.0010579405
2015-04-01 1.8851586007
2015-05-01 1.8554111758
2015-06-01 1.9995633221
2015-07-01 2.1009256450
2015-08-01 1.9096847846
2015-09-01 1.9242765804
2015-10-01 2.0617367513
2015-11-01 1.8803226168
2015-12-01 2.0388404289
2016-01-01 1.9316877460
2016-02-01 1.7126897010
2016-03-01 1.8269233278
2016-04-01 2.0535567060
2016-05-01 2.1579476142
2016-06-01 1.8486592569
2016-07-01 1.5529455443
2016-08-01 1.9414837618
2016-09-01 1.8437348208
2016-10-01 1.9771073956
2016-11-01 2.0697341436
2016-12-01 1.8900165704
2017-01-01 1.9308523438
2017-02-01 1.9950757749
2017-03-01 1.6513318203
2017-04-01 1.9664199908
2017-05-01 2.0705465693
2017-06-01 1.6596145366
2017-07-01 1.9833815386
2017-08-01 1.6763914365
2017-09-01 2.0338850981
2017-10-01 1.9865982515
2017-11-01 2.1573612253
2017-12-01 1.9877067708
2018-01-01 2.0515121674
2018-02-01 2.0543996098
2018-03-01 1.8813113610
2018-04-01 1.9425856297
2018-05-01 2.0171038216
2018-06-01 1.8273083348
2018-07-01 2.2135169168
2018-08-01 2.3835100799
2018-09-01 1.7819780066
2018-10-01 1.8414088198
2018-11-01 1.6287919571
2018-12-01 2.1042580389
2019-01-01 1.6976603917
2019-02-01 1.7401112145
2019-03-01 2.0988106862
2019-04-01 1.9765147437
2019-05-01 2.0784099990
2019-06-01 2.0987555559
2019-07-01 1.8049694628
2019-08-01 1.8434595790
2019-09-01 1.7106985219
2019-10-01 1.7698316799
2019-11-01 1.6714529636
2019-12-01 2.0028162951
2020-01-01 1.9052086466
2020-02-01 1.9498142814
2020-03-01 1.4803471826
2020-04-01 1.0082880120
2020-05-01 0.8349525209
2020-06-01 1.2004875647
2020-07-01 1.1700802007
2020-08-01 1.1332219254
2020-09-01 1.5622568982
2020-10-01 1.4020718270
2020-11-01 1.6080256584
2020-12-01 1.4280208688
2021-01-01 1.3550787277
2021-02-01 1.7216234156
2021-03-01 1.6221972400
2021-04-01 1.5241770946
2021-05-01 1.5322066579
2021-06-01 1.8681829384
2021-07-01 2.1288728607
2021-08-01 2.2172222058
2021-09-01 1.8597791684
2021-10-01 2.0425153633
2021-11-01 2.0101628941
2021-12-01 1.3064823897
2022-01-01 2.1205409263
2022-02-01 2.0555643296
2022-03-01 1.9995066088
2022-04-01 2.3998051647
2022-05-01 2.2516048573
2022-06-01 2.0078339020
2022-07-01 1.9484179329
2022-08-01 2.1199364575
2022-09-01 1.8079433073
2022-10-01 2.1803558147
2022-11-01 2.0680901265
2022-12-01 2.1066307534
2023-01-01 1.9833406296
2023-02-01 1.8837154315
2023-03-01 1.9612217688
2023-04-01 2.1186236725
2023-05-01 1.9146413513
2023-06-01 1.8065314462
2023-07-01 2.1306259917
2023-08-01 1.4688855723
2023-09-01 1.9045828981
2023-10-01 2.1261788162
2023-11-01 1.7098078333
2023-12-01 2.2182331293
2024-01-01 1.8815907012
2024-02-01 1.8895628533
2024-03-01 1.8789099403
2024-04-01 1.6065784804
2024-05-01 2.0163731147
2024-06-01 2.0231298504
2024-07-01 1.5425067791
2024-08-01 1.7760185650
2024-09-01 1.7208061892
2024-10-01 1.5119419132
2024-11-01 1.8041954889
2024-12-01 1.7084445921
2025-01-01 1.6026162989
2025-02-01 1.6245053784
2025-03-01 1.6535551531
2025-04-01 1.8842262104
2025-05-01 2.2181558675
2025-06-01 1.9110141958
2025-07-01 2.0531433123
2025-08-01 2.1640089962
2025-09-01 1.8907189748
2025-10-01 1.7575899809
2025-11-01 2.1156769613
2025-12-01 1.8552369832
2026-01-01 1.9974368902
2026-02-01 1.8018977911
2026-03-01 2.0700275578
2026-04-01 2.0047407255
2026-05-01 1.5158489472
2026-06-01 1.8637846999
2026-07-01 1.7788196368

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