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 2026-08-01
Last Updated 2026-09-24 10:07 AM 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 2.4722639347
1978-02-01 2.5435370972
1978-03-01 2.3378935124
1978-04-01 2.3744522643
1978-05-01 2.3629072687
1978-06-01 2.6070128357
1978-07-01 2.5092746022
1978-08-01 2.3730152551
1978-09-01 3.1129553571
1978-10-01 2.4820451071
1978-11-01 2.6139766186
1978-12-01 2.2643309154
1979-01-01 2.6696759527
1979-02-01 2.6238177535
1979-03-01 2.4159188198
1979-04-01 2.4553860784
1979-05-01 2.5871609637
1979-06-01 2.3789323527
1979-07-01 2.6553205176
1979-08-01 2.7237863678
1979-09-01 2.3653603120
1979-10-01 2.5529657300
1979-11-01 2.5325949160
1979-12-01 2.5139102239
1980-01-01 2.5416163597
1980-02-01 2.4758568071
1980-03-01 2.5187192870
1980-04-01 2.4109966729
1980-05-01 2.4960613404
1980-06-01 2.2734102559
1980-07-01 2.3000413206
1980-08-01 2.4639729937
1980-09-01 2.5200197857
1980-10-01 2.4489979305
1980-11-01 2.3995337237
1980-12-01 2.5205674386
1981-01-01 2.1296286321
1981-02-01 2.1672054701
1981-03-01 2.3353625359
1981-04-01 2.3243229009
1981-05-01 2.2971461271
1981-06-01 2.3459523945
1981-07-01 2.2273343122
1981-08-01 2.0978143936
1981-09-01 2.6172366640
1981-10-01 2.1138354376
1981-11-01 2.0272166819
1981-12-01 2.1677225327
1982-01-01 2.0799071126
1982-02-01 2.2013344405
1982-03-01 2.2805737245
1982-04-01 2.0272132163
1982-05-01 1.9344612845
1982-06-01 2.0407471777
1982-07-01 2.0527961493
1982-08-01 2.1137490941
1982-09-01 2.0457616504
1982-10-01 2.0933566205
1982-11-01 1.8973657719
1982-12-01 2.0264270286
1983-01-01 1.7866309503
1983-02-01 1.7764475917
1983-03-01 1.9162414080
1983-04-01 2.0110172706
1983-05-01 2.1265470140
1983-06-01 2.2117602942
1983-07-01 1.8889236527
1983-08-01 1.8609317807
1983-09-01 2.0160488976
1983-10-01 2.1063220804
1983-11-01 2.0055057496
1983-12-01 1.9745012561
1984-01-01 2.3502367154
1984-02-01 2.2011471228
1984-03-01 1.9479710103
1984-04-01 1.9183767769
1984-05-01 2.1353627897
1984-06-01 2.4999729835
1984-07-01 2.2489450154
1984-08-01 2.5270414382
1984-09-01 1.8242887679
1984-10-01 2.1428582396
1984-11-01 2.2895834838
1984-12-01 2.4404783802
1985-01-01 2.1121144913
1985-02-01 2.3385378236
1985-03-01 2.1545521925
1985-04-01 2.1893894891
1985-05-01 2.2891281054
1985-06-01 2.1699143388
1985-07-01 2.1711190844
1985-08-01 2.2226347427
1985-09-01 1.8714765789
1985-10-01 2.2054001416
1985-11-01 2.1969356387
1985-12-01 2.0133973239
1986-01-01 2.2622047571
1986-02-01 2.1085739196
1986-03-01 2.1536699942
1986-04-01 2.1121202024
1986-05-01 2.1024785498
1986-06-01 1.8881238397
1986-07-01 2.3267926272
1986-08-01 2.0622648541
1986-09-01 2.2411220571
1986-10-01 2.1801016338
1986-11-01 2.1586147156
1986-12-01 1.9957498846
1987-01-01 2.0517094251
1987-02-01 1.8580255886
1987-03-01 2.2114566588
1987-04-01 2.3589121200
1987-05-01 1.9816807830
1987-06-01 2.1242151822
1987-07-01 2.2971968092
1987-08-01 2.0600667503
1987-09-01 2.3062911278
1987-10-01 2.1542566861
1987-11-01 2.2694757022
1987-12-01 2.2364631749
1988-01-01 2.2000389297
1988-02-01 2.0547472095
1988-03-01 2.2204406576
1988-04-01 2.2953135325
1988-05-01 2.2276047086
1988-06-01 2.1094817771
1988-07-01 2.1170334504
1988-08-01 1.9804195913
1988-09-01 2.3644647314
1988-10-01 2.0939435246
1988-11-01 2.1380740581
1988-12-01 2.2084334390
1989-01-01 2.3254614212
1989-02-01 2.4485095575
1989-03-01 2.2547633925
1989-04-01 2.4141558887
1989-05-01 2.2165885005
1989-06-01 2.3049780819
1989-07-01 2.1890092928
1989-08-01 2.0854813965
1989-09-01 2.6151009056
1989-10-01 2.2902674222
1989-11-01 2.3111705995
1989-12-01 2.3886178250
1990-01-01 2.1795072697
1990-02-01 2.4884137293
1990-03-01 2.2258680718
1990-04-01 2.4219538587
1990-05-01 2.1836601002
1990-06-01 2.1552165798
1990-07-01 2.1821201627
1990-08-01 2.1496999693
1990-09-01 1.8911816771
1990-10-01 2.0759186236
1990-11-01 2.2361563331
1990-12-01 1.9677011912
1991-01-01 2.2758071414
1991-02-01 1.9765689039
1991-03-01 2.1238246211
1991-04-01 1.8356760240
1991-05-01 2.2109829971
1991-06-01 1.9110971613
1991-07-01 2.0385861853
1991-08-01 1.9626768554
1991-09-01 1.6290904578
1991-10-01 2.0374439128
1991-11-01 1.8474408819
1991-12-01 1.9487402058
1992-01-01 1.8143963637
1992-02-01 1.6818038492
1992-03-01 2.0273105437
1992-04-01 1.8565864738
1992-05-01 1.9256317081
1992-06-01 1.8537739653
1992-07-01 1.9053864695
1992-08-01 1.9117957619
1992-09-01 1.5091208731
1992-10-01 1.8776920373
1992-11-01 1.7233163148
1992-12-01 1.8924290379
1993-01-01 1.8466811183
1993-02-01 1.8444626105
1993-03-01 1.9485949727
1993-04-01 2.0906939174
1993-05-01 1.8811609252
1993-06-01 1.9484040816
1993-07-01 2.0602864727
1993-08-01 1.5919524307
1993-09-01 1.8334777505
1993-10-01 1.7414969320
1993-11-01 1.8141427561
1993-12-01 1.8259674467
1994-01-01 2.0075125492
1994-02-01 1.9086790745
1994-03-01 1.9862543696
1994-04-01 1.8506496547
1994-05-01 1.8310502448
1994-06-01 2.0371604075
1994-07-01 1.5093297673
1994-08-01 1.7350918211
1994-09-01 2.2086884126
1994-10-01 1.8948563756
1994-11-01 1.9472140734
1994-12-01 1.8583203616
1995-01-01 2.0040958898
1995-02-01 1.9990030155
1995-03-01 1.6839837038
1995-04-01 1.9147575877
1995-05-01 1.8048724087
1995-06-01 1.7797734916
1995-07-01 1.7610675800
1995-08-01 1.8477944002
1995-09-01 1.7651513043
1995-10-01 1.8131995988
1995-11-01 1.8089870835
1995-12-01 1.6577837953
1996-01-01 1.7299502121
1996-02-01 1.7713288525
1996-03-01 1.7328889563
1996-04-01 1.6763112813
1996-05-01 1.6689336257
1996-06-01 1.6898539307
1996-07-01 1.8866938787
1996-08-01 1.9148655702
1996-09-01 1.6567654336
1996-10-01 1.8531402671
1996-11-01 1.7964369358
1996-12-01 1.6716809221
1997-01-01 1.7087057447
1997-02-01 1.7163518940
1997-03-01 1.6268932752
1997-04-01 1.5454942053
1997-05-01 1.8747395698
1997-06-01 1.8258045098
1997-07-01 1.5171353972
1997-08-01 1.8936710813
1997-09-01 1.9057428173
1997-10-01 1.7842239096
1997-11-01 1.7815503376
1997-12-01 1.9133660970
1998-01-01 1.5571693898
1998-02-01 1.8997066079
1998-03-01 1.7378651266
1998-04-01 2.0189440840
1998-05-01 1.7499745277
1998-06-01 1.8384315595
1998-07-01 1.9658699185
1998-08-01 1.8817432088
1998-09-01 1.9242697866
1998-10-01 1.9699425706
1998-11-01 1.8953787810
1998-12-01 2.1641656543
1999-01-01 1.9652515432
1999-02-01 1.9720364566
1999-03-01 1.8711177989
1999-04-01 1.8224350895
1999-05-01 1.8092643071
1999-06-01 2.0264434458
1999-07-01 2.0758178957
1999-08-01 2.1398511841
1999-09-01 2.2241251382
1999-10-01 1.6513124520
1999-11-01 1.6933175320
1999-12-01 1.8533941101
2000-01-01 1.9131568546
2000-02-01 1.8021785626
2000-03-01 2.0366243721
2000-04-01 1.8593209192
2000-05-01 1.9404291127
2000-06-01 1.9870441720
2000-07-01 1.8857409685
2000-08-01 1.5182287478
2000-09-01 1.9841649005
2000-10-01 1.9725871216
2000-11-01 2.1664061821
2000-12-01 1.9074560556
2001-01-01 1.9398612536
2001-02-01 2.1415489302
2001-03-01 1.8392642811
2001-04-01 2.0376242283
2001-05-01 2.1352103499
2001-06-01 1.6909675172
2001-07-01 1.8636583650
2001-08-01 2.2393376098
2001-09-01 1.7170100003
2001-10-01 1.6625600490
2001-11-01 1.7093874194
2001-12-01 1.7805685351
2002-01-01 1.9073742152
2002-02-01 1.8361563632
2002-03-01 1.9797584508
2002-04-01 1.6799191617
2002-05-01 1.6382012004
2002-06-01 1.7704345996
2002-07-01 1.6527198446
2002-08-01 1.8149658965
2002-09-01 1.3824490178
2002-10-01 1.8467187888
2002-11-01 1.9414754416
2002-12-01 1.6348284346
2003-01-01 1.8064843335
2003-02-01 1.4966252975
2003-03-01 1.5312843290
2003-04-01 1.6439408457
2003-05-01 1.6335288978
2003-06-01 1.7692692874
2003-07-01 1.6051126177
2003-08-01 1.7809522744
2003-09-01 1.6535164306
2003-10-01 1.8175679461
2003-11-01 1.6212664874
2003-12-01 1.7777363496
2004-01-01 1.7675291893
2004-02-01 1.7140978033
2004-03-01 1.6914782011
2004-04-01 1.5800614843
2004-05-01 1.9747661940
2004-06-01 1.5870065590
2004-07-01 2.0135265226
2004-08-01 1.8228395905
2004-09-01 2.0074004683
2004-10-01 1.7307856525
2004-11-01 1.8766436510
2004-12-01 1.9001567999
2005-01-01 1.7667573452
2005-02-01 1.7299077918
2005-03-01 1.8234539627
2005-04-01 1.9074841120
2005-05-01 2.0658975331
2005-06-01 2.0294885682
2005-07-01 1.8550596524
2005-08-01 1.8728180517
2005-09-01 1.9725009019
2005-10-01 2.0166505910
2005-11-01 2.0767136422
2005-12-01 1.8784791764
2006-01-01 1.8702817768
2006-02-01 2.0248711585
2006-03-01 2.0531216651
2006-04-01 2.1032657249
2006-05-01 1.9116810423
2006-06-01 1.6265030949
2006-07-01 2.1421517377
2006-08-01 1.8989624612
2006-09-01 1.9842202112
2006-10-01 2.0124363273
2006-11-01 1.8936887093
2006-12-01 1.9375554719
2007-01-01 1.9692572728
2007-02-01 2.1962252727
2007-03-01 1.7728064376
2007-04-01 1.7891751761
2007-05-01 1.6440871123
2007-06-01 1.8142831158
2007-07-01 1.7894517070
2007-08-01 2.0889761023
2007-09-01 1.7707038058
2007-10-01 1.8827614241
2007-11-01 1.6903734940
2007-12-01 1.8680727805
2008-01-01 1.8601991024
2008-02-01 1.8946283768
2008-03-01 1.9462284632
2008-04-01 1.8756493942
2008-05-01 1.8117538836
2008-06-01 1.9000479020
2008-07-01 1.4891975433
2008-08-01 1.6909107985
2008-09-01 1.6384669585
2008-10-01 1.6667944721
2008-11-01 1.3645198614
2008-12-01 1.4544796055
2009-01-01 1.3202872078
2009-02-01 1.1938202717
2009-03-01 1.3847882885
2009-04-01 1.4567673455
2009-05-01 1.4069565874
2009-06-01 1.3378462615
2009-07-01 1.2853487200
2009-08-01 1.4274208565
2009-09-01 1.2968441570
2009-10-01 1.2364724045
2009-11-01 1.4538233751
2009-12-01 1.3847809175
2010-01-01 1.2762161551
2010-02-01 1.4783754365
2010-03-01 1.5218499375
2010-04-01 1.4942406043
2010-05-01 1.5960615768
2010-06-01 1.4321329591
2010-07-01 1.4635316960
2010-08-01 1.4963620965
2010-09-01 1.4821635865
2010-10-01 1.4958123059
2010-11-01 1.4502779560
2010-12-01 1.4383292527
2011-01-01 1.4772564002
2011-02-01 1.3596494533
2011-03-01 1.5054128011
2011-04-01 1.3255431553
2011-05-01 1.5887666711
2011-06-01 1.4737642026
2011-07-01 1.6114720556
2011-08-01 1.0275731341
2011-09-01 1.5088681340
2011-10-01 1.4944135475
2011-11-01 1.5558006660
2011-12-01 1.6034572130
2012-01-01 1.7474667508
2012-02-01 1.6743292541
2012-03-01 1.4635869677
2012-04-01 1.6864706846
2012-05-01 1.3627917304
2012-06-01 1.6759315327
2012-07-01 1.7016852070
2012-08-01 1.7295608579
2012-09-01 1.3452164355
2012-10-01 1.5325682757
2012-11-01 1.4780321910
2012-12-01 1.5170506308
2013-01-01 1.4671496029
2013-02-01 1.6199827646
2013-03-01 1.7865580427
2013-04-01 1.6088844662
2013-05-01 1.4271784664
2013-06-01 1.8849397652
2013-07-01 1.5043272168
2013-08-01 1.6214888788
2013-09-01 1.7429071618
2013-10-01 1.7747584155
2013-11-01 1.4107081081
2013-12-01 1.6241886735
2014-01-01 1.5606444750
2014-02-01 1.6384682376
2014-03-01 1.8583100242
2014-04-01 1.6311390613
2014-05-01 1.6233422163
2014-06-01 1.7519543265
2014-07-01 1.6546030938
2014-08-01 1.6619570821
2014-09-01 1.8958599372
2014-10-01 1.4511273738
2014-11-01 1.9657711778
2014-12-01 1.8522016967
2015-01-01 1.9640771908
2015-02-01 1.7999444046
2015-03-01 2.0008411981
2015-04-01 1.8852525853
2015-05-01 1.8549897026
2015-06-01 1.9992196008
2015-07-01 2.1000986455
2015-08-01 1.9122976377
2015-09-01 1.9238987640
2015-10-01 2.0615419864
2015-11-01 1.8808485652
2015-12-01 2.0385110923
2016-01-01 1.9314074676
2016-02-01 1.7130950034
2016-03-01 1.8264769252
2016-04-01 2.0530702888
2016-05-01 2.1576624954
2016-06-01 1.8485510293
2016-07-01 1.5522499385
2016-08-01 1.9435101062
2016-09-01 1.8431377996
2016-10-01 1.9780632862
2016-11-01 2.0693492369
2016-12-01 1.8899601007
2017-01-01 1.9307043501
2017-02-01 1.9947460861
2017-03-01 1.6505384596
2017-04-01 1.9666105723
2017-05-01 2.0703930879
2017-06-01 1.6583682425
2017-07-01 1.9840333091
2017-08-01 1.6786480854
2017-09-01 2.0337935723
2017-10-01 1.9862209274
2017-11-01 2.1577844477
2017-12-01 1.9873539096
2018-01-01 2.0515412695
2018-02-01 2.0540288113
2018-03-01 1.8810176381
2018-04-01 1.9425358441
2018-05-01 2.0164016059
2018-06-01 1.8264418080
2018-07-01 2.2127354380
2018-08-01 2.3863271382
2018-09-01 1.7826520187
2018-10-01 1.8412211588
2018-11-01 1.6281854600
2018-12-01 2.1053546273
2019-01-01 1.6972201186
2019-02-01 1.7396623100
2019-03-01 2.0981674401
2019-04-01 1.9758222015
2019-05-01 2.0772298693
2019-06-01 2.0985225832
2019-07-01 1.8042119059
2019-08-01 1.8478126343
2019-09-01 1.7113030725
2019-10-01 1.7692034461
2019-11-01 1.6713892986
2019-12-01 2.0025909664
2020-01-01 1.9044368701
2020-02-01 1.9501412501
2020-03-01 1.4797291696
2020-04-01 1.0077665191
2020-05-01 0.8337641494
2020-06-01 1.1993994040
2020-07-01 1.1683883016
2020-08-01 1.1400545730
2020-09-01 1.5619869977
2020-10-01 1.4016545113
2020-11-01 1.6086782751
2020-12-01 1.4275397317
2021-01-01 1.3544433497
2021-02-01 1.7209758215
2021-03-01 1.6216203814
2021-04-01 1.5224872723
2021-05-01 1.5322231582
2021-06-01 1.8663636762
2021-07-01 2.1274164012
2021-08-01 2.2245086311
2021-09-01 1.8603525158
2021-10-01 2.0417073984
2021-11-01 2.0103272675
2021-12-01 1.3056112582
2022-01-01 2.1212216237
2022-02-01 2.0547109629
2022-03-01 1.9982890856
2022-04-01 2.3984130497
2022-05-01 2.2500526285
2022-06-01 2.0064018325
2022-07-01 1.9461954012
2022-08-01 2.1296756872
2022-09-01 1.8075792133
2022-10-01 2.1808533495
2022-11-01 2.0678337265
2022-12-01 2.1062926656
2023-01-01 1.9825514445
2023-02-01 1.8825949813
2023-03-01 1.9594176786
2023-04-01 2.1176549741
2023-05-01 1.9129341652
2023-06-01 1.8035665944
2023-07-01 2.1292750953
2023-08-01 1.4811050928
2023-09-01 1.9048591701
2023-10-01 2.1251772074
2023-11-01 1.7103651642
2023-12-01 2.2175408423
2024-01-01 1.8808344697
2024-02-01 1.8884446172
2024-03-01 1.8769720229
2024-04-01 1.6044955877
2024-05-01 2.0134764697
2024-06-01 2.0208107079
2024-07-01 1.5393110696
2024-08-01 1.7923491992
2024-09-01 1.7219121037
2024-10-01 1.5104743868
2024-11-01 1.8043296732
2024-12-01 1.7077353209
2025-01-01 1.6009194454
2025-02-01 1.6226539437
2025-03-01 1.6525400123
2025-04-01 1.8811025588
2025-05-01 2.2150887614
2025-06-01 1.9076933202
2025-07-01 2.0486073529
2025-08-01 2.1850153066
2025-09-01 1.8915259001
2025-10-01 1.7636136616
2025-11-01 2.1138484998
2025-12-01 1.8545336180
2026-01-01 1.9959792664
2026-02-01 1.7995493629
2026-03-01 2.0670941252
2026-04-01 2.0016295654
2026-05-01 1.5115143211
2026-06-01 1.8588662852
2026-07-01 1.7727918706
2026-08-01 1.7179093012

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