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 2026-09-01
Last Updated 2026-10-12 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 2.4718332558
1978-02-01 2.5432037072
1978-03-01 2.3391259490
1978-04-01 2.3776552592
1978-05-01 2.3639150816
1978-06-01 2.6053452544
1978-07-01 2.5074159717
1978-08-01 2.3751118817
1978-09-01 3.1079522316
1978-10-01 2.4819288087
1978-11-01 2.6138921323
1978-12-01 2.2666580241
1979-01-01 2.6702227027
1979-02-01 2.6236256925
1979-03-01 2.4164157057
1979-04-01 2.4541016785
1979-05-01 2.5895018365
1979-06-01 2.3802190095
1979-07-01 2.6552002248
1979-08-01 2.7225476110
1979-09-01 2.3621013099
1979-10-01 2.5537138802
1979-11-01 2.5307342932
1979-12-01 2.5128407200
1980-01-01 2.5439405945
1980-02-01 2.4762035507
1980-03-01 2.5181716056
1980-04-01 2.4165654720
1980-05-01 2.4946695546
1980-06-01 2.2710439487
1980-07-01 2.3024337973
1980-08-01 2.4648171168
1980-09-01 2.5152287953
1980-10-01 2.4479906566
1980-11-01 2.4016636577
1980-12-01 2.5217474528
1981-01-01 2.1286782811
1981-02-01 2.1675227225
1981-03-01 2.3361164111
1981-04-01 2.3250661122
1981-05-01 2.2981947936
1981-06-01 2.3452454589
1981-07-01 2.2264962916
1981-08-01 2.0959588077
1981-09-01 2.6179037687
1981-10-01 2.1123808581
1981-11-01 2.0251381735
1981-12-01 2.1702375241
1982-01-01 2.0814368207
1982-02-01 2.2016817789
1982-03-01 2.2819553410
1982-04-01 2.0259913372
1982-05-01 1.9325925610
1982-06-01 2.0442859908
1982-07-01 2.0513902850
1982-08-01 2.1136965297
1982-09-01 2.0429885371
1982-10-01 2.0941751934
1982-11-01 1.8974004702
1982-12-01 2.0257622703
1983-01-01 1.7850518220
1983-02-01 1.7768125249
1983-03-01 1.9191672314
1983-04-01 2.0125302145
1983-05-01 2.1262783540
1983-06-01 2.2102667487
1983-07-01 1.8897220261
1983-08-01 1.8618543251
1983-09-01 2.0127060069
1983-10-01 2.1042225715
1983-11-01 2.0100304627
1983-12-01 1.9734716394
1984-01-01 2.3500299502
1984-02-01 2.2035258035
1984-03-01 1.9473142295
1984-04-01 1.9162696731
1984-05-01 2.1375043274
1984-06-01 2.4995945116
1984-07-01 2.2482689794
1984-08-01 2.5262221795
1984-09-01 1.8257834140
1984-10-01 2.1435560074
1984-11-01 2.2872396342
1984-12-01 2.4388717578
1985-01-01 2.1141843767
1985-02-01 2.3387964100
1985-03-01 2.1560759078
1985-04-01 2.1889128977
1985-05-01 2.2881149306
1985-06-01 2.1711687791
1985-07-01 2.1715914809
1985-08-01 2.2217681534
1985-09-01 1.8687966908
1985-10-01 2.2077924058
1985-11-01 2.1972448275
1985-12-01 2.0136897972
1986-01-01 2.2609270326
1986-02-01 2.1091369414
1986-03-01 2.1518963245
1986-04-01 2.1156902462
1986-05-01 2.1011712047
1986-06-01 1.8856985760
1986-07-01 2.3280325478
1986-08-01 2.0643899270
1986-09-01 2.2402470434
1986-10-01 2.1792389284
1986-11-01 2.1597730785
1986-12-01 1.9969560664
1987-01-01 2.0499449164
1987-02-01 1.8588496290
1987-03-01 2.2111249751
1987-04-01 2.3572235839
1987-05-01 1.9828388766
1987-06-01 2.1243165457
1987-07-01 2.2954477928
1987-08-01 2.0598299035
1987-09-01 2.3098976146
1987-10-01 2.1532251177
1987-11-01 2.2662948033
1987-12-01 2.2389916583
1988-01-01 2.2005079808
1988-02-01 2.0526808699
1988-03-01 2.2223361598
1988-04-01 2.2943904212
1988-05-01 2.2274620604
1988-06-01 2.1097788140
1988-07-01 2.1176998009
1988-08-01 1.9832713885
1988-09-01 2.3615784633
1988-10-01 2.0925310440
1988-11-01 2.1421150209
1988-12-01 2.2072340736
1989-01-01 2.3246338184
1989-02-01 2.4485765714
1989-03-01 2.2533536774
1989-04-01 2.4142270734
1989-05-01 2.2172129675
1989-06-01 2.3032622115
1989-07-01 2.1870726719
1989-08-01 2.0898577160
1989-09-01 2.6155644422
1989-10-01 2.2905188624
1989-11-01 2.3106574712
1989-12-01 2.3897995969
1990-01-01 2.1795282209
1990-02-01 2.4882479835
1990-03-01 2.2238332685
1990-04-01 2.4179478056
1990-05-01 2.1855133652
1990-06-01 2.1561547949
1990-07-01 2.1819961855
1990-08-01 2.1506407049
1990-09-01 1.8934913257
1990-10-01 2.0768694853
1990-11-01 2.2338809149
1990-12-01 1.9659956673
1991-01-01 2.2771636859
1991-02-01 1.9765350152
1991-03-01 2.1238804513
1991-04-01 1.8343109912
1991-05-01 2.2093898090
1991-06-01 1.9126714811
1991-07-01 2.0393751595
1991-08-01 1.9629368397
1991-09-01 1.6275921418
1991-10-01 2.0396786578
1991-11-01 1.8482870463
1991-12-01 1.9487059573
1992-01-01 1.8126627111
1992-02-01 1.6835402976
1992-03-01 2.0260866184
1992-04-01 1.8554217656
1992-05-01 1.9261033447
1992-06-01 1.8528948803
1992-07-01 1.9045853145
1992-08-01 1.9113834765
1992-09-01 1.5146402616
1992-10-01 1.8763222047
1992-11-01 1.7208726070
1992-12-01 1.8947957216
1993-01-01 1.8469816759
1993-02-01 1.8443030093
1993-03-01 1.9484878943
1993-04-01 2.0875971424
1993-05-01 1.8790204669
1993-06-01 1.9520712625
1993-07-01 2.0593667911
1993-08-01 1.5931992929
1993-09-01 1.8337590011
1993-10-01 1.7426494558
1993-11-01 1.8137700770
1993-12-01 1.8252225532
1994-01-01 2.0049370333
1994-02-01 1.9082527075
1994-03-01 1.9880716733
1994-04-01 1.8506076836
1994-05-01 1.8309766387
1994-06-01 2.0361866414
1994-07-01 1.5112880783
1994-08-01 1.7367445541
1994-09-01 2.2065003590
1994-10-01 1.8930057426
1994-11-01 1.9513532690
1994-12-01 1.8571538705
1995-01-01 2.0035198758
1995-02-01 1.9983795403
1995-03-01 1.6831921046
1995-04-01 1.9158781098
1995-05-01 1.8059025584
1995-06-01 1.7771691939
1995-07-01 1.7592224545
1995-08-01 1.8499869493
1995-09-01 1.7656847187
1995-10-01 1.8129748756
1995-11-01 1.8083713300
1995-12-01 1.6589032980
1996-01-01 1.7307298469
1996-02-01 1.7695008178
1996-03-01 1.7344406835
1996-04-01 1.6756443911
1996-05-01 1.6683077609
1996-06-01 1.6912029449
1996-07-01 1.8881928822
1996-08-01 1.9129405388
1996-09-01 1.6537000733
1996-10-01 1.8552893797
1996-11-01 1.7968870839
1996-12-01 1.6713637173
1997-01-01 1.7081729466
1997-02-01 1.7156651942
1997-03-01 1.6258056889
1997-04-01 1.5498653930
1997-05-01 1.8736476718
1997-06-01 1.8228210877
1997-07-01 1.5200841097
1997-08-01 1.8938652470
1997-09-01 1.9045881255
1997-10-01 1.7833638690
1997-11-01 1.7831825822
1997-12-01 1.9136221439
1998-01-01 1.5564257934
1998-02-01 1.8989316449
1998-03-01 1.7386308002
1998-04-01 2.0187510235
1998-05-01 1.7513673497
1998-06-01 1.8377439393
1998-07-01 1.9654115242
1998-08-01 1.8789429189
1998-09-01 1.9277266341
1998-10-01 1.9689098276
1998-11-01 1.8929019349
1998-12-01 2.1658162715
1999-01-01 1.9667262492
1999-02-01 1.9712350531
1999-03-01 1.8726855193
1999-04-01 1.8206014436
1999-05-01 1.8076313338
1999-06-01 2.0305894786
1999-07-01 2.0747923418
1999-08-01 2.1387496223
1999-09-01 2.2229792604
1999-10-01 1.6528667541
1999-11-01 1.6931276964
1999-12-01 1.8521354501
2000-01-01 1.9114472273
2000-02-01 1.8048515701
2000-03-01 2.0362498712
2000-04-01 1.8613723669
2000-05-01 1.9411399695
2000-06-01 1.9848844474
2000-07-01 1.8842322525
2000-08-01 1.5195471749
2000-09-01 1.9845927895
2000-10-01 1.9728499838
2000-11-01 2.1660640750
2000-12-01 1.9084392532
2001-01-01 1.9406214328
2001-02-01 2.1407265088
2001-03-01 1.8383581928
2001-04-01 2.0352899173
2001-05-01 2.1371353676
2001-06-01 1.6920048682
2001-07-01 1.8639070372
2001-08-01 2.2370074665
2001-09-01 1.7191474927
2001-10-01 1.6635198029
2001-11-01 1.7069812995
2001-12-01 1.7788060942
2002-01-01 1.9094228827
2002-02-01 1.8356102000
2002-03-01 1.9811310761
2002-04-01 1.6798825368
2002-05-01 1.6369763803
2002-06-01 1.7724559565
2002-07-01 1.6537672172
2002-08-01 1.8120509836
2002-09-01 1.3806614988
2002-10-01 1.8487555119
2002-11-01 1.9416827639
2002-12-01 1.6348773911
2003-01-01 1.8053930398
2003-02-01 1.4964001379
2003-03-01 1.5298456895
2003-04-01 1.6487015763
2003-05-01 1.6317874465
2003-06-01 1.7670195244
2003-07-01 1.6074308779
2003-08-01 1.7805164024
2003-09-01 1.6538402688
2003-10-01 1.8162614515
2003-11-01 1.6224636316
2003-12-01 1.7786892830
2004-01-01 1.7663130900
2004-02-01 1.7151446992
2004-03-01 1.6927247115
2004-04-01 1.5782220362
2004-05-01 1.9722818696
2004-06-01 1.5920630786
2004-07-01 2.0119707149
2004-08-01 1.8214578551
2004-09-01 2.0075790068
2004-10-01 1.7314945402
2004-11-01 1.8758026863
2004-12-01 1.8994399823
2005-01-01 1.7653157915
2005-02-01 1.7296340690
2005-03-01 1.8260138823
2005-04-01 1.9082053681
2005-05-01 2.0652197981
2005-06-01 2.0300123902
2005-07-01 1.8559675410
2005-08-01 1.8725431570
2005-09-01 1.9707462408
2005-10-01 2.0143871076
2005-11-01 2.0808651784
2005-12-01 1.8773933493
2006-01-01 1.8706753445
2006-02-01 2.0242556589
2006-03-01 2.0522787099
2006-04-01 2.1046131620
2006-05-01 1.9122078954
2006-06-01 1.6252736915
2006-07-01 2.1402203295
2006-08-01 1.9001861578
2006-09-01 1.9853904575
2006-10-01 2.0119094535
2006-11-01 1.8936515949
2006-12-01 1.9387965137
2007-01-01 1.9704693625
2007-02-01 2.1953665391
2007-03-01 1.7713548448
2007-04-01 1.7860056539
2007-05-01 1.6462749565
2007-06-01 1.8155433594
2007-07-01 1.7895599171
2007-08-01 2.0869787426
2007-09-01 1.7729535135
2007-10-01 1.8832400879
2007-11-01 1.6888931410
2007-12-01 1.8663240390
2008-01-01 1.8629368667
2008-02-01 1.8942710917
2008-03-01 1.9438909818
2008-04-01 1.8793386602
2008-05-01 1.8101196459
2008-06-01 1.8973067632
2008-07-01 1.4918644204
2008-08-01 1.6911388943
2008-09-01 1.6387359060
2008-10-01 1.6656899928
2008-11-01 1.3669517391
2008-12-01 1.4553934153
2009-01-01 1.3194929176
2009-02-01 1.1935420517
2009-03-01 1.3839319381
2009-04-01 1.4557658382
2009-05-01 1.4075776017
2009-06-01 1.3369581124
2009-07-01 1.2846431835
2009-08-01 1.4251579097
2009-09-01 1.3021823065
2009-10-01 1.2351366748
2009-11-01 1.4517223747
2009-12-01 1.3871258127
2010-01-01 1.2777668787
2010-02-01 1.4781377029
2010-03-01 1.5216624143
2010-04-01 1.4915130074
2010-05-01 1.5937568251
2010-06-01 1.4356951282
2010-07-01 1.4620499395
2010-08-01 1.4964191708
2010-09-01 1.4832452465
2010-10-01 1.4969137784
2010-11-01 1.4503046594
2010-12-01 1.4374580350
2011-01-01 1.4756006877
2011-02-01 1.3593906710
2011-03-01 1.5065977454
2011-04-01 1.3258108850
2011-05-01 1.5884746682
2011-06-01 1.4723303546
2011-07-01 1.6120349508
2011-08-01 1.0289738717
2011-09-01 1.5085929219
2011-10-01 1.4926004578
2011-11-01 1.5605755255
2011-12-01 1.6021097268
2012-01-01 1.7473396181
2012-02-01 1.6761455788
2012-03-01 1.4610381655
2012-04-01 1.6832010230
2012-05-01 1.3653117801
2012-06-01 1.6751806545
2012-07-01 1.7009999644
2012-08-01 1.7290130691
2012-09-01 1.3493003764
2012-10-01 1.5334327561
2012-11-01 1.4763211824
2012-12-01 1.5151237204
2013-01-01 1.4694831622
2013-02-01 1.6197760493
2013-03-01 1.7862227504
2013-04-01 1.6077665916
2013-05-01 1.4265798033
2013-06-01 1.8850669792
2013-07-01 1.5046771047
2013-08-01 1.6202892198
2013-09-01 1.7429825875
2013-10-01 1.7770695348
2013-11-01 1.4117316805
2013-12-01 1.6238166120
2014-01-01 1.5597093087
2014-02-01 1.6385135442
2014-03-01 1.8551038353
2014-04-01 1.6347386550
2014-05-01 1.6219951915
2014-06-01 1.7480790065
2014-07-01 1.6564237134
2014-08-01 1.6629655902
2014-09-01 1.8988465167
2014-10-01 1.4503355443
2014-11-01 1.9673141375
2014-12-01 1.8524620665
2015-01-01 1.9624834959
2015-02-01 1.8002032013
2015-03-01 1.9997781366
2015-04-01 1.8840977778
2015-05-01 1.8554774618
2015-06-01 1.9980408636
2015-07-01 2.0986347634
2015-08-01 1.9100219669
2015-09-01 1.9328496118
2015-10-01 2.0599739274
2015-11-01 1.8777293037
2015-12-01 2.0400373514
2016-01-01 1.9320696307
2016-02-01 1.7106470723
2016-03-01 1.8283445317
2016-04-01 2.0528189517
2016-05-01 2.1563852631
2016-06-01 1.8479212508
2016-07-01 1.5527021364
2016-08-01 1.9434626891
2016-09-01 1.8471007601
2016-10-01 1.9755803425
2016-11-01 2.0730345318
2016-12-01 1.8877527032
2017-01-01 1.9301150732
2017-02-01 1.9944771384
2017-03-01 1.6494851368
2017-04-01 1.9674327345
2017-05-01 2.0698108584
2017-06-01 1.6559682301
2017-07-01 1.9810165338
2017-08-01 1.6794999926
2017-09-01 2.0426047360
2017-10-01 1.9852126113
2017-11-01 2.1569199164
2017-12-01 1.9874819099
2018-01-01 2.0518743279
2018-02-01 2.0533041499
2018-03-01 1.8792877021
2018-04-01 1.9392169381
2018-05-01 2.0173942449
2018-06-01 1.8264298981
2018-07-01 2.2108542116
2018-08-01 2.3831251688
2018-09-01 1.7950038857
2018-10-01 1.8407829674
2018-11-01 1.6257649291
2018-12-01 2.1025031994
2019-01-01 1.6990714899
2019-02-01 1.7384983896
2019-03-01 2.0983291703
2019-04-01 1.9748577411
2019-05-01 2.0752717063
2019-06-01 2.0986573082
2019-07-01 1.8028449180
2019-08-01 1.8436847723
2019-09-01 1.7223626386
2019-10-01 1.7696517474
2019-11-01 1.6716020140
2019-12-01 2.0017192886
2020-01-01 1.9028733685
2020-02-01 1.9500363210
2020-03-01 1.4783770685
2020-04-01 1.0067789854
2020-05-01 0.8339739745
2020-06-01 1.1967712972
2020-07-01 1.1646241395
2020-08-01 1.1347326770
2020-09-01 1.5840880673
2020-10-01 1.3977596871
2020-11-01 1.6050436524
2020-12-01 1.4298901194
2021-01-01 1.3549476079
2021-02-01 1.7191227616
2021-03-01 1.6208597361
2021-04-01 1.5185845650
2021-05-01 1.5287420529
2021-06-01 1.8676680542
2021-07-01 2.1220899433
2021-08-01 2.2198001099
2021-09-01 1.8833938204
2021-10-01 2.0394684404
2021-11-01 2.0087115305
2021-12-01 1.3054304036
2022-01-01 2.1188551954
2022-02-01 2.0531949312
2022-03-01 1.9986345826
2022-04-01 2.3959218276
2022-05-01 2.2469710739
2022-06-01 2.0021381417
2022-07-01 1.9421811477
2022-08-01 2.1248925098
2022-09-01 1.8359300018
2022-10-01 2.1748997769
2022-11-01 2.0708420726
2022-12-01 2.1052572751
2023-01-01 1.9819886594
2023-02-01 1.8813269352
2023-03-01 1.9559874154
2023-04-01 2.1149575534
2023-05-01 1.9093498948
2023-06-01 1.7961127550
2023-07-01 2.1208904158
2023-08-01 1.4765161082
2023-09-01 1.9449925327
2023-10-01 2.1202381508
2023-11-01 1.7085528220
2023-12-01 2.2184533138
2024-01-01 1.8811887331
2024-02-01 1.8859779058
2024-03-01 1.8747214246
2024-04-01 1.5985912961
2024-05-01 2.0065017895
2024-06-01 2.0152943691
2024-07-01 1.5318562017
2024-08-01 1.7816941623
2024-09-01 1.7701707885
2024-10-01 1.5071614150
2024-11-01 1.8030693282
2024-12-01 1.7076349965
2025-01-01 1.5994401615
2025-02-01 1.6211573947
2025-03-01 1.6463647863
2025-04-01 1.8783637907
2025-05-01 2.2060212651
2025-06-01 1.8957192314
2025-07-01 2.0400671118
2025-08-01 2.1736773995
2025-09-01 1.9570955503
2025-10-01 1.8065538541
2025-11-01 2.1235647208
2025-12-01 1.8555073431
2026-01-01 1.9935436303
2026-02-01 1.7973202383
2026-03-01 2.0610831589
2026-04-01 1.9921371228
2026-05-01 1.5030155504
2026-06-01 1.8464033168
2026-07-01 1.7578170875
2026-08-01 1.7000539816
2026-09-01 1.4520560476

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