Title: Labor Turnover, Layoff Rate, Manufacturing for United States Series ID: M0852BUSM497NNBR Source: National Bureau of Economic Research Release: NBER Macrohistory Database (Not a Press Release) Seasonal Adjustment: Not Seasonally Adjusted Frequency: Monthly Units: Number per 100 Employees Date Range: 1930-01-01 to 1968-09-01 Last Updated: 2012-08-17 2:28 PM CDT Notes: Series Is Presented Here As Two Variables--(1)--Original Data, 1919-1930 (2)--Original Data, 1930-1968. Data Were Revised On The Basis Of The 1957 Standard Industrial Classification. Beginning In 1943, Labor Turnover Rates Refer To All Employees; Previously Only Production Workers Were Covered. Source: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, For 1930-June, 1961 Data: Employment And Earnings Statistics For The United States, 1909-1960, Bls Bulletins No. 1312 (1312-1, 1961 Etc.); For July, 1961-1968 Data: Factory Labor Turnover, Monthly Bls Release. This NBER data series m08252b appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html. NBER Indicator: m08252b DATE VALUE 1930-01-01 3.1 1930-02-01 2.7 1930-03-01 3.0 1930-04-01 2.9 1930-05-01 3.2 1930-06-01 3.7 1930-07-01 5.1 1930-08-01 4.6 1930-09-01 3.9 1930-10-01 3.8 1930-11-01 3.5 1930-12-01 3.4 1931-01-01 2.3 1931-02-01 2.0 1931-03-01 2.0 1931-04-01 2.3 1931-05-01 2.8 1931-06-01 4.7 1931-07-01 4.0 1931-08-01 2.8 1931-09-01 5.3 1931-10-01 6.5 1931-11-01 3.8 1931-12-01 3.3 1932-01-01 2.9 1932-02-01 2.7 1932-03-01 3.6 1932-04-01 5.2 1932-05-01 5.1 1932-06-01 5.9 1932-07-01 5.4 1932-08-01 3.5 1932-09-01 4.5 1932-10-01 3.4 1932-11-01 3.4 1932-12-01 4.3 1933-01-01 3.2 1933-02-01 4.2 1933-03-01 4.2 1933-04-01 2.3 1933-05-01 1.5 1933-06-01 1.5 1933-07-01 2.4 1933-08-01 2.2 1933-09-01 2.9 1933-10-01 4.6 1933-11-01 4.8 1933-12-01 4.8 1934-01-01 2.7 1934-02-01 2.1 1934-03-01 2.3 1934-04-01 2.3 1934-05-01 4.4 1934-06-01 4.3 1934-07-01 3.6 1934-08-01 4.2 1934-09-01 4.3 1934-10-01 5.7 1934-11-01 4.7 1934-12-01 3.4 1935-01-01 2.4 1935-02-01 2.1 1935-03-01 2.5 1935-04-01 2.9 1935-05-01 3.5 1935-06-01 4.3 1935-07-01 3.2 1935-08-01 3.1 1935-09-01 2.5 1935-10-01 2.6 1935-11-01 3.3 1935-12-01 3.7 1936-01-01 3.1 1936-02-01 2.4 1936-03-01 2.0 1936-04-01 2.2 1936-05-01 2.5 1936-06-01 2.3 1936-07-01 2.2 1936-08-01 3.7 1936-09-01 1.9 1936-10-01 2.2 1936-11-01 2.1 1936-12-01 2.7 1937-01-01 2.2 1937-02-01 1.5 1937-03-01 1.6 1937-04-01 1.7 1937-05-01 2.1 1937-06-01 2.3 1937-07-01 2.5 1937-08-01 3.0 1937-09-01 3.5 1937-10-01 5.4 1937-11-01 7.0 1937-12-01 8.8 1938-01-01 6.2 1938-02-01 4.2 1938-03-01 4.0 1938-04-01 4.4 1938-05-01 4.4 1938-06-01 4.5 1938-07-01 3.7 1938-08-01 2.7 1938-09-01 3.3 1938-10-01 3.1 1938-11-01 2.9 1938-12-01 3.9 1939-01-01 2.4 1939-02-01 2.1 1939-03-01 2.4 1939-04-01 2.9 1939-05-01 3.2 1939-06-01 3.1 1939-07-01 2.9 1939-08-01 2.4 1939-09-01 2.0 1939-10-01 2.4 1939-11-01 2.5 1939-12-01 3.3 1940-01-01 3.0 1940-02-01 3.0 1940-03-01 2.7 1940-04-01 3.1 1940-05-01 3.3 1940-06-01 2.8 1940-07-01 2.8 1940-08-01 1.9 1940-09-01 1.9 1940-10-01 2.0 1940-11-01 2.0 1940-12-01 2.4 1941-01-01 1.8 1941-02-01 1.3 1941-03-01 1.2 1941-04-01 1.4 1941-05-01 1.3 1941-06-01 1.2 1941-07-01 1.7 1941-08-01 1.3 1941-09-01 1.5 1941-10-01 1.8 1941-11-01 1.8 1941-12-01 2.8 1942-01-01 1.8 1942-02-01 1.5 1942-03-01 1.3 1942-04-01 1.5 1942-05-01 1.7 1942-06-01 1.5 1942-07-01 1.3 1942-08-01 1.0 1942-09-01 0.9 1942-10-01 1.1 1942-11-01 0.9 1942-12-01 0.9 1943-01-01 0.8 1943-02-01 0.5 1943-03-01 0.5 1943-04-01 0.7 1943-05-01 0.6 1943-06-01 0.6 1943-07-01 0.6 1943-08-01 0.6 1943-09-01 0.6 1943-10-01 0.7 1943-11-01 0.9 1943-12-01 1.3 1944-01-01 0.9 1944-02-01 0.9 1944-03-01 1.0 1944-04-01 0.7 1944-05-01 0.6 1944-06-01 0.6 1944-07-01 0.6 1944-08-01 0.6 1944-09-01 0.8 1944-10-01 0.7 1944-11-01 0.6 1944-12-01 0.6 1945-01-01 0.7 1945-02-01 0.8 1945-03-01 0.8 1945-04-01 0.9 1945-05-01 1.4 1945-06-01 2.1 1945-07-01 1.8 1945-08-01 11.0 1945-09-01 5.1 1945-10-01 3.0 1945-11-01 2.1 1945-12-01 1.6 1946-01-01 2.1 1946-02-01 1.9 1946-03-01 2.0 1946-04-01 1.6 1946-05-01 1.8 1946-06-01 1.5 1946-07-01 0.7 1946-08-01 0.8 1946-09-01 1.3 1946-10-01 1.3 1946-11-01 0.9 1946-12-01 1.3 1947-01-01 1.0 1947-02-01 0.9 1947-03-01 1.0 1947-04-01 1.1 1947-05-01 1.7 1947-06-01 1.4 1947-07-01 1.2 1947-08-01 0.9 1947-09-01 1.1 1947-10-01 1.2 1947-11-01 1.0 1947-12-01 1.1 1948-01-01 1.4 1948-02-01 1.9 1948-03-01 1.3 1948-04-01 1.4 1948-05-01 1.3 1948-06-01 1.4 1948-07-01 1.2 1948-08-01 1.4 1948-09-01 1.3 1948-10-01 1.6 1948-11-01 1.8 1948-12-01 2.8 1949-01-01 2.9 1949-02-01 2.5 1949-03-01 3.0 1949-04-01 3.2 1949-05-01 3.9 1949-06-01 3.1 1949-07-01 2.5 1949-08-01 2.1 1949-09-01 2.3 1949-10-01 3.0 1949-11-01 3.2 1949-12-01 2.5 1950-01-01 1.9 1950-02-01 1.9 1950-03-01 1.5 1950-04-01 1.4 1950-05-01 1.3 1950-06-01 1.1 1950-07-01 0.7 1950-08-01 0.7 1950-09-01 0.9 1950-10-01 1.1 1950-11-01 1.4 1950-12-01 1.6 1951-01-01 1.1 1951-02-01 0.9 1951-03-01 0.9 1951-04-01 1.1 1951-05-01 1.4 1951-06-01 1.2 1951-07-01 1.6 1951-08-01 1.6 1951-09-01 1.6 1951-10-01 1.8 1951-11-01 2.1 1951-12-01 1.9 1952-01-01 1.6 1952-02-01 1.4 1952-03-01 1.2 1952-04-01 1.5 1952-05-01 1.3 1952-06-01 1.4 1952-07-01 2.7 1952-08-01 1.2 1952-09-01 0.9 1952-10-01 0.9 1952-11-01 0.9 1952-12-01 1.3 1953-01-01 1.0 1953-02-01 0.9 1953-03-01 0.9 1953-04-01 1.0 1953-05-01 1.2 1953-06-01 1.1 1953-07-01 1.3 1953-08-01 1.5 1953-09-01 1.9 1953-10-01 2.4 1953-11-01 2.9 1953-12-01 3.2 1954-01-01 3.2 1954-02-01 2.4 1954-03-01 2.5 1954-04-01 2.7 1954-05-01 2.2 1954-06-01 2.1 1954-07-01 1.9 1954-08-01 2.0 1954-09-01 2.1 1954-10-01 2.1 1954-11-01 2.0 1954-12-01 2.2 1955-01-01 1.7 1955-02-01 1.2 1955-03-01 1.4 1955-04-01 1.4 1955-05-01 1.3 1955-06-01 1.5 1955-07-01 1.6 1955-08-01 1.5 1955-09-01 1.4 1955-10-01 1.6 1955-11-01 1.5 1955-12-01 1.8 1956-01-01 1.9 1956-02-01 2.0 1956-03-01 1.7 1956-04-01 1.6 1956-05-01 1.9 1956-06-01 1.6 1956-07-01 1.5 1956-08-01 1.4 1956-09-01 1.8 1956-10-01 1.7 1956-11-01 1.9 1956-12-01 1.8 1957-01-01 1.7 1957-02-01 1.5 1957-03-01 1.5 1957-04-01 1.7 1957-05-01 1.8 1957-06-01 1.4 1957-07-01 1.6 1957-08-01 1.9 1957-09-01 2.3 1957-10-01 3.0 1957-11-01 3.4 1957-12-01 3.4 1958-01-01 4.0 1958-02-01 2.9 1958-03-01 3.3 1958-04-01 3.2 1958-05-01 2.6 1958-06-01 2.0 1958-07-01 2.3 1958-08-01 2.1 1958-09-01 2.1 1958-10-01 2.3 1958-11-01 2.2 1958-12-01 2.4 1959-01-01 2.1 1959-02-01 1.5 1959-03-01 1.6 1959-04-01 1.6 1959-05-01 1.4 1959-06-01 1.4 1959-07-01 1.8 1959-08-01 1.8 1959-09-01 2.0 1959-10-01 3.2 1959-11-01 2.9 1959-12-01 2.4 1960-01-01 1.8 1960-02-01 1.7 1960-03-01 2.2 1960-04-01 2.2 1960-05-01 1.9 1960-06-01 2.0 1960-07-01 2.4 1960-08-01 2.4 1960-09-01 2.4 1960-10-01 2.8 1960-11-01 3.1 1960-12-01 3.6 1961-01-01 3.2 1961-02-01 2.6 1961-03-01 2.3 1961-04-01 1.9 1961-05-01 1.8 1961-06-01 1.8 1961-07-01 2.3 1961-08-01 1.8 1961-09-01 2.1 1961-10-01 2.0 1961-11-01 2.2 1961-12-01 2.6 1962-01-01 2.1 1962-02-01 1.7 1962-03-01 1.6 1962-04-01 1.6 1962-05-01 1.6 1962-06-01 1.6 1962-07-01 2.2 1962-08-01 2.2 1962-09-01 1.9 1962-10-01 2.2 1962-11-01 2.3 1962-12-01 2.5 1963-01-01 2.2 1963-02-01 1.6 1963-03-01 1.7 1963-04-01 1.6 1963-05-01 1.5 1963-06-01 1.4 1963-07-01 2.0 1963-08-01 1.9 1963-09-01 1.8 1963-10-01 1.9 1963-11-01 2.1 1963-12-01 2.3 1964-01-01 2.0 1964-02-01 1.6 1964-03-01 1.6 1964-04-01 1.4 1964-05-01 1.4 1964-06-01 1.3 1964-07-01 2.1 1964-08-01 1.4 1964-09-01 1.5 1964-10-01 1.8 1964-11-01 1.7 1964-12-01 2.1 1965-01-01 1.6 1965-02-01 1.2 1965-03-01 1.2 1965-04-01 1.3 1965-05-01 1.1 1965-06-01 1.1 1965-07-01 1.8 1965-08-01 1.6 1965-09-01 1.3 1965-10-01 1.4 1965-11-01 1.5 1965-12-01 1.9 1966-01-01 1.3 1966-02-01 1.0 1966-03-01 1.0 1966-04-01 1.0 1966-05-01 0.9 1966-06-01 1.0 1966-07-01 2.0 1966-08-01 1.1 1966-09-01 1.0 1966-10-01 1.1 1966-11-01 1.3 1966-12-01 1.7 1967-01-01 1.5 1967-02-01 1.3 1967-03-01 1.5 1967-04-01 1.3 1967-05-01 1.1 1967-06-01 1.1 1967-07-01 1.9 1967-08-01 1.2 1967-09-01 1.2 1967-10-01 1.3 1967-11-01 1.3 1967-12-01 1.6 1968-01-01 1.5 1968-02-01 1.2 1968-03-01 1.1 1968-04-01 1.0 1968-05-01 1.0 1968-06-01 0.9 1968-07-01 1.7 1968-08-01 1.2 1968-09-01 1.1