Average Monthly Quits Rate: Construction, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Construction population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Construction · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, construction ranks 9th of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, above the middle. It sits 10% below the United States' all-industries figure of 2%. Across the sectors reported for the United States, average monthly quits rate runs from 0.8% in federal to 4.2% in accommodation and food services.
This is an average monthly rate: the share of employment that quit voluntarily in a typical month of the year shown. It is not an annual turnover rate and cannot be multiplied into one.
Voluntary departures in a month divided by that month's headcount, averaged over several months. Do not enter an annual turnover rate; the two are not comparable.
How Construction compares in United States
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What this means
In 2025, the quits rate in Construction in the United States averaged 1.8% of employment per month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is an average monthly rate, not a count of everyone who left the industry over the course of the year. For the same cell, BLS reports a hires rate of 4.0% and a total separations rate of 4.0%, which shows how much movement sits behind a single quits figure. Compare all of these with your own monthly separation data before drawing conclusions about your workforce.
Average monthly quits rate: Construction vs regional average
| Measure | Construction | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 1.8% | 1.8% |