Average Monthly Quits Rate: Durable goods manufacturing, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Durable goods manufacturing population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Durable goods manufacturing · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, durable goods manufacturing ranks 14th of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, below the middle. It sits 35% 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 Durable goods manufacturing compares in United States
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What this means
Quits in durable goods manufacturing in the United States averaged 1.3% of employment per month during 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is an average monthly rate: in a typical month of the year, about 13 of every 1,000 people on payroll quit. For the same cell, BLS reports hires at 2.2% and total separations at 2.3% of employment per month, so voluntary quits made up a little over half of all exits, with layoffs and discharges at 0.8%. Line these up against your own monthly separation counts, measured the same way, before drawing conclusions about how your plants compare.
Average monthly quits rate: Durable goods manufacturing vs regional average
| Measure | Durable goods manufacturing | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 1.3% | 1.8% |