Average Monthly Quits Rate: Government, United States (2025)
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Government population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Government · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
It sits 60% 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 Government compares in United States
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What this means
In 2025, quits in Government in the United States averaged 0.8% of employment per month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is an average monthly rate, not a measure of how many employees left over the course of a full year. For the same cell, BLS also reports a hires rate of 1.4% and a total separations rate of 1.5% per month, so voluntary exits account for roughly half of all separations. Compare each of these against your own monthly separation data before drawing conclusions about your workforce.
Average monthly quits rate: Government vs regional average
| Measure | Government | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 0.8% | 1.8% |