Average Monthly Quits Rate: Retail trade, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Retail trade population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Retail trade · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, retail trade ranks 2nd of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, among the highest. It sits 30% above 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 Retail trade compares in United States
Average monthly quits rate, same source and period. See all 28 industries.
What this means
In 2025, the quits rate in retail trade in the United States averaged 2.6% of employment per month, meaning that in a typical month about 26 of every 1,000 retail workers left their jobs voluntarily. This is an average monthly figure, not a count of everyone who left over the full year, so read it alongside the other monthly measures the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports for retail: hires at 3.7% and job openings at 3.5%. Together they describe a sector still hiring faster than workers quit. Pull your own monthly separation data for the same months and compare it cell by cell before drawing conclusions about your workforce.
Average monthly quits rate: Retail trade vs regional average
| Measure | Retail trade | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 2.6% | 1.8% |