Average Monthly Quits Rate: State and local government, excluding education, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected State and local government, excluding education population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
State and local government, excluding education · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, state and local government, excluding education ranks 17th of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, among the lowest. 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 state and local government, excluding education 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 State and local government, excluding education compares in United States
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What this means
In state and local government, excluding education, in the United States, quits averaged 0.8% of employment per month across 2025 — an average monthly figure from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, not a count of everyone who left over the full year. For the same cell, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports hires at 1.6% and total separations at 1.5% of employment in an average month, so voluntary quits made up roughly half of all exits. Compare these figures with your own monthly separation data on the same basis: quits and total separations as a share of headcount, month by month.
Average monthly quits rate: State and local government, excluding education vs regional average
| Measure | State and local government, excluding education | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 0.8% | 1.8% |