Average Monthly Quits Rate: Total nonfarm, Mississippi
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Total nonfarm population in Mississippi, United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Total nonfarm · Mississippi, United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
Across states, Mississippi ranks 10th of 51 for total nonfarm average monthly quits rate, among the highest. It sits 15% above the national U.S. figure of 2%. The range runs from 1.4% in Massachusetts to 2.7% in Indiana.
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 Mississippi, United States compares for Total nonfarm
Average monthly quits rate, same source and period. See all 52 states.
What this means
In Mississippi, quits in Total nonfarm averaged 2.3% of employment per month during 2025, per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read that as a single-month average, not a tally of everyone who left over twelve months. BLS puts the state's hires rate at 3.7% and job openings at 5.0% in the same period, a sign of active hiring alongside voluntary exits; compare each of these with the separation figures your own payroll produces month to month.
Average monthly quits rate: Total nonfarm vs regional average
| Measure | Total nonfarm | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 2.3% | 2.1% |