Average Monthly Quits Rate: Transportation, warehousing, and utilities, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Transportation, warehousing, and utilities population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Transportation, warehousing, and utilities · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, transportation, warehousing, and utilities ranks 4th of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, among the highest. It sits 10% 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 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities compares in United States
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What this means
In 2025, quits in transportation, warehousing, and utilities in the United States averaged 2.2% of employment per month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is an average monthly rate: in a typical month of 2025, about 2.2 of every 100 workers in the sector quit. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports two other monthly rates for the same cell that help frame it: hires at 3.8% and job openings at 4.1%, both of which point to employers still pulling workers in. Compare all three against your own monthly separation records before deciding whether your quits are unusual for the sector.
Average monthly quits rate: Transportation, warehousing, and utilities vs regional average
| Measure | Transportation, warehousing, and utilities | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 2.2% | 1.8% |