Average Monthly Quits Rate: Wholesale trade, United States
Verified average monthly quits rate for the selected Wholesale trade population in United States, drawn from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2025-annual).
Wholesale trade · United States
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where this sits
In the United States, wholesale trade ranks 12th of 19 sectors for average monthly quits rate, below the middle. It sits 30% 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 Wholesale trade compares in United States
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What this means
In 2025, quits in wholesale trade in the United States averaged 1.4% of employment per month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure is an average monthly rate, not a full-year total, so read it alongside the other BLS measures for the same cell: hires averaged 2.2% of employment per month and job openings 2.8%, meaning employers were hiring and posting faster than workers were leaving voluntarily. Compare all three against your own monthly separation data, since a company running well above 1.4% is losing people faster than the industry norm and paying for it: SHRM puts the cost of replacing an employee at 50% to 200% of their annual salary, depending on their level.
Average monthly quits rate: Wholesale trade vs regional average
| Measure | Wholesale trade | Regional average |
|---|---|---|
| Average monthly quits rate | 1.4% | 1.8% |