Latest Employee Turnover Rates

The latest voluntary employment turnover rates are available at Nobscot Corporation's website. Data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) up to August 2006. Total separation rates are available for the same period. Voluntary turnover rates for calendar year 2005  and Total separation rates for calendar 2005 are also available. Findings from the site:

Overall U.S. voluntary turnover increased slightly to 23.4% annually, up from 22.7% the previous year. The highest turnover by far is still in the Accommodation and Food Services sector at 56.4% and the Leisure and Hospitality sector at 52.2%. Sectors that saw the highest increase in turnover were Accommodation and Food Services, up 7% from the previous year, Leisure and Hospitality, up 5.4% and Information, up 4.5%. The only sectors seeing a (slight) decrease in turnover were Real Estate, Natural Resources and Mining, and Professional and Business Services.

In the Government sector, turnover was up slightly at 8.2% with the Federal sector increasing the most to 9.3% up from 5.7%. Regionally, all areas were up slightly except the Northeast which saw a slight decrease.