Quarterly Turnover Statistics by Industry, Third Quarter 2011

The turnover rate for third quarter 2011 increased slightly from year-ago levels in most industries. The only exceptions were construction (-0.2%) and unclassified (-1.3%).

			(H)	(H)+(B)	(B)	(E)	(E)+(B)	(C)	(H+E+B+C)	Turnover
Sector	Major Industry		Hire Only	Total Hires	Both Hire and Exit	Exit Only	Total Exits	Continuous Employment	Total	Rate^a	Change Prior Year
Goods Producing	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	Transactions^b	324	616	292	618	910	2,154	3,388	36.4%	0.2%
	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting	Rates	9.6	18.2	8.6	18.2	26.9	63.6	100.0	36.4%	0.2%
	Mining	Transactions	3,432	4,583	1,151	2,689	3,840	23,999	31,271	23.3%	1.3%
	Mining	Rates	11.0	14.7	3.7	8.6	12.3	76.7	100.0	23.3%	1.3%
	Construction	Transactions	6,079	10,165	4,086	4,958	9,044	16,347	31,470	48.1%	-0.2%
	Construction	Rates	19.3	32.3	13.0	15.8	28.7	51.9	100.0	48.1%	-0.2%
	Manufacturing	Transactions	1,252	1,694	442	1,180	1,622	8,529	11,403	25.2%	1.4%
	Manufacturing	Rates	11.0	14.9	3.9	10.3	14.2	74.8	100.0	25.2%	1.4%
Service Providing	Wholesale Trade, Transportation, Utilities, & Warehousing	Transactions	2,165	3,110	945	2,249	3,194	17,862	23,221	23.1%	0.5%
	Wholesale Trade, Transportation, Utilities, & Warehousing	Rates	9.3	13.4	4.1	9.7	13.8	76.9	100.0	23.1%	0.5%
	Retail Trade	Transactions	5,433	8,175	2,742	6,076	8,818	24,139	38,390	37.1%	1.3%
	Retail Trade	Rates	14.2	21.3	7.1	15.8	23.0	62.9	100.0	37.1%	1.3%
	Information	Transactions	440	550	110	481	591	3,969	5,000	20.6%	1.0%
	Information	Rates	8.8	11.0	2.2	9.6	11.8	79.4	100.0	20.6%	1.0%
	Financial Activities	Transactions	1,039	1,395	356	1,121	1,477	9,195	11,711	21.5%	0.7%
	Financial Activities	Rates	8.9	11.9	3.0	9.6	12.6	78.5	100.0	21.5%	0.7%
	Professional & Business Services	Transactions	3,505	6,683	3,178	3,837	7,015	14,210	24,730	42.5%	1.9%
	Professional & Business Services	Rates	14.2	27.0	12.9	15.5	28.4	57.5	100.0	42.5%	1.9%
	Educational Services	Transactions	2,727	3,873	1,146	2,376	3,522	25,715	31,964	19.6%	1.1%
	Educational Services	Rates	8.5	12.1	3.6	7.4	11.0	80.4	100.0	19.6%	1.1%
	Health Services	Transactions	3,684	4,751	1,067	3,605	4,672	26,806	35,162	23.8%	1.6%
	Health Services	Rates	10.5	13.5	3.0	10.3	13.3	76.2	100.0	23.8%	1.6%
	Leisure & Hospitality	Transactions	8,290	15,314	7,024	11,463	18,487	24,530	51,307	52.2%	1.4%
	Leisure & Hospitality	Rates	16.2	29.8	13.7	22.3	36.0	47.8	100.0	52.2%	1.4%
	Other Services	Transactions	1,270	2,232	962	1,582	2,544	6,541	10,355	36.8%	1.8%
	Other Services	Rates	12.3	21.6	9.3	15.3	24.6	63.2	100.0	36.8%	1.8%
	Public Administration	Transactions	1,175	2,263	1,088	2,845	3,933	19,988	25,096	20.4%	0.8%
	Public Administration	Rates	4.7	9.0	4.3	11.3	15.7	79.6	100.0	20.4%	0.8%
Unclassified		Transactions	118	217	99	110	209	161	488	67.0%	-1.3%
Unclassified		Rates	24.2	44.5	20.3	22.5	42.8	33.0	100.0	67.0%	-1.3%
Total		Transactions	40,933	65,621	24,688	45,190	69,878	224,145	334,956	33.1%	1.0%
Total		Rates	12.2	19.6	7.4	13.5	20.9	66.9	100.0	33.1%	1.0%

(H) Hire Only. (B) Both Hire and Exit. (E) Exit Only. (C) Continuous Employment.
^aTurnover rate equals (H+E+B)/Total.
^bJobs worked at any time during the quarter.
Historical turnover data can be found online at http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/turnover.htm.

Last modified by Phil Ellsworth.