Labor

Manufacturing quits rate

Name: Manufacturing quits rate — U.S. manufacturing data
Creator: MFG Calcs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

As of May 2026, manufacturing quits rate stands at 1.40% % of employment (BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey), steady over the recent window.

What this measures and why it matters

Manufacturing quits rate reflects the cost and availability of the workforce that runs a plant. Loaded shop rates, quoting, and make-versus-buy decisions all trace back to labor economics, so this series is a direct input to how work gets priced and where it gets done.
The figure comes from BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey and is reported in % of employment. MFG Calcs archives every published value, so the chart and table below show the full recorded history rather than a single snapshot, and they extend automatically as new data lands.

Latest reading: 1.40% % of employment for May 2026.
Prior period: 1.30% (Apr 2026), a rise of 0.10.
Compared with a year earlier, manufacturing quits rate is up 16.7%.
Across the archived window the high was 1.50% in Nov 2025 and the low was 1.20% in May 2025.
The series has moved up for 1 consecutive periods.
13 observations have been archived so far, and this page deepens automatically each time BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey publishes a new figure.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.