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The Factory Quits Rate Rockets to 1.60
The Factory Quits Rate rockets 14.3% in August 2026 to 1.60 and up 23.1% from a year earlier.
- August 2026: 1.60
- on the month: +14.3%
- on the year: +23.1%
The print sits 100% of the way up the archived range of 1.20 (May 2025) to 1.60 (August 2026), with the standing trend rising.
The year-over-year comparison is against August 2025, which printed 1.30. Source: BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.
Published 2026-10-12.