Attrition rate: Employee Turnover Benchmarks

The Employee Turnover Benchmarks carries 9 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 1 to 12 percent, read 12 October 2026.

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1 to 12 % Range of the published figures 9 published figures, not one market: read the rows
9 Sources with a figure of 13 read in full, 18 Oct 2026
4 of 13 Sources read that publish one 31% publish a figure at all
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics12 %
  2. ONS9 %
  3. Australian Bureau of Statistics7.2 %
  4. US Bureau of Labor Statistics4.4 %
  5. US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2 %
  6. US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2 %
  7. US Bureau of Labor Statistics1.9 %
  8. Australian Bureau of Statistics1.8 %
  9. US Bureau of Labor Statistics1 %
One figure per source, highest first.
Table view
RowValue
Australian Bureau of Statistics12 %
ONS9 %
Australian Bureau of Statistics7.2 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics4.4 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics1.9 %
Australian Bureau of Statistics1.8 %
US Bureau of Labor Statistics1 %
  1. 31 to 3
  2. 33 to 5
  3. 5 to 7
  4. 17 to 8
  5. 18 to 10
  6. 110 to 12
Where the 9 published figures fall, %, in six equal bands from the lowest to the highest.
Bands
BucketValue
1 to 33 sources
3 to 53 sources
5 to 70 sources
7 to 81 source
8 to 101 source
10 to 121 source

4 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

By measure

BreakdownMedianRangeSources
measureUnited States job openings rate, JOLTS monthly4.4%4.4 to 4.4%1
measureUnited States hires rate, JOLTS monthly3.2%3.2 to 3.2%1
measureUnited States total separations rate, JOLTS monthly3.2%3.2 to 3.2%1
measureUnited States quits rate, JOLTS monthly1.9%1.9 to 1.9%1
measureUnited States layoffs and discharges rate, JOLTS monthly1%1 to 1%1
measureUnited Kingdom annual job-changing rate, ONS 2000 to 2018 average9%9 to 9%1
measureAustralia job mobility rate, ABS annual7.2%7.2 to 7.2%1
measureAustralia annual retrenchment rate, ABS1.8%1.8 to 1.8%1
measureAustralia job mobility rate, 15 to 24 years12%12 to 12%1

Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.

SourceFigureBreakdownRead
Australian Bureau of Statistics12%Australia job mobility rate, 15 to 24 years2026-09-12
ONS9%United Kingdom annual job-changing rate, ONS 2000 to 2018 average2026-09-12
Australian Bureau of Statistics7.2%Australia job mobility rate, ABS annual2026-09-12
US Bureau of Labor Statistics4.4%United States job openings rate, JOLTS monthly2026-10-12
US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2%United States hires rate, JOLTS monthly2026-10-12
US Bureau of Labor Statistics3.2%United States total separations rate, JOLTS monthly2026-10-12
US Bureau of Labor Statistics1.9%United States quits rate, JOLTS monthly2026-10-12
Australian Bureau of Statistics1.8%Australia annual retrenchment rate, ABS2026-09-12
US Bureau of Labor Statistics1%United States layoffs and discharges rate, JOLTS monthly2026-10-12
The sentence each figure was read from (9)
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, read 2026-09-12: younger workers were more mobile than older workers, with 12.0% of people aged 15 to 24 years changing jobs
  • ONS, read 2026-09-12: On average, around 9% of people changed jobs each year between 2000 and 2018; this ranged from a post-recession low of around 5.7% in 2010 to a high of around 10.9% in both 2017 and 2018.
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, read 2026-09-12: the job mobility rate was 7.2%, a decrease from February 2025 (7.7%)
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics, read 2026-10-12: The number and rate of job openings were little changed at 7.3 million and 4.4 percent, respectively, in
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics, read 2026-10-12: The number and rate of hires were little changed at 5.1 million and 3.2 percent, respectively, over the
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics, read 2026-10-12: In July, the number and rate of total separations changed little at 5.1 million and 3.2 percent,
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics, read 2026-10-12: The number and rate of quits were little changed at 3.1 million and 1.9 percent, respectively, over the
  • Australian Bureau of Statistics, read 2026-09-12: the annual retrenchment rate was 1.8%, a decrease from 1.9% in February 2025
  • US Bureau of Labor Statistics, read 2026-10-12: The number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.7 million and 1.0 percent,

Read in full, publishes no figure

9 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.

Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).

4 of the 13 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 9 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.

The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 9 figures, never sentences; 58 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.

The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one series per jurisdiction per measure, each read from that country's own labour-statistics agency with its reference period and its published definition, joined into the comparison nobody publishes: the separations and quits rate by industry over time (US, monthly, from JOLTS), beside the job-mobility and job-changer rates the UK, Australian and Canadian agencies publish on their own annual cadences; the derived figures are the industry spread (highest and lowest rate this period), the rank of an industry against the all-industry rate, the twelve-month direction, and the count of jurisdictions whose definition is comparable at all - because the four agencies do NOT measure the same thing, and saying which is comparable to which is itself the unique layer.

The rate formula is quoted verbatim from the agency's own technical note, never restated.

58 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.

Sources (14)
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The Employee Turnover Benchmarks carries 9 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 1 to 12 percent, read 12 October 2026.

4 of the 13 named sources read in full publish a figure; 9 publish none, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United States job openings rate, JOLTS monthly: median 4.40 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United States hires rate, JOLTS monthly: median 3.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United States total separations rate, JOLTS monthly: median 3.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United States quits rate, JOLTS monthly: median 1.90 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United States layoffs and discharges rate, JOLTS monthly: median 1 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure United Kingdom annual job-changing rate, ONS 2000 to 2018 average: median 9 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure Australia job mobility rate, ABS annual: median 7.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure Australia annual retrenchment rate, ABS: median 1.80 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

Employee Turnover Benchmarks, measure Australia job mobility rate, 15 to 24 years: median 12 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.

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9 published figures, Employee Turnover Benchmarks, across 4 sources, read 12 October 2026

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