As published Friday (October 22, 2021) by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Arizona was down from 4.2% in July:
In August, total separations rates increased in 11 states and decreased in 3 states. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.3 percentage points), and Kentucky and Iowa (+1.2 points each). The decreases in the total separations rate occurred in Vermont (-1.0 percentage point), and North Carolina and Pennsylvania (-0.5 point each). The national total separations rate was little changed over the month. (See table C.)
