# Employee Turnover Rate by Industry: 2026 Data (BLS)
Turnover ranges from 1.75% in government to 8.5% in hospitality. Full breakdown by industry with monthly and annual data sourced from BLS JOLTS.
Source: https://turnozo.com/blog/employee-turnover-rate-by-industry
Published: 2026-03-18
Updated: 2026-03-18
Category: industry
Tags: statistics, turnover, retention, data, labor-costs
You already know turnover is expensive. What you might not know is how your industry stacks up against everyone else.

A 30% annual turnover rate might feel terrible. Until you learn the hospitality industry averages over 100%. Or it might feel fine. Until you realize government agencies run at 21%.

Context changes everything. Here's the full breakdown.

![Employee turnover rate by industry infographic showing 2026 BLS benchmarks, annualized turnover estimates, and hospitality as the high-churn outlier](/blog/employee-turnover-rate-by-industry-infographic.jpg)

## Quick reference: turnover rates by industry

> **Turnover By Industry Chart: What:** Interactive element available in the full article.

## Sources

- Bureau of Labor Statistics, [JOLTS Table 10: Total Separations](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.t10.htm), January 2026
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, [JOLTS Summary](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm), January 2026
- [Mercer 2025 US Turnover Survey](https://www.imercer.com/articleinsights/workforce-turnover-trends)
- [Gallup: Employee Turnover Is Preventable](https://www.gallup.com/workplace/646538/employee-turnover-preventable-often-ignored.aspx)
- [Work Institute 2024 Retention Report](https://info.workinstitute.com/hubfs/2024%20Retention%20Report/Work%20Institute%202024%20Retention%20Report.pdf)
- [Corporate Navigators: Average Turnover Rate By Industry](https://www.corporatenavigators.com/articles/recruiting-trends/average-turnover-rate-by-industry-in-2024/) (2026 update)
- [Payscale 2025 Compensation Best Practice Report](https://www.payscale.com/content/report/2025-compensation-best-practice-report.pdf)
- [McKinsey: The Great Attrition](https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-great-attrition-is-making-hiring-harder-are-you-searching-the-right-talent-pools)