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North Carolina Ranks in Top States with Highest Job Resignation Rates

Have you heard about the great resignation going on? As the economy still recovers from the global pandemic, companies have a tough time keeping their employees. Employers are finding it…

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Have you heard about the great resignation going on? As the economy still recovers from the global pandemic, companies have a tough time keeping their employees. Employers are finding it challenging to fill new open positions allowing new candidates even more leverage.

Wallet Hub reports that there are two major factors leading to the "Great Resignation" era. Those factors include incentives from changing jobs and the urge to quit jobs strongly impacted by the pandemic. This new resignation era is showing millions of Americans quitting their jobs each month.

Wallet Hub took a look at data across all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on how frequently people are quitting their jobs. With this information, they were able to rank the states in order with the highest resignation rates for 2022. Check out the list of the states with the highest resignation rates.

51. New York

1.95% in the last 12 months.

50. District of Columbia

2.03% in the last 12 months.

49. Connecticut

2.24% in the last 12 months.

48. Massachusetts

2.28% in the last 12 months.

47. Pennsylvania

2.24% in the last 12 months.

46. Maine

2.69% in the last 12 months.

45. Minnesota

2.45% in the last 12 months.

44. Maryland

2.48% in the last 12 months.

43. New Jersey

2.48% in the last 12 months.

42. Iowa

2.62% in the last 12 months.

41. Kansas

2.63% in the last 12 months.

40. Rhode Island

2.68% in the last 12 months.

39. California

2.52% in the last 12 months.

38. Michigan

3.03% in the last 12 months.

37. Missouri

2.87% in the last 12 months.

36. Ohio

2.76% in the last 12 months.

35. Wisconsin

2.79% in the last 12 months.

34. Washington

2.47% in the last 12 months.

33. South Dakota

2.67% in the last 12 months.

32. New Hampshire

2.86% in the last 12 months.

31. Nebraska

2.72% in the last 12 months.

30. Illinois

2.83% in the last 12 months.

29. North Dakota

3.08% in the last 12 months.

28. Virginia

2.78% in the last 12 months.

27. New Mexico

2.90% in the last 12 months.

26. Vermont

2.83% in the last 12 months.

25. Oregon

3.04% in the last 12 months.

24. Hawaii

3.50% in the last 12 months.

23. Texas

3.04% in the last 12 months.

22. Colorado

3.29% in the last 12 months.

21. Arkansas

3.17% in the last 12 months.

20. Delaware

3.18% in the last 12 months.

19. Oklahoma

3.18% in the last 12 months.

18. Indiana

3.28% in the last 12 months.

17. Tennessee

3.21% in the last 12 months.

16. Utah

2.95% in the last 12 months.

15. West Virginia

3.31% in the last 12 months.

14. Idaho

3.35% in the last 12 months.

13. Montana

3.47% in the last 12 months.

12. Kentucky

3.49% in the last 12 months.

11. Louisiana

3.29% in the last 12 months.

10. Alabama

3.15% in the last 12 months.

9. Wyoming

3.39% in the last 12 months.

8. North Carolina

3.38% in the last 12 months.

7. Nevada

3.76% in the last 12 months.

6. Mississippi

3.43% in the last 12 months.

5. Georgia

3.79% in the last 12 months.

4. South Carolina

3.43% in the last 12 months.

3. Arizona

3.33% in the last 12 months.

2. Florida

3.20% in the last 12 months.

1. Alaska

4.15% in the last 12 months.

Randi Moultrie is a Charleston, South Carolina native and has been in the radio industry for the last few years in Charlotte. Randi started with Beasley Media Group as an intern in 2019 and is now thriving in the digital world. Randi enjoys writing about her favorite foods (especially pizza) and all things fashion and travel. As one who loves taking trips to find new foods, it’s not surprising that she enjoys writing about both!