--- title: Workers in These 3 States Are Quitting in Droves description: Across the country, 242,000 more people quit their jobs in August than July. Here are the states that were hit the hardest. authors: - name: Mallika Mitra role: Contributing Editor url: https://money.com/author/mallika-mitra/ bio: Mallika Mitra is a contributing editor for Money, based in Chicago. She has covered investing and retirement for seven years and her work has appeared in CNBC, Bloomberg, Kiplinger, AARP, Barron’s, Bankrate, The Daily Upside, ETF.com, The Bond Buyer, PLANADVISER, PLANSPONSOR and Investopedia. education: Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY Kalamazoo College at_money_since: 2020 articles: 395 covers: - Career Advice - Banking - Business - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - CNBC - Bloomberg - Kiplinger - Barron's - Bankrate - WGN-TV - CBS News Radio - This Morning With Gordon Deal - Everyone's Talkin' Money social: - https://twitter.com/mitra_mallika - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallika-mitra-4577a386/ published: '2021-10-25T18:54:12.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T16:54:51.000Z' section: Career Advice tags: - Jobs - News word_count: 383 canonical: https://money.com/workers-quitting-jobs/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Group of young adults walking on top of a United States Map where Georgia, Illinois and Kentucky State are highlighted](https://img.money.com/2021/10/News-States-Seeing-Increase-Workers-Quitting2.jpg) Workers across the country are quitting their jobs in what's being called the "Great Resignation." But some states are getting the lion's share of workers waving goodbye. Georgia, Illinois and Kentucky saw the biggest jump in the number of quits between July and August of this year, according to [new data](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/jltst.nr0.htm) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Georgia saw around 35,000 more people quitting in August compared to July, while Illinois saw around 32,000 more and Kentucky, 26,000 more. Across the country, the number of quits increased by 242,000 between the two months, with record 4.3 million quits in August. Before the pandemic, that number was around 3.5 million per month. As a result, the U.S. is currently facing a record labor shortage, with millions of job openings. Throughout 2021, employers have been frantically trying to fill roles. Many companies, particularly those affected by ongoing issues [with the global supply](https://money.com/holiday-shortages-toys-turkey-wine/) [chain](https://money.com/holiday-shortages-toys-turkey-wine/) — are kicking hiring efforts into high gear going into the holiday season. Employers are offering [free college tuition](https://money.com/target-employees-free-college-tuition/?ref=/job-hunting-tips-vaccine-mandates/&ref=/seasonal-jobs-2021-higher-pay/) and child-care benefits, on top of more [money](https://money.com/salary-pay-raises-2022/?ref=/job-hunting-tips-vaccine-mandates/&ref=/seasonal-jobs-2021-higher-pay/) and [flexibility](https://money.com/high-paying-remote-jobs-increase/?ref=/seasonal-jobs-2021-higher-pay/). Some, like Amazon, are [eliminating drug tests](https://money.com/labor-shortage-jobs-no-drug-tests/?ref=/job-hunting-tips-vaccine-mandates/&ref=/seasonal-jobs-2021-higher-pay/) in order to fill positions. More than 10% of seasonal jobs postings on the hiring site Indeed.com [noted in the description that hiring was “urgent,”](https://money.com/seasonal-jobs-2021-higher-pay/) up from 1% the year before. So, why is everyone quitting? Across industries, employees are at the end of their ropes: 35% of men and 42% of women say they are burned out, according to [a recent study](https://money.com/job-burnout-women-men-pandemic/) from McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.Org. Many workers in fields that require being face-to-face with the public every day—like health care, retail and hospitality jobs— are [quitting their jobs in droves](https://money.com/kinds-of-jobs-workers-are-quitting/) at a particularly rapid clip. Hires are also down in 17 states, according to the most recent BLS data. The largest slumps were in Illinois, which saw 115,000 fewer hires in August than July, New Jersey, which saw 36,000 fewer hires, and Ohio, which saw 31,000 fewer hires. 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