by Devin Dwyer

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Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

The number of Americans voluntarily giving up their jobs for reasons other than retirement, termination or death remained at an eight-year low in March.

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics reports that the so-called quits rate was 1.4 percent of the total U.S. workforce, the same percentage as February.

The number of quits has fallen in each of four regions of the country over the past year. People in the Northeast were leaving jobs at a rate of just 1.1 percent in March. The South was at 1.6 — much lower than it was at this time last year, but still leading the pack.