TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2023 and March 2024,
         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted

                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                               =====                          =====================

                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of
                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance
     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*

Total nonfarm                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -731          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -721          297         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.7          1.2                        -4            8
    Construction                                  -1.7          1.0         YES          -115           79         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.4         YES           -91           57         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.5                       -44           43         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          0.6         YES           -47           30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -213          135         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                       -15           43
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.7                       -95          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.4          0.8         YES          -103           55         YES
    Information                                   -0.3          1.0                       -11           28
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -14           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.6                        -7           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.0                        -8           24
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.9                       -30          171
    Private education and health services         -0.4          0.3         YES           -73           85
      Private educational services                -0.1          0.5                        -2           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -71           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.7         YES          -103          108
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.6                         9           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.8         YES          -112          102         YES
    Other services                                -1.2          1.1         YES           -67           62         YES
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -10           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -3            6
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -7           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         0           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -7           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                        -3          106
    South                                         -0.8          0.4         YES          -405          196         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -124          128
    West                                          -0.6          0.5         YES          -199          161         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 1, 2024.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-year change.