TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and April 2020,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -2.2           0.2         YES        -4755            242         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -2.4           0.2         YES        -4776            238         YES

    Mining and logging                                4.4           1.4         YES           27             10         YES

    Construction                                      2.0           1.0         YES           35             67

    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.3                      -98             42         YES

      Durable goods                                   0.8           0.4         YES            3             28

      Nondurable goods                               -1.6           0.6         YES         -100             26         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -1.3           0.4         YES         -570            103         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.5           0.5                        9             30

      Retail trade                                   -1.8           0.5         YES         -460             85         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.3           0.7         YES         -119             41         YES

    Information                                       1.9           0.7         YES           42             18         YES

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                      -11             40

      Finance and insurance                          -0.9           0.6         YES          -58             34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing              3.0           0.9         YES           47             18         YES

    Professional and business services               -1.6           0.6         YES         -473            104         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.6           0.3         YES         -324             65         YES

      Educational services                            0.1           0.5                      -37             19         YES

      Health care and social assistance              -0.8           0.3         YES         -287             62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -9.4           0.6         YES        -3312             89         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.1           1.8                     -311             41         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 -11           0.6         YES        -3001             78         YES

    Other services                                    2.6           1.0         YES          -90             59         YES

  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       21             34

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -3              5

    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       23             34

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -22             22

      State and local, excluding education            0.6           0.2         YES           46             21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -2.2           0.4         YES         -910             92         YES

    South                                            -2.1           0.3         YES        -1653            152         YES

    Midwest                                          -3.2           0.4         YES        -1423            113         YES

    West                                             -1.0           0.3         YES         -768            110         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.