TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and August 2023,
         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                                         0.0           0.2                       38            279

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                       52            275
    Mining and logging                                0.5           1.3                        3              9
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.2                      -27             87
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.4                      -24             52
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.5                      -17             39
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.6                       -7             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -19            121
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.6                       12             35
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.7                      -47            107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.7                       17             43
    Information                                      -1.4           0.9         YES          -41             27         YES
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.5                       27             46
      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.6                       19             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           0.9                        8             20
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.6                       35            117
    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.4                      -27             84
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.5                       -6             19
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -21             80
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.8           0.6         YES          128            102         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.9           1.7                       22             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.7           0.7                      105             92         YES
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.1                       -4             66
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                      -15             35
    Federal                                          -0.2           0.2                       -8              7         YES
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                       -7             34
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       15             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.3           0.2         YES          -22             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                      -79            106
    South                                             0.0           0.3                        4            188
    Midwest                                           0.4           0.4                      147            121         YES
    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -35            136

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.