TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and August 2024,
         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                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -317            320

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -287            319
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.3                       -1              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.2                      -11             90
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.4                      -26             55
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.5                      -10             40
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.7                      -16             32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.6           0.5         YES         -156            151         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.8                      -10             45
      Retail trade                                   -0.7           0.8                     -103            122
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.8                      -43             55
    Information                                      -0.4           1.0                      -11             28
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.5                      -34             48
      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.6                      -25             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           1.0                       -9             23
    Professional and business services                0.7           0.8                      149            147         YES
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.4           0.4                      -87             85         YES
      Private Educational Services                   -0.3           0.5                      -11             18
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.4                      -76             83
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.8           0.7         YES         -134            107         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.9           1.8                      -22             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.7         YES         -111             97         YES
    Other services                                    0.4           1.2                       23             68
  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -31             38
    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        3              7
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -35             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -9             26
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.3                      -25             24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.4           0.4                     -110            112
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -70            197
    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -24            128
    West                                             -0.3           0.4                     -114            143

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *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.