TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and August 2025,
         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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -110            356

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -126            351
    Mining and logging                                0.3           1.2                        2              7
    Construction                                      0.4           1.1                       35             86
    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.5                        7             59
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.6                       10             44
      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.7                       -3             34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -80            156
      Wholesale trade                                -0.8           0.8                      -49             49
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                       -2            126
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.9                      -29             60
    Information                                      -0.2           1.0                       -6             30
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.6                       -3             51
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                       -1             40
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           1.0                       -2             24
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.8                       17            160
    Private Education and Health Services             0.3           0.4                       64             96
      Private Educational Services                    0.2           0.5                        6             18
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.4                       58             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.9           0.8         YES         -162            119         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.9           1.9                      -48             41         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.8                     -113            107         YES
    Other services                                    0.0           1.3                       -1             73
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       16             38
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        1              6
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       16             38
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -11             27
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.3                       27             24         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       25            115
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -104            222
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       10            137
    West                                             -0.1           0.5                      -40            169

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.