TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and December 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                      -36            279

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                      -52            275
    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.3                       -4              9
    Construction                                     -0.1           1.2                       -4             87
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.4                      -25             52
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.5                      -16             39
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.6                      -10             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.5                      -14            121
      Wholesale trade                                 0.6           0.6                       39             35         YES
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.7                      -56            107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.7                        3             43
    Information                                      -0.6           0.9                      -18             27
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                        3             46
      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.6                       -7             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           0.9                       11             20
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.6                       61            117
    Education and health services                    -0.4           0.4                      -87             84         YES
      Educational services                            0.2           0.5                        5             19
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.4                      -91             80         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.6                       37            102
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.7           1.7                       18             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.1           0.7                       19             92
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.1                       -2             66
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                       17             35
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       20             34
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -1             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.2                       19             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -42            106
    South                                             0.2           0.3                      130            188
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -52            121
    West                                             -0.2           0.4                      -70            136

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.