TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2025 and December 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                      107            356

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.3                       77            351
    Mining and logging                                0.9           1.2                        5              7
    Construction                                      0.5           1.1                       43             86
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                       10             59
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.6                        2             44
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.7                        8             34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.7           0.5         YES          202            156         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.8                        7             49
      Retail trade                                    0.6           0.8                       86            126
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.5           0.9         YES          110             60         YES
    Information                                       0.9           1.0                       27             30
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.6                      -14             51
      Finance and insurance                          -0.5           0.6                      -30             40
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.6           1.0                       16             24
    Professional and business services               -1.0           0.8         YES         -212            160         YES
    Private Education and Health Services             0.1           0.4                       32             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.5           0.5                      -20             18         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.4                       51             92
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.8                       -5            119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.4           1.9                      -38             41
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.8                       35            107
    Other services                                   -0.2           1.3                      -12             73
  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       30             38
    Federal                                           0.4           0.2         YES           10              6         YES
    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       20             38
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       12             27
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        8             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       -7            115
    South                                             0.0           0.4                      -38            222
    Midwest                                           0.4           0.4                      129            137
    West                                              0.0           0.5                       22            169

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 2026.
  *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.