TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and January 2020, 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 -148 242 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -131 238 Mining and logging -1.1 1.4 -8 10 Construction -0.7 1.0 -53 67 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -3 42 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 -3 28 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.6 0 26 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 64 103 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.5 14 30 Retail trade 0.3 0.5 49 85 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.0 0.7 1 41 Information -0.2 0.7 -6 18 Financial activities 0.2 0.5 16 40 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.6 12 34 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.1 0.9 4 18 Professional and business services -0.3 0.6 -48 104 Education and health services 0.0 0.3 7 65 Educational services -0.3 0.5 -13 19 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 20 62 Leisure and hospitality -0.3 0.6 -60 89 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.9 1.8 -23 41 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.6 -38 78 Other services -0.7 1.0 -40 59 Government -0.1 0.2 -16 34 Federal -0.2 0.2 -6 5 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 -10 34 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -12 22 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 2 21 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 8 92 South -0.1 0.3 -55 152 Midwest 0.1 0.4 23 113 West -0.4 0.3 YES -124 110 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 2020. *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.