TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and January 2021,

         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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -275            268         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -253            264

    Mining and logging                               -1.1           1.5                       -7             10

    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                       11             72

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.4                      -29             47

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.4                       -7             32

      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.6                      -21             27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.4                       68            109

      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.6                      -17             35

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.6                       -1             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.4           0.7         YES           87             42         YES

    Information                                      -0.2           0.8                       -5             23

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.5                       23             43

      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.6                       23             37

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.9                        0             21

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.6                      -42            113

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.3                       -6             68

      Educational services                           -1.2           0.6         YES          -38             20         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.3                       32             65

    Leisure and hospitality                          -2.1           0.6         YES         -276             92         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.9           1.9                      -35             41

      Accommodation and food services                -2.1           0.6         YES         -242             81         YES

    Other services                                    0.1           1.1                        9             64

  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -21             35

    Federal                                           0.4           0.2         YES            9              6         YES

    State and local                                  -0.2           0.2                      -30             34

      State and local education                      -0.3           0.2         YES          -27             24         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                       -3             21



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -45             97

    South                                            -0.2           0.3                     -100            160

    Midwest                                          -0.3           0.4                      -95            117

    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -34            121



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 2021.

  *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.