TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and January 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                      170            356

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.3                      192            351
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.2                       -2              7
    Construction                                      0.8           1.1                       67             86
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                        9             59
      Durable goods                                   0.3           0.6                       19             44
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.7                      -11             34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       25            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.5           0.8                       31             49
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.8                       -4            126
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.9                       -2             60
    Information                                       0.4           1.0                       13             30
    Financial activities                              0.0           0.6                       -2             51
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                        0             40
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.1           1.0                       -4             24
    Professional and business services                0.4           0.8                      106            160
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.4                      -19             96
      Private Educational Services                   -0.2           0.5                       -8             18
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.4                      -10             92
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.8                      -15            119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           1.9                        4             41
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.8                      -18            107
    Other services                                    0.1           1.3                       11             73
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -22             38
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              6
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -23             38
      State and local education                      -0.2           0.2                      -24             27
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        2             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       37            115
    South                                            -0.1           0.4                      -70            222
    Midwest                                           0.3           0.4                       88            137
    West                                              0.3           0.5                      114            169

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