TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2021 and July 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                                         0.1           0.2                      174            268



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      165            264

    Mining and logging                               -0.4           1.5                       -2             10

    Construction                                      0.2           1.0                       12             72

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.4                       -4             47

      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.4                      -14             32

      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.6                        9             27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.4                        6            109

      Wholesale trade                                 0.5           0.6                       30             35

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.6                       18             91

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.7           0.7                      -43             42         YES

    Information                                      -0.3           0.8                       -8             23

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.5                        1             43

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.6                       -4             37

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.2           0.9                        5             21

    Professional and business services                0.4           0.6                       99            113

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -18             68

      Educational services                            0.1           0.6                        2             20

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.3                      -21             65

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.6                       40             92

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.0           1.9                        5             41

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.6                       36             81

    Other services                                    0.7           1.1                       40             64

  Government                                          0.0           0.2                        9             35

    Federal                                          -0.3           0.2         YES           -9              6         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       17             34

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       18             24

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                       -1             21



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.3           0.4                       98             97         YES

    South                                             0.1           0.3                       63            160

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.4                      -15            117

    West                                              0.0           0.4                       29            121



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 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.