TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2023 and July 2023,
         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                     -208            279

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -234            275
    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.3                       -3              9
    Construction                                      0.6           1.2                       50             87
    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.4                       23             52
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.5                       12             39
      Nondurable goods                                0.3           0.6                       10             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -27            121
      Wholesale trade                                -0.4           0.6                      -22             35
      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.7                       16            107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.3           0.7                      -20             43
    Information                                       0.7           0.9                       21             27
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.5                        8             46
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                        6             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        3             20
    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.6                      -52            117
    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.4                      -76             84
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.5                       -4             19
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.4                      -74             80
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.9           0.6         YES         -153            102         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.9           1.7                      -22             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.9           0.7         YES         -132             92         YES
    Other services                                   -0.4           1.1                      -25             66
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       26             35
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -4              7
    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       30             34
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       16             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.2                       14             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       10            106
    South                                            -0.1           0.3                      -94            188
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -67            121
    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -58            136

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 2023.
  *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.