TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and June 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                                        -0.2           0.2                     -288            279         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -257            275
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.3                       -2              9
    Construction                                     -0.5           1.2                      -36             87
    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.4                      -58             52         YES
      Durable goods                                  -0.6           0.5         YES          -54             39         YES
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.6                       -4             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.6           0.5         YES         -167            121         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.5           0.6                      -28             35
      Retail trade                                   -0.8           0.7         YES         -134            107         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.7                       -5             43
    Information                                       0.1           0.9                        4             27
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.5                      -33             46
      Finance and insurance                          -0.6           0.6                      -35             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        2             20
    Professional and business services                0.6           0.6                      129            117         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.4                      -89             84         YES
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.5                       -6             19
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.4                      -84             80         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.6                      -12            102
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.7                        0             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.7                      -11             92
    Other services                                    0.0           1.1                        4             66
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                      -31             35
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                  -0.1           0.2                      -30             34
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                      -12             24
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.2                      -17             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -58            106
    South                                            -0.3           0.3                     -163            188
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                       14            121
    West                                             -0.3           0.4                      -80            136

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 1, 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.