TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and June 2024, 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 -302 320 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.3 -244 319 Mining and logging -0.2 1.3 -1 8 Construction -1.0 1.2 -80 90 Manufacturing 0.1 0.4 6 55 Durable goods 0.0 0.5 2 40 Nondurable goods 0.1 0.7 3 32 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.5 16 151 Wholesale trade 0.1 0.8 5 45 Retail trade 0.0 0.8 6 122 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.8 5 55 Information -0.4 1.0 -13 28 Financial activities -0.2 0.5 -17 48 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.6 2 38 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.8 1.0 -19 23 Professional and business services 0.0 0.8 5 147 Private Education and Health Services -0.2 0.4 -56 85 Private Educational Services -0.2 0.5 -10 18 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.4 -46 83 Leisure and hospitality -0.6 0.7 -99 107 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.5 1.8 -39 38 YES Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.7 -60 97 Other services -0.1 1.2 -5 68 Government -0.3 0.2 YES -58 38 YES Federal 0.0 0.2 0 7 State and local -0.3 0.2 YES -58 38 YES State and local education -0.5 0.2 YES -51 26 YES State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.3 -7 24 REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -61 112 South 0.0 0.4 27 197 Midwest -0.3 0.4 -109 128 West -0.4 0.4 -160 143 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 30, 2024. *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.