TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2022 and March 2022, 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 0.2 239 272 INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 241 271 Mining and logging 0.6 1.4 4 10 Construction 0.6 1.0 45 77 Manufacturing 0.1 0.4 11 49 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 -10 34 Nondurable goods 0.5 0.6 21 30 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.2 0.4 60 113 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.7 3 38 Retail trade 0.2 0.6 36 92 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.7 20 41 Information -0.1 0.9 -1 25 Financial activities 0.0 0.6 1 49 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.6 -3 37 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.2 1.0 5 22 Professional and business services 0.3 0.7 76 129 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 -10 71 Educational services -0.2 0.6 -9 20 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -1 68 Leisure and hospitality 0.3 0.6 49 97 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 1.7 9 35 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.6 40 85 Other services 0.1 1.1 8 66 Government 0.0 0.2 -3 35 Federal -0.1 0.2 0 7 State and local 0.0 0.2 -3 34 State and local education 0.0 0.2 7 27 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -9 20 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -5 99 South 0.3 0.3 205 173 YES Midwest -0.1 0.4 -33 122 West 0.1 0.4 71 129 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 3, 2022. *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.