TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and November 2020,

         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                      271            242         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.2           0.2                      335            238         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.3           1.4                       -3             10

    Construction                                      0.3           1.0                       20             67

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -10             42

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.4                       -1             28

      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.6                       -9             26

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.4                      -35            103

      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.5                        8             30

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.5                      -42             85

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.7                       -1             41

    Information                                       0.5           0.7                       11             18

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -20             40

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.6                        7             34

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.2           0.9         YES          -27             18         YES

    Professional and business services                0.2           0.6                       28            104

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.3                        9             65

      Educational services                            0.3           0.5                        9             19

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.3                        0             62

    Leisure and hospitality                           2.4           0.6         YES          320             89         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.5           1.8                       -7             41

      Accommodation and food services                 2.8           0.6         YES          326             78         YES

    Other services                                    0.2           1.0                       16             59

  Government                                         -0.3           0.2         YES          -64             34         YES

    Federal                                          -2.2           0.2         YES          -70              5         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                        7             34

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -7             22

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                       13             21



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.4                      -45             92

    South                                             0.1           0.3                       36            152

    Midwest                                           0.2           0.4                       74            113

    West                                              0.6           0.3         YES          207            110         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 12, 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.