TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and November 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                                         0.0           0.2                      114            272

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      118            271
    Mining and logging                                0.1           1.4                        1             10
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.0                      -32             77
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.4                        5             49
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.4                        7             34
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.6                       -1             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.3           0.4                       66            113
      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.7                       18             38
      Retail trade                                   -0.2           0.6                      -28             92
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      1.1           0.7         YES           76             41         YES
    Information                                       0.6           0.9                       19             25
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.6                       25             49
      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.6                       24             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           1.0                        1             22
    Professional and business services                0.1           0.7                       20            129
    Education and health services                     0.3           0.3                       88             71         YES
      Educational services                           -0.2           0.6                      -11             20
      Health care and social assistance               0.4           0.3         YES           99             68         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.6                      -23             97
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.7                        7             35
      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.6                      -30             85
    Other services                                   -0.9           1.1                      -51             66
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                       -4             35
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        1              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       -5             34
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.2                       -8             27
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.2                        3             20

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.4                      -16             99
    South                                             0.0           0.3                      -12            173
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.4                      -17            122
    West                                              0.4           0.4                      158            129         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 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.