TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2023 and November 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                     -292            279         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -319            275         YES
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.3                       -1              9
    Construction                                      0.1           1.2                        6             87
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.4                      -14             52
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.5                       -1             39
      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.6                      -13             30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.5                      -27            121
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.6                       -6             35
      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.7                       -9            107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.7                      -12             43
    Information                                       0.4           0.9                       13             27
    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.5                       -5             46
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.6                        1             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           0.9                       -6             20
    Professional and business services               -0.7           0.6         YES         -158            117         YES
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.4                      -53             84
      Educational services                           -0.7           0.5         YES          -28             19         YES
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -24             80
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.6                      -65            102
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.1           1.7                       -1             38
      Accommodation and food services                -0.5           0.7                      -64             92
    Other services                                   -0.3           1.1                      -16             66
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       27             35
    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        3              7
    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       24             34
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       18             24
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                        5             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.6           0.4         YES         -170            106         YES
    South                                            -0.4           0.3         YES         -223            188         YES
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       41            121
    West                                              0.2           0.4                       62            136

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 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.