TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and November 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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -180            320

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.3                     -184            319
    Mining and logging                                0.0           1.3                        0              8
    Construction                                     -0.2           1.2                      -11             90
    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.4                      -35             55
      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.5                       -8             40
      Nondurable goods                               -0.6           0.7                      -28             32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.5                        5            151
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.8                       -4             45
      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.8                      -14            122
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.4           0.8                       24             55
    Information                                       0.3           1.0                        9             28
    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.5                      -25             48
      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.6                      -19             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           1.0                       -6             23
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.8                      -60            147
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.4                      -54             85
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.5                        0             18
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.4                      -53             83
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.7                       17            107
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           1.8                      -18             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.7                       34             97
    Other services                                   -0.5           1.2                      -30             68
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                        4             38
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -2              7
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        6             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                        2             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.3                        4             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       21            112
    South                                            -0.2           0.4                     -119            197
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -64            128
    West                                              0.0           0.4                      -17            143

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 2025.
  *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.