TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2025 and October 2025,
         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                     -214            356

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                     -190            351
    Mining and logging                               -0.2           1.2                       -1              7
    Construction                                     -0.9           1.1                      -74             86
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.5                        2             59
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.6                        0             44
      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.7                        2             34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.5                       64            156
      Wholesale trade                                 0.2           0.8                       15             49
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.8                       55            126
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.1           0.9                       -7             60
    Information                                       0.7           1.0                       21             30
    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.6                      -36             51
      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.6                      -29             40
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.3           1.0                       -7             24
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.8                      -70            160
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.4           0.4                     -110             96         YES
      Private Educational Services                    0.0           0.5                        1             18
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.4                     -111             92         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.8                       21            119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.0           1.9                       28             41
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.8                       -7            107
    Other services                                   -0.1           1.3                       -7             73
  Government                                          0.0           0.2                      -23             38
    Federal                                          -1.1           0.2         YES          -34              6         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                       11             38
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -3             27
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.3                       13             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.4                       46            115
    South                                            -0.3           0.4                     -205            222
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.4                       25            137
    West                                             -0.2           0.5                      -79            169

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 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.