TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and September 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                                        -0.3           0.2         YES         -370            272         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.3           0.2         YES         -396            271         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.4                       -1             10

    Construction                                      0.1           1.0                        6             77

    Manufacturing                                    -0.4           0.4                      -55             49         YES

      Durable goods                                  -0.5           0.4         YES          -38             34         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.6                      -17             30

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.4                      -98            113

      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.7                      -11             38

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.6                      -45             92

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.7                      -42             41         YES

    Information                                      -0.5           0.9                      -15             25

    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.6                      -20             49

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.6                      -14             37

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           1.0                       -6             22

    Professional and business services               -0.2           0.7                      -46            129

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.3                      -22             71

      Educational services                            0.3           0.6                       11             20

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.3                      -32             68

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.9           0.6         YES         -124             97         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.0           1.7                      -23             35

      Accommodation and food services                -0.8           0.6         YES         -103             85         YES

    Other services                                   -0.4           1.1                      -21             66

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       27             35

    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        2              7

    State and local                                   0.1           0.2                       25             34

      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                       10             27

      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.2                       15             20



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.4                      -92             99

    South                                            -0.6           0.3         YES         -293            173         YES

    Midwest                                           0.3           0.4                      107            122

    West                                             -0.2           0.4                      -91            129



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 2022.

  *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.