TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and September 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                                        -0.1           0.2                     -157            279

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -106            275
    Mining and logging                               -0.6           1.3                       -4              9
    Construction                                     -0.4           1.2                      -34             87
    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.4                      -32             52
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                        4             39
      Nondurable goods                               -0.8           0.6         YES          -37             30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.5                       43            121
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.6                        6             35
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.7                       64            107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.7                      -27             43
    Information                                       0.6           0.9                       17             27
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.5                      -18             46
      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.6                      -20             37
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.1           0.9                        2             20
    Professional and business services               -0.3           0.6                      -75            117
    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.4                      -29             84
      Educational services                            0.0           0.5                        0             19
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.4                      -29             80
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.6                       54            102
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.4           1.7                       12             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.7                       41             92
    Other services                                   -0.5           1.1                      -26             66
  Government                                         -0.2           0.2                      -51             35         YES
    Federal                                           0.3           0.2         YES            8              7         YES
    State and local                                  -0.3           0.2         YES          -59             34         YES
      State and local education                      -0.4           0.2         YES          -42             24         YES
      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.2                      -18             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.1           0.4                       31            106
    South                                            -0.1           0.3                      -56            188
    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.4                     -113            121
    West                                             -0.1           0.4                      -18            136

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