TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2021 and May 2022,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total nonfarm                                      0.2          0.2                       465          285         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       382          282         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.4                         6           10

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                         2           72

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.4                        56           48         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        29           31

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.5                        27           25         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                        -1          115

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.7                        28           39

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.6                       -23          103

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.7                        -7           41

    Information                                    0.0          0.9                         2           27

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                        17           45

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.6                        12           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         4           25

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.8                       103          150

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.3         YES           108           72         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            35           19         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        72           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.7                        51          105

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.6                        27           34

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.7                        24           98

    Other services                                 0.4          1.3                        39           73

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            83           39         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -2            7

    State and local                                0.4          0.2         YES            85           38         YES

      State and local education                    0.4          0.2         YES            46           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.2         YES            39           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        77          101

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       186          171         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                        -5          131

    West                                           0.5          0.4         YES           207          138         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 2022.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.