TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between April 2019 and April 2020,

         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                                      3.7          0.2         YES          4178          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    4.5          0.2         YES          4117          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             6.4          1.5         YES            38           11         YES

    Construction                                   7.5          0.9         YES           447           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  3.6          0.3         YES           372           40         YES

      Durable goods                                4.5          0.4         YES           296           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             2.1          0.4         YES            76           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           3.4          0.4         YES           714          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                              2.4          0.6         YES           125           34         YES

      Retail trade                                 4.0          0.5         YES           435           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.1          0.7         YES           153           40         YES

    Information                                    1.8          0.8         YES            42           22         YES

    Financial activities                           1.4          0.4         YES           120           37         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.5                       -29           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           7.3          0.9         YES           148           20         YES

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.6         YES            54          106

    Education and health services                  3.6          0.3         YES           743           67         YES

      Educational services                         5.8          0.5         YES           194           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            3.2          0.3         YES           549           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       16.6          0.6         YES           918           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         18.8          1.9         YES           131           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             16.3          0.7         YES           787           88         YES

    Other services                                15.4          1.1         YES           669           64         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            61           35         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         3            5

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            58           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -8           21

      State and local, excluding education         0.8          0.2         YES            66           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      4.8          0.4         YES          1065           96         YES

    South                                          2.8          0.3         YES          1037          150         YES

    Midwest                                        4.0          0.4         YES           992          119         YES

    West                                           4.2          0.4         YES          1083          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *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.