TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between April 2022 and April 2023,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -567          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -538          282         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.3                         1            9
    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         9           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.4         YES           -80           51         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -54           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.6                       -26           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -67          126
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.7                        13           39
      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.7                       -85          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.7                         6           46
    Information                                   -0.5          1.0                       -15           28
    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.6         YES           -65           50         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.6                       -40           36         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          1.1                       -24           26
    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.8                      -131          150
    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                       -43           76
      Educational services                        -0.4          0.5                       -12           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -32           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.1          0.7         YES          -127          109         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.6                        -5           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.2          0.8         YES          -122          101         YES
    Other services                                -0.5          1.3                       -20           71
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -28           40
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -4            7
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -24           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         3           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -28           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -119          100         YES
    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -267          174         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -73          131
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -108          147

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 31, 2023.
  *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.