TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2015 and August 2016, 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 -0.1 0.2 0 241 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -23 237 Mining and logging 0.2 1.0 -4 7 Construction 0.0 1.1 8 69 Manufacturing 0.0 0.4 -1 48 Durable goods -0.1 0.4 -9 35 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.6 8 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.4 -45 95 Wholesale trade 0.3 0.6 16 32 Retail trade -0.4 0.5 -48 73 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.3 0.7 -14 33 Information -0.4 0.7 -11 19 Financial activities 0.0 0.5 0 43 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.5 1 30 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.1 1.2 0 25 Professional and business services 0.2 0.7 79 110 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 36 53 Educational services 0.1 0.6 6 16 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 30 50 Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.7 -22 86 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.8 1.8 27 34 Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.7 -49 74 Other services -1.2 1.0 YES -64 55 YES Government 0.1 0.1 24 30 Federal -0.1 0.2 -3 6 State and local 0.1 0.1 26 29 State and local education 0.2 0.2 17 16 YES State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 8 18 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -20 99 South 0.0 0.3 89 144 Midwest -0.3 0.4 -82 110 West 0.0 0.4 12 119 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2016. *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.