TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and August 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                                     -0.6          0.2         YES         -1248          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES         -1121          230         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.5                        -7           11

    Construction                                  -1.0          0.9         YES           -96           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                         6           40

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                         2           30

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         4           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                      -138          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                       -12           34

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.5                       -94           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.7                       -32           40

    Information                                   -1.0          0.8         YES           -37           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.4                       -37           37

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.5                       -17           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          0.9                       -21           20         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.6         YES          -231          106         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                       -30           67

      Educational services                        -0.9          0.5         YES           -42           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        12           62

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.6         YES          -436           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.9          1.9                      -124           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.7                      -312           88         YES

    Other services                                -1.7          1.1         YES          -114           64         YES

  Government                                      -0.5          0.2         YES          -128           35         YES

    Federal                                        0.3          0.2         YES            16            5         YES

    State and local                               -0.6          0.2         YES          -144           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -43           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -1.0          0.2         YES          -101           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.4         YES          -255           96         YES

    South                                         -0.7          0.3         YES          -494          150         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -194          119         YES

    West                                          -0.6          0.4         YES          -305          120         YES



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