TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and August 2021,

         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          1198          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.8          0.2         YES          1279          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.5                         1           11

    Construction                                   0.7          1.0                        69           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.7          0.3         YES            88           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            48           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.5         YES            40           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.9          0.4         YES           289          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        40           38         YES

      Retail trade                                 1.7          0.6         YES           276           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.7                       -27           40

    Information                                    0.3          0.9                        11           24

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.5                       -25           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.6                       -23           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.0                        -2           22

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       162          130         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        92           72         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        20           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        71           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.2          0.6         YES           516           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.7          1.9                        81           39         YES

      Accommodation and food services              2.2          0.6         YES           435           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.1          1.3                        77           72         YES

  Government                                      -0.4          0.2         YES           -81           40         YES

    Federal                                       -0.5          0.2         YES           -17            6         YES

    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES           -64           39         YES

      State and local education                   -0.8          0.2         YES           -66           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         4           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       150           99         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           429          156         YES

    Midwest                                        0.7          0.4         YES           288          120         YES

    West                                           0.8          0.4         YES           331          127         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2021.

  *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.