TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and August 2022,

         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                                     -0.2          0.2                        60          285



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                         6          282

    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.4                         3           10

    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -5           72

    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -21           48

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.4                       -10           31

      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.5                       -11           25

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.4         YES           -99          115

      Wholesale trade                             -0.8          0.7         YES           -37           39

      Retail trade                                -1.2          0.6         YES          -163          103         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.3          0.7         YES           101           41         YES

    Information                                    0.1          0.9                        10           27

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        20           45

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.6                        13           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.1                         7           25

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.8                       -16          150

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -66           72

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.5         YES           -22           19         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.3                       -44           67

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.7                       119          105         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.4          1.6                       -11           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.7                       130           98         YES

    Other services                                 1.0          1.3                        63           73

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            54           39         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -7            7

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            61           38         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        21           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.2         YES            40           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                         1          101

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           334          171         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.8          0.4         YES          -231          131         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -42          138



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 4, 2022.

  *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.