TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -546          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -509          282         YES
    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.3                         8            9
    Construction                                  -0.7          1.0                       -48           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -59           51         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -59           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                         0           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -193          126         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -24           39
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.7         YES          -138          107         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.7                       -32           46
    Information                                   -1.5          1.0         YES           -46           28         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -15           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.6                       -10           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -5           26
    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.8                       -46          150
    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -31           76
      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                        10           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -41           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.7                       -27          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.6                         1           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.8                       -27          101
    Other services                                -1.0          1.3                       -52           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -36           40
    Federal                                       -0.5          0.2         YES           -14            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -23           39
      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        17           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -39           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.7          0.4         YES          -149          100         YES
    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -275          174         YES
    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       160          131         YES
    West                                          -0.9          0.4         YES          -281          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 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.