TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and August 2024,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -682          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -658          297         YES
    Mining and logging                            -1.4          1.2         YES            -9            8         YES
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -40           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -72           57         YES
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                         2           43
      Nondurable goods                            -1.5          0.6         YES           -74           30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -216          135         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -26           43
      Retail trade                                -0.8          0.7         YES          -129          108         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -60           55         YES
    Information                                    0.5          1.0                        13           28
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                         5           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.6                        17           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                       -13           24
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.9                        50          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.7          0.3         YES          -138           85         YES
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.5                        -3           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.7          0.4         YES          -135           80         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.9          0.7         YES          -324          108         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.3          1.6         YES           -55           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -1.9          0.8         YES          -269          102         YES
    Other services                                 1.1          1.1                        74           62         YES
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -24           40
    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         4            6
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -27           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -13           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.3                       -15           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                         0          106
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -360          196         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.4         YES          -137          128         YES
    West                                          -0.6          0.5         YES          -185          161         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *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.