TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2024 and August 2025,
         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                                      0.0          0.2                       -60          329

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                       -81          326
    Mining and logging                             1.2          1.2                         7            7
    Construction                                   0.5          1.1                        46           82
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.5                       -31           59
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.5                       -23           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.7                        -8           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                       -44          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.8                       -11           46
      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.7                        13          109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.8                       -46           55
    Information                                   -0.4          1.1                        -9           32
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        10           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.6                        12           40
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.1                        -2           27
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                        18          165
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.4                        50          101
      Private Educational Services                 0.5          0.6                        18           20
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.5                        32           96
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.8                       -69          117
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.6                       -10           36
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.8                       -60          109
    Other services                                -1.0          1.1                       -60           65
  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        20           40
    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         3            6
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        17           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -21           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        38           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        63          109
    South                                         -0.2          0.4                      -104          201
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -32          131
    West                                           0.0          0.4                        12          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 30, 2025.
  *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.