TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2025 and August 2026,
         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                                     -0.1          0.2                      -203          342

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -141          339
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.1                        -1            7
    Construction                                  -1.1          1.1                       -89           85         YES
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.5                        10           60
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.6                        -9           45
      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        19           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.5                       139          138         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.8                        28           47
      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.7         YES           136          106         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.8                       -25           54
    Information                                   -0.2          1.1                       -10           33
    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.6         YES           -63           52         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.7                       -42           44
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.0                       -21           25
    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.9                      -160          173
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.4                        58           96
      Private Educational Services                 0.6          0.6                        23           20         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        36           91
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.8                       -91          119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.7                       -15           41
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.8                       -75          110
    Other services                                 1.1          1.1                        67           62         YES
  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -62           39         YES
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -10            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -51           37         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -28           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -22           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        35          119
    South                                          0.2          0.4                        99          212
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -81          134
    West                                          -0.7          0.5         YES          -256          167         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 29, 2026.
  *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.