TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2018 and December 2019,

         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                       255          226         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       268          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.4                        -2            9

    Construction                                   1.1          0.9         YES            95           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                         2           41

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        23           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -21           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                       -64           97

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -18           34

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.5                       -77           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.7                        32           36

    Information                                   -0.1          0.8                        -2           21

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                         6           39

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.5                       -12           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          0.9                        19           20

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.6                        -2          103

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        22           67

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.5                        -8           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        30           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.6         YES           161           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.0          2.0                        51           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.6         YES           109           71         YES

    Other services                                 0.8          1.1                        53           61

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -13           30

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         0            4

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -15           30

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -14           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -1           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        62           96

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       112          141

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -32          116

    West                                           0.2          0.3                       113          112         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 11, 2020.

  *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.