TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and December 2020,

         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                                      0.2          0.2                       -87          236



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       -95          230

    Mining and logging                            -1.6          1.5         YES           -14           11         YES

    Construction                                  -0.6          0.9                       -52           61

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            48           40         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        21           30

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.4         YES            27           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                       -35          101

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        25           34

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.5                       -18           78

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.7                       -42           40         YES

    Information                                   -0.1          0.8                        -9           22

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.4                       -31           37

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.5                       -17           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.9                       -14           20

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.6                       -86          106

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                         1           67

      Educational services                         0.8          0.5         YES            22           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                       -21           62

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.7          0.6         YES           120           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          3.3          1.9         YES            -3           42

      Accommodation and food services              2.7          0.7         YES           123           88         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          1.1                       -37           64

  Government                                       0.1          0.2                         9           35

    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         4            5

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                         6           34

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -20           21

      State and local, excluding education         0.4          0.2         YES            25           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                         8           96

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       -53          150

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                       -23          119

    West                                           0.1          0.4                       -19          120



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021.

  *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.