TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 2023,
         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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -524          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -478          282         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.3                        -2            9
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                         1           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -65           51         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -27           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.6         YES           -38           26         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -166          126         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.7                        19           39
      Retail trade                                -1.0          0.7         YES          -163          107         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.7                       -22           46
    Information                                   -1.3          1.0         YES           -43           28         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        14           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.6                        -2           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.6          1.1                        16           26
    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.8                       -38          150
    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.3         YES           -89           76         YES
      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -3           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -87           72         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.7                       -53          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          1.6                        26           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.8                       -79          101
    Other services                                -0.7          1.3                       -38           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -46           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -11            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -35           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -6           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -30           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -75          100
    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -116          174
    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.4         YES          -158          131         YES
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -176          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.