TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and December 2024,
         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                      -142          301

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -131          297
    Mining and logging                             1.4          1.2         YES             8            8
    Construction                                  -0.8          1.0                       -64           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                       -33           57
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                       -12           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.6                       -19           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.5                        63          135
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -36           43
      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.7                        33          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.8                        66           55         YES
    Information                                    0.1          1.0                         4           28
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        16           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.6                        26           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                       -11           24
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.9                       -91          171
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.3                        48           85
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.5                         3           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        44           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.7                      -100          108
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.6                       -16           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.8                       -83          102
    Other services                                 0.3          1.1                        16           62
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -10           40
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.2         YES           -16            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         6           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         9           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -3           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                        -1          106
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                       -46          196
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        -4          128
    West                                          -0.3          0.5                       -91          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 4, 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.