TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2024 and December 2025,
         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                       230          329

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.2          0.3                       247          326
    Mining and logging                             0.2          1.2                         0            7
    Construction                                   0.9          1.1                        71           82
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.5                        -4           59
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                        -8           43
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.7                         4           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.5                       109          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.8                        -3           46
      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.7                        32          109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.1          0.8         YES            79           55         YES
    Information                                    1.4          1.1         YES            41           32         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -18           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.6                       -21           40
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.1                         3           27
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.8                        -7          165
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.4                        -2          101
      Private Educational Services                -0.4          0.6                       -14           20
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.5                        12           96
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.8                       102          117
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          1.6                       -16           36
      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.8                       118          109         YES
    Other services                                -0.7          1.1                       -43           65
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -18           40
    Federal                                        0.6          0.2         YES            13            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -30           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -18           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.3                       -12           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        58          109
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                       -41          201
    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       158          131         YES
    West                                           0.1          0.4                        54          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 3, 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.