TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2022 and February 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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -272          286

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -222          282
    Mining and logging                             1.5          1.3         YES            10            9         YES
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        21           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.4                       -28           51
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.5                       -27           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.6                         0           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -68          126
      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.7                        37           39
      Retail trade                                -0.9          0.7         YES          -136          107         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.7                        31           46
    Information                                    1.1          1.0         YES            37           28         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -16           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.6                       -34           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.7          1.1                        18           26
    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.8         YES          -195          150         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                         5           76
      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         1           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                         4           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.7                        24          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.6                        17           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.8                         7          101
    Other services                                -0.3          1.3                       -13           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -49           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -2            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -47           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -20           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -29           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES          -126          100         YES
    South                                         -0.1          0.3                       -12          174
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -36          131
    West                                          -0.4          0.4                       -98          147

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 4, 2023.
  *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.