TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2023 and February 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                      -250          301

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -245          297
    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.2                        -5            8
    Construction                                   0.4          1.0                        41           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.8          0.4         YES          -101           57         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -60           43         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.8          0.6         YES           -41           30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.5                      -104          135
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -18           43
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.7                       -19          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.8         YES           -67           55         YES
    Information                                   -0.1          1.0                        -5           28
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                        11           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.6                         7           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.0                         3           24
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.9                        61          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.3          0.3                       -38           85
      Private Educational Services                -0.4          0.5                       -15           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -25           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.7         YES          -105          108
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.6                        10           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.8         YES          -115          102         YES
    Other services                                 0.0          1.1                         0           62
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                        -4           40
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -5            6
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         0           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -1           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         2           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        55          106
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -222          196         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                         8          128
    West                                          -0.3          0.5                       -89          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 2, 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.