TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2025 and February 2026,
         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                      -303          342

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -292          339
    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.1                         0            7
    Construction                                  -0.9          1.1                       -69           85
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.5                       -23           60
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.6                       -26           45
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                         2           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                       -23          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.8                       -25           47
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.7                        13          106
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.8                       -12           54
    Information                                    1.0          1.1                        26           33
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                       -13           52
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.7                        -2           44
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.0                       -11           25
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.9                      -137          173
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -34           96
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.6                         9           20
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -43           91
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.8                        10          119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.7                       -22           41
      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.8                        32          110
    Other services                                -0.5          1.1                       -29           62
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -11           39
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -6            6
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -6           37
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -12           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         6           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -44          119
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -285          212         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -36          134
    West                                           0.1          0.5                        62          167

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 31, 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.