TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2019 and January 2020, 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 0.0 0.2 48 236 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 77 230 Mining and logging -1.1 1.5 -9 11 Construction -0.3 0.9 -14 61 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 11 40 Durable goods 0.3 0.4 28 30 Nondurable goods -0.4 0.4 -17 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.4 93 101 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.6 -6 34 Retail trade 0.5 0.5 65 78 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.7 34 40 Information -1.0 0.8 YES -27 22 YES Financial activities 0.4 0.4 40 37 YES Finance and insurance 0.6 0.5 YES 38 33 YES Real estate and rental and leasing 0.0 0.9 1 20 Professional and business services 0.0 0.6 10 106 Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -17 67 Educational services -0.3 0.5 -10 18 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 -8 62 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.6 1 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.9 2 42 Accommodation and food services -0.2 0.7 -1 88 Other services -0.2 1.1 -9 64 Government -0.1 0.2 -29 35 Federal 0.2 0.2 6 5 YES State and local -0.1 0.2 -34 34 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -10 21 State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.2 YES -24 22 YES REGION Northeast 0.3 0.4 101 96 YES South -0.2 0.3 -90 150 Midwest 0.1 0.4 47 119 West -0.1 0.4 -11 120 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 17, 2020. *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.