TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2021 and January 2022,

         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                                      0.3          0.2         YES           789          285         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           723          282         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.4                        -1           10

    Construction                                  -0.8          1.0                       -47           72

    Manufacturing                                  0.8          0.4         YES           108           48         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            50           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.1          0.5         YES            57           25         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.4                       144          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.7                        16           39

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.6         YES           159          103         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.9          0.7         YES           -31           41

    Information                                    1.6          0.9         YES            52           27         YES

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        37           45

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.6                        32           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         5           25

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.8                        74          150

    Education and health services                  0.7          0.3         YES           167           72         YES

      Educational services                         1.3          0.5         YES            49           19         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.3         YES           118           67         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.7                       171          105         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.6                        29           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.7                       142           98         YES

    Other services                                 0.1          1.3                        18           73

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            65           39         YES

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -13            7         YES

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            78           38         YES

      State and local education                    0.7          0.2         YES            68           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        10           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       122          101         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       262          171         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       161          131         YES

    West                                           0.6          0.4         YES           244          138         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 2022.

  *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.