TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2025 and January 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                                     -0.1          0.2                      -152          342

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -167          339
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.1                        -2            7
    Construction                                  -0.3          1.1                       -21           85
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.5                       -42           60
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.6                       -38           45
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.6                        -4           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.5                       -49          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.8                       -11           47
      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.7                       -56          106
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.8                        19           54
    Information                                    0.7          1.1                        18           33
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                       -14           52
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                        -9           44
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.0                        -5           25
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.9                       -90          173
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.2          0.4                       -55           96
      Private Educational Services                -0.2          0.6                        -8           20
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -47           91
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.9          0.8         YES           153          119         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.7                        -3           41
      Accommodation and food services              1.1          0.8         YES           156          110         YES
    Other services                                -1.1          1.1                       -64           62         YES
  Government                                       0.1          0.2                        15           39
    Federal                                        0.7          0.2         YES            15            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         1           37
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         7           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -6           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        84          119
    South                                         -0.4          0.4                      -266          212         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -28          134
    West                                           0.2          0.5                        58          167

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 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.