TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2017 and July 2018, 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 0.2 195 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 186 239 Mining and logging 1.1 1.0 YES 10 7 YES Construction -0.3 1.1 -8 69 Manufacturing 0.0 0.4 14 48 Durable goods -0.2 0.4 -8 35 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.6 23 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.4 0.4 104 95 YES Wholesale trade -0.3 0.6 -19 32 Retail trade 0.7 0.5 YES 115 74 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.7 8 34 Information -0.3 0.7 -8 19 Financial activities 0.3 0.5 31 42 Finance and insurance 0.3 0.5 21 31 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.4 1.2 10 24 Professional and business services -0.5 0.6 -69 110 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 51 53 Educational services 0.7 0.5 YES 27 16 YES Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 24 51 Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.6 88 86 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.3 1.8 -33 36 Accommodation and food services 0.7 0.6 YES 121 74 YES Other services -0.6 1.0 -29 55 Government 0.0 0.1 9 31 Federal 0.0 0.2 0 6 State and local 0.1 0.2 9 30 State and local education 0.1 0.2 6 17 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 2 19 REGION Northeast -0.4 0.4 -95 99 South 0.3 0.3 202 144 YES Midwest 0.2 0.4 76 108 West -0.1 0.4 11 118 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 11, 2018. *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.