TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and July 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 -0.2 0.2 -837 236 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.3 0.2 YES -773 230 YES Mining and logging 0.9 1.5 2 11 Construction 0.0 0.9 -19 61 Manufacturing 0.4 0.3 YES 28 40 Durable goods 0.4 0.4 16 30 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.4 11 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 -52 101 Wholesale trade -0.2 0.6 -22 34 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -50 78 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.7 0.7 19 40 Information -1.7 0.8 YES -56 22 YES Financial activities -0.4 0.4 -42 37 YES Finance and insurance -0.5 0.5 -28 33 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 0.9 -14 20 Professional and business services -0.3 0.6 -135 106 YES Education and health services -0.3 0.3 -116 67 YES Educational services -0.4 0.5 -21 18 YES Health care and social assistance -0.3 0.3 -95 62 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.4 0.6 -339 99 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.4 1.9 -43 42 YES Accommodation and food services -0.5 0.7 -296 88 YES Other services -0.4 1.1 -43 64 Government -0.2 0.2 -63 35 YES Federal 0.3 0.2 YES 10 5 YES State and local -0.3 0.2 YES -73 34 YES State and local education -0.3 0.2 YES -39 21 YES State and local, excluding education -0.3 0.2 YES -34 22 YES REGION Northeast -0.2 0.4 -109 96 YES South -0.5 0.3 YES -416 150 YES Midwest 0.0 0.4 -104 119 West -0.2 0.4 -208 120 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 9, 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.