TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2020 and July 2021,

         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                       390          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       616          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.6          1.5         YES            -8           11

    Construction                                   0.5          1.0                        49           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        42           43

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.4                        -4           32

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.5         YES            45           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.4                       140          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        33           38

      Retail trade                                 1.0          0.6         YES           188           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.6          0.7         YES           -81           40         YES

    Information                                    0.4          0.9                        15           24

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                        -2           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.6                        15           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.9          1.0                       -17           22

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       170          130         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                        -5           72

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.5         YES           -22           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        17           68

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                       168           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.9                        -4           39

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                       172           78         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          1.3                        47           72

  Government                                      -1.2          0.2         YES          -226           40         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -6            6

    State and local                               -1.3          0.2         YES          -220           39         YES

      State and local education                   -2.9          0.2         YES          -240           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        20           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        96           99

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       289          156         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        23          120

    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -19          127



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 8, 2021.

  *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.