TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and July 2023,
         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          -401          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.2         YES          -410          282         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.3                         7            9
    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                         4           77
    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.4                        -2           51
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.5                       -22           40
      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        21           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.5                      -104          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.7                       -35           39
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.7                       -12          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.7         YES           -57           46         YES
    Information                                    0.4          1.0                        12           28
    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.6                       -49           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.6                       -34           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          1.1                       -15           26
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -151          150         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        13           76
      Educational services                         0.3          0.5                        14           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        -1           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.7         YES          -130          109         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.6                        -9           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.8         YES          -122          101         YES
    Other services                                -0.2          1.3                        -8           71
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         9           40
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            7
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                         6           39
      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        21           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -14           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -21          100
    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -158          174
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -49          131
    West                                          -0.6          0.4         YES          -174          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 2023.
  *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.