TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and July 2024,
         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                      -209          301

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -190          297
    Mining and logging                            -0.9          1.2                        -6            8
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -37           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -61           57         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                        -5           43
      Nondurable goods                            -1.1          0.6         YES           -57           30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -44          135
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.7                        -4           43
      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.7                       -47          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                         6           55
    Information                                   -0.2          1.0                        -7           28
    Financial activities                           0.8          0.6         YES            73           50         YES
      Finance and insurance                        1.1          0.6         YES            74           38         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.0                        -1           24
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.9                      -126          171
    Private Education and Health Services          0.0          0.3                        33           85
      Private Educational Services                 0.3          0.5                        11           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.4                        21           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.7                       -71          108
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.6                         1           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.6          0.8                       -72          102
    Other services                                 0.9          1.1                        57           62
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -19           40
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -9            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -10           39
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -15           23
      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.3                         5           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        44          106
    South                                         -0.3          0.4                      -160          196
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -101          128
    West                                           0.0          0.5                         9          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 4, 2024.
  *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.