TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and July 2026,
         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                       -88          342

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -131          339
    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.1                         5            7
    Construction                                   0.2          1.1                        18           85
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                       -15           60
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.6                        -2           45
      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.6                       -12           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.5                        88          138
      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.8                         7           47
      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.7                        89          106
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                        -7           54
    Information                                   -0.4          1.1                       -14           33
    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.6                       -57           52         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.7                       -49           44         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.0                        -8           25
    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.9                      -197          173         YES
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.4                        53           96
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.6                         7           20
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        45           91
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.8                       -52          119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.7                        -2           41
      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.8                       -49          110
    Other services                                 0.6          1.1                        39           62
  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        44           39         YES
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                        -4            6
    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        47           37         YES
      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        20           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.2         YES            28           22         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                       -97          119
    South                                          0.2          0.4                       135          212
    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        82          134
    West                                          -0.5          0.5                      -207          167         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 1, 2026.
  *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.