TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2019 and June 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -961          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -810          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.9          1.5                         2           11

    Construction                                  -1.1          0.9         YES           -97           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            58           40         YES

      Durable goods                                0.9          0.4         YES            58           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         0           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                       -74          101

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        23           34

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.5                      -137           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.7         YES            41           40         YES

    Information                                   -0.6          0.8                       -23           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.4         YES           -50           37         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.5                       -10           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.6          0.9         YES           -40           20         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.6                      -198          106         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -75           67         YES

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.5         YES           -39           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                       -36           62

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                      -303           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.2          1.9                       -22           42

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.7                      -281           88         YES

    Other services                                -0.4          1.1                       -49           64

  Government                                      -0.6          0.2         YES          -151           35         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         7            5         YES

    State and local                               -0.7          0.2         YES          -159           34         YES

      State and local education                   -1.1          0.2         YES          -135           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -22           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                      -122           96         YES

    South                                         -0.4          0.3         YES          -406          150         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.4         YES          -260          119         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                      -172          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 10, 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.