TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and June 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                       312          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           646          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.5                        -7           11

    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        27           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        13           43

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.4                        -9           32

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.5                        22           24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES           211          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.6                       -30           38

      Retail trade                                 1.4          0.6         YES           249           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.7                        -8           40

    Information                                    0.2          0.9                         9           24

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                        -6           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.6                       -10           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.0                         4           22

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.7         YES           215          130         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                        -7           72

      Educational services                        -0.6          0.5         YES           -13           18

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                         6           68

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                       183           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.5          1.9         YES           -19           39

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.6                       201           78         YES

    Other services                                -0.2          1.3                         9           72

  Government                                      -1.6          0.2         YES          -334           40         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         3            6

    State and local                               -1.9          0.2         YES          -337           39         YES

      State and local education                   -3.8          0.2         YES          -351           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        13           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES           -91           99

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       220          156         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       181          120         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                         1          127



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 9, 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.