TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2022 and June 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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -455          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -325          282         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.3                         3            9
    Construction                                  -0.5          1.0                       -33           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.4         YES           -59           51         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.5         YES           -60           40         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.6                         2           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -38          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -30           39
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.7                        18          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.7                       -25           46
    Information                                   -0.4          1.0                       -14           28
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -43           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.6                       -40           36         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -3           26
    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.8                       -64          150
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        19           76
      Educational services                        -0.6          0.5         YES           -13           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        32           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.7         YES           -90          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.6                         1           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.8         YES           -91          101
    Other services                                -0.2          1.3                        -6           71
  Government                                      -0.6          0.2         YES          -130           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -6            7
    State and local                               -0.7          0.2         YES          -124           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.9          0.2         YES           -79           23         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.2         YES           -46           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -50          100
    South                                         -0.4          0.3         YES          -158          174
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        -5          131
    West                                          -0.8          0.4         YES          -241          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 1, 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.