TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2018 and March 2019, 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 -12 226 INDUSTRY Total private -0.1 0.2 -5 221 Mining and logging 0.9 1.4 7 9 Construction -0.2 0.9 -2 61 Manufacturing 0.1 0.3 18 41 Durable goods 0.0 0.4 6 30 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 12 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 29 97 Wholesale trade 0.2 0.6 16 34 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -20 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.4 0.7 33 36 Information 0.1 0.8 3 21 Financial activities -0.2 0.5 -16 39 Finance and insurance -0.1 0.5 -7 34 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.9 -9 20 Professional and business services -0.1 0.6 -8 103 Education and health services -0.2 0.3 -22 67 Educational services 0.0 0.5 0 17 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -23 64 Leisure and hospitality -0.1 0.6 11 86 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.9 2.0 -37 42 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.6 47 71 Other services -0.4 1.1 -23 61 Government 0.0 0.1 -7 30 Federal 0.1 0.2 5 4 YES State and local -0.1 0.2 -13 30 State and local education 0.0 0.2 0 19 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -12 19 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 8 96 South 0.1 0.3 89 141 Midwest 0.0 0.4 4 116 West -0.3 0.3 -113 112 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 7, 2019. *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.