TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2019 and March 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                                      5.9          0.2         YES          8899          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    6.9          0.2         YES          8839          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.3          1.5                         8           11

    Construction                                   5.4          0.9         YES           399           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  2.9          0.3         YES           366           40         YES

      Durable goods                                3.3          0.4         YES           268           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             2.1          0.4         YES            98           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           4.4          0.4         YES          1216          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                              3.1          0.6         YES           183           34         YES

      Retail trade                                 5.5          0.5         YES           851           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.0          0.7         YES           183           40         YES

    Information                                    0.5          0.8                        18           22

    Financial activities                           1.9          0.4         YES           173           37         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.8          0.5         YES            51           33         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           5.2          0.9         YES           121           20         YES

    Professional and business services             1.8          0.6         YES           410          106         YES

    Education and health services                  4.0          0.3         YES           996           67         YES

      Educational services                         5.7          0.5         YES           229           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            3.7          0.3         YES           767           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       27.5          0.6         YES          4393           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         18.4          1.9         YES           422           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             29.0          0.7         YES          3971           88         YES

    Other services                                14.6          1.1         YES           862           64         YES

  Government                                       0.3          0.2         YES            59           35         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            5

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            58           34         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        14           21

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.2         YES            45           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      7.0          0.4         YES          1958           96         YES

    South                                          4.6          0.3         YES          2553          150         YES

    Midwest                                        7.3          0.4         YES          2420          119         YES

    West                                           5.6          0.4         YES          1968          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 15, 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.