TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2020 and March 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                                     -7.2          0.2         YES        -11026          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -8.4          0.2         YES        -10785          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -4.9          1.5         YES           -34           11         YES

    Construction                                  -5.8          1.0         YES          -430           69         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -3.8          0.3         YES          -498           43         YES

      Durable goods                               -3.7          0.4         YES          -306           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -4.0          0.5         YES          -193           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -6.1          0.4         YES         -1693          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -3.1          0.6         YES          -186           38         YES

      Retail trade                                -7.2          0.6         YES         -1114           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -6.2          0.7         YES          -393           40         YES

    Information                                   -5.3          0.9         YES          -161           24         YES

    Financial activities                          -2.0          0.5         YES          -182           43         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -48           36         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -5.6          1.0         YES          -133           22         YES

    Professional and business services            -4.1          0.7         YES          -887          130         YES

    Education and health services                 -5.5          0.3         YES         -1381           72         YES

      Educational services                        -7.6          0.5         YES          -298           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -5.1          0.3         YES         -1083           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        -29          0.6         YES         -4761           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          -24          1.9         YES          -555           39         YES

      Accommodation and food services              -30          0.6         YES         -4206           78         YES

    Other services                                 -13          1.3         YES          -760           72         YES

  Government                                      -1.0          0.2         YES          -241           40         YES

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -9            6         YES

    State and local                               -1.1          0.2         YES          -233           39         YES

      State and local education                   -1.6          0.2         YES          -176           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.6          0.2         YES           -58           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -8.9          0.4         YES         -2458           99         YES

    South                                         -5.7          0.3         YES         -3275          156         YES

    Midwest                                       -8.0          0.4         YES         -2617          120         YES

    West                                          -7.5          0.4         YES         -2676          127         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 11, 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.