TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2021 and March 2022,

         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           782          285         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           729          282         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          1.4                         6           10

    Construction                                   0.5          1.0                        44           72

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.4         YES            80           48         YES

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.4                        17           31

      Nondurable goods                             1.2          0.5         YES            65           25         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       162          115         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.7                         5           39

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.6         YES           152          103         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.7                         4           41

    Information                                   -0.4          0.9                        -8           27

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                         4           45

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.6                        10           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -6           25

    Professional and business services             0.6          0.8                       178          150         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        69           72

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        11           19

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        58           67

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.7                       155          105         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          1.6                        28           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.7                       128           98         YES

    Other services                                 0.4          1.3                        36           73

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        53           39         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         3            7

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            50           38         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            39           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        11           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.4                        85          101

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           455          171         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -34          131

    West                                           0.6          0.4         YES           275          138         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 3, 2022.

  *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.