TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2022 and March 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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -302          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -262          282
    Mining and logging                             0.7          1.3                         6            9
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        21           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -45           51
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.5                       -16           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.6         YES           -29           26         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -73          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                        -7           39
      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.7                      -100          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.7                        34           46
    Information                                    0.2          1.0                         6           28
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -37           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.6         YES           -40           36         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.1                         3           26
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                      -101          150
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        42           76
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -2           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        45           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.7         YES          -100          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.6                         6           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.8         YES          -106          101         YES
    Other services                                 0.2          1.3                        19           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -40           40
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -5            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -33           39
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -26           23         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -8           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                         6          100
    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -222          174         YES
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        11          131
    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -98          147

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 2, 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.