TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2017 and May 2018, 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 0.2 268 241 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 292 239 YES Mining and logging 0.5 1.0 7 7 Construction -0.2 1.1 1 69 Manufacturing 0.0 0.4 1 48 Durable goods 0.1 0.4 8 35 Nondurable goods -0.2 0.6 -7 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 24 95 Wholesale trade -0.1 0.6 -4 32 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -4 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.7 33 34 Information 0.3 0.7 8 19 Financial activities -0.2 0.5 -19 42 Finance and insurance -0.3 0.5 -16 31 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.3 1.2 -3 24 Professional and business services 0.3 0.6 99 110 Education and health services 0.2 0.3 58 53 YES Educational services 0.3 0.5 13 16 Health care and social assistance 0.2 0.3 43 51 Leisure and hospitality 0.5 0.6 108 86 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.1 1.8 0 36 Accommodation and food services 0.7 0.6 YES 108 74 YES Other services 0.0 1.0 7 55 Government - 0.1 - 31 Federal - 0.2 - 6 State and local -0.1 0.2 -20 30 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -5 17 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.2 -15 19 REGION Northeast 0.0 0.4 3 99 South 0.0 0.3 51 144 Midwest 0.4 0.4 135 108 YES West 0.1 0.4 80 118 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 10, 2018. - Data not available. *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.