TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2019 and May 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                                     -0.7          0.2         YES         -1561          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.8          0.2         YES         -1505          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.5                         3           11

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.9                       -86           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -61           40         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                       -19           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.4         YES           -41           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.4         YES          -230          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.6                        26           34

      Retail trade                                -1.3          0.5         YES          -270           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.7                        15           40

    Information                                   -1.3          0.8         YES           -41           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.6          0.4         YES           -60           37         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.5                       -32           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          0.9         YES           -28           20         YES

    Professional and business services            -1.0          0.6         YES          -300          106         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.3                      -117           67         YES

      Educational services                        -1.1          0.5         YES           -49           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.3                       -68           62         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.6         YES          -511           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.9                       -79           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.7         YES          -431           88         YES

    Other services                                -1.4          1.1         YES          -102           64         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -55           35         YES

    Federal                                        1.2          0.2         YES            34            5         YES

    State and local                               -0.4          0.2         YES           -89           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.5          0.2         YES           -70           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -18           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                      -189           96         YES

    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -503          150         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.9          0.4         YES          -377          119         YES

    West                                          -1.0          0.4         YES          -491          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 7, 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.