TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2020 and May 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                                      0.1          0.2                       642          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           858          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.4          1.5                        -8           11

    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        30           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            80           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        28           32

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.5         YES            52           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.4         YES           222          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.6                       -28           38

      Retail trade                                 1.4          0.6         YES           268           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.6          0.7                       -17           40

    Information                                   -1.1          0.9         YES           -23           24

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.5                        34           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.6                        26           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.0                         8           22

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.7                         1          130

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        40           72

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.5         YES           -21           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        61           68

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.2          0.6         YES           404           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.9                        16           39

      Accommodation and food services              1.5          0.6         YES           388           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.0          1.3                        78           72         YES

  Government                                      -1.0          0.2         YES          -216           40         YES

    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -14            6         YES

    State and local                               -1.1          0.2         YES          -202           39         YES

      State and local education                   -2.0          0.2         YES          -196           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -6           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                       -34           99

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       332          156         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       199          120         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                       144          127         YES



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