TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2022 and May 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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -217          286

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -195          282
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.3                         1            9
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        22           77
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.4                        18           51
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                         1           40
      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.6                        17           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                       110          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.7                        -7           39
      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.7                       100          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.7                        17           46
    Information                                   -0.4          1.0                       -10           28
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                        -8           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.6                         6           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.1                       -14           26
    Professional and business services            -1.4          0.8         YES          -286          150         YES
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        31           76
      Educational services                        -1.2          0.5         YES           -40           19         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.4                        71           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.7         YES           -70          109
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.6                       -16           35
      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.8                       -54          101
    Other services                                -0.2          1.3                        -4           71
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -22           40
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         0            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -22           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        13           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -34           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -11          100
    South                                         -0.1          0.3                         9          174
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                         9          131
    West                                          -0.8          0.4         YES          -224          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 6, 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.