TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2023 and May 2024,
         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          -350          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -358          297         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.1          1.2                        -1            8
    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -1           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.7          0.4         YES           -80           57         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                        -8           43
      Nondurable goods                            -1.5          0.6         YES           -72           30         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -206          135         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.7                        -2           43
      Retail trade                                -1.2          0.7         YES          -188          108         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.8                       -17           55
    Information                                    0.1          1.0                         4           28
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        17           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.6                        -4           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          1.0                        20           24
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.9                        67          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.3         YES           -42           85
      Private Educational Services                 0.5          0.5                        22           19         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.5          0.4         YES           -64           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.7         YES          -130          108         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.6                         1           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.0          0.8         YES          -131          102         YES
    Other services                                 0.2          1.1                        14           62
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                         9           40
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -11            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        20           39
      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        32           23         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                       -12           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        47          106
    South                                         -0.8          0.4         YES          -447          196         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -80          128
    West                                           0.3          0.5                       131          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 2, 2024.
  *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.