TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2024 and May 2025,
         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                                      0.0          0.2                       -92          329

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                       -88          326
    Mining and logging                            -0.7          1.2                        -5            7
    Construction                                   0.1          1.1                        12           82
    Manufacturing                                 -0.5          0.5                       -68           59         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.5          0.5                       -45           43         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.7                       -24           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -49          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.8                       -26           46
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.7                       -36          109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.8                        13           55
    Information                                   -0.3          1.1                        -8           32
    Financial activities                           0.2          0.6                        19           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.6                        22           40
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.1                        -4           27
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.8                        45          165
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.4                       -84          101
      Private Educational Services                -0.4          0.6                       -13           20
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.5                       -70           96
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.8                        90          117
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.6                        12           36
      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.8                        78          109
    Other services                                -0.8          1.1                       -40           65
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                        -4           40
    Federal                                        0.3          0.2         YES             9            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -13           39
      State and local education                   -0.3          0.2         YES           -30           22         YES
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.3                        18           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                         3          109
    South                                         -0.1          0.4                       -67          201
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        20          131
    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -49          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 1, 2025.
  *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.