TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between May 2025 and May 2026,
         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                      -155          342

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.3                      -121          339
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.1                        -1            7
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.1                       -47           85
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.5                        -8           60
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.6                       -14           45
      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.6                         7           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.5                        65          138
      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.8                       -17           47
      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.7                        35          106
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.8                        46           54
    Information                                    0.4          1.1                         8           33
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                       -19           52
      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.7                        -7           44
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.0                       -12           25
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.9                      -107          173
    Private Education and Health Services          0.1          0.4                        41           96
      Private Educational Services                 0.1          0.6                         7           20
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.4                        34           91
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.8                       -77          119
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.3          1.7                       -36           41
      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.8                       -41          110
    Other services                                 0.4          1.1                        26           62
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -33           39
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -13            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -21           37
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -5           22
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -15           22

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        -8          119
    South                                          0.2          0.4                       124          212
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -87          134
    West                                          -0.5          0.5                      -184          167         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 30, 2026.
  *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.