TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2017 and November 2018, 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 0.2 211 241 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 208 239 Mining and logging 0.0 1.0 2 7 Construction 0.7 1.1 60 69 Manufacturing 0.2 0.4 35 48 Durable goods 0.3 0.4 27 35 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.6 9 27 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.4 93 95 Wholesale trade 0.7 0.6 YES 42 32 YES Retail trade 0.1 0.5 26 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.3 0.7 25 34 Information 0.2 0.7 6 19 Financial activities 0.3 0.5 28 42 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 5 31 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.9 1.2 22 24 Professional and business services -0.8 0.6 YES -146 110 YES Education and health services 0.2 0.3 74 53 YES Educational services 0.2 0.5 10 16 Health care and social assistance 0.3 0.3 63 51 YES Leisure and hospitality 0.0 0.6 20 86 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 1.8 0 36 Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.6 20 74 Other services 0.6 1.0 37 55 Government 0.0 0.1 4 31 Federal -0.2 0.2 -3 6 State and local 0.0 0.2 8 30 State and local education 0.1 0.2 13 17 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -6 19 REGION Northeast -0.3 0.4 -92 99 South 0.2 0.3 118 144 Midwest 0.6 0.4 YES 189 108 YES West -0.1 0.4 -5 118 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 8, 2019. *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.