TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and November 2020, 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 -110 236 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.2 -178 230 Mining and logging -1.3 1.5 -11 11 Construction -0.6 0.9 -54 61 Manufacturing 0.4 0.3 YES 34 40 Durable goods 0.4 0.4 21 30 Nondurable goods 0.4 0.4 13 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.4 -110 101 YES Wholesale trade 0.0 0.6 -5 34 Retail trade -0.6 0.5 YES -120 78 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.7 14 40 Information 0.0 0.8 -6 22 Financial activities -0.5 0.4 YES -40 37 YES Finance and insurance -0.4 0.5 -24 33 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.6 0.9 -16 20 Professional and business services -0.1 0.6 -71 106 Education and health services 0.1 0.3 9 67 Educational services 0.3 0.5 7 18 Health care and social assistance 0.1 0.3 2 62 Leisure and hospitality 2.1 0.6 YES 81 99 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.9 -73 42 YES Accommodation and food services 2.6 0.7 YES 154 88 YES Other services 0.1 1.1 -8 64 Government 0.4 0.2 YES 69 35 YES Federal 3.1 0.2 YES 92 5 YES State and local -0.1 0.2 -23 34 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -20 21 State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.2 -2 22 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -94 96 South 0.2 0.3 -3 150 Midwest 0.3 0.4 47 119 West 0.0 0.4 -58 120 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 12, 2021. *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.