TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2020 and November 2021,

         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                                      0.2          0.2                       629          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           687          270         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.5                         1           11

    Construction                                   0.5          1.0                        48           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.3                        44           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        34           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.5                        10           24

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.4         YES           212          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        33           38

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.6         YES           146           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.7                        33           40

    Information                                    0.5          0.9                        17           24

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        31           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.6                        23           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.0                         8           22

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.7                        45          130

    Education and health services                  0.6          0.3         YES           168           72         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                        10           18

      Health care and social assistance            0.7          0.3         YES           158           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.6                        89           98

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.3          1.9         YES            77           39         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.6         YES            13           78

    Other services                                 0.4          1.3                        32           72

  Government                                      -0.3          0.2         YES           -58           40         YES

    Federal                                       -3.4          0.2         YES           -97            6         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        39           39

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        26           23         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        13           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.4         YES           163           99         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           401          156         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.4                        28          120

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                        37          127



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2022.

  *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.