TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2021 and November 2022, 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 -0.4 0.2 YES -317 285 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.4 0.2 YES -299 282 YES Mining and logging 0.3 1.4 3 10 Construction -1.5 1.0 YES -105 72 YES Manufacturing -0.2 0.4 -24 48 Durable goods -0.4 0.4 -30 31 Nondurable goods 0.0 0.5 6 25 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.1 0.4 -28 115 Wholesale trade 0.0 0.7 3 39 Retail trade -1.0 0.6 YES -142 103 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 1.4 0.7 YES 110 41 YES Information 0.1 0.9 5 27 Financial activities 0.3 0.5 30 45 Finance and insurance 0.2 0.6 13 36 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.7 1.1 17 25 Professional and business services -0.7 0.8 -118 150 Education and health services -0.1 0.3 -7 72 Educational services -0.3 0.5 -9 19 Health care and social assistance -0.1 0.3 2 67 Leisure and hospitality -0.5 0.7 -9 105 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.3 1.6 20 34 Accommodation and food services -0.6 0.7 -29 98 Other services -0.9 1.3 -45 73 Government -0.1 0.2 -17 39 Federal -0.1 0.2 -3 7 State and local -0.1 0.2 -14 38 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -8 23 State and local, excluding education -0.1 0.2 -7 21 REGION Northeast -0.6 0.4 YES -163 101 YES South -0.3 0.3 -127 171 Midwest -0.4 0.4 -106 131 West 0.2 0.4 79 138 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 4, 2023. *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.