TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2022 and November 2023,
         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES          -616          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.2         YES          -590          282         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.3                         4            9
    Construction                                   0.6          1.0                        60           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                       -28           51
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                         1           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.6                       -29           26         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.7          0.5         YES          -195          126         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.7          0.7                       -39           39
      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.7                       -58          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.3          0.7         YES           -98           46         YES
    Information                                   -0.3          1.0                       -13           28
    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.6                       -33           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.6                       -28           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.1                        -6           26
    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -166          150         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -21           76
      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -7           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.4                       -14           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.4          0.7         YES          -198          109         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.6                       -12           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.5          0.8         YES          -185          101         YES
    Other services                                 0.0          1.3                         2           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -26           40
    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         0            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -27           39
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                        -1           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -25           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        14          100
    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -329          174         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -36          131
    West                                          -0.7          0.4         YES          -265          147         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 3, 2024.
  *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.