TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and November 2024,
         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                      -303          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -288          297
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.2                        -2            8
    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -46           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.4                       -42           57
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -27           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.6                       -15           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -54          135
      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.7                        -6           43
      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.7                       -53          108
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.8                         4           55
    Information                                    0.3          1.0                         8           28
    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -43           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.6                       -32           38
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.0                       -10           24
    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.9                       -12          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.4          0.3         YES           -70           85
      Private Educational Services                -0.1          0.5                        -2           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.4                       -68           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.7                       -38          108
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.0          1.6                        33           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.8                       -71          102
    Other services                                 0.2          1.1                        12           62
  Government                                       0.0          0.2                       -16           40
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -10            6         YES
    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -6           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -2           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                        -4           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -53          106
    South                                         -0.3          0.4                      -175          196
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -119          128
    West                                           0.1          0.5                        43          161

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 7, 2025.
  *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.