TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2024 and November 2025, 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 0.0 0.2 -40 329 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.3 -10 326 Mining and logging 0.1 1.2 0 7 Construction -0.3 1.1 -23 82 Manufacturing -0.2 0.5 -15 59 Durable goods 0.1 0.5 4 43 Nondurable goods -0.4 0.7 -19 34 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.3 0.5 -89 138 Wholesale trade -0.4 0.8 -26 46 Retail trade -0.2 0.7 -28 109 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.4 0.8 -33 55 Information 0.4 1.1 11 32 Financial activities 0.1 0.6 8 50 Finance and insurance 0.4 0.6 30 40 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.9 1.1 -22 27 Professional and business services 0.2 0.8 51 165 Private Education and Health Services -0.1 0.4 -28 101 Private Educational Services 0.1 0.6 1 20 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.5 -28 96 Leisure and hospitality 0.4 0.8 83 117 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 2.0 1.6 YES 52 36 YES Accommodation and food services 0.1 0.8 31 109 Other services -0.2 1.1 -10 65 Government -0.1 0.2 -30 40 Federal 0.3 0.2 YES 5 6 State and local -0.2 0.2 -35 39 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -16 22 State and local, excluding education -0.2 0.3 -19 23 REGION Northeast 0.2 0.4 67 109 South 0.0 0.4 1 201 Midwest -0.1 0.4 -30 131 West -0.2 0.4 -78 161 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.