TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2019 and October 2020,

         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                      -408          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -513          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.5                        -4           11

    Construction                                  -1.5          0.9         YES          -128           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            34           40

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        12           30

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.4         YES            22           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES            89          101

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                        -2           34

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.5         YES            63           78

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.7                        27           40

    Information                                   -1.1          0.8         YES           -36           22         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.4                       -10           37

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.5                       -17           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          0.9                         7           20

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.6                       -94          106

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                       -12           67

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                       -14           18

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                         3           62

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.6                      -285           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          1.9                       -64           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.7                      -221           88         YES

    Other services                                -0.9          1.1                       -66           64         YES

  Government                                       0.5          0.2         YES           105           35         YES

    Federal                                        4.7          0.2         YES           143            5         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -38           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -16           21

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -23           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -73           96

    South                                          0.2          0.3                        -5          150

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                       -45          119

    West                                          -0.6          0.4         YES          -286          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 9, 2020.

  *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.