TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2020 and October 2021,

         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                       519          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.4          0.2         YES           669          270         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.5                         3           11

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -12           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            61           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.4                        17           32

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.5         YES            44           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        57          113

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.6                        31           38

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.6                       115           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.6          0.7         YES           -90           40         YES

    Information                                    0.7          0.9                        25           24         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.5                       -16           43

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.6                       -12           36

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.0                        -4           22

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.7                       118          130

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        82           72         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        12           18

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.3         YES            69           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.0          0.6         YES           286           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.8          1.9                        55           39         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           231           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.1          1.3                        67           72

  Government                                      -0.7          0.2         YES          -150           40         YES

    Federal                                       -4.9          0.2         YES          -148            6         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -2           39

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -16           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        14           22



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        52           99

    South                                          0.3          0.3                       253          156         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        30          120

    West                                           0.4          0.4                       186          127         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 2021.

  *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.