TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2021 and October 2022,
         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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -244          285

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -209          282
    Mining and logging                             0.0          1.4                         2           10
    Construction                                  -0.4          1.0                       -19           72
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.4                       -41           48
      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.4                       -31           31
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.5                       -11           25
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                       -68          115
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -18           39
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.6         YES           -93          103
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.7                        42           41         YES
    Information                                   -0.9          0.9                       -24           27
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.5                        12           45
      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.6                       -12           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          1.1                        25           25
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                       -66          150
    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -37           72
      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                         0           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.3                       -38           67
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.7                        31          105
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.6                       -18           34
      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.7                        49           98
    Other services                                -0.1          1.3                         2           73
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -35           39
    Federal                                       -0.6          0.2         YES           -18            7         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -17           38
      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         1           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -18           21

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -142          101         YES
    South                                         -0.2          0.3                       -81          171
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                        12          131
    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -33          138

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 30, 2022.
  *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.