TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 2023,
         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                      -189          286

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -144          282
    Mining and logging                             0.9          1.3                         6            9
    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        22           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                       -32           51
      Durable goods                                0.0          0.5                         3           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.6         YES           -36           26         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.5                       -96          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -15           39
      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.7                       -76          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                        -5           46
    Information                                   -0.9          1.0                       -28           28
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.6                         0           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.6                         9           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.1                        -9           26
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.8                        77          150
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        49           76
      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                        -1           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        50           72
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.7         YES          -119          109         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.6                        -2           35
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.8         YES          -117          101         YES
    Other services                                -0.5          1.3                       -25           71
  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -46           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -2            7
    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -43           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -21           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -21           23

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.5          0.4         YES           160          100         YES
    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -133          174
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -137          131         YES
    West                                          -0.3          0.4                       -80          147

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 2023.
  *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.