TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2024 and October 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                                     -0.2          0.2                      -193          329

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.3                      -226          326
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          1.2                        -4            7
    Construction                                  -0.7          1.1                       -61           82
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.5                         8           59
      Durable goods                                0.4          0.5                        25           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.7                       -17           34
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.5                       -75          138
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.8                         3           46
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.7                       -37          109
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.8                       -42           55
    Information                                    0.9          1.1                        26           32
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.6                       -10           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.6                         2           40
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.1                       -12           27
    Professional and business services             0.2          0.8                        37          165
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.3          0.4                       -54          101
      Private Educational Services                 0.3          0.6                         6           20
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.5                       -61           96
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.8                       -24          117
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.6                        -2           36
      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.8                       -22          109
    Other services                                -1.2          1.1         YES           -72           65         YES
  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        32           40
    Federal                                        0.6          0.2         YES            15            6         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        17           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -12           22
      State and local, excluding education         0.3          0.3                        29           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.7          0.4         YES           185          109         YES
    South                                         -0.7          0.4         YES          -424          201         YES
    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                        91          131
    West                                          -0.1          0.4                       -45          161

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