TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and September 2019, 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 0.2 272 226 YES INDUSTRY Total private 0.2 0.2 251 221 YES Mining and logging -1.7 1.4 YES -13 9 YES Construction 0.8 0.9 68 61 YES Manufacturing 0.3 0.3 41 41 Durable goods 0.4 0.4 29 30 Nondurable goods 0.2 0.4 12 21 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.1 0.4 38 97 Wholesale trade 0.4 0.6 26 34 Retail trade -0.1 0.5 -21 74 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.5 0.7 34 36 Information -0.7 0.8 -16 21 Financial activities 0.0 0.5 3 39 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.5 -11 34 Real estate and rental and leasing 0.6 0.9 15 20 Professional and business services 0.4 0.6 115 103 YES Education and health services 0.1 0.3 26 67 Educational services -0.2 0.5 -3 17 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.3 29 64 Leisure and hospitality 0.1 0.6 29 86 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.1 2.0 -21 42 Accommodation and food services 0.2 0.6 51 71 Other services -0.7 1.1 -39 61 Government 0.1 0.1 21 30 Federal 0.3 0.2 YES 8 4 YES State and local 0.0 0.2 13 30 State and local education -0.1 0.2 -6 19 State and local, excluding education 0.2 0.2 20 19 YES REGION Northeast -0.1 0.4 -4 96 South 0.0 0.3 -1 141 Midwest 0.3 0.4 94 116 West 0.4 0.3 YES 185 112 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 5, 2019. *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.