TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and September 2020,

         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                                     -0.5          0.2         YES         -1115          236         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES         -1082          230         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.5                        -2           11

    Construction                                  -2.0          0.9         YES          -164           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                       -23           40

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.4                       -21           30

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                        -3           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.4                      -151          101         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -32           34

      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.5         YES          -119           78         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.7                        -1           40

    Information                                   -0.5          0.8                       -22           22

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.4                       -30           37

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.5                       -24           33

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.9                        -5           20

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.6                      -191          106         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                       -58           67

      Educational services                        -0.5          0.5                       -25           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                       -33           62

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.0          0.6         YES          -418           99         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.9                       -85           42         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES          -333           88         YES

    Other services                                -0.2          1.1                       -26           64

  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -33           35

    Federal                                        1.3          0.2         YES            45            5         YES

    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -78           34         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -22           21         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.2         YES           -56           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.6          0.4         YES          -235           96         YES

    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -424          150         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                      -158          119         YES

    West                                          -0.6          0.4         YES          -299          120         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 10, 2020.

  *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.