TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and September 2021,

         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                                      0.6          0.2         YES          1118          274         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.7          0.2         YES          1176          270         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.0          1.5                        -5           11

    Construction                                   0.0          1.0                         9           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.3         YES            86           43         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        37           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                             1.0          0.5         YES            50           24         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.7          0.4         YES           225          113         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.9          0.6         YES            51           38         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.9          0.6         YES           162           94         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                        11           40

    Information                                    0.3          0.9                        10           24

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.5                        40           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.9          0.6         YES            62           36         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          1.0         YES           -22           22

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.7                       103          130

    Education and health services                  0.8          0.3         YES           216           72         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            30           18         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.9          0.3         YES           187           68         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.6          0.6         YES           399           98         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.2          1.9                        73           39         YES

      Accommodation and food services              1.7          0.6         YES           324           78         YES

    Other services                                 1.4          1.3         YES            92           72         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.2                       -57           40         YES

    Federal                                       -1.5          0.2         YES           -50            6         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -8           39

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        19           23

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -26           22         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       142           99         YES

    South                                          0.7          0.3         YES           508          156         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       178          120         YES

    West                                           0.7          0.4         YES           289          127         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 2021.

  *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.