TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and September 2022,

         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                                     -0.4          0.2         YES          -385          285         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -440          282         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          1.4                         6           10

    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        28           72

    Manufacturing                                 -0.9          0.4         YES          -100           48         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.8          0.4         YES           -59           31         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -1.0          0.5         YES           -40           25         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                       -31          115

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.7                       -28           39

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.6                       -69          103

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.7         YES            67           41         YES

    Information                                   -1.1          0.9         YES           -27           27

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -38           45

      Finance and insurance                       -0.9          0.6         YES           -61           36         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          1.1                        24           25

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.8                      -126          150

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -57           72

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                         0           19

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.3         YES           -57           67

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.7         YES           -52          105

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.6                        -2           34

      Accommodation and food services             -0.9          0.7         YES           -50           98

    Other services                                -1.0          1.3                       -44           73

  Government                                       0.2          0.2                        55           39         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.2                        -4            7

    State and local                                0.3          0.2         YES            60           38         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.2                         8           23

      State and local, excluding education         0.5          0.2         YES            52           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.4         YES           -97          101

    South                                         -0.5          0.3         YES          -171          171

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.4                       -20          131

    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES           -96          138



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 2022.

  *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.