TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2022 and September 2023,
         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                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -328          286         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -212          282
    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.3                        -1            9
    Construction                                  -1.0          1.0                       -65           77
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.4                       -38           51
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.5                       -16           40
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.6                       -22           26
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.5                      -118          126
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.7                       -29           39
      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.7                       -16          107
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.7         YES           -74           46         YES
    Information                                   -0.4          1.0                       -15           28
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.6                       -22           50
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.6                       -23           36
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.1                         1           26
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.8                       -94          150
    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        47           76
      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                        -1           19
      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.4                        48           72
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.7                       123          109         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          1.6                        46           35         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.8                        76          101
    Other services                                -0.5          1.3                       -27           71
  Government                                      -0.6          0.2         YES          -115           40         YES
    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -4            7
    State and local                               -0.6          0.2         YES          -112           39         YES
      State and local education                   -0.4          0.2         YES           -40           23         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.8          0.2         YES           -71           23         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -65          100
    South                                         -0.2          0.3                       -32          174
    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -100          131
    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -130          147

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 1, 2023.
  *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.