TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2023 and September 2024,
         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          -353          301         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -334          297         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.2          1.2                        -1            8
    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                        -4           79
    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.4                        -8           57
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.5                        10           43
      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.6                       -18           30
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.5         YES          -166          135         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.7                       -14           43
      Retail trade                                -1.1          0.7         YES          -164          108         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                        11           55
    Information                                    0.6          1.0                        20           28
    Financial activities                           0.4          0.6                        33           50
      Finance and insurance                        0.6          0.6                        42           38         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          1.0                        -9           24
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.9                        -8          171
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.3                        -9           85
      Private Educational Services                 0.3          0.5                        10           19
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.4                       -19           80
    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.5          0.7         YES          -231          108         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.6                        17           34
      Accommodation and food services             -1.9          0.8         YES          -248          102         YES
    Other services                                 0.6          1.1                        42           62
  Government                                      -0.1          0.2                       -20           40
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.2         YES           -10            6         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -9           39
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -9           23
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.3                         0           24

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.5          0.4         YES           158          106         YES
    South                                         -0.5          0.4         YES          -253          196         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.4                       -56          128
    West                                          -0.6          0.5         YES          -201          161         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 29, 2024.
  *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.