TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2025 and January 2026,
         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted

                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)
                                                                  =====                          =====================

                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of
                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance
     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*

Total nonfarm                                        -0.1           0.2                      -98            372

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.3                      -91            368
    Mining and logging                               -1.0           1.1                       -6              6
    Construction                                      0.1           1.1                        5             91
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.5                       -7             59
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.6                        3             45
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.7                      -10             32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.5                     -119            147
      Wholesale trade                                 0.3           0.7                       13             45
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.7                      -54            112
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -1.1           0.7         YES          -79             48         YES
    Information                                       0.1           1.1                        0             32
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.6                      -17             52
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.7                       -1             49
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.5           0.8                      -15             19
    Professional and business services                0.2           0.8                       53            179
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.2           0.4                      -49             99
      Private Educational Services                    0.1           0.5                        1             17
      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.5                      -51             97
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.8                       33            121
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           1.8                        8             42
      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.8                       25            109
    Other services                                    0.2           1.1                       15             64
  Government                                         -0.1           0.2                       -7             35
    Federal                                          -0.3           0.2         YES          -10              5         YES
    State and local                                   0.0           0.2                        3             35
      State and local education                       0.0           0.2                       -1             25
      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.2                        4             22

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.3           0.5                       81            124
    South                                            -0.4           0.4                     -186            228
    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -93            137
    West                                              0.3           0.5                       99            176

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 13, 2026.
  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error
is used in testing the over-the-month change.