TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2024 and July 2024,
         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                                         0.2           0.2                      336            320         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.3           0.3                      307            319
    Mining and logging                               -0.1           1.3                       -1              8
    Construction                                      0.6           1.2                       46             90
    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.4                        0             55
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.5                       -1             40
      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.7                        1             32
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.5                      -48            151
      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.8                      -15             45
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.8                      -44            122
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.2           0.8                       10             55
    Information                                       0.8           1.0                       24             28
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.5                       29             48
      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.6                       29             38
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           1.0                       -1             23
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.8                      -10            147
    Private Education and Health Services             0.5           0.4         YES          115             85         YES
      Private Educational Services                    0.2           0.5                        7             18
      Health care and social assistance               0.5           0.4         YES          108             83         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.7           0.7                      112            107         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             1.1           1.8                       30             38
      Accommodation and food services                 0.5           0.7                       81             97
    Other services                                    0.6           1.2                       40             68
  Government                                          0.1           0.2                       30             38
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -3              7
    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       33             38
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        8             26
      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.3                       24             24

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.2           0.4                       50            112
    South                                             0.3           0.4                      149            197
    Midwest                                           0.2           0.4                       73            128
    West                                              0.2           0.4                       64            143

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 4, 2024.
  *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.