TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2023 and January 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 -0.5 0.2 YES -712 301 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.6 0.2 YES -688 297 YES Mining and logging 0.7 1.2 5 8 Construction 0.2 1.0 22 79 Manufacturing -0.4 0.4 -53 57 Durable goods -0.1 0.5 -11 43 Nondurable goods -0.8 0.6 YES -41 30 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -1.6 0.5 YES -429 135 YES Wholesale trade 0.0 0.7 4 43 Retail trade -1.7 0.7 YES -259 108 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -2.3 0.8 YES -174 55 YES Information -1.2 1.0 YES -37 28 YES Financial activities -0.3 0.6 -20 50 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.6 0 38 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.0 1.0 -21 24 Professional and business services -0.1 0.9 -13 171 Private Education and Health Services -0.6 0.3 YES -121 85 YES Private Educational Services 0.2 0.5 7 19 Health care and social assistance -0.7 0.4 YES -128 80 YES Leisure and hospitality -0.6 0.7 -59 108 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.2 1.6 -14 34 Accommodation and food services -0.4 0.8 -45 102 Other services 0.2 1.1 18 62 Government -0.2 0.2 -24 40 Federal -0.2 0.2 -6 6 State and local -0.2 0.2 -16 39 State and local education -0.2 0.2 -15 23 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.3 -1 24 REGION Northeast -0.4 0.4 -66 106 South -0.8 0.4 YES -378 196 YES Midwest -0.4 0.4 -125 128 West -0.5 0.5 -143 161 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 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.