TABLE 3: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and September 2021,

         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                      186            268



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.2                      153            264

    Mining and logging                               -0.3           1.5                       -2             10

    Construction                                     -0.9           1.0                      -62             72

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.4                       17             47

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.4                       -5             32

      Nondurable goods                                0.4           0.6                       22             27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.4                      -88            109

      Wholesale trade                                -0.6           0.6                      -31             35

      Retail trade                                   -0.6           0.6                     -100             91         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.6           0.7                       42             42

    Information                                      -0.2           0.8                       -4             23

    Financial activities                              0.6           0.5         YES           50             43         YES

      Finance and insurance                           0.9           0.6         YES           61             37         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.4           0.9                       -9             21

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.6                       23            113

    Education and health services                     0.5           0.3         YES          101             68         YES

      Educational services                            0.5           0.6                       14             20

      Health care and social assistance               0.4           0.3         YES           86             65         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.6                       32             92

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.6           1.9         YES           59             41         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.6                      -27             81

    Other services                                    1.5           1.1         YES           87             64         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.2                       33             35

    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              6

    State and local                                   0.2           0.2                       32             34

      State and local education                       0.5           0.2         YES           43             24         YES

      State and local, excluding education           -0.2           0.2                      -11             21



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.4                       -5             97

    South                                             0.3           0.3                      151            160

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.4                      -65            117

    West                                              0.3           0.4                      104            121



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 2021.

  *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.