TABLE 12: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and August 2017,

          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                                      0.0          0.0                        25           53



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.0         YES            21           53

    Mining and logging                            -0.2          0.3                        -1            2

    Construction                                   0.0          0.2                        -5           12

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.1                         4           10

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.1                        -1            7

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.1                         6            4         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.1                       -25           26

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.2                        -5           10

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.1                       -18           19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.2                        -1            8

    Information                                    0.0          0.2                        -1            4

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.2                         9           14

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.2                         7           11

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.2                         1            5

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.1                        15           21

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.1                        18           14         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.1                         0            3

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.1                        18           14         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.1                        -9           11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          0.1                        -1            3

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.1                        -8           11

    Other services                                 0.4          0.2         YES            18           10         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.0                         3            9

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.0                         5            8

      State and local education                    0.0          0.0                         4            4

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -1            6



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.1                        -4           23

    South                                          0.0          0.1                       -10           33

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.1                        14           21

    West                                           0.1          0.1                        25           26



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 11, 2017.

  *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.