TABLE 12: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and August 2018,

          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                                     -0.1          0.0         YES           -44           53



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.0         YES           -48           52

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.3                        -1            2

    Construction                                   0.0          0.2                         1           12

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.1                        -2            9

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.1                         0            7

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.1                        -2            4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.1                        -4           26

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.2                        -4           10

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.1                         0           19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.2                         0            9

    Information                                    0.0          0.2                        -1            4

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.2                       -12           14

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.2                       -16           12         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.2                         4            5

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.1                        -9           22

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.1                       -16           14         YES

      Educational services                         0.0          0.1                         0            3

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.1                       -15           14         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.1                        -2           11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          0.1                         0            3

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.1                        -2           11

    Other services                                -0.1          0.2                        -3           10

  Government                                       0.0          0.0                         4            9

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.0                         2            8

      State and local education                    0.1          0.0         YES             8            4         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -6            6



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.1                        13           22

    South                                         -0.1          0.1                        -5           33

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.1                       -27           21         YES

    West                                          -0.1          0.1                       -26           26



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2018.

  *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.