TABLE 12: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 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                                     -0.1          0.0         YES           -49           53



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.0         YES           -38           53

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.3                        -3            2         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.2                       -10           12

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.1                        -4           10

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.1                        -4            7

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.1                         0            4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.1                       -18           26

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.2                        -1           10

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.1                       -11           19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.2                        -6            8

    Information                                   -0.1          0.2                        -1            4

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.2                       -10           14

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.2                       -10           11

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.2                         0            5

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.1                       -13           21

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.1                        12           14

      Educational services                         0.0          0.1                         0            3

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.1                        12           14

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.1                         5           11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          0.1                         1            3

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.1                         3           11

    Other services                                 0.1          0.2                         5           10

  Government                                      -0.1          0.0         YES           -11            9         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3

    State and local                               -0.1          0.0         YES            -8            8

      State and local education                    0.0          0.0                        -1            4

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -7            6         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.1                         7           23

    South                                         -0.1          0.1                       -31           33

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.1                        -8           21

    West                                          -0.1          0.1                       -18           26



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 6, 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.