TABLE 12: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2016 and January 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           -11           53



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.0                       -12           53

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.3                         1            2

    Construction                                   0.2          0.2                        16           12         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.1                         3           10

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.1                         1            7

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.1                         2            4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.1         YES           -47           26         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.2                        -3           10

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.1         YES           -37           19         YES

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

    Information                                   -0.1          0.2                        -1            4

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.2                        -8           14

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.2                         0           11

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          0.2         YES            -8            5         YES

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.1                        13           21

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.1                        14           14

      Educational services                         0.1          0.1                         2            3

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.1                        12           14

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.1                       -10           11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          0.1         YES             3            3

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.1                       -13           11         YES

    Other services                                 0.2          0.2                         8           10

  Government                                       0.0          0.0                         0            9

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -5            3         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.0         YES             5            8

      State and local education                    0.0          0.0                         1            4

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         4            6



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.1                       -10           23

    South                                          0.1          0.1                        45           33         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.1                       -10           21

    West                                          -0.1          0.1                       -38           26         YES



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