TABLE 12: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and September 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                         2           53



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.0                       -10           53

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          0.3         YES            -4            2         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.2                        -9           12

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.1                        -1           10

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.1                        -5            7

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.1                         4            4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.1                        -9           26

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.2                       -12           10         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.1                         6           19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.2                        -4            8

    Information                                   -0.2          0.2                        -4            4

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.2                         0           14

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.2                        -1           11

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.2                         1            5

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.1                         3           21

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.1                         7           14

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.1                        -3            3

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.1                        10           14

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.1                         9           11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          0.1                         2            3

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.1                         7           11

    Other services                                 0.0          0.2                        -1           10

  Government                                       0.1          0.0         YES            11            9         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.0         YES            11            8         YES

      State and local education                    0.0          0.0                         7            4         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         3            6



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.1                        -1           23

    South                                          0.0          0.1                       -32           33

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.1                        18           21

    West                                           0.1          0.1                        16           26



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 7, 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.