TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and August 2016,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.1           0.0         YES          -25             55



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.0         YES          -25             54

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.3                        0              2

    Construction (1)                                 -0.1           0.2                       -8             12

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.1                       -6              9

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.1                       -5              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.1           0.1                       -1              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.1                       -3             26

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.2                       -1             10

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                       -2             19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.0           0.2                        1              8

    Information (1)                                  -0.1           0.2                       -1              4

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                       -2             14

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.2                        1             12

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.1           0.3                       -2              6

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.1                       -5             22

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.1                       -6             14

      Educational services (1)                        0.0           0.1                       -2              3

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.0           0.1                       -5             14

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        3             12

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.1           0.1                        3              3

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.0           0.1                       -1             11

    Other services (1)                                0.1           0.2                        3             11

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        0              9

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -1              2

    State and local                                   0.1           0.0         YES            3              8

      State and local education                       0.0           0.0                        3              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        0              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                        3             21

    South                                             0.0           0.1                        0             31

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                        1             21

    West                                             -0.1           0.1                      -30             26         YES



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2016.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.