TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2018 and August 2018,

         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                                         0.0           0.0                      -33             54



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                      -33             53

    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.3                        1              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.2                        2             12

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                       -1              9

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.1                       -4              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.1           0.1                        3              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.1                       -7             25

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.2                       -9             10

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                        2             19

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

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.2                        0              5

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                       -4             14

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.2                      -11             12

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.3           0.3                        8              6         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.1                      -31             21         YES

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.1                       -6             14

      Educational services (1)                       -0.1           0.1                       -3              3

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.0           0.1                       -2             13

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        2             11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.2           0.1         YES            5              3         YES

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.0           0.1                       -2             11

    Other services (1)                                0.1           0.2                        9             11

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        0              9

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -1              2

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                        0              8

      State and local education                       0.1           0.0         YES            4              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -2              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.1                       24             21         YES

    South                                             0.0           0.1                        3             31

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.1                      -34             21         YES

    West                                             -0.1           0.1                      -25             26



  (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 16, 2018.

  *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.