TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and December 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                       50             54



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                       47             53

    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.3                        0              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.2                        2             12

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.1                       -3              9

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.1                       -1              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.1           0.1                       -2              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.1                        6             25

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.2                      -10             10

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                       11             19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.2                        4              8

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.2                        1              5

    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.2                      -14             14

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.2                      -12             12

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

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.1                       23             21         YES

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.1                       24             14         YES

      Educational services (1)                        0.0           0.1                        2              3

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.1           0.1                       21             13         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.1                       -8             11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)        -0.2           0.1         YES           -4              3         YES

      Accommodation and food services (1)            -0.1           0.1                       -4             11

    Other services (1)                                0.2           0.2                       15             11         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        3              9

    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        2              2

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                        1              8

      State and local education                       0.0           0.0                        0              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        1              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                       -3             21

    South                                             0.1           0.1                        6             31

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.1                       28             21         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.1                       19             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, February 12, 2019.

  *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.