TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and January 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                                         0.1           0.0         YES           57             54         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.0         YES           56             53         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.3                        1              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.2                        2             12

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                        9              9

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.1                        5              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.1           0.1                        4              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.1                       22             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.2                       -2             10

      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.1         YES           26             19         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.0           0.2                       -3              8

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.2                        1              5

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.2                        8             14

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.2                       10             12

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.0           0.3                       -1              6

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.1                        2             21

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.1                       11             14

      Educational services (1)                        0.0           0.1                       -1              3

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.1           0.1                       12             13

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        4             11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.0           0.1                       -1              3

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.1           0.1                        6             11

    Other services (1)                               -0.1           0.2                       -6             11

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        1              9

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.1         YES           -4              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.0         YES            4              8

      State and local education                       0.0           0.0                       -1              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.1                        6              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                        0             21

    South                                             0.0           0.1                       18             31

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                        5             21

    West                                              0.1           0.1                       35             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, March 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.