TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2018 and January 2019,

         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                        9             52



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                       19             52

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.2                       -1              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.1                        1             10

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.1                        2              8

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.1                       -1              6

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.1           0.1                        3              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.1                       10             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.2                        1              9

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                        3             17

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.1                        8              7         YES

    Information (1)                                   0.2           0.2                        4              5

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.2                        7             16

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.2                        5             15

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.1           0.2                        2              4

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.1                       -9             19

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.1                       -2             14

      Educational services                            0.0           0.1                        0              2

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.0           0.1                       -2             14

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        1             12

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)        -0.1           0.1                        0              2

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.1           0.1                        2             12

    Other services (1)                                0.0           0.2                        5             10

  Government                                         -0.1           0.0         YES          -10              9         YES

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.1         YES           -6              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                       -4              8

      State and local education                       0.0           0.0                        0              4

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -3              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                        9             20

    South                                             0.0           0.1                       12             30

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                      -18             23

    West                                              0.0           0.1                        5             25



  (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 15, 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.