TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and October 2017,

         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                       49             54



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                       53             53

    Mining and logging                                0.0           0.3                       -1              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.3           0.2         YES           20             12         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                       -4              9

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.1                       -2              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.0           0.1                       -3              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.1                       -5             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.2                        3             10

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.1                      -11             19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.2                        3              8

    Information (1)                                  -0.3           0.2         YES           -9              5         YES

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                        1             14

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.2                        5             12

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.1           0.3                       -4              6

    Professional and business services                0.3           0.1         YES           53             21         YES

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.1                       -3             14

      Educational services (1)                        0.1           0.1                        5              3         YES

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.0           0.1                       -8             13

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        2             12

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

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.0           0.1                        3             11

    Other services (1)                                0.0           0.2                       -2             11

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                       -4              9

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              2

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                       -5              8

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.0         YES           -1              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -4              5



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                        1             21

    South                                             0.1           0.1                       50             31         YES

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.1                        7             21

    West                                              0.0           0.1                       -9             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, December 11, 2017.

  *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.