TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and October 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                      -18             54



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                      -16             53

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.3                        0              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.3           0.2         YES           18             12         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                       -3              9

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.1                        2              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                           -0.1           0.1                       -5              4         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.1                        1             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.2                        4             10

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                        0             19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.0           0.2                       -2              8

    Information (1)                                   0.0           0.2                       -2              5

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                       -1             14

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.2                        0             12

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

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.1                       -7             21

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.1                      -22             14         YES

      Educational services (1)                       -0.1           0.1                       -5              3         YES

      Health care and social assistance (1)          -0.1           0.1                      -17             13         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                       -9             11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)        -0.2           0.1         YES           -6              3         YES

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

    Other services (1)                                0.1           0.2                        8             11

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                       -3              9

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -3              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                        1              8

      State and local education                       0.1           0.0         YES            3              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -2              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.1                      -11             21

    South                                             0.0           0.1                      -11             31

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                        1             21

    West                                              0.1           0.1                        4             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 10, 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.