TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2019 and October 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                       -1             52



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                       -7             52

    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.2                        0              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.1                       -2             10

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.1                       -5              8

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.1                        0              6

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

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.1                       -4             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.2                        0              9

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.1                       -1             17

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.0           0.1                       -3              7

    Information (1)                                   0.1           0.2                        3              5

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                       -2             16

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.2                       -2             15

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.1           0.2                        0              4

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.1                        0             19

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.1                        2             14

      Educational services                            0.1           0.1                        2              2

      Health care and social assistance (1)           0.0           0.1                        0             14

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.1                        2             12

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.0           0.1                        1              2

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.0           0.1                        1             12

    Other services (1)                               -0.1           0.2                       -2             10

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        5              9

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -3              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.1           0.0         YES            7              8

      State and local education                       0.1           0.0         YES            4              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        3              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                       -1             20

    South                                            -0.1           0.1                      -20             30

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                       -3             23

    West                                              0.1           0.1                       23             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, December 17, 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.