TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2020 and October 2020,

         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                        3             51



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.0                       -8             50

    Mining and logging                               -0.3           0.2         YES           -2              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.2                       -1             12

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                        2              7

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.1                        3              5

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.0           0.1                       -1              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.1                       13             24

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.2                       -3             10

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.1                       13             17

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

    Information (1)                                  -0.1           0.2                       -2              5

    Financial activities                              0.0           0.2                       -1             16

      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.2                        3             15

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

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.1                        3             21

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.1                       -6             14

      Educational services                            0.0           0.1                       -1              2

      Health care and social assistance (1)          -0.1           0.1                       -7             14

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.1                       -4             11

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.0           0.1                        0              2

      Accommodation and food services (1)             0.0           0.1                       -3             10

    Other services (1)                               -0.1           0.2                       -9             10

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                       10              8         YES

    Federal                                           0.4           0.1         YES           10              2         YES

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                        1              7

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.0         YES           -2              4

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        2              6



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                       -5             19

    South                                             0.0           0.1                        7             33

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                        1             21

    West                                              0.0           0.1                        0             24



  (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 9, 2020.

  *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.