TABLE 6: Other separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and September 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                                        -0.1           0.0         YES          -43             54



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.0         YES          -49             53

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.3                       -1              2

    Construction (1)                                  0.0           0.2                       -1             12

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.1                        5              9

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.1                        3              7

      Nondurable goods (1)                            0.0           0.1                        2              4

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.1                       18             25

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.2                       -5             10

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.1                       16             19

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities (1)  0.1           0.2                        6              8

    Information (1)                                  -0.1           0.2                        0              5

    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.2                       -9             14

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.2                       -9             12

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.0           0.3                        0              6

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.1                      -18             21

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.1                      -14             14

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

      Health care and social assistance (1)          -0.1           0.1                       -9             13

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.1           0.1                      -12             12

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation (1)         0.0           0.1                        1              3

      Accommodation and food services (1)            -0.1           0.1                      -13             11         YES

    Other services (1)                               -0.3           0.2         YES          -18             11         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.0                        7              9

    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        1              2

    State and local                                   0.0           0.0                        6              8

      State and local education                       0.1           0.0         YES            6              4         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -1              5



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.1                        1             21

    South                                            -0.1           0.1                      -40             31         YES

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.1                        1             21

    West                                              0.0           0.1                       -6             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, November 7, 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.