TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2010 and September 2011,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total                                              0.3          0.2         YES           332          259         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           416          256         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.2                         4            8            

    Construction                                   0.7          1.0                        43           69            

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.4                         2           56            

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.5                        18           40            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.6                       -16           33            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                        -5          109            

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.7                       -17           38            

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.6                         8           84            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.8                         4           38            

    Information                                    0.4          0.8                        10           25            

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.6                         2           47            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.6                        -5           34            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.3                         7           29            

    Professional and business services             1.2          0.7         YES           223          117         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -68           53         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.7                        -8           19            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.3         YES           -61           49         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        1.1          0.7         YES           156           96         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          4.5          2.1         YES            83           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.7                        72           82            

    Other services                                 0.8          1.1                        50           57            

  Government                                      -0.4          0.1         YES           -84           30         YES

      Federal government                          -2.8          0.3         YES           -79            8         YES

      State and local government                   0.0          0.2                        -5           30            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        60          107            

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       104          156            

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       107          116            

    West                                           0.1          0.5                        61          132            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 8, 2011.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.