TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2014 and August 2015,

         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 nonfarm                                      0.1          0.2                       382          243         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       333          240         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.2          1.0         YES             6            7

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -11           70

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.4                        52           48         YES

      Durable goods                                0.6          0.4         YES            47           36         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.5                         4           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        66           96

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.6                       -32           34

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.5                        75           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.7                        23           33

    Information                                    0.4          0.7                        14           21

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.6                       -16           45

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.6                        -6           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          1.3                       -10           26

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.7                       -25          113

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        72           52         YES

      Educational services                         0.6          0.6                        21           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        50           48         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.8          0.7         YES           154           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.2          1.9                       -23           35

      Accommodation and food services              1.1          0.7         YES           177           74         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          1.1                        20           59

  Government                                       0.2          0.1         YES            49           32         YES

      Federal                                      0.4          0.3         YES            10            7         YES

      State and local                              0.2          0.2                        39           30         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       127           99         YES

    South                                          0.0          0.3                        47          141

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       139          109         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        69          120



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2015.

  *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.