TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and August 2018,

         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                                      0.2          0.2                       415          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       380          239         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.6          1.0         YES            15            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.1                       -27           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.4                        58           48         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        30           35

      Nondurable goods                             0.6          0.6                        28           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.8          0.4         YES           215           95         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         7           32

      Retail trade                                 1.1          0.5         YES           176           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.7                        32           34

    Information                                   -0.1          0.7                        -2           19

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        24           42

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        21           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.2                         1           24

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.6                        13          110

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -2           53

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        15           16

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.3                       -17           51

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.6                        74           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.8                        15           36

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        58           74

    Other services                                 0.2          1.0                        15           55

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        35           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -6            6

    State and local                                0.2          0.2                        41           30         YES

      State and local education                    0.6          0.2         YES            58           17         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -17           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -66           99

    South                                          0.5          0.3         YES           323          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.4                        82          108

    West                                           0.2          0.4                        76          118



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2018.

  *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.