TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between August 2018 and August 2019,

         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                        26          226



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        51          221

    Mining and logging                            -1.3          1.4                       -10            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.8          0.9                        68           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -44           41         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.4                        -4           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.8          0.4         YES           -39           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.4                         4           97

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.6                        -9           34

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.5                        -9           74

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.7                        22           36

    Information                                    0.2          0.8                         7           21

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        21           39

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.5                        10           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          0.9                        11           20

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.6                        -9          103

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        18           67

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            25           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                        -7           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                        43           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.4          2.0                       -31           42

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.6                        75           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.9          1.1                       -48           61

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -24           30

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         9            4         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -33           30         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.2                       -17           19

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -16           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.4                        20           96

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        75          141

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.4                      -103          116

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        34          112



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 9, 2019.

  *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.