TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 2017,

         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                       127          238



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       103          236

    Mining and logging                             1.6          1.0         YES            14            7         YES

    Construction                                  -1.8          1.1         YES          -106           68         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        31           47

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.4                        17           34

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.6                        14           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.4                       103           95         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.6                         6           32

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.5                        48           73

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.8          0.7         YES            49           33         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.6                         5           19

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                         4           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.5                         6           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.2                        -2           24

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.6                        10          109

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        25           53

      Educational services                         0.4          0.6                        18           16         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                         7           50

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                         3           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.9                       -16           36

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        19           71

    Other services                                 0.2          1.0                        15           55

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        23           30

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -7            6         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        32           29         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.2         YES            32           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                        -1           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                       -22           98

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        76          144

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        70          107

    West                                           0.0          0.4                         2          117



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 6, 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.