TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2018 and February 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                       247          226         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       227          221         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.1          1.4                         2            9

    Construction                                   0.5          0.9                        44           61

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -4           41

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                         5           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -9           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.4                        80           97

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -3           34

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.5                        36           74

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.7          0.7                        47           36         YES

    Information                                   -0.3          0.8                        -8           21

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                        -4           39

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                         4           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          0.9                        -8           20

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.6                        36          103

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        57           67

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                        12           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.3                        45           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                        24           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          2.0                        -5           42

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.6                        30           71

    Other services                                 0.0          1.1                        -1           61

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        19           30

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            4

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        18           30

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        10           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         9           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -47           96

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       181          141         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.4                        76          116

    West                                           0.0          0.3                        37          112



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