TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between January 2018 and January 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                       157          226



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       135          221

    Mining and logging                             0.3          1.4                         5            9

    Construction                                   0.8          0.9                        69           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                        -5           41

      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.4                       -32           30         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.4         YES            26           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                       -62           97

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -24           34

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.5                       -52           74

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.7                        15           36

    Information                                   -0.5          0.8                       -15           21

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -36           39

      Finance and insurance                       -0.7          0.5         YES           -42           34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.9                         5           20

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.6                        44          103

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.3                        52           67

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         7           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        45           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.6                        47           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          2.0                       -13           42

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        59           71

    Other services                                 0.6          1.1                        37           61

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        22           30

    Federal                                        0.2          0.2                         5            4         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        17           30

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         9           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         8           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                      -102           96         YES

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       149          141         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       108          116

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                         3          112



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 15, 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.