TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and July 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                                      0.2          0.2                       317          238         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.2                       327          236         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.4          1.0                         5            7

    Construction                                   0.8          1.1                        68           68

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            52           47         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        25           34

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        27           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.4                        -4           95

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -1           32

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.5                       -11           73

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.7                         8           33

    Information                                   -0.2          0.6                        -5           19

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        28           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        16           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          1.2                        12           24

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.6                        99          109

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        12           53

      Educational services                        -0.9          0.6         YES           -25           16         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        38           50

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                        -2           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.9                         7           36

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.6                       -11           71

    Other services                                 1.3          1.0         YES            75           55         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                       -10           30

    Federal                                        0.1          0.2                         2            6

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                       -12           29

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         7           16

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -18           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        49           98

    South                                          0.2          0.3                       177          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       124          107         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.4                       -34          117



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 12, 2017.

  *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.