TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2016 and June 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                       251          238         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       314          236         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.0                        -3            7

    Construction                                   0.7          1.1                        56           68

    Manufacturing                                  0.5          0.3         YES            60           47         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.4                        25           34

      Nondurable goods                             0.8          0.6         YES            34           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        34           95

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.6                       -15           32

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.5                        38           73

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.7                        10           33

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                        -2           19

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        16           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.5                         7           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.3          1.2                         8           24

    Professional and business services             0.8          0.6         YES           197          109         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -8           53

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.6                       -10           16

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                         1           50

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.6                       -27           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          1.9                        -7           36

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.6                       -20           71

    Other services                                -0.2          1.0                        -9           55

  Government                                      -0.3          0.1         YES           -64           30         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -4            6

    State and local                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -58           29         YES

      State and local education                   -0.5          0.2         YES           -48           16         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                       -10           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.4                        74           98

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           236          144         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -32          107

    West                                          -0.1          0.4                       -27          117



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 8, 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.