TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between June 2018 and June 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                       -60          226



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                       -49          221

    Mining and logging                            -1.8          1.4         YES           -13            9         YES

    Construction                                   0.4          0.9                        41           61

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -30           41

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.4                        -2           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.6          0.4         YES           -28           21         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.4                       -30           97

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        24           34

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.5                        -8           74

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.7         YES           -45           36         YES

    Information                                   -0.1          0.8                        -4           21

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                        -9           39

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.5                       -32           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          0.9                        23           20         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.6         YES          -114          103         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                       -22           67

      Educational services                         0.9          0.5         YES            34           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.3                       -56           64

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.6                       129           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.4          2.0                       -34           42

      Accommodation and food services              1.0          0.6         YES           164           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          1.1                         1           61

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -11           30

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         1            4

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -12           30

      State and local education                    0.2          0.2                        28           19         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -40           19         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.4                        -8           96

    South                                         -0.1          0.3                       -30          141

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                         9          116

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -31          112



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