TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between March 2016 and March 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                                      0.0          0.2                        67          238



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        80          236

    Mining and logging                            -3.4          1.0         YES           -23            7         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          1.1                        49           68

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            38           47

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.4                        -1           34

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.6         YES            39           27         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.4                        28           95

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -21           32

      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.5                        41           73

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.7                         8           33

    Information                                    0.3          0.6                         8           19

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.5                         3           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.5                         5           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          1.2                        -1           24

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.6         YES          -125          109         YES

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.3                        66           53         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.6                         8           16

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.3                        58           50         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                        10           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          1.9                        -9           36

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.6                        19           71

    Other services                                 0.4          1.0                        23           55

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                       -13           30

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -4            6

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                        -9           29

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -13           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.2                         4           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.4                        34           98

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        62          144

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -75          107

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        47          117



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 9, 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.