TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and October 2018,

         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                       240          241



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       236          239

    Mining and logging                            -0.8          1.0                        -4            7

    Construction                                  -0.9          1.1                       -46           69

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.4                        29           48

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.4                        21           35

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.6                         7           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.4         YES           164           95         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         8           32

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.5         YES            90           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.0          0.7         YES            66           34         YES

    Information                                   -0.5          0.7                       -14           19

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.5                       -44           42         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.5         YES           -37           31         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.4          1.2                        -7           24

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.6                        39          110

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                         0           53

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -8           16

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                         8           51

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.6                       112           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.2          1.8                         8           36

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.6                       104           74         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          1.0                        -1           55

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         3           31

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.2         YES            -8            6         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        12           30

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                         9           17

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         3           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -74           99

    South                                          0.1          0.3                       121          144

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.4                       169          108         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.4                        22          118



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 10, 2018.

  *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.