TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between October 2018 and October 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                                      0.0          0.2                       -39          226



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -56          221

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.4                        -4            9

    Construction                                   1.6          0.9         YES           132           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -44           41         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.4          0.4                       -28           30

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.4                       -17           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.6          0.4         YES          -147           97         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.6                       -24           34

      Retail trade                                -0.8          0.5         YES          -121           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.7                        -2           36

    Information                                    0.9          0.8         YES            25           21         YES

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        29           39

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        16           34

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          0.9                        14           20

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.6                       -56          103

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.3                        14           67

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.5                         0           17

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.3                        14           64

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.6                        -6           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          2.0                         5           42

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.6                       -13           71

    Other services                                 0.0          1.1                         1           61

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        16           30

    Federal                                        0.7          0.2         YES            21            4         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -5           30

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                       -13           19

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         8           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.4         YES           134           96         YES

    South                                         -0.3          0.3                      -104          141

    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.4         YES          -145          116         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.3                        76          112



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 17, 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.