TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and September 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                                      0.2          0.2                       365          238         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.3          0.2         YES           353          236         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.8          1.0                        -4            7

    Construction                                   0.9          1.1                        72           68         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.3         YES            51           47         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.4                        27           34

      Nondurable goods                             0.5          0.6                        24           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.4                       -65           95

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.6                         9           32

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.5                       -52           73

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.5          0.7                       -21           33

    Information                                    0.4          0.6                         8           19

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.5                        24           43

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        19           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          1.2                         5           24

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.6                        82          109

    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                        0.7          0.6         YES           124           86         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.5          1.9                        35           36

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.6                        89           71         YES

    Other services                                -0.2          1.0                        -5           55

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        12           30

    Federal                                        0.0          0.2                         0            6

    State and local                                0.1          0.2                        12           29

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.2                        -6           16

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        19           19



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.4          0.4                       101           98         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.3                        81          144

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           147          107         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.4                        37          117



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 7, 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.