TABLE 9: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between September 2017 and September 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                       256          241         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       289          239         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.1          1.0         YES            10            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.4          1.1                       -18           69

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.4                       -13           48

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.4                        -9           35

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.6                        -3           27

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.6          0.4         YES           161           95         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.6                        18           32

      Retail trade                                 0.8          0.5         YES           137           74         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.7                         6           34

    Information                                   -0.5          0.7                       -16           19

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.5                        18           42

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.5                        16           31

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          1.2                         1           24

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.6                        31          110

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.3                        92           53         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.5                        16           16

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        77           51         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                        18           86

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.1          1.8         YES           -48           36         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        67           74

    Other services                                 0.1          1.0                         6           55

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -34           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.2                        -7            6         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.2                       -27           30

      State and local education                    0.1          0.2                        12           17

      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.2         YES           -39           19         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.4          0.4                      -105           99         YES

    South                                          0.6          0.3         YES           359          144         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.4                       120          108         YES

    West                                          -0.4          0.4                      -119          118         YES



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