TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between December 2009 and December 2010,

         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                                              0.0          0.2                        16          267            



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        -5          260            

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          1.2                        -2            8            

    Construction                                   1.9          0.9         YES            99           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.4                       -17           56            

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.5                        -2           42            

      Nondurable goods                            -0.3          0.6                       -14           33            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.4         YES          -123          109         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.6                        -6           37            

      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.6                       -85           84         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.8                       -33           37            

    Information                                   -0.4          0.8                       -11           26            

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.6                         0           48            

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.5                        14           34            

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          1.4                       -13           29            

    Professional and business services             0.5          0.7                       106          121            

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.3                        -5           54            

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.7                        -2           19            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                        -3           49            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.8                       -36          105            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          2.1                       -13           37            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.8                       -24           87            

    Other services                                -0.3          1.1                       -17           57            

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        21           29            

      Federal government                          -0.5          0.3         YES           -14            8         YES

      State and local government                   0.2          0.1         YES            35           28         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.4                       -50          106            

    South                                          0.4          0.3         YES           174          153         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.4                       -19          114            

    West                                          -0.4          0.5                       -89          135            



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 8, 2011.

  *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.