TABLE 8: Total separations estimated rate and level changes between February 2009 and February 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                                             -0.6          0.2         YES          -757          267         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -768          260         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          1.2                       -11            8         YES

    Construction                                  -0.7          0.9                       -92           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -1.1          0.4         YES          -146           56         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.3          0.5         YES          -110           42         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.6         YES           -36           33         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.4                      -110          109         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.6                       -32           37            

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.6                       -44           84            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.6          0.8                       -34           37            

    Information                                   -0.2          0.8                        -8           26            

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.6                       -44           48            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.5         YES           -37           34         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          1.4                        -7           29            

    Professional and business services            -0.9          0.7         YES          -172          121         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.3                       -44           54            

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.7                       -10           19            

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.3                       -32           49            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.7          0.8                       -90          105            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          2.1                       -16           37            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.8                       -75           87            

    Other services                                -0.9          1.1                       -52           57            

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        11           29            

      Federal government                           0.3          0.3                        10            8         YES

      State and local government                   0.0          0.1                         2           28            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.4                       -71          106            

    South                                         -0.6          0.3         YES          -279          153         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.6          0.4         YES          -202          114         YES

    West                                          -0.7          0.5         YES          -206          135         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 6, 2010.

  *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.