TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2015 and August 2016,

          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          0.1                       185          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       180          138         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.6                         1            4

    Construction                                   0.5          0.5                        38           35         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         1           23

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.2                        -2           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.3                         3           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        49           58

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.4                        17           20

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.3                        35           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.4                        -3           19

    Information                                   -0.2          0.4                        -6           11

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.3                        20           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        11           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.8                         8           16

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.4                        71           65         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        13           30

      Educational services                         0.6          0.3         YES            22            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -10           28

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.4                        14           58

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          0.7                         4           12

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.5                        10           55

    Other services                                -0.4          0.6                       -20           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         6           15

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         4           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         0            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         3            9



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                        30           49

    South                                          0.0          0.2                        32           90

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.2                         0           59

    West                                           0.3          0.2         YES           124           66         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2016.

  *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.