TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and August 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                                      0.0          0.1                        73          138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                        73          137

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.6                        -1            4

    Construction                                  -0.3          0.5                       -12           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.2         YES            32           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.2         YES            28           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.3                         4           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.2                       -17           58

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                        -9           22

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.3                       -34           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.4         YES            27           19         YES

    Information                                    0.4          0.4                         8           11

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.3                        18           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                         8           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.8                        10           16

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.4                        -9           64

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        36           31         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                         0            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.2                        36           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.4                        12           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          0.7                       -14           12         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.5                        26           54

    Other services                                 0.1          0.6                         8           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         0           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         0           14

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         5            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -5           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                        15           50

    South                                          0.0          0.2                       -10           89

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.2                        12           59

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        56           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 11, 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.