TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2018 and August 2019,

          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                        72          145



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                        63          144

    Mining and logging                            -1.0          0.7         YES            -7            5         YES

    Construction                                  -0.1          0.5                        -6           32

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.2                       -20           21

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.2                         4           16

      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.3         YES           -24           14         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                         6           64

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.4                       -18           24

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        19           53

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.4                         5           21

    Information                                    0.2          0.4                         5           11

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         2           26

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                        -1           21

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.6                         3           12

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.3                       -22           60

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.2                        57           38         YES

      Educational services                         1.1          0.2         YES            41            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        16           37

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.4                        91           55         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.5          0.7                       -12           15

      Accommodation and food services              0.6          0.4         YES           103           52         YES

    Other services                                -0.7          0.7                       -42           38         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         9           15

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         4            2         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         5           15

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         2           10

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         3           11



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.2         YES            80           51         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        63           92

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.2         YES           -91           62         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        20           67



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 9, 2019.

  *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.