TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2019 and August 2020,

          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                                     -0.3          0.1         YES          -838          159         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.4          0.1         YES          -787          157         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.8                        -5            5

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.5         YES           -76           32         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                         6           23

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.2                         2           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.3                         5           15

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -74           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.4                        -7           24

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -49           59

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.4                       -18           23

    Information                                   -0.5          0.4         YES           -20           11         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.4          0.3         YES           -36           26         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                       -10           21

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.0          0.5         YES           -26           12         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.4                      -117           68         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -68           39         YES

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.2         YES           -20            9         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -47           38         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.4         YES          -349           58         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.7          0.7         YES           -83           16         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.4         YES          -265           55         YES

    Other services                                -0.6          0.7                       -49           39         YES

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -51           17         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         1            3

    State and local                               -0.2          0.1         YES           -51           17         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -27           10         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.1         YES           -24           12         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.2         YES          -136           54         YES

    South                                         -0.4          0.2         YES          -286          104         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.2         YES          -156           67         YES

    West                                          -0.6          0.2         YES          -259           76         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 6, 2020.

  *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.