TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 2023,
          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                                     -0.5          0.1         YES          -633          185         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.1         YES          -624          184         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.7                         4            5
    Construction                                  -0.8          0.6         YES           -61           42         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.6          0.3         YES           -80           33         YES
      Durable goods                               -1.0          0.3         YES           -75           25         YES
      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -3           21
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.3         YES          -149           88         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.4                         3           24
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.5         YES          -109           78         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.6          0.4         YES           -43           29         YES
    Information                                   -0.9          0.5         YES           -30           14         YES
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                        -3           30
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.4                         7           27
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.7                       -12           16
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.4         YES          -129           82         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.2         YES          -109           54         YES
      Educational services                        -0.3          0.3                       -12           11         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.3         YES           -96           52         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.5                       -34           76
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          0.8         YES            38           17         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -0.8          0.6         YES           -72           71         YES
    Other services                                -0.6          0.7                       -34           40
  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                        -8           20
    Federal                                       -0.4          0.1         YES            -9            4         YES
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                         0           20
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         0           12
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                         0           12

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.8          0.2         YES          -223           58         YES
    South                                         -0.4          0.2         YES          -224          119         YES
    Midwest                                        0.1          0.3                        52           78
    West                                          -0.7          0.3         YES          -238           90         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.