TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2023 and August 2024, 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 -0.4 0.1 YES -587 199 YES INDUSTRY Total private -0.4 0.2 YES -556 198 YES Mining and logging -1.6 0.6 YES -10 4 YES Construction -0.4 0.6 -28 44 Manufacturing -0.2 0.3 -28 38 Durable goods 0.4 0.3 YES 31 26 YES Nondurable goods -1.2 0.5 YES -59 23 YES Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.7 0.3 YES -202 88 YES Wholesale trade -0.5 0.4 YES -32 26 YES Retail trade -0.7 0.5 YES -109 78 YES Transportation, warehousing, and utilities -0.9 0.5 YES -61 34 YES Information 0.4 0.5 13 14 Financial activities -0.2 0.4 -21 35 Finance and insurance 0.1 0.5 4 29 Real estate and rental and leasing -1.0 0.6 YES -25 15 YES Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -30 94 Private Education and Health Services -0.4 0.2 YES -78 57 YES Private Educational Services -0.1 0.3 -3 12 Health care and social assistance -0.5 0.3 YES -75 55 YES Leisure and hospitality -1.5 0.6 YES -258 83 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation -1.6 0.8 YES -38 17 YES Accommodation and food services -1.6 0.6 YES -219 79 YES Other services 1.5 0.7 YES 86 37 YES Government -0.1 0.1 -31 23 YES Federal 0.0 0.1 0 4 State and local -0.2 0.1 YES -31 22 YES State and local education 0.1 0.1 10 14 State and local, excluding education -0.4 0.2 YES -41 14 YES REGION Northeast 0.1 0.2 38 63 South -0.8 0.2 YES -422 133 YES Midwest -0.4 0.3 YES -106 85 YES West -0.3 0.3 -99 99 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024. *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.