TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 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                                      0.1          0.1                       209          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       205          137         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          0.6         YES             6            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          0.5                       -12           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        33           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.2         YES            22           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.3                        11           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.2                        61           58         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.4                        11           22

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.3                        33           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.4                        18           19

    Information                                    0.0          0.4                        -1           11

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.3         YES            37           28         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.3                        25           20         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          0.8                        12           16

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.4                        82           64         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        14           31

      Educational services                         0.3          0.3                        12            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                         2           29

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.4                        -6           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          0.7                        -2           12

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.5                        -4           54

    Other services                                -0.2          0.6                       -11           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           15

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         6           14

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         9            8         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -2           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                        -8           50

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        71           89

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.2         YES            84           59         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.2                        61           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 6, 2018.

  *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.