TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2017 and December 2018,

          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                       101          139



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       101          138

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.6                         3            4

    Construction                                   0.5          0.5                        46           34         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.2                       -20           22

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.2                       -11           16

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.3                        -9           13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        24           59

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                        -7           22

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.3                         7           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.4                        24           19         YES

    Information                                   -0.4          0.4                       -12           11         YES

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         2           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                         1           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.8                         1           16

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.4                       -73           63         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.2         YES           113           31         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                        -4            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.5          0.2         YES           117           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.4                        22           58

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          0.7                         3           13

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        19           55

    Other services                                -0.1          0.6                        -5           32

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -1           15

    Federal                                        0.3          0.1         YES             8            3         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -8           14

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         1            8

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



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.2                       -19           51

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       160           90         YES

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.2                        43           60

    West                                          -0.3          0.2         YES           -84           66         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 12, 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.