TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and December 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 0.1 0.1 -44 159 INDUSTRY Total private 0.1 0.1 -33 157 Mining and logging -0.4 0.8 -3 5 Construction 0.4 0.5 25 32 Manufacturing 0.3 0.2 YES 38 23 YES Durable goods 0.3 0.2 YES 25 16 YES Nondurable goods 0.3 0.3 13 15 Trade, transportation, and utilities 0.3 0.3 67 70 Wholesale trade 0.4 0.4 17 24 Retail trade 0.3 0.4 39 59 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.1 0.4 10 23 Information 0.1 0.4 -2 11 Financial activities -0.3 0.3 -24 26 Finance and insurance -0.2 0.3 -13 21 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.5 0.5 -12 12 Professional and business services 0.0 0.4 -22 68 Education and health services 0.0 0.2 -12 39 Educational services 0.1 0.2 -1 9 Health care and social assistance 0.0 0.2 -11 38 Leisure and hospitality 0.6 0.4 YES -67 58 YES Arts, entertainment, and recreation 0.9 0.7 YES -1 16 Accommodation and food services 0.5 0.4 YES -67 55 YES Other services -0.3 0.7 -30 39 Government -0.1 0.1 -12 17 Federal -0.1 0.1 -2 3 State and local 0.0 0.1 -9 17 State and local education -0.1 0.1 -15 10 YES State and local, excluding education 0.1 0.1 6 12 REGION Northeast -0.1 0.2 -39 54 South 0.2 0.2 63 104 Midwest 0.2 0.2 33 67 West -0.2 0.2 -100 76 YES SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021. *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.