TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2022 and December 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          -688          185         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.5          0.1         YES          -655          184         YES
    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.7                        -3            5
    Construction                                  -0.1          0.6                        -7           42
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -48           33         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -25           25
      Nondurable goods                            -0.5          0.4         YES           -23           21         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.8          0.3         YES          -206           88         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.7          0.4         YES            40           24         YES
      Retail trade                                -1.1          0.5         YES          -170           78         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.4         YES           -76           29         YES
    Information                                   -0.4          0.5                       -13           14
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         2           30
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.4                        -5           27
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.7                         7           16
    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.4         YES          -137           82         YES
    Education and health services                 -0.5          0.2         YES           -99           54         YES
      Educational services                         0.1          0.3                         9           11
      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.3         YES          -108           52         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.6          0.5         YES           -83           76         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          0.8                         6           17
      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.6         YES           -89           71         YES
    Other services                                -1.0          0.7         YES           -61           40         YES
  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -33           20         YES
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -4            4
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -30           20         YES
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -4           12
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.1         YES           -26           12         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.2                       -31           58
    South                                         -0.5          0.2         YES          -247          119         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.3         YES          -151           78         YES
    West                                          -0.7          0.3         YES          -258           90         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.