TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between February 2016 and February 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                        85          138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                        79          137

    Mining and logging                             0.8          0.6         YES             6            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.9          0.5         YES            60           32         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        23           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.2                         2           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.3         YES            22           14         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                        17           58

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.4                       -16           22

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        10           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.4                        23           19         YES

    Information                                    0.4          0.4                         9           11

    Financial activities                          -0.5          0.3         YES           -42           28         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -33           20         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.8                        -9           16

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.4                         9           64

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        -3           31

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                        -3            8

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                         1           29

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.4                       -15           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.0          0.7                         0           12

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.5                       -14           54

    Other services                                 0.3          0.6                        18           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         6           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -1            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                         6           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.2                        -8           50

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        68           89

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.2                        25           59

    West                                          -0.1          0.2                         0           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 11, 2017.

  *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.