TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between February 2017 and February 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                                      0.1          0.1                       165          139         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       172          138         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.7          0.6         YES             6            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          0.5                       -11           34

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.2         YES            38           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.2         YES            23           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.3                        15           13         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.2                       -49           59

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         9           22

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.3         YES           -64           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.4                         6           19

    Information                                    0.2          0.4                         5           11

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.3                        25           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.4          0.3         YES            24           20         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.8                         1           16

    Professional and business services             0.4          0.4                        86           63         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        18           31

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                         0            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        17           29

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.4                        82           58         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          0.7                         8           13

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.5                        75           55         YES

    Other services                                -0.5          0.6                       -28           32

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -7           15

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -3           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -1            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -3           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.2                        33           51

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       108           90         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.2                       -15           60

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        39           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 13, 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.