TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between January 2016 and January 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                                      0.2          0.1         YES           330          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.1         YES           321          137         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.1          0.6         YES            -9            4         YES

    Construction                                   1.1          0.5         YES            71           32         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.2         YES            33           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.2                        18           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.3         YES            14           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                         9           58

      Wholesale trade                              0.3          0.4                        16           22

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.3                        11           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.4                       -18           19

    Information                                    0.3          0.4                         6           11

    Financial activities                           0.3          0.3                        28           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        14           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.6          0.8                        13           16

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.4                        72           64         YES

    Education and health services                  0.4          0.2         YES            91           31         YES

      Educational services                        -0.3          0.3                       -10            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.4          0.2         YES           101           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.4                        17           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          0.7                         5           12

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        12           54

    Other services                                 0.0          0.6                         3           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         9           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         1            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         7           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -4            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                        11           10         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.2                        33           50

    South                                          0.0          0.2                        35           89

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.2         YES           124           59         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.2         YES           138           66         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 16, 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.