TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between July 2016 and July 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                       142          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       143          137         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.9          0.6         YES             8            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          0.5                        24           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.3          0.2         YES            45           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.2         YES            32           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.3                        12           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        18           58

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.4                        -1           22

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                        -7           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.4                        24           19         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.4                         5           11

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                        13           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                        12           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.8                         0           16

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.4                         6           64

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                        -2           31

      Educational services                        -0.8          0.3         YES           -25            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        23           29

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.4                        -2           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          0.7                       -18           12         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        15           54

    Other services                                 0.5          0.6                        30           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         1           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         0           14

      State and local education                    0.2          0.1         YES            17            8         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                       -16           10         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.2                        -4           50

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       127           89         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.2                        66           59         YES

    West                                          -0.2          0.2                       -47           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 12, 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.