TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between March 2016 and March 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                       174          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       169          137         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.6                        -2            4

    Construction                                   0.3          0.5                        23           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.4          0.2         YES            50           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.2                        14           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.7          0.3         YES            36           14         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        21           58

      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.4                       -22           22

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        17           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.4         YES            25           19         YES

    Information                                    0.0          0.4                        -1           11

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                         8           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.3          0.3                        19           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.6          0.8                       -12           16

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.4                        -7           64

    Education and health services                  0.2          0.2                        47           31         YES

      Educational services                         0.1          0.3                         5            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.2                        41           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.4                        26           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.8          0.7         YES            16           12         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                        10           54

    Other services                                 0.0          0.6                         3           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         4           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -1            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         5           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.2                        32           50

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        61           89

    Midwest                                        0.1          0.2                        44           59

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        36           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, May 9, 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.