TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between May 2016 and May 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                       249          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.1         YES           233          137         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.6                         3            4

    Construction                                   0.2          0.5                        21           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.6          0.2         YES            72           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.3          0.2         YES            28           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.9          0.3         YES            44           14         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.2                        64           58         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         8           22

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.3                        39           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.4                        17           19

    Information                                   -0.2          0.4                        -7           11

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                        15           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                        10           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.8                         5           16

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.4                        22           64

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         0           31

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.3                        -6            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                         5           29

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.4                        25           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.3          0.7                        -5           12

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.5                        30           54

    Other services                                 0.3          0.6                        17           31

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        17           15         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        15           14         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        12            8         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         2           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.2         YES            85           50         YES

    South                                          0.3          0.2         YES           163           89         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.2                       -43           59

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        43           66



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