TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between May 2017 and May 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                                      0.3          0.1         YES           387          139         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.1         YES           362          138         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.4          0.6         YES            12            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.1          0.5                        16           34

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -16           22

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.2                         2           16

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.3         YES           -19           13         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.2                        79           59         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         8           22

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.3                        39           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.4         YES            33           19         YES

    Information                                    1.0          0.4         YES            26           11         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -15           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                       -12           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          0.8                        -4           16

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.4                        73           63         YES

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.2         YES            83           31         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.3         YES            15            8         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.2         YES            68           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.4         YES            86           58         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.7          0.7                        17           13         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.5                        68           55         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.6                        21           32

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        25           15         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        26           14         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.1         YES            24            8         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         2           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                        11           51

    South                                          0.4          0.2         YES           220           90         YES

    Midwest                                        0.2          0.2                        90           60         YES

    West                                           0.1          0.2                        66           66



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 10, 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.