TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between November 2016 and November 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                                      0.0          0.1                       101          138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                        81          137

    Mining and logging                            -0.1          0.6                         1            4

    Construction                                   0.0          0.5                         3           32

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        26           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.2                        15           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.3                        11           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                         4           58

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.4                         2           22

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -21           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.4          0.4                        22           19         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.4                         4           11

    Financial activities                           0.2          0.3                        21           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        18           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.8                         3           16

    Professional and business services             0.3          0.4                        72           64         YES

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        16           31

      Educational services                         0.0          0.3                         1            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        15           29

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.4                       -43           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          0.7                        -3           12

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -40           54

    Other services                                -0.5          0.6                       -23           31

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        19           15         YES

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        21           14         YES

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         8            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                        13           10         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                       -20           50

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        99           89         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.2                        -4           59

    West                                           0.0          0.2                        24           66



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