TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between October 2015 and October 2016,

          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                                      0.2          0.1         YES           231          138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.1                       238          138         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.6                        -1            4

    Construction                                   0.7          0.5         YES            45           35         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        18           23

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.2                        17           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.3                         1           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        39           58

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.4                         2           20

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        22           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.4                        16           19

    Information                                   -0.2          0.4                        -7           11

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -14           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                        -2           19

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

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.4                        59           65

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        15           30

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                        -2            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        15           28

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.4         YES            82           58         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.6          0.7                        14           12         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.5          0.5                        69           55         YES

    Other services                                 0.0          0.6                         1           31

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -8           15

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -4            3         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                        -3           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -5            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                         2            9



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.2                        41           49

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       101           90         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.2                        14           59

    West                                           0.2          0.2                        75           66         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 7, 2016.

  *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.