TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between October 2016 and October 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                       123          138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                       120          137

    Mining and logging                             0.9          0.6         YES             8            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.7          0.5         YES            51           32         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        31           22         YES

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.2                        17           16         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.3                        13           14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                         2           58

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.4         YES            32           22         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.3                       -29           48

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.4                        -2           19

    Information                                    0.1          0.4                         2           11

    Financial activities                           0.4          0.3         YES            33           28         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        15           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.8          0.8                        18           16         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.1          0.4                         6           64

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        35           31         YES

      Educational services                        -0.1          0.3                        -3            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        37           29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.4                       -50           57

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.7          0.7                       -14           12         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -36           54

    Other services                                 0.0          0.6                         6           31

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                         2           15

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         0           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         0            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         1           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.2                        -1           50

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       163           89         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.2                       -16           59

    West                                          -0.1          0.2                       -24           66



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