TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between October 2017 and October 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                                      0.2          0.1         YES           270          139         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.2          0.1         YES           266          138         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          0.6                        -1            4

    Construction                                  -0.3          0.5                       -18           34

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         5           22

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.2                        -2           16

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.3                         7           13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.2         YES            90           59         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                       -10           22

      Retail trade                                 0.4          0.3         YES            59           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.4         YES            41           19         YES

    Information                                    0.1          0.4                         4           11

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -12           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -17           20

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.1          0.8                         4           16

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.4                        25           63

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        28           31

      Educational services                         0.2          0.3                         8            8

      Health care and social assistance            0.1          0.2                        20           29

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.7          0.4         YES           135           58         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.3          0.7         YES            31           13         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.5         YES           103           55         YES

    Other services                                 0.1          0.6                        11           32

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         5           15

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         1            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         4           14

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1            8

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         2           10



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.2                       -57           51         YES

    South                                          0.1          0.2                       115           90         YES

    Midwest                                        0.3          0.2         YES           116           60         YES

    West                                           0.2          0.2                        98           66         YES



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