TABLE 10: Quits estimated rate and level changes between October 2022 and October 2023,
          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                                     -0.4          0.1         YES          -428          185         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.4          0.1         YES          -406          184         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.7                         1            5
    Construction                                   0.2          0.6                        21           42
    Manufacturing                                 -0.4          0.3         YES           -51           33         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -15           25
      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.4         YES           -35           21         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.3         YES          -137           88         YES
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.4                       -13           24
      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.5         YES          -106           78         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.4                       -17           29
    Information                                    0.2          0.5                         3           14
    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -20           30
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.4                        -2           27
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          0.7         YES           -18           16         YES
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.4                        -6           82
    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.2                       -36           54
      Educational services                         0.2          0.3                         9           11
      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.3                       -45           52
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.5         YES          -125           76         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          0.8                         1           17
      Accommodation and food services             -1.1          0.6         YES          -127           71         YES
    Other services                                -1.0          0.7         YES           -56           40         YES
  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -22           20         YES
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -2            4
    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -20           20
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -16           12         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -3           12

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.2                       -33           58
    South                                         -0.4          0.2         YES          -209          119         YES
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -66           78
    West                                          -0.3          0.3                      -119           90         YES

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 5, 2023.
  *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.