TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between July 2019 and August 2019,

         and test of significance, seasonally adjusted



                                                                  Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                                  =====                          =====================



                                                   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated      Minimum   Pass test of

                                                 over-the-month significant significance over-the-month significant significance

     Industry and region                            change        change*                  change         change*



Total nonfarm                                        -0.1           0.1                     -142            140         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.1                     -144            140         YES

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.6                        0              4

    Construction                                     -0.1           0.4                       -4             29

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                       -3             21

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                       12             16

      Nondurable goods                               -0.3           0.3                      -14             14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.2                       -4             67

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                        0             23

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                        0             59

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.4                       -4             21

    Information                                       0.4           0.4                       11             11

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.3                        9             26

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -3             20

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.6           0.6                       12             14

    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.3         YES          -76             56         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.2                      -20             40

      Educational services                            0.0           0.3                       -1             10

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -19             39

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.4                        8             62

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           0.7                       -4             14

      Accommodation and food services                 0.1           0.4                       12             59

    Other services                                   -1.1           0.7         YES          -67             37         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        2             17

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              2

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        1             16

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        1             11

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        1             10



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.2                       25             52

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -44             90

    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.2         YES         -120             64         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.2                       -4             69



  (1) No regular seasonal movements could be identified in this series, therefore, the seasonally adjusted and not seasonally

adjusted data are identical.



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 9, 2019.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-month changes are calculated at a 90-percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-month change.