TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between July 2021 and August 2021,

         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                                         0.2           0.1         YES          242            163         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.2           0.1         YES          224            162         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.7                        1              5

    Construction                                      0.0           0.5                        1             36

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        6             27

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                       12             17

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.4                       -5             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.3                       70             72

      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.4                       26             25         YES

      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.4                       39             60

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.4                        5             24

    Information                                      -0.2           0.4                       -6             12

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.4                      -14             30

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.4                        9             26

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -1.1           0.6         YES          -23             14         YES

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.4                        9             69

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.2                       -3             45

      Educational services                           -0.2           0.3                       -5             10

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        2             41

    Leisure and hospitality                           1.1           0.4         YES          164             65         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.7                        7             16

      Accommodation and food services                 1.2           0.5         YES          157             62         YES

    Other services                                   -0.1           0.7                       -6             41

  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       18             19

    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              4

    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       19             18         YES

      State and local education                       0.3           0.1         YES           25             11         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -6             13



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       10             55

    South                                             0.2           0.2                      126            100         YES

    Midwest                                           0.3           0.2         YES           94             73         YES

    West                                              0.0           0.2                       14             78



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 2021.

  *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.