TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between July 2023 and August 2023,
         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                                         0.0           0.1                       19            182

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.0           0.2                       13            180
    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.7                        1              5
    Construction                                     -0.2           0.6                      -15             45
    Manufacturing                                    -0.2           0.3                      -30             36
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.3                      -21             26
      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.5                       -8             25
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -23             89
      Wholesale trade                                 0.4           0.5                       21             26
      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.5                      -52             74
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.1           0.5                        8             31
    Information                                      -0.9           0.5         YES          -30             15         YES
    Financial activities                              0.3           0.4                       29             31
      Finance and insurance                           0.4           0.4                       28             25         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.0           0.6                        0             14
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.4                       -4             74
    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.3                      -29             62
      Educational services                           -0.1           0.3                       -4              9
      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.3                      -25             60
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.6           0.4         YES          105             72         YES
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.6           0.7                       18             15         YES
      Accommodation and food services                 0.6           0.5         YES           88             69         YES
    Other services                                    0.1           0.8                        7             44
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                        5             22
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -3              4
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        9             22
      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                      -13             13
      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.1         YES           21             13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                        -0.3           0.2         YES          -72             61         YES
    South                                             0.0           0.2                       29            128
    Midwest                                           0.3           0.2         YES           85             78         YES
    West                                              0.0           0.3                      -24             86

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.