TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between July 2024 and August 2024,
         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                     -159            204

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.2           0.2                     -147            203
    Mining and logging                               -0.4           0.6                       -2              4
    Construction                                     -0.1           0.6                       -2             48
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -20             37
      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.4                        1             27
      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.5                      -21             22
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.3         YES         -104             97         YES
      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.5                       -9             28
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.5                      -50             83
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.5         YES          -45             34         YES
    Information                                      -0.3           0.5                      -10             14
    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.4                      -12             34
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.4                        2             28
      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.6           0.6                      -15             15
    Professional and business services                0.3           0.5                       73             90
    Private Education and Health Services            -0.1           0.3                      -26             68
      Private Educational Services                   -0.3           0.3                      -11             10         YES
      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.3                      -16             67
    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.6                      -81             85
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           0.8                      -18             16         YES
      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.7                      -63             83
    Other services                                    0.7           0.7                       37             39
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                      -11             22
    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        2              4
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                      -13             22
      State and local education                       0.1           0.2                        1             15
      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.2                      -14             14

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                      -11             63
    South                                            -0.2           0.3                     -129            138
    Midwest                                           0.0           0.3                        2             88
    West                                             -0.1           0.3                      -19             94

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 1, 2024.
  *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.