TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between November 2018 and December 2018,

         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                      -12            138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                        6            137

    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.6                        1              4

    Construction                                      0.2           0.5                       16             32

    Manufacturing                                    -0.3           0.2         YES          -35             21         YES

      Durable goods                                  -0.3           0.2         YES          -19             16         YES

      Nondurable goods                               -0.4           0.3         YES          -16             13         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.2                      -29             57

      Wholesale trade                                -0.1           0.4                       -5             21

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -21             47

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.3                       -4             17

    Information                                      -0.6           0.4         YES          -15             11         YES

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       14             27

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.3                       18             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.1           0.7                       -4             15

    Professional and business services                0.3           0.4                       60             59         YES

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.2                       41             31         YES

      Educational services                           -0.2           0.3                       -8              9

      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.2         YES           49             29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.4                       -3             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.6                        8             12

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                      -11             56

    Other services (1)                               -0.7           0.6         YES          -42             34         YES

  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -18             14         YES

    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        3              3

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -21             13         YES

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                       -5              8

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                      -15              9         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.2                       24             50

    South                                             0.1           0.2                        8             86

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.2                        5             56

    West                                             -0.1           0.2                      -49             65



  (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, February 12, 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.