TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between November 2019 and December 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                                         0.0           0.1                      -80            140



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.1                      -84            140

    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.6                       -1              4

    Construction                                      0.0           0.4                        2             29

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                       -7             21

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                       -3             16

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.3                       -4             14

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.4           0.2         YES         -111             67         YES

      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.4                      -17             23

      Retail trade                                   -0.7           0.4         YES         -111             59         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.4                       18             21

    Information                                       0.1           0.4                        1             11

    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.3                      -27             26         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.3           0.3                      -20             20

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.2           0.6                       -6             14

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.3                      -13             56

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       36             40

      Educational services                            0.3           0.3                        9             10

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       26             39

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.4                       21             62

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.8           0.7         YES          -20             14         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           0.4                       41             59

    Other services                                    0.3           0.7                       15             37

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        3             17

    Federal                                           0.1           0.1                        1              2

    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                        2             16

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        7             11

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -5             10



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                      -15             52

    South                                             0.0           0.2                        2             90

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.2                      -53             64

    West                                             -0.1           0.2                      -14             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, February 11, 2020.

  *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.