TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between November 2023 and December 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                     -132            182

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                      -0.1           0.2                     -135            180
    Mining and logging                               -0.4           0.7                       -3              5
    Construction                                     -0.2           0.6                      -16             45
    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.3                      -12             36
      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.3                      -20             26
      Nondurable goods                                0.2           0.5                        8             25
    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.3                      -26             89
      Wholesale trade                                 1.0           0.5         YES           63             26         YES
      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.5                      -54             74
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.5           0.5                      -35             31         YES
    Information                                      -0.3           0.5                      -10             15
    Financial activities                              0.1           0.4                       10             31
      Finance and insurance                           0.0           0.4                        0             25
      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.4           0.6                       10             14
    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                      -32             74
    Education and health services                    -0.3           0.3                      -64             62         YES
      Educational services                            0.2           0.3                        8              9
      Health care and social assistance              -0.4           0.3         YES          -71             60         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.1           0.4                       21             72
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.5           0.7                       12             15
      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                        8             69
    Other services                                   -0.1           0.8                       -4             44
  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        2             22
    Federal                                           0.0           0.2                        0              4
    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        2             22
      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        3             13
      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        0             13

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -5             61
    South                                             0.1           0.2                       60            128
    Midwest                                          -0.4           0.2         YES         -114             78         YES
    West                                             -0.2           0.3                      -74             86

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, January 30, 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.