TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between January 2017 and February 2017,

         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                     -102            135



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                      -95            135

    Mining and logging                                0.7           0.6         YES            5              4         YES

    Construction                                      0.2           0.5                       15             30

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        5             21

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                       -2             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.3                        6             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.2                       -3             56

      Wholesale trade                                -0.6           0.4         YES          -34             21         YES

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.3                        5             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           0.4         YES           25             18         YES

    Information                                       0.3           0.4                        7             11

    Financial activities                             -0.5           0.3         YES          -36             27         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.4           0.3         YES          -22             19         YES

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

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                      -15             61

    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.2                      -56             30         YES

      Educational services                           -0.1           0.3                       -4              9

      Health care and social assistance              -0.2           0.2                      -53             29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.4                        1             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           0.6                        2             12

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                       -2             57

    Other services (1)                               -0.3           0.6                      -17             32

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                       -7             14

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                       -1              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -7             13

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                       -3              8

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -4              9



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -2             49

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                       -4             86

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.2                       12             55

    West                                             -0.4           0.2         YES         -108             64         YES



  (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, April 11, 2017.

  *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.