TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2015 and January 2016,

         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                                        -0.2           0.1         YES         -284            134         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.1         YES         -286            133         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.6                        2              4

    Construction                                     -0.9           0.5         YES          -56             31         YES

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                        9             21

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        0             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.3                        8             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.3           0.2         YES          -75             56         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.3                        4             19

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.3                      -45             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.6           0.4         YES          -34             18         YES

    Information                                       0.2           0.4                        6             11

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.3                      -14             28

      Finance and insurance                          -0.1           0.3                       -9             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.3           0.8                       -6             15

    Professional and business services               -0.4           0.4                      -80             60         YES

    Education and health services                    -0.2           0.2                      -49             30         YES

      Educational services                            0.0           0.3                        0              8

      Health care and social assistance              -0.3           0.2         YES          -49             28         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.4           0.4                      -50             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.6                        5             11

      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.5                      -55             57

    Other services (1)                                0.4           0.6                       21             32

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        2             14

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        2             13

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        6              8

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                       -4              8



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.2                      -49             48         YES

    South                                            -0.3           0.2         YES         -152             86         YES

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.2                       -4             54

    West                                             -0.3           0.2         YES          -79             63         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, March 17, 2016.

  *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.