TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and January 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                      135            135



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.1                      129            135

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.6                        0              4

    Construction                                      0.3           0.5                       25             30

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                       11             21

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        8             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.3                        4             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.2                       28             56

      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.4                        3             21

      Retail trade                                    0.2           0.3                       38             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.4                      -13             18

    Information                                      -0.2           0.4                       -3             11

    Financial activities                              0.7           0.3         YES           55             27         YES

      Finance and insurance                           0.5           0.3         YES           31             19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          1.1           0.7         YES           24             15         YES

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                      -15             61

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       25             30

      Educational services                            0.2           0.3                        6              9

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       20             29

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.2           0.4                      -29             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           0.6                       -6             12

      Accommodation and food services                -0.2           0.5                      -23             57

    Other services (1)                                0.6           0.6                       33             32         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        6             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                        5              8

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.1                        2              9



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -7             49

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -40             86

    Midwest                                           0.2           0.2                       92             55         YES

    West                                              0.3           0.2         YES           92             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, March 16, 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.