TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between December 2023 and January 2024, 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 -54 204 INDUSTRY Total private 0.0 0.2 -48 203 Mining and logging -0.2 0.6 -1 4 Construction 0.0 0.6 -1 48 Manufacturing -0.1 0.3 -9 37 Durable goods 0.1 0.4 8 27 Nondurable goods -0.4 0.5 -17 22 Trade, transportation, and utilities -0.2 0.3 -47 97 Wholesale trade -0.4 0.5 -22 28 Retail trade -0.3 0.5 -45 83 Transportation, warehousing, and utilities 0.2 0.5 19 34 Information 0.8 0.5 YES 23 14 YES Financial activities -0.2 0.4 -15 34 Finance and insurance 0.0 0.4 -1 28 Real estate and rental and leasing -0.7 0.6 YES -16 15 YES Professional and business services -0.1 0.5 -24 90 Private Education and Health Services -0.2 0.3 -48 68 Private Educational Services -0.1 0.3 -3 10 Health care and social assistance -0.2 0.3 -45 67 Leisure and hospitality 0.2 0.6 43 85 Arts, entertainment, and recreation -0.3 0.8 -7 16 Accommodation and food services 0.4 0.7 51 83 Other services 0.6 0.7 33 39 Government -0.1 0.1 -8 22 Federal -0.1 0.1 -3 4 State and local 0.0 0.1 -5 22 State and local education 0.0 0.2 -8 15 State and local, excluding education 0.0 0.2 4 14 REGION Northeast 0.1 0.2 9 63 South 0.0 0.3 -26 138 Midwest -0.1 0.3 -35 88 West 0.0 0.3 -2 94 SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 6, 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.