TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between April 2018 and May 2018,

         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                      212            138         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.2           0.1         YES          204            137         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.6                        2              4

    Construction                                      0.2           0.5                        9             32

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -10             21

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                       -5             16

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.3                       -5             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.2           0.2                       67             57         YES

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                       -1             21

      Retail trade                                    0.3           0.3                       46             47

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.4           0.3         YES           20             17         YES

    Information                                       0.4           0.4                       11             11

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       16             27

      Finance and insurance                           0.3           0.3                       21             19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.2           0.7                       -5             15

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.4                       11             59

    Education and health services                     0.3           0.2         YES           59             31         YES

      Educational services                            0.1           0.3                        4              9

      Health care and social assistance               0.3           0.2         YES           55             29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.4                       25             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           0.6                        5             12

      Accommodation and food services                 0.1           0.5                       21             56

    Other services (1)                                0.3           0.6                       13             34

  Government                                          0.1           0.1                        7             14

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -2              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        9             13

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        4              8

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        5              9



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                        5             50

    South                                             0.2           0.2                      136             86         YES

    Midwest                                           0.1           0.2                       40             56

    West                                              0.1           0.2                       32             65



  (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, July 10, 2018.

  *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.