TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between September 2016 and October 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                                         0.0           0.1                      -66            134



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                      -40            133

    Mining and logging                                0.1           0.6                        1              4

    Construction                                      0.0           0.5                        2             31

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        7             21

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        3             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.1           0.3                        5             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.2                       16             56

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.3                        1             19

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.3                       25             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.2           0.4                      -10             18

    Information                                      -0.7           0.4         YES          -18             11         YES

    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       13             28

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.3                        9             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.2           0.8                        4             15

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                      -17             60

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.2                      -31             30         YES

      Educational services                           -0.3           0.3                       -7              8

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -23             28

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.4                       -7             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.2           0.6                       -4             11

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                       -5             57

    Other services (1)                               -0.1           0.6                       -5             32

  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                      -26             14         YES

    Federal                                          -0.2           0.1         YES           -3              3

    State and local                                  -0.1           0.1                      -23             13         YES

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                       -7              8

      State and local, excluding education           -0.1           0.1                      -16              8         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -2             48

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -30             86

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.2                        2             54

    West                                             -0.2           0.2                      -38             63



  (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, December 7, 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.