TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between September 2018 and October 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                      -50            138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.1           0.1                      -51            137

    Mining and logging                               -0.2           0.6                       -2              4

    Construction                                     -0.2           0.5                      -10             32

    Manufacturing                                     0.0           0.2                        3             21

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        1             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.3                        2             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.2                      -16             57

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                        1             21

      Retail trade                                   -0.3           0.3                      -46             47

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.5           0.3         YES           30             17         YES

    Information                                       0.0           0.4                        1             11

    Financial activities                             -0.2           0.3                      -14             27

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.3                      -11             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.1           0.7                       -2             15

    Professional and business services               -0.1           0.4                      -22             59

    Education and health services                     0.2           0.2                       45             31         YES

      Educational services                            0.3           0.3                       12              9         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.2           0.2                       33             29         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.0           0.4                        2             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.2           0.6                        5             12

      Accommodation and food services                -0.1           0.5                       -3             56

    Other services (1)                               -0.7           0.6         YES          -39             34         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        0             14

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        0             13

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                        1              8

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                       -1              9



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.2           0.2                      -55             50         YES

    South                                             0.0           0.2                      -22             86

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.2                      -10             56

    West                                              0.1           0.2                       36             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, December 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.