TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between September 2021 and October 2021,

         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                                        -0.2           0.1         YES         -205            163         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                      -0.2           0.1         YES         -214            162         YES

    Mining and logging                                0.9           0.7         YES            6              5         YES

    Construction                                     -0.1           0.5                       -4             36

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -17             27

      Durable goods                                  -0.1           0.2                       -8             17

      Nondurable goods                               -0.2           0.4                       -9             18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -69             72

      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.4                      -10             25

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.4                       -3             60

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.9           0.4         YES          -57             24         YES

    Information                                       0.0           0.4                        1             12

    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.4                      -33             30         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.7           0.4         YES          -45             26         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing              0.5           0.6                       11             14

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.4                       21             69

    Education and health services                    -0.1           0.2                      -28             45

      Educational services                           -0.1           0.3                       -4             10

      Health care and social assistance              -0.1           0.2                      -24             41

    Leisure and hospitality                          -0.5           0.4         YES          -68             65         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -1.5           0.7         YES          -33             16         YES

      Accommodation and food services                -0.4           0.5                      -35             62

    Other services                                   -0.4           0.7                      -23             41

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        9             19

    Federal                                          -0.1           0.2                       -1              4

    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                        9             18

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                      -12             11         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.1         YES           21             13         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.2                      -27             55

    South                                            -0.1           0.2                      -74            100

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.2                      -36             73

    West                                             -0.2           0.2                      -69             78



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, December 8, 2021.

  *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.