TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2016 and September 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                       61            134



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                       26            133

    Mining and logging                                0.2           0.6                        1              4

    Construction                                     -0.4           0.5                      -22             31

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        7             21

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                        9             16

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.3                       -2             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.1           0.2                       26             56

      Wholesale trade                                -0.2           0.3                      -14             19

      Retail trade                                    0.0           0.3                       -2             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.7           0.4         YES           43             18         YES

    Information                                       0.5           0.4         YES           15             11         YES

    Financial activities                             -0.3           0.3                      -18             28

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.3                      -11             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.3           0.8                       -7             15

    Professional and business services                0.1           0.4                        3             60

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       14             30

      Educational services                           -0.3           0.3                       -8              8

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       22             28

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.4                       36             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.3           0.6                        7             11

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       29             57

    Other services (1)                               -0.6           0.6                      -37             32         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.1         YES           36             14         YES

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3

    State and local                                   0.2           0.1         YES           35             13         YES

      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                       10              8         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.3           0.1         YES           25              8         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -1             48

    South                                             0.1           0.2                       34             86

    Midwest                                           0.0           0.2                        6             54

    West                                              0.1           0.2                       22             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, November 8, 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.