TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and September 2017,

         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                       89            135



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                       86            135

    Mining and logging                                0.5           0.6                        4              4

    Construction                                      0.2           0.5                       14             30

    Manufacturing                                     0.1           0.2                        9             21

      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                       14             16

      Nondurable goods                               -0.1           0.3                       -4             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.0           0.2                      -18             56

      Wholesale trade                                 0.0           0.4                       -2             21

      Retail trade                                   -0.1           0.3                      -17             46

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.0           0.4                        1             18

    Information                                       0.2           0.4                        5             11

    Financial activities                             -0.1           0.3                       -6             27

      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                       11             19

      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)         -0.7           0.7                      -16             15         YES

    Professional and business services                0.4           0.4                       82             61         YES

    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                       16             30

      Educational services                           -0.1           0.3                       -2              9

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       17             29

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.4                       24             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.5           0.6                      -10             12

      Accommodation and food services                 0.3           0.5                       34             57

    Other services (1)                               -0.8           0.6         YES          -45             32         YES

  Government                                          0.0           0.1                        3             14

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        0              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                        3             13

      State and local education                       0.0           0.1                       -6              8

      State and local, excluding education            0.1           0.1                       10              9         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       -6             49

    South                                             0.0           0.2                       45             86

    Midwest                                           0.3           0.2         YES           91             55         YES

    West                                             -0.1           0.2                      -40             64



  (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 7, 2017.

  *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.