TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2018 and September 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                                         0.0           0.1                      -47            138



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.0           0.1                      -44            137

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.6                       -1              4

    Construction                                      0.0           0.5                        5             32

    Manufacturing                                    -0.1           0.2                      -14             21

      Durable goods                                  -0.2           0.2                      -14             16

      Nondurable goods                                0.0           0.3                        0             13

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.1           0.2                      -29             57

      Wholesale trade                                -0.3           0.4                      -21             21

      Retail trade                                    0.1           0.3                       11             47

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities     -0.4           0.3         YES          -20             17         YES

    Information                                      -0.2           0.4                       -5             11

    Financial activities                             -0.4           0.3         YES          -30             27         YES

      Finance and insurance                          -0.2           0.3                      -15             19

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

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.4                       -3             59

    Education and health services                     0.0           0.2                       14             31

      Educational services                            0.4           0.3         YES           15              9         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.0           0.2                        0             29

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.4                       20             59

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             0.1           0.6                        4             12

      Accommodation and food services                 0.2           0.5                       16             56

    Other services (1)                                0.0           0.6                       -1             34

  Government                                         -0.1           0.1                       -3             14

    Federal                                           0.0           0.1                        1              3

    State and local                                   0.0           0.1                       -4             13

      State and local education                      -0.1           0.1                      -10              8         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        6              9



           REGION



    Northeast                                         0.1           0.2                        7             50

    South                                             0.1           0.2                       62             86

    Midwest                                          -0.1           0.2                      -26             56

    West                                             -0.3           0.2         YES          -91             65         YES



  (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 6, 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.