TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between August 2021 and September 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                                         0.1           0.1                      164            163         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                       0.1           0.1                      130            162

    Mining and logging                               -0.1           0.7                        0              5

    Construction                                     -0.1           0.5                       -9             36

    Manufacturing                                     0.2           0.2                       25             27

      Durable goods                                   0.0           0.2                        1             17

      Nondurable goods                                0.5           0.4         YES           25             18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities             -0.2           0.3                      -57             72

      Wholesale trade                                -0.6           0.4         YES          -30             25         YES

      Retail trade                                   -0.4           0.4                      -45             60

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.4                       18             24

    Information                                       0.0           0.4                        0             12

    Financial activities                              0.1           0.4                       10             30

      Finance and insurance                           0.2           0.4                       15             26

      Real estate and rental and leasing             -0.2           0.6                       -5             14

    Professional and business services                0.0           0.4                        5             69

    Education and health services                     0.3           0.2         YES           54             45         YES

      Educational services                            0.5           0.3         YES           17             10         YES

      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                       37             41

    Leisure and hospitality                           0.3           0.4                       53             65

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation             2.5           0.7         YES           56             16         YES

      Accommodation and food services                 0.0           0.5                       -4             62

    Other services                                    0.8           0.7         YES           47             41         YES

  Government                                          0.2           0.1         YES           34             19         YES

    Federal                                           0.1           0.2                        2              4

    State and local                                   0.2           0.1         YES           32             18         YES

      State and local education                       0.4           0.1         YES           30             11         YES

      State and local, excluding education            0.0           0.1                        2             13



           REGION



    Northeast                                        -0.1           0.2                      -16             55

    South                                             0.1           0.2                       87            100

    Midwest                                          -0.2           0.2                      -69             73

    West                                              0.4           0.2         YES          162             78         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 12, 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.