TABLE 9: Quits estimated rate and level changes between January 2009 and January 2010,

         and test of significance, not seasonally adjusted



                                                               Rates                          Levels (in thousands)

                                                               =====                          =====================



                                                Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of   Estimated     Minimum   Pass test of

                                              over-the-year significant significance over-the-year significant significance

     Industry and region                         change       change*                   change       change*



Total                                             -0.1          0.1                      -253          155         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.1         YES          -259          155         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.9          0.7         YES            -8            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.6          0.6                        23           44            

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.2         YES           -38           27         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.2         YES           -25           19         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.3                       -12           15            

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.2         YES          -105           63         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         5           25            

      Retail trade                                -0.7          0.3         YES          -104           51         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.4                        -6           20            

    Information                                   -0.5          0.5                       -17           17            

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.4                        -7           35            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.4                       -14           25            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          0.9                         8           19            

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.4                       -72           71         YES

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                         8           33            

      Educational services                         0.7          0.3         YES            23            9         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -15           32            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -38           66            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.1          0.8         YES            17           15         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.6                       -55           61            

    Other services                                -0.1          0.6                        -5           32            

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         4           17            

      Federal government                           0.0          0.2                        -1            5            

      State and local government                   0.0          0.1                         5           16            



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.2                       -11           57            

    South                                          0.0          0.2                       -10          100            

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.2         YES          -134           63         YES

    West                                          -0.3          0.3                       -98           75         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 9, 2010.

  *NOTE:  Significant over-the-year changes are calculated at a 90 percent confidence level.  The median standard error

is used in testing the over-the-year change.