TABLE 4: Quits estimated rate and level changes between April 2017 and May 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                      177            135         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                       0.2           0.1         YES          159            135         YES
    Mining and logging                                0.4           0.6                        3              4
    Construction                                     -0.3           0.5                      -19             30
    Manufacturing                                     0.3           0.2         YES           27             21         YES
      Durable goods                                   0.1           0.2                       10             16
      Nondurable goods                                0.4           0.3         YES           17             13         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities              0.4           0.2         YES           90             56         YES
      Wholesale trade                                 0.1           0.4                        4             21
      Retail trade                                    0.4           0.3         YES           66             46         YES
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities      0.3           0.4                       20             18         YES
    Information                                      -0.3           0.4                       -6             11
    Financial activities                              0.2           0.3                       13             27
      Finance and insurance                           0.1           0.3                        6             19
      Real estate and rental and leasing (1)          0.4           0.7                        7             15
    Professional and business services                0.0           0.4                        0             61
    Education and health services                     0.1           0.2                        4             30
      Educational services                            0.0           0.3                        0              9
      Health care and social assistance               0.1           0.2                        4             29
    Leisure and hospitality                           0.2           0.4                       40             59
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation            -0.7           0.6         YES          -15             12         YES
      Accommodation and food services                 0.4           0.5                       55             57
    Other services (1)                                0.2           0.6                        8             32
  Government                                          0.1           0.1                       19             14         YES
    Federal                                          -0.1           0.1                       -3              3
    State and local                                   0.1           0.1                       21             13         YES
      State and local education                       0.1           0.1                        5              8
      State and local, excluding education            0.2           0.1         YES           17              9         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                         0.0           0.2                       24             49
    South                                             0.2           0.2                      123             86         YES
    Midwest                                           0.1           0.2                       41             55
    West                                              0.0           0.2                      -12             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, July 11, 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.