text:  They tell an important story about the labor market, that the labor market has come into much better balance over the course of this year. So looking at specifics, 2.2 percent of workers quit their jobs in May. That is three and a half million people who likely felt comfortable enough with the job market to leave their current jobs. Last year, that number shrank a lot. But this year, it stopped shrinking. It's been the same for seven months now.