TABLE 10: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between May 2009 and May 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                                             -0.3          0.2         YES          -412          211         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.3          0.2         YES          -383          208         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.1          0.7         YES            -8            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.1          0.9                       -27           65            

    Manufacturing                                 -1.0          0.3         YES          -126           43         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.2          0.4         YES           -87           32         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.9          0.5         YES           -39           28         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.4         YES          -137           97         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.9          0.6         YES           -49           33         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.5                       -66           73            

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.6                       -22           32            

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                         0           20            

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.5                       -12           37            

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.4                       -16           21            

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          1.1                         4           24            

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.5                       -27           82            

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         8           40            

      Educational services                        -0.7          0.6         YES           -20           17         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.2                        28           34            

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.7                       -28           86            

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.4          2.0                        28           37            

      Accommodation and food services             -0.5          0.7                       -57           68            

    Other services                                -0.4          0.8                       -24           41            

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -28           23         YES

      Federal government                          -0.9          0.1         YES           -19            3         YES

      State and local government                   0.0          0.1                       -10           22            



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -39           88            

    South                                         -0.2          0.3                      -110          120            

    Midwest                                       -0.4          0.3         YES          -126           93         YES

    West                                          -0.5          0.4         YES          -137          107         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, July 13, 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.