TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2015 and April 2016,

          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 nonfarm                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -197          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -204          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.2          0.6                        -6            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.5          1.0                        40           65

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        19           37

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         6           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        13           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                       -20           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.5                        25           27

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -29           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.3          0.5                       -16           26

    Information                                    0.2          0.5                         6           15

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.4                       -21           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.9                        -2           19

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.5         YES          -101           82         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         4           38

      Educational services                         0.1          0.5                         5           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        -1           33

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.9          0.6         YES          -128           75         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.2          1.7         YES           -46           32         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.5         YES           -83           59         YES

    Other services                                 0.0          0.8                         3           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         7           22

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         7           22

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                        12           10         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -5           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        64           83

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -121          106         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -89           91

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -51           96



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 8, 2016.

  *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.