TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2018 and April 2019,

          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                                      0.0          0.1                       -31          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -37          175

    Mining and logging                             0.5          0.8                         3            6

    Construction                                   0.6          0.9                        43           58

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                        -8           30

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -3           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -5           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                         4           65

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.4                        -5           23

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        14           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.1          0.5                        -6           28

    Information                                   -0.6          0.6                       -18           17         YES

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -20           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.3         YES           -26           19         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.2          0.6                         6           13

    Professional and business services             0.4          0.4                        81           77         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         0           49

      Educational services                         0.0          0.4                         1           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                         0           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.5          0.5                       -65           72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.6          1.8         YES           -58           40         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.4                        -8           54

    Other services                                -1.0          0.8         YES           -58           46         YES

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         6           26

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            2

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                         7           26

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           12

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         6           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                        -8           79

    South                                          0.0          0.2                         6           96

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        -6           93

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -23           86



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 10, 2019.

  *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.