TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2019 and April 2020,

          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                                      4.6          0.1         YES          5876          183         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    5.5          0.1         YES          5761          180         YES

    Mining and logging                             7.8          0.9         YES            49            7         YES

    Construction                                   8.2          0.9         YES           516           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  4.4          0.2         YES           497           27         YES

      Durable goods                                5.4          0.3         YES           378           20         YES

      Nondurable goods                             2.8          0.4         YES           118           16         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           4.3          0.2         YES          1027           64         YES

      Wholesale trade                              3.1          0.4         YES           168           21         YES

      Retail trade                                 5.2          0.3         YES           661           44         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   3.6          0.5         YES           197           26         YES

    Information                                    3.1          0.6         YES            78           17         YES

    Financial activities                           2.5          0.3         YES           211           24         YES

      Finance and insurance                        0.5          0.3         YES            30           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           8.7          0.5         YES           181           12         YES

    Professional and business services             1.9          0.5         YES           323           85         YES

    Education and health services                  3.9          0.2         YES           861           45         YES

      Educational services                         6.0          0.4         YES           208           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            3.5          0.2         YES           653           41         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       18.2          0.5         YES          1435           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         20.3          1.7         YES           182           36         YES

      Accommodation and food services             18.0          0.4         YES          1253           62         YES

    Other services                                16.7          0.8         YES           764           48         YES

  Government                                       0.5          0.1         YES           115           28         YES

    Federal                                        0.2          0.1         YES             4            2         YES

    State and local                                0.6          0.1         YES           110           28         YES

      State and local education                    0.3          0.1         YES            25           14         YES

      State and local, excluding education         1.0          0.2         YES            86           17         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      5.2          0.3         YES          1227           80         YES

    South                                          3.9          0.2         YES          1776           99         YES

    Midwest                                        4.9          0.3         YES          1345           94         YES

    West                                           5.3          0.3         YES          1528           92         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 9, 2020.

  *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.