TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between April 2020 and April 2021,

          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                                     -6.2          0.1         YES         -7939          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -7.3          0.2         YES         -7746          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -8.8          1.0         YES           -54            7         YES

    Construction                                  -9.0          1.0         YES          -564           69         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -5.5          0.2         YES          -620           29         YES

      Durable goods                               -6.0          0.3         YES          -420           21         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -4.7          0.4         YES          -200           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -6.0          0.3         YES         -1438           71         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -4.0          0.4         YES          -214           23         YES

      Retail trade                                -7.3          0.3         YES          -950           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -4.9          0.5         YES          -274           28         YES

    Information                                   -5.3          0.6         YES          -139           18         YES

    Financial activities                          -2.5          0.3         YES          -206           25         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.6          0.3         YES           -43           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -7.8          0.6         YES          -163           14         YES

    Professional and business services            -4.9          0.4         YES          -900           80         YES

    Education and health services                 -4.4          0.2         YES          -970           49         YES

      Educational services                        -6.9          0.4         YES          -235           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -4.0          0.2         YES          -736           43         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        -25          0.5         YES         -2081           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          -32          1.7         YES          -361           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services              -24          0.5         YES         -1721           66         YES

    Other services                                 -17          0.9         YES          -773           50         YES

  Government                                      -0.9          0.1         YES          -192           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            2         YES

    State and local                               -1.0          0.2         YES          -190           30         YES

      State and local education                   -0.7          0.1         YES           -76           15         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -1.3          0.2         YES          -114           18         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -7.1          0.3         YES         -1695           82         YES

    South                                         -5.1          0.2         YES         -2391          108         YES

    Midwest                                       -6.1          0.3         YES         -1695           97         YES

    West                                          -7.2          0.3         YES         -2158           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, June 8, 2021.

  *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.