TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2014 and August 2015,

          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                        46          197



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                         5          194

    Mining and logging                             1.0          0.6         YES             8            4         YES

    Construction                                   0.3          1.0                        27           66

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.3                        23           38

      Durable goods                                0.4          0.3         YES            30           29         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -8           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         4           77

      Wholesale trade                             -0.6          0.5         YES           -32           28         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        27           54

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        10           27

    Information                                    0.0          0.5                         1           16

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.4                         3           30

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -6           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.9                         9           19

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.5         YES          -122           81         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -23           40

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         8           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.2                       -31           36

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.3          0.6                        53           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -2.3          1.8         YES           -54           35         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.6         YES           107           61         YES

    Other services                                 0.6          0.8                        32           44

  Government                                       0.2          0.1         YES            41           21         YES

      Federal                                      0.0          0.1                        -1            3

      State and local                              0.2          0.1         YES            41           21         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        48           83

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -143          106         YES

    Midwest                                        0.4          0.3         YES           130           91         YES

    West                                           0.0          0.3                         9           97



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2015.

  *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.