TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2017 and August 2018,

          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                       -22          192



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -26          189

    Mining and logging                             0.7          0.7                         5            5

    Construction                                  -0.9          1.0                       -55           65

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        21           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         3           26

      Nondurable goods                             0.4          0.4                        18           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.3          0.3                       100           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.5                        -1           26

      Retail trade                                 0.6          0.3         YES            94           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         8           25

    Information                                   -0.1          0.5                        -4           15

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                       -10           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.8          0.9                       -18           18

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.5                        52           76

    Education and health services                 -0.4          0.2         YES           -77           38         YES

      Educational services                         0.7          0.4         YES            25           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.6          0.2         YES          -103           34         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.4          0.5                       -69           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.8                        -9           34

      Accommodation and food services             -0.4          0.5                       -60           59         YES

    Other services                                 0.2          0.8                         9           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         6           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -5            3         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                         9           22

      State and local education                    0.3          0.1         YES            25           11         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.1         YES           -16           14         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -41           82

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        64          104

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -83           89

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        37           93



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 16, 2018.

  *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.