TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2018 and August 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                                     -0.1          0.1                       -52          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       -16          175

    Mining and logging                            -0.6          0.8                        -5            6

    Construction                                   0.8          0.9                        69           58         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                       -19           30

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -10           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -9           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.2                        -2           65

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         9           23

      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.3                       -27           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        16           28

    Information                                    0.1          0.6                         3           17

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         5           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.5          0.6                        12           13

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.4                         5           77

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -23           49

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.4                       -15           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -10           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -49           72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.8                       -20           40

      Accommodation and food services             -0.2          0.4                       -29           54

    Other services                                 0.0          0.8                         0           46

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -36           26         YES

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         5            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.2          0.1         YES           -40           26         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -17           12         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -23           15         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -28           79

    South                                          0.0          0.2                        -5           96

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -26           93

    West                                           0.0          0.3                         7           86



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