TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2020 and August 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                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -241          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -207          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.4          1.0                        -2            7

    Construction                                  -0.7          1.0                       -47           69

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                        -1           29

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -3           21

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         2           18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -52           71

      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.4         YES           -31           23         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.3                        19           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.7          0.5         YES           -41           28         YES

    Information                                   -0.3          0.6                        -5           18

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -19           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -9           17

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.6                        -9           14

    Professional and business services            -0.2          0.4                       -23           80

    Education and health services                 -0.3          0.2         YES           -68           49         YES

      Educational services                         0.2          0.4                        10           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.2         YES           -78           43         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.2          0.5                        12           78

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.6          1.7                         5           37

      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.5                         6           66

    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                         0           50

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -34           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.5          0.1         YES           -17            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -17           30

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -13           15

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -5           18



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.3                       -79           82

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                       -66          108

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -65           97

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -31           97



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 12, 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.