TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2022 and August 2023,
          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                        91          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                        98          196
    Mining and logging                             0.6          0.8                         5            6
    Construction                                   0.2          1.0                        24           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        37           28         YES
      Durable goods                                0.3          0.3                        28           21         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.2          0.4                         9           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -45           75
      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.5                       -27           26         YES
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -29           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                        10           32
    Information                                   -1.0          0.8         YES           -33           24         YES
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         7           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         8           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.6                        -1           14
    Professional and business services             0.1          0.5                        29           92
    Education and health services                  0.3          0.2         YES            90           54         YES
      Educational services                         0.6          0.4         YES            23           13         YES
      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        66           49         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        11           79
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.7          1.6         YES           -40           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.6                        51           72
    Other services                                -0.5          0.9                       -25           51
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -7           28
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3
    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -5           28
      State and local education                    0.3          0.1         YES            27           14         YES
      State and local, excluding education        -0.4          0.2         YES           -31           16         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        58           83
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -46          104
    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       123           96         YES
    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -45          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 3, 2023.
  *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.