TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between August 2025 and August 2026,
          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                      -234          219         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -202          216
    Mining and logging                            -0.5          0.7                        -3            4
    Construction                                  -1.2          0.9         YES          -102           74         YES
    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -36           33         YES
      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -17           24
      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -20           19         YES
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.3                        22           77
      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.5                        29           29
      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                         8           59
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                       -15           34
    Information                                   -0.3          0.8                        -9           23
    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                        -3           27
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                         0           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.6                        -2           16
    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.5                       -97          114
    Private Education and Health Services          0.3          0.2         YES            71           58         YES
      Private Educational Services                 0.2          0.3                         8           12
      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.3                        64           58         YES
    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.5                       -65           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.6          1.6                       -48           34         YES
      Accommodation and food services             -0.1          0.4                       -17           57
    Other services                                 0.3          0.7                        19           42
  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -32           21         YES
    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                        -1            2
    State and local                               -0.2          0.1         YES           -31           21         YES
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -7           14
      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.1         YES           -24           13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -59           86
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -40          126
    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -97           92         YES
    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -40          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 29, 2026.
  *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.