TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2014 and December 2015,

          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          -217          197         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -234          194         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.3          0.6         YES             7            4         YES

    Construction                                  -2.2          1.0         YES          -129           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        13           38

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        11           29

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         2           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -57           77

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                        -6           28

      Retail trade                                -0.4          0.4                       -64           54         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.2          0.5                        13           27

    Information                                   -0.5          0.5                       -14           16

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.4                        -9           30

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -18           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.9                         8           19

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.5                       -42           81

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -22           40

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -8           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -14           36

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.6                        25           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.1          1.8                         2           35

      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.6                        23           61

    Other services                                -0.1          0.8                        -7           44

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        18           21

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         1            3

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        17           21



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.2          0.3                       -46           83

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                       -50          106

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -59           91

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -62           97



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2016.

  *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.