TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2016 and December 2017,

          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                       -33          191



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -63          189

    Mining and logging                             1.2          0.6         YES            10            5         YES

    Construction                                  -1.4          1.0         YES           -84           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                         2           36

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                        -1           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         2           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.2          0.3                        60           70

      Wholesale trade                             -0.1          0.5                        -3           27

      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        25           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.6          0.5         YES            37           26         YES

    Information                                    0.2          0.5                         7           15

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.4                       -23           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.7          0.9                       -14           19

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.5                       -58           79

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        -1           38

      Educational services                         0.2          0.5                         6           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                        -7           33

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.6                         3           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.8                       -16           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.5                        19           59

    Other services                                 0.3          0.7                        21           40

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        29           22         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -3            3

    State and local                                0.2          0.1         YES            33           22         YES

      State and local education                    0.2          0.1         YES            24           10         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                         8           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -22           82

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        36          105

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        -8           89

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -40           94



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 6, 2018.

  *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.