TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2018 and December 2019,

          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                       169          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       194          175         YES

    Mining and logging                             1.0          0.8         YES             8            6         YES

    Construction                                   1.5          0.9         YES           115           58         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         0           30

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        18           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.4          0.4                       -19           17         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.2         YES           -79           65         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                       -12           23

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.3         YES           -71           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.1          0.5                         5           28

    Information                                   -0.1          0.6                        -4           17

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                       -11           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.6                         8           13

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.4                        53           77

    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                       -17           49

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.4                       -17           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                         0           44

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.5          0.5                       100           72         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          1.7          1.8                        42           40         YES

      Accommodation and food services              0.3          0.4                        57           54         YES

    Other services                                 0.5          0.8                        31           46

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -25           26

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         2            2

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -27           26         YES

      State and local education                   -0.2          0.1         YES           -20           12         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.2                        -7           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.2          0.3                        57           79

    South                                          0.1          0.2                        92           96

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -33           93

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        52           86



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 11, 2020.

  *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.