TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2019 and December 2020,

          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                       -71          183



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.1                       -82          180

    Mining and logging                            -1.1          0.9         YES            -9            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.9          0.9                       -71           61         YES

    Manufacturing                                  0.2          0.2                        14           27

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         2           20

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        11           16

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.2         YES          -103           64         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.1          0.4                         3           21

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -49           44         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.8          0.5         YES           -56           26         YES

    Information                                   -0.1          0.6                        -6           17

    Financial activities                           0.0          0.3                        -1           24

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -2           17

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.5                         1           12

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.5                       -84           85

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         2           45

      Educational services                         0.6          0.4         YES            19           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -16           41

    Leisure and hospitality                        2.1          0.5         YES           188           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          2.2          1.7         YES            -4           36

      Accommodation and food services              2.1          0.4         YES           191           62         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          0.8                       -14           48

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        11           28

    Federal                                        0.0          0.1                         0            2

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        12           28

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -8           14

      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        19           17         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        49           80

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                      -146           99         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                       -52           94

    West                                           0.3          0.3                        78           92



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 9, 2021.

  *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.