TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2020 and December 2021,

          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                                     -0.6          0.1         YES          -675          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.6          0.2         YES          -663          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          1.0         YES            -6            7

    Construction                                  -1.0          1.0                       -64           69

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.2         YES           -26           29

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -17           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -9           18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.3                       -90           71         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                        -8           23

      Retail trade                                -0.6          0.3         YES           -85           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         3           28

    Information                                    0.5          0.6                        17           18

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                        -8           25

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         2           17

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.5          0.6                       -11           14

    Professional and business services            -0.7          0.4         YES          -123           80         YES

    Education and health services                  0.1          0.2                        19           49

      Educational services                        -0.6          0.4         YES           -19           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.2          0.2                        38           43

    Leisure and hospitality                       -3.1          0.5         YES          -383           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -5.1          1.7         YES           -69           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -2.9          0.5         YES          -314           66         YES

    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                         1           50

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -12           31

    Federal                                        0.3          0.1         YES             7            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.1          0.2                       -20           30

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         3           15

      State and local, excluding education        -0.3          0.2         YES           -23           18         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.9          0.3         YES          -236           82         YES

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -108          108

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -78           97

    West                                          -0.8          0.3         YES          -252           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2022.

  *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.