TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between December 2021 and December 2022,
          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                       259          205         YES

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                       249          201         YES
    Mining and logging                             0.3          0.9                         2            6
    Construction                                   0.4          1.1                        37           78
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        12           30
      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                        10           20
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         2           19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.4          0.3         YES           121           75         YES
      Wholesale trade                              0.6          0.4         YES            32           24         YES
      Retail trade                                 0.3          0.3                        49           53
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.5          0.5                        40           31         YES
    Information                                    0.1          0.7                         3           21
    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                        -9           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                        -5           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          0.7                        -5           15
    Professional and business services             0.3          0.5                        84           88
    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                         0           52
      Educational services                         0.3          0.4                        12           14
      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                       -13           48
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.2          0.5                        52           85
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.2          1.6                         1           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.5                        51           72
    Other services                                -1.0          1.0                       -51           58
  Government                                       0.1          0.1                        10           28
    Federal                                       -0.3          0.1         YES            -8            3         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        18           28
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         3           14
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        15           16

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        98           83         YES
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -14          111
    Midwest                                        0.3          0.3                       110           99         YES
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        65          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, February 1, 2023.
  *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.