TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between February 2016 and February 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                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -210          191         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                      -202          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -2.1          0.6         YES           -15            5         YES

    Construction                                  -1.3          1.0         YES           -74           66         YES

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.3                       -39           36         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.6          0.3         YES           -40           27         YES

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         2           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         1           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.0          0.5                        -1           27

      Retail trade                                 0.1          0.4                        19           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.5                       -17           26

    Information                                    0.1          0.5                         3           15

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.4                         7           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.1          0.3                         7           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.0          0.9                         0           19

    Professional and business services            -0.4          0.5                       -54           79

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                       -10           38

      Educational services                        -0.4          0.5                       -15           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                         5           33

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.3          0.6                       -29           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.1          1.8                         3           34

      Accommodation and food services             -0.3          0.5                       -30           59

    Other services                                 0.1          0.7                         8           40

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                        -8           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -5           22

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           10

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -5           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                         8           82

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                      -107          105         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -83           89

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -27           94



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, April 11, 2017.

  *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.