TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2016 and January 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                                     -0.1          0.1                       -76          191



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -65          189

    Mining and logging                            -1.3          0.6         YES           -10            5         YES

    Construction                                  -0.3          1.0                       -10           66

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                         4           36

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -4           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.1          0.4                         9           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.1          0.3                        -5           70

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.5                       -11           27

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.4         YES           -72           52         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.3          0.5         YES            78           26         YES

    Information                                   -0.2          0.5                        -7           15

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.4                        -5           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.0          0.3                         2           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.9                        -7           19

    Professional and business services            -0.6          0.5         YES          -107           79         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.2                       -43           38         YES

      Educational services                        -0.2          0.5                        -4           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.3          0.2         YES           -39           33         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.6          0.6                        89           74         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.9          1.8                       -17           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.8          0.5         YES           107           59         YES

    Other services                                 0.5          0.7                        28           40

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                       -12           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -1            3

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -11           22

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -5           10

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -6           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                         3           82

    South                                          0.0          0.2                        -6          105

    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -24           89

    West                                          -0.2          0.3                       -50           94



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 16, 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.