TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2017 and January 2018,

          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                                      0.0          0.1                        97          192



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       101          189

    Mining and logging                            -1.2          0.7         YES            -6            5         YES

    Construction                                  -1.0          1.0                       -52           65

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.3                        13           36

      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        12           26

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         1           21

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         1           70

      Wholesale trade                              0.2          0.5                        10           26

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.3                         8           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.5                       -17           25

    Information                                    0.1          0.5                         2           15

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                       -12           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.1          0.3                        -8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.9                        -3           18

    Professional and business services             0.2          0.5                        57           76

    Education and health services                  0.3          0.2         YES            80           38         YES

      Educational services                         0.4          0.4                        15           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance            0.3          0.2         YES            67           34         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.1          0.5                        18           74

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.8                        11           34

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                         7           59

    Other services                                 0.0          0.8                         0           41

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -5           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -4            3         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.1                        -1           22

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                         1           11

      State and local, excluding education         0.0          0.1                        -2           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        30           82

    South                                          0.2          0.2                       112          104         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.3          0.3                       -70           89

    West                                           0.1          0.3                        25           93



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 16, 2018.

  *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.