TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2018 and January 2019,

          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          -259          180         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -254          175         YES

    Mining and logging                             0.8          0.8                         7            6         YES

    Construction                                   0.2          0.9                        26           58

    Manufacturing                                  0.0          0.2                         2           30

      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -15           21

      Nondurable goods                             0.3          0.4                        17           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.4          0.2         YES          -107           65         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.2          0.4                       -13           23

      Retail trade                                -0.5          0.3         YES           -80           49         YES

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.5                       -14           28

    Information                                   -0.5          0.6                       -13           17

    Financial activities                          -0.2          0.3                       -21           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.2          0.6                        -2           13

    Professional and business services            -0.3          0.4                       -66           77

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        10           49

      Educational services                         0.1          0.4                         7           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                         4           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.8          0.5         YES          -104           72         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.8                       -15           40

      Accommodation and food services             -0.7          0.4         YES           -90           54         YES

    Other services                                 0.3          0.8                        14           46

  Government                                       0.0          0.1                        -6           26

    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         2            2

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                        -8           26

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -12           12

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                         4           15



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.5          0.3         YES          -138           79         YES

    South                                         -0.2          0.2                       -98           96         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        16           93

    West                                          -0.1          0.3                       -38           86



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 15, 2019.

  *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.