TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between January 2020 and January 2021,

          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          193



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                       -99          190

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          1.0                        -3            7

    Construction                                   0.4          1.0                        22           69

    Manufacturing                                 -0.3          0.2         YES           -35           29         YES

      Durable goods                               -0.3          0.3                       -27           21         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.1          0.4                        -8           18

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.5          0.3         YES           107           71         YES

      Wholesale trade                              0.4          0.4                        24           23         YES

      Retail trade                                 0.0          0.3                         4           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   1.4          0.5         YES            79           28         YES

    Information                                    0.0          0.6                        -2           18

    Financial activities                          -0.1          0.3                       -14           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.3         YES           -23           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.4          0.6                         9           14

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.4         YES          -119           80         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        -5           49

      Educational services                         0.1          0.4                         2           14

      Health care and social assistance            0.0          0.2                        -7           43

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.5                       -20           78

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.3          1.7                       -19           37

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.5                        -1           66

    Other services                                -0.4          0.9                       -29           50

  Government                                       0.1          0.1                         2           31

    Federal                                        0.3          0.1         YES             9            2         YES

    State and local                                0.0          0.2                        -7           30

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                       -20           15         YES

      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.2                        13           18



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -0.1          0.3                       -37           82

    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -57          108

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                      -110           97         YES

    West                                           0.4          0.3         YES           107           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, March 11, 2021.

  *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.