TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2015 and July 2016,

          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                       -95          193



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -75          189

    Mining and logging                            -0.9          0.6         YES            -8            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.1          1.0                         0           65

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.3                       -10           37

      Durable goods                               -0.1          0.3                        -4           27

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -6           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.3                       -71           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.5          0.5                       -26           27

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -35           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                        -9           26

    Information                                   -0.1          0.5                        -4           15

    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.4                       -23           28

      Finance and insurance                       -0.3          0.3                       -19           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.9                        -4           19

    Professional and business services             0.0          0.5                        -4           82

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        12           38

      Educational services                         0.7          0.5         YES            25           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -12           33

    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.6                        69           75

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation          0.5          1.7                        14           32

      Accommodation and food services              0.4          0.5                        55           59

    Other services                                -0.7          0.8                       -35           41

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                       -20           22

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            3

    State and local                               -0.1          0.1                       -17           22

      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -1           10

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.1         YES           -17           14         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.5          0.3         YES           124           83         YES

    South                                          0.0          0.2                        -6          106

    Midwest                                       -0.2          0.3                       -47           91

    West                                          -0.5          0.3         YES          -166           96         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 7, 2016.

  *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.