TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2018 and July 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                                      0.0          0.1                       -46          180



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                    0.0          0.2                        15          175

    Mining and logging                            -0.3          0.8                        -2            6

    Construction                                   0.4          0.9                        29           58

    Manufacturing                                 -0.1          0.2                        -5           30

      Durable goods                                0.0          0.3                         4           21

      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                        -9           17

    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.1          0.2                        32           65

      Wholesale trade                              0.5          0.4         YES            32           23         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -16           49

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.3          0.5                        17           28

    Information                                    0.7          0.6         YES            18           17         YES

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                         7           25

      Finance and insurance                       -0.2          0.3                       -16           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing           0.9          0.6         YES            21           13         YES

    Professional and business services             0.1          0.4                        40           77

    Education and health services                 -0.2          0.2                       -44           49

      Educational services                        -1.0          0.4         YES           -34           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                       -10           44

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.5                       -21           72

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.1          1.8                       -28           40

      Accommodation and food services              0.1          0.4                         7           54

    Other services                                -0.7          0.8                       -39           46

  Government                                      -0.2          0.1         YES           -61           26         YES

    Federal                                       -0.2          0.1         YES            -4            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.3          0.1         YES           -56           26         YES

      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -7           12

      State and local, excluding education        -0.5          0.2         YES           -48           15         YES



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.0          0.3                        -9           79

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -142           96         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                        -6           93

    West                                           0.3          0.3                       112           86         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 10, 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.