TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2022 and July 2023,
          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                                      0.1          0.1                        69          198

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                    0.1          0.2                        60          196
    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.8                         1            6
    Construction                                   0.1          1.0                        13           72
    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.2                        18           28
      Durable goods                                0.2          0.3                        22           21         YES
      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                        -3           17
    Trade, transportation, and utilities           0.0          0.3                         0           75
      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.5                       -20           26
      Retail trade                                 0.2          0.4                        20           57
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities   0.0          0.5                         1           32
    Information                                    0.0          0.8                         2           24
    Financial activities                           0.1          0.3                        13           26
      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                        14           18
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.6                        -2           14
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.5                        12           92
    Education and health services                 -0.1          0.2                        -9           54
      Educational services                         0.3          0.4                        11           13
      Health care and social assistance           -0.2          0.3                       -20           49
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.0          0.5                        11           79
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -1.0          1.6                       -25           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.2          0.6                        36           72
    Other services                                -0.1          0.9                        -4           51
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         9           28
    Federal                                        0.1          0.1                         3            3
    State and local                                0.1          0.1                         7           28
      State and local education                   -0.1          0.1                        -8           14
      State and local, excluding education         0.2          0.2                        15           16

           REGION

    Northeast                                      0.3          0.3                        69           83
    South                                         -0.1          0.2                       -15          104
    Midwest                                       -0.1          0.3                       -17           96
    West                                           0.1          0.3                        34          101

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 29, 2023.
  *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.