TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between July 2025 and July 2026,
          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                       -82          219

           INDUSTRY

  Total private                                   -0.1          0.2                       -92          216
    Mining and logging                             0.2          0.7                         1            4
    Construction                                  -0.4          0.9                       -40           74
    Manufacturing                                 -0.2          0.3                       -27           33
      Durable goods                               -0.2          0.3                       -16           24
      Nondurable goods                            -0.2          0.4                       -11           19
    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.2          0.3                       -73           77
      Wholesale trade                             -0.4          0.5                       -25           29
      Retail trade                                -0.2          0.4                       -30           59
      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.2          0.5                       -18           34
    Information                                    0.1          0.8                         0           23
    Financial activities                          -0.3          0.3                       -33           27         YES
      Finance and insurance                       -0.4          0.3         YES           -26           18         YES
      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.3          0.6                        -6           16
    Professional and business services             0.0          0.5                         7          114
    Private Education and Health Services         -0.1          0.2                       -18           58
      Private Educational Services                 0.4          0.3         YES            16           12         YES
      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.3                       -33           58
    Leisure and hospitality                        0.4          0.5                        73           75
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.8          1.6                       -24           34
      Accommodation and food services              0.7          0.4         YES            98           57         YES
    Other services                                 0.3          0.7                        18           42
  Government                                       0.0          0.1                         9           21
    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            2         YES
    State and local                                0.1          0.1                        12           21
      State and local education                    0.0          0.1                        -2           14
      State and local, excluding education         0.1          0.1                        14           13         YES

           REGION

    Northeast                                     -0.3          0.3                       -81           86
    South                                          0.0          0.2                        -1          126
    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                         5           92
    West                                           0.0          0.3                        -6          103

  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, September 1, 2026.
  *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.