TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between June 2020 and June 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                                     -0.8          0.1         YES          -996          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.8          0.2         YES          -835          190         YES

    Mining and logging                            -1.7          1.0         YES            -9            7         YES

    Construction                                  -0.2          1.0                        -4           69

    Manufacturing                                 -1.0          0.2         YES          -112           29         YES

      Durable goods                               -1.1          0.3         YES           -80           21         YES

      Nondurable goods                            -0.7          0.4         YES           -32           18         YES

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.5          0.3         YES          -124           71         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -1.1          0.4         YES           -57           23         YES

      Retail trade                                -0.1          0.3                       -11           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -1.0          0.5         YES           -56           28         YES

    Information                                   -0.8          0.6         YES           -17           18

    Financial activities                          -0.7          0.3         YES           -58           25         YES

      Finance and insurance                       -0.5          0.3         YES           -33           17         YES

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -1.1          0.6         YES           -26           14         YES

    Professional and business services            -0.8          0.4         YES          -138           80         YES

    Education and health services                 -0.6          0.2         YES          -129           49         YES

      Educational services                        -1.4          0.4         YES           -44           14         YES

      Health care and social assistance           -0.4          0.2         YES           -86           43         YES

    Leisure and hospitality                       -1.7          0.5         YES          -193           78         YES

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -3.1          1.7         YES           -46           37         YES

      Accommodation and food services             -1.5          0.5         YES          -146           66         YES

    Other services                                -1.0          0.9         YES           -48           50

  Government                                      -0.8          0.1         YES          -162           31         YES

    Federal                                       -0.1          0.1                        -3            2         YES

    State and local                               -0.9          0.2         YES          -157           30         YES

      State and local education                   -1.6          0.1         YES          -142           15         YES

      State and local, excluding education        -0.2          0.2                       -16           18



           REGION



    Northeast                                     -1.0          0.3         YES          -222           82         YES

    South                                         -0.7          0.2         YES          -332          108         YES

    Midwest                                       -0.5          0.3         YES          -125           97         YES

    West                                          -1.0          0.3         YES          -317           97         YES



  SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 9, 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.