TABLE 11: Layoffs and discharges estimated rate and level changes between March 2015 and March 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                                     -0.2          0.1         YES          -213          193         YES



           INDUSTRY



  Total private                                   -0.2          0.2                      -207          189         YES

    Mining and logging                            -0.7          0.6         YES           -10            4         YES

    Construction                                  -0.6          1.0                       -32           65

    Manufacturing                                  0.1          0.3                        11           37

      Durable goods                                0.1          0.3                         8           27

      Nondurable goods                             0.0          0.4                         2           22

    Trade, transportation, and utilities          -0.3          0.3                       -74           70         YES

      Wholesale trade                             -0.3          0.5                       -20           27

      Retail trade                                -0.3          0.3                       -36           52

      Transportation, warehousing, and utilities  -0.4          0.5                       -19           26

    Information                                    0.0          0.5                        -2           15

    Financial activities                           0.1          0.4                         8           28

      Finance and insurance                        0.2          0.3                         8           19

      Real estate and rental and leasing          -0.1          0.9                        -1           19

    Professional and business services            -0.5          0.5                      -101           82         YES

    Education and health services                  0.0          0.2                        -8           38

      Educational services                         0.0          0.5                         0           14

      Health care and social assistance           -0.1          0.2                        -8           33

    Leisure and hospitality                       -0.1          0.6                        -3           75

      Arts, entertainment, and recreation         -0.4          1.7                        -4           32

      Accommodation and food services              0.0          0.5                         1           59

    Other services                                 0.1          0.8                         6           41

  Government                                      -0.1          0.1                        -5           22

    Federal                                       -0.3          0.1         YES            -7            3         YES

    State and local                                0.1          0.1                         2           22

      State and local education                    0.1          0.1                         5           10

      State and local, excluding education        -0.1          0.1                        -4           14



           REGION



    Northeast                                      0.1          0.3                        41           83

    South                                         -0.3          0.2         YES          -139          106         YES

    Midwest                                        0.0          0.3                       -23           91

    West                                          -0.3          0.3                       -91           96



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